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Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-04-2024, 10:39
Replies: 54
Views: 6,725
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Magic!

So I closed on a house 3 days ago and want to update magic:

- ice just comes out of the front door of the freezer and all you have to do is hold your glass under it
- water comes out and out and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-04-2024, 04:21
Replies: 24
Views: 1,493
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Looked at two boats - help me decide

when considering 2 boats, get the one that ................ speaks to your heart
Forum: Our Community 23-04-2024, 04:19
Replies: 41
Views: 7,037
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Charged after visiting a boat for sale! Has anyone ever had this happen?

well the OP had an attorney and instead asked a bunch of CF strangers for advise and got them jumping

lots of fun :jump:
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 21-04-2024, 10:22
Replies: 7
Views: 306
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Need help with tempermental water pump

loose or worn out belt
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 07:26
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Well that is the truth in my experience. But mostly what I have noticed is that maybe they were cruisers once, but now are now just people living on a boat that more times than not is falling apart.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 05:32
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

this will be the third thing on this thread I ask for definition of a "simple boat"

I started a thread years ago on the topic and the closest agreement was that a simple boat didn't have a...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 12:08
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

you know what seems funny?

People posting about "simple" boat systems using the internet :whistling:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 08:38
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

There are a lot of cruisers who LET systems imping on their cruising. It was very rare for me to not have a problem with "something", but they rarely stopped me from cruising

I don't think I have...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 07:58
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

In my 7.5 year of cruising "complex" systems maintenance providing totaled:

- Freezer/refrigeration -20 hours (most pf that was installing new electronic thermostats and replacing seals). Not much...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 06:56
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

What are these complex systems some seem to believe break all the time?

Cruisers can find an extra 30 minutes a month to do some extra maintenance if need.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2024, 17:47
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Typical "my way is only way" attitude
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2024, 14:25
Replies: 86
Views: 4,230
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Atricles. What types of articles do you like to see in magazines?

I think articles in magazines need t be about entertainment. No days if you have a boat problem you aren't going to find the answer in a magazine article
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2024, 14:22
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

And you apparently ............................. aren't!

Of course you ZERO answered the question.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2024, 12:16
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

I disagree! The things people on CF write like they break all the time, rarely really break. But the enjoyment they provide is HUGE!

But .............. just what to you is simple? Or what things...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 11-04-2024, 09:52
Replies: 66
Views: 9,218
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Does insurance really not pay up?

Boat wasn't totaled as it was only insured for about 50% of its value. Took the payout, sold a few big accessories and then sold boat in 4 days as it was. Ended up with about 80% of the boat value.
...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 11-04-2024, 04:56
Replies: 6
Views: 644
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Gilligan finally rescued

3 hour cruise
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-04-2024, 04:52
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

what a judgmental thread
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 11-04-2024, 04:44
Replies: 66
Views: 9,218
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Does insurance really not pay up?

in the end Progressive paid me the agreed value of my boat
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-04-2024, 18:50
Replies: 165
Views: 8,420
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

There isn't really a lot of reasons cruisers have to give up conveniences. They are all available on boats of reasonable size or upper 30s feet. They wouldn't be nice maybe as land, but they are...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 08-04-2024, 04:58
Replies: 8
Views: 295
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Digital thermostat wiring

there are diagrams online, if you can not follow those there is no way a poster on CF is going to be able to help you
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 07-04-2024, 13:11
Replies: 8
Views: 295
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Digital thermostat wiring

Yes you can use the original wires. There should be a diagram on the digital unit. The wiring from y
The the old mechanical go to the dry connect and you need to run a pis and neg wire to power the...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 07-04-2024, 11:02
Replies: 24
Views: 2,768
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: Starlink

if you are going to travel you need a Roam plan
Forum: Our Community 07-04-2024, 11:00
Replies: 57
Views: 3,953
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: CLODs

Well there are generation member issues. Lots of members couldn't have handled the CF of 10 years ago, let alone the one of 15 years ago.
Forum: Our Community 07-04-2024, 05:49
Replies: 57
Views: 3,953
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: CLODs

my boat karma turned out to be a mixed thing in the end

BTW it isn't true that "what doesn't kill you makes you strong" in the boat karma world IMO
Forum: Our Community 06-04-2024, 16:04
Replies: 57
Views: 3,953
Posted By sailorboy1
Re: CLODs

what :flowers:
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