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Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 22-05-2011, 15:24
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Nanaimo, BC Changes

I just passed through Nananimo by land. While there was not a single boat on any of the moorings , driven away no doubt by the noise and the cost, the rest of the anchorage was crowded already, with...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 18-04-2011, 14:47
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Nanaimo, BC Changes

Gibsons BC is considering banning anchoring off Gibson's, to force cruisers to pay exorbitant marina fees at their marinas. Ladysmith is considering a similar plan. The sickness is spreading, as...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2011, 17:56
Replies: 187
Views: 33,579
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Long Distance Solo Sailing

In Canada the constitution gives us the right to freedom of association. This implies freedom not to associate , in other words freedom to do things alone, if we chose.
Cruisers should not be...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 14-04-2011, 17:52
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Nanaimo, BC Changes

I think the biggest fear is this is the beginning of charging for anchoring in increasing numbers of harbours around the coast. In England, you can hardly put your anchor down anywhere before...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2011, 15:38
Replies: 187
Views: 33,579
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Long Distance Solo Sailing

I've single handed from BC to New Zealand and seen only two ships, far out on the horizon, the whole way. Better odds of getting bit by a rabid fur seal climbing the Himalayas.
Watch or no...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 11-04-2011, 17:06
Replies: 53
Views: 60,155
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: OK, How do you REALLY feel about cooking aboard?

No problem. Love it. It's the only way I can be really sure of what I'm eating.
Forum: Meets & Greets 11-04-2011, 17:04
Replies: 10
Views: 6,711
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: 45 ft Samson C-Breeze

Last time I was by there, John Sampson's boat was for sale in Ladysmith BC.
Forum: Dollars & Cents 11-04-2011, 17:01
Replies: 13
Views: 2,324
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Buying Boat to Resell: Interested in Other Opinions

The bottom has pretty well fallen out of the used boat market.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-03-2011, 16:39
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Cruising on $500 per Month . . .

I don't have a beer budget. Haven't had a beer for a long time. It all tastes like skunk piss to me. I could cruise full time for the cost of some people's beer budget.
Entertainmemtn? Hiking ,...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 07-03-2011, 16:07
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Nanaimo, BC Changes

I was told the time on your second loonie has almost expired, before the water in the shower starts to warm slightly.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-03-2011, 17:11
Replies: 23
Views: 19,246
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: 'Pacific 30' - Anyone Heard About them ?

Watch out for those Hurth 50 trannys. They are only rated 17 hp for continuous running . A lot of my clients had them crap out in the first 60 hours. No warrantee from Detroit Diesel Allison (...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-03-2011, 17:04
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Cruising on $500 per Month . . .

When you talk about cruising on a micro budget, you get a lot of advice. As I point out in my book, you can judge the value of advice by taking a critical look at what it has done for the person...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 04-03-2011, 16:59
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Nanaimo, BC Changes

It's a positive step for those who have a lot of money, at the expense of tiose who don't , both in Nananimo and anywhere else on the BC coast, as a precedent for charging people for the use of...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 25-02-2011, 17:17
Replies: 20
Views: 10,039
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: San Diego to Vancouver Island

The trade winds are definitely against you heading north of Hawaii, for the first 1,000 miles, the same distance as going up the coast, after wasting all that easting getting to Hawaii, an extra...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-02-2011, 16:15
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Steel Hulls vs Aluminum

Steel is very practical for boats this size, if you use more modern building methods, such as origami construction. The three dozen boats I've built all proved very practical.
When the cost of the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-02-2011, 15:39
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Cruising on $500 per Month....

Furlers can be cheap and simpler than a set of hanks with fewer moving parts . I built mine for around $80 worth of materials. I've used it for 26 years and several Pacific crosings with no...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-02-2011, 15:34
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Cruising on $500 per Month....

Are your ex wives and family enjoying their lives as much as you? Don't you find it ironic, when those who are not, tell you that you are doing it all wrong?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-02-2011, 15:28
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Cruising on $500 per Month....

I have a simple solution. I've never paid for storage , never bought a car, dont pay any insurance of any kind, take my own chances, haven't caught a plane in years, don't drink , don't smoke ,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-02-2011, 19:45
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Cruising on $500 per Month....

Steel hulls are as dry as aluminium , far cheaper and tougher. Whatever your hull is made out of , you can save yourself a fortune, by buying, or aquiring the use of a welder and learning how to use...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 20-02-2011, 19:35
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
Re: Nanaimo, BC Changes

It is clearly written on each buoy, "No boats over 30 feet allowed. Not to be used in winds over 30 knots, or over 55mph"
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-02-2011, 13:27
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
I found those oil lamp burners, available in...

I found those oil lamp burners, available in hardware stores world wide for under $3 , fit perfectly on a 1 1/4 inch standard sch 40 pipe. I welded up my own lamps from scrap stainless. I find the...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 15-02-2011, 13:20
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
There sare so many mooring bouys, there is...

There sare so many mooring bouys, there is little room for anchoring, at low tide. There are a lot of mooring buoys, including south of the park dock. They have filled almost all available park...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-02-2011, 15:53
Replies: 3,094
Views: 665,154
Posted By Brent Swain
Used logs show up in used marine supply places. ...

Used logs show up in used marine supply places.
I used to use peanut butter and jam lamps.
You solder the base of a lamp burner, the same world wide, available in hardware stores, to the top of ...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 14-02-2011, 15:43
Replies: 234
Views: 29,122
Posted By Brent Swain
Multi bean soup can be bought in the bulk section...

Multi bean soup can be bought in the bulk section of the super market , for 23 cents a hundred grams, far cheaper than anything packaged. Any packaged ones I've seen were grossly overpriced.
15 PSI...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 14-02-2011, 15:37
Replies: 114
Views: 23,369
Posted By Brent Swain
I've been told that the Blue Water Cruising...

I've been told that the Blue Water Cruising Association has crossed Nanaimo off it's list of places for rendezvouses, due to harassment of it's members by the Port Authority there.
When a dinghy...
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