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Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-04-2024, 10:26
Replies: 165
Views: 8,225
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Very well thought out post. Thanks for writing. You’ve put a lot of time and effort into a fairly sensitive subject. Your words should come as an attachment to all new gear purchased by fellow...
Forum: Our Community 08-04-2024, 10:17
Replies: 7
Views: 462
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Favorite Fair Weather Gear

Shorts and a t-shirt! Lots of em, as they dirty quickly on a boat and you dont want to look like you just arrived from a 30-day passage. A baseball cap for the dome. Put a little spf50 on the nose...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-04-2024, 10:17
Replies: 40
Views: 2,135
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Newcomer question - how to begin?

Take up Tennis while it’s not too late!

Just kidding. You’re on the right track. You didn’t however say your wife was involved in any of these undertakings. Therein lies the problem. She needs to...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 23-03-2024, 11:16
Replies: 0
Views: 777
Posted By rbrazil
Nauticat 43 for sale

Strong, Safe & Dependable. Not all cruising is raising the sails and sailing downwind at 6 knots. Wouldn't that be nice! There are many days of no wind, too much wind, or from the wrong direction -...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-01-2024, 10:43
Replies: 84
Views: 8,912
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Post Collision Repair or Total

Sorry for your loss.
Take the money and run.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 30-01-2024, 16:55
Replies: 58
Views: 6,944
Posted By rbrazil
Re: What's your anchoring etiquette

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First off; Congratulations on your 1500 miles of cruising! Quite a feat.
We are no experts, but, like you, find ourselves in the Sea of Cortez. I would guess you are using Shawn and Heather’s,...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 31-12-2023, 09:53
Replies: 39
Views: 3,106
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Should we put in AC

A/C is great if you're tied to a slip in a marina, as the airflow is minimal. Add Starlink and it will simulate being at home. You will be cozy in your salon watching YouTube videos.
Countless...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 24-11-2023, 10:02
Replies: 44
Views: 5,778
Posted By rbrazil
Re: 38-42ft bluewater cruiser - suggestions please!

We had the same criteria 6 years ago. Happened upon a Nauticat 43. Been happy ever since. She ticks off all your boxes. She is currently in La Paz, Mexico. Our plan is to put her up for sale in April...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 13-11-2023, 20:18
Replies: 8
Views: 995
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Baja California - San Evaristo, Jan 2024

Hi again,
This is all good information. Looks like you will be departing from Marina CostaBaja. (not Costa Brava) Lots of stores to provision, as listed above. Let any taxi driver know of your...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 10-11-2023, 11:05
Replies: 8
Views: 995
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Baja California - San Evaristo, Jan 2024

Those are all good places to go. The availability of food is such that you dont need to provision for all your food needs. There are tiendas, small restaurants on the beach, local fishermen etc. at...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 30-09-2023, 10:06
Replies: 93
Views: 11,323
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Bare feet on board

We always wear shoes on board. Too many land mines on deck.
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 10-06-2023, 09:33
Replies: 10
Views: 2,018
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Best Place To Get Started West Coast?

Its not quite the west coast, but, Puerto Vallarta.
1. Direct flights to get home to visit mom.
2. Lots of “ready to sail” boats for sale.
3. Primo sailing almost every day.
4. Easy assimilation...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-06-2023, 14:04
Replies: 102
Views: 18,283
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Old "bluewater" cruiser VS. new Beneteau, Jeanneau etc.

I’m afraid to think of what would have happened. The construction of newish production boats seems, to me, to be of lesser quality. This is mostly due to cost constraints of building boats vs “the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-06-2023, 09:35
Replies: 102
Views: 18,283
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Old "bluewater" cruiser VS. new Beneteau, Jeanneau etc.

You might die; you might not. Your mast might fall off; it might not. Many factors come into play.
We just motor-sailed four hours thru 38 knot head winds in the San Lorenzo Channel near La Paz,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2023, 09:29
Replies: 34
Views: 4,951
Posted By rbrazil
Re: The most beautiful patch of water

The most beautiful patch of water is the forty-three feet of water under Tally Ho’s keel while under sail. Just stunning!
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-01-2023, 10:49
Replies: 78
Views: 9,271
Posted By rbrazil
Re: What Sailboat cabin doesn't feel like a hole?

Nauticat pilot house monohulls would fit your criteria. I’ve attached a couple pics of our Nauticat 43, Tally Ho.
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 14-08-2022, 09:27
Replies: 5
Views: 1,101
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Liability Insurance for Mexico

Novamar. Offices in San Diego and Puerto Vallarta. Very easy to work with. They can set you up over the phone.
Forum: Our Community 25-07-2022, 09:50
Replies: 42
Views: 5,925
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Your favorite anchor app for your phone.

We use, Anchor!, as our anchor alarm. We run it on an ipad which we leave in our cabin. Its worked very well. The alarm and flashing light scares the **** out of me whenever it goes off, which is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-05-2022, 16:29
Replies: 11
Views: 1,415
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Long term refrigerator storage

Thanks everyone! Good information. I just wanted to see what the mass’s do.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-05-2022, 18:37
Replies: 11
Views: 1,415
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Long term refrigerator storage

Grant,
Thanks for the very thorough reply. Wow!
1. Did that. 2. Did that. 3 Didn’t do that.(3 years in Puerto Vallarta, no bugs. Well…one bee infestation.) 4. Did that. (Barra marina is a good...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-05-2022, 13:39
Replies: 11
Views: 1,415
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Long term refrigerator storage

Thanks for the replies.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-05-2022, 10:01
Replies: 11
Views: 1,415
Posted By rbrazil
Long term refrigerator storage

Hi Everyone,

Our Nauticat 43 is located in the Barra de Navidad, Mexico marina, plugged in to shore power with the refrigerator on, and running. Everything else is turned off except the bilge...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 15-04-2022, 21:30
Replies: 7
Views: 3,320
Posted By rbrazil
Re: La Paz vs. Nuevo Vallarta vs. ???

Hi,
We’ve done what you are about to do. Its an amazing adventure! We’ve had our boat in Paradise Village Marina for the past two years and flew back and forth (commuter cruising) many times....
Forum: Our Community 23-03-2022, 14:46
Replies: 20
Views: 2,130
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Blogs logs and diaries. Advice and regrets?

I’ve turned our sailing adventure into stories on Medium.com. Its a worldwide writers/readers website and for 5 bucks a month I can read and write as much as I want. I generally write about a...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-03-2022, 20:04
Replies: 38
Views: 3,978
Posted By rbrazil
Re: Hey! Where’s my Dinghy?

OMG! I LOVE your story! That is hilarious. I want to party with you! If you still have an extra dinghy I could sure use one.
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