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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-04-2016, 14:05
Replies: 30
Views: 8,770
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: A solid blue water cruiser

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/three-cabin-center-cockpit-boats-11673.html

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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-04-2016, 13:50
Replies: 30
Views: 8,770
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: A solid blue water cruiser

Please give us a little more to go on ... Budget and number of cabins isn't much.

What min/max length? Hull material? Location? Keel type? Engine prefs? Center cockpit? Etc. etc. etc.

If you...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-04-2016, 13:36
Replies: 30
Views: 8,770
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: A solid blue water cruiser

Same question in a current topic here: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/help-me-look-for-a-boat-please-165192.html

Is 3 cabins everything on your MUST HAVE and WOULD BE NICE list? No...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 23-04-2016, 23:09
Replies: 82
Views: 24,560
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Number one way for Preserving eggs.

Methinks it helps to know if you're buying washed eggs (don't understand why but the US washes their eggs) - washing takes away the natural protection and makes them go bad much quicker.

Unwashed...
Forum: Classifieds Archive 23-04-2016, 07:48
Replies: 13
Views: 4,658
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: GECCO 39, Swan copy

Cleaned up this For Sale thread since it's just that: a boat for sale ad, not a discussion on (fin) keels & draft in the Bahama's.

Interested parties can make up their own minds and may even...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-04-2016, 04:33
Replies: 36
Views: 7,308
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Coastal, offshore, Caribean, Blue Water, Circumnavigation

Not so much hype as personal preferences and sign o'the times.

What used to be the ideal world cruiser is now only a coastal sailor by many standards. Most of us are from relatively rich countries...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-04-2016, 03:14
Replies: 36
Views: 7,308
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Coastal, offshore, Caribean, Blue Water, Circumnavigation

Good luck with that one :D

Everybody has his/her own definition. And to complicate matter further: if I were to post the specs of my boat and ask if I could do ocean passages with her, most people...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 23-04-2016, 02:54
Replies: 43
Views: 7,243
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: How Much to Offer?

I'm in a European country - one with a lot of boats - and it's NOT easy getting a loan for a boat ('ship mortgage') here. Most people use the mortgage on their home or even a personal loan.

I...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 19-04-2016, 23:04
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

:facepalm:

And the worst thing is, this isn't even the worst post in the topic ...

On a side note: don't know just how young that girl is, but I bet she's old enough for a kid should she want...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-04-2016, 17:17
Replies: 82
Views: 19,783
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: 21th Century Ferrocement Yacht Hull Technology

I understood, and I think it's redicilous to compare WWII to boat building ...
Now matter what the idea or plan is
:facepalm:
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-04-2016, 14:35
Replies: 82
Views: 19,783
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: 21th Century Ferrocement Yacht Hull Technology

Seriously, guys, Hitler?!
Ridiculous comparison too, by the way, and insensitive too.

We're talking about boats, for Pete's sake. Would be so nice to just have a friendly topic :)



Either...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-04-2016, 11:53
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

Yeah, that's usually how it starts :whistling: :D

:flowers:
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-04-2016, 11:11
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

Honestly, things aren't so bad the OP has to change his sexual preference to get a partner :D And even if he did, he'd probably end up with a loner solo sailor. Better stay single :p
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-04-2016, 07:24
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

Ah, so THAT'S what you were doing in that weird beach video I can't seem to forget :D
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-04-2016, 06:07
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

Maybe it would help to have a look at less shallow females :D

:popcorn:
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 17-04-2016, 18:08
Replies: 42
Views: 10,217
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Stringing lights, bad etiquette?

Don't know about US marinas, but here we only have lights on the docks - on the side of the jetties or whatever the actual English word is for the wood we walk on ;)

Lights are on the sides of...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 17-04-2016, 14:51
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

https://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i60/2/3/14/frabz-Living-on-a-boat-What-my-friends-think-I-do-What-strangers-think-c9eb91.jpg

:D
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 17-04-2016, 14:05
Replies: 262
Views: 39,253
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Dating, Relationships livingaboard

I'm a single liveaboard too - be it a female one, in my early 40's. In my marina (in the Netherlands) there are quite a few single liveaboards; all males tho. Single female liveaboards are very, very...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-04-2016, 11:16
Replies: 39
Views: 5,353
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: A Poll: Sale/Resale of electric powered sailboats

If I only needed an engine for getting in and out of the marina, I might consider it if the boat was a real steal and ticked all my boxes and then some.

For cruising, sailing at sea etc.: just no...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 17-04-2016, 08:36
Replies: 19
Views: 3,375
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Long Distance boat owner

Yes, that's what I understood. But then you'd have to live near the boat cos you have to drive up and down all the time.

Haha, we (as in, Dutch liveaboards) often wish it was as accepted here as...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 17-04-2016, 08:16
Replies: 42
Views: 10,217
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Stringing lights, bad etiquette?

This, pretty much :smile:

I'm a liveaboard in a marina, and in December the marina hands out light strings for people to decorate their boats with (we're in the center of Rotterdam and they like...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 17-04-2016, 08:00
Replies: 19
Views: 3,375
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Long Distance boat owner

Wow ... so a retired couple that spends most summer days on the boat would be considered a liveaboard, eventho they have a home on land where they actually live?

:confused:

Here in the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-04-2016, 07:42
Replies: 112
Views: 15,848
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Ran aground during sea trial..

Don't know the seller, but I do know which boat this is ... and I know someone else who's very interested, should this sale fall through.

Either way, desperate seller or not ... $100 on a $25k...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 17-04-2016, 07:17
Replies: 25
Views: 7,977
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: How young is too young?

Since unborn children, babies and toddlers can't voice an opinion about much of anything, that is a silly argument. What small kids want is simple: food, diapers & parents to care for them and...
Forum: Crew Archives 16-04-2016, 21:11
Replies: 12
Views: 3,942
Posted By Lizzy Belle
Re: Coffs Harbour to Queensland

Friendly reminder to all the folks posting their contact info for the world to see:

It is never a good idea to post email addresses and/or phone numbers on a public forum!

More info in this...
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