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Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 03-04-2019, 13:01
Replies: 8
Views: 1,665
Posted By zoombats
Re: Advice for 3 weeks charter: Martinique or Bahamas

If I had three weeks and limited knowledge of sailing I might consider a rental in a place like Bequia and consider any number of options using a skippered charter boat of which there are many day or...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 02-04-2019, 04:31
Replies: 28
Views: 8,299
Posted By zoombats
Re: Newbee looking for forgiving cruiser

It sold last year in September.
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 05-09-2018, 15:45
Replies: 30
Views: 7,420
Posted By zoombats
Re: new yacht owner in Hong Kong needs help

Where are you moored in Hong Kong? Do you have a mooring that you are renting? If you are anywhere near Hebe Haven Yacht club there are all kinds of people with cats who will help you out certainly...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 22-06-2018, 05:30
Replies: 28
Views: 8,299
Posted By zoombats
Re: Newbee looking for forgiving cruiser

I am selling a 1982 Formosa/Peterson/Spindrift 46 that is lying in Hong Kong on a Hebe Haven Yacht Club mooring. The boat is lacking in instrumentation including auto pilot etc. It has a rebuilt Onan...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 29-08-2017, 07:13
Replies: 44
Views: 12,544
Posted By zoombats
Re: Keeping a sailboat in the Caribbean

I haven't seen any comments on Trinidad as an option for Caribbean hurricane season. It used to be on the best insured list as being out of the zone of fear. I would consider leaving my boat there...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 29-12-2016, 13:35
Replies: 15
Views: 2,680
Posted By zoombats
Re: Puerto La Cruz to ?

Thanks to everyone for the excellent advice. I have family who own a property on Margarita as well and I am very aware of the situation that keeps them from going there. It is a very painful...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 29-12-2016, 01:31
Replies: 15
Views: 2,680
Posted By zoombats
Re: Puerto La Cruz to ?

For what I am thinking of paying for the boat I wouldn't suggest the vendor should deliver the boat. Certainly not to Trini as it would be an ugly sail. West to a closer spot possibly. What I am most...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 28-12-2016, 16:01
Replies: 15
Views: 2,680
Posted By zoombats
Puerto La Cruz to ?

I am looking at a boat to purchase in Puerto La Cruz Venezuela. I am not in the country at the moment and still preparing to negotiate the buying of the boat. I have no experience with Venezuela but...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-11-2016, 05:17
Replies: 30
Views: 4,105
Posted By zoombats
Re: Please help identify this sailboat

Why don't you post the picture to Sailboatdata.com on the forum 'Identify this boat"? I am sure that you will have an answer shortly by many more "qualified" yacht design afficinoados follow the site...
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 30-09-2016, 15:27
Replies: 13
Views: 12,664
Posted By zoombats
Re: Does anyone sail to China?

Why would you want to after all the previous posts nothing has changed there. It is not a very welcoming place to go.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-05-2015, 16:51
Replies: 30
Views: 21,134
Posted By zoombats
Re: Peterson 46 vs TC 47

Well said Mike. I was ready to respond in much the same fashion as you have here but realized in re reading the thread that I had commented previously. Kelly and Peterson never questioned the quality...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 30-09-2014, 08:45
Replies: 21
Views: 3,519
Posted By zoombats
Re: A newbie question about sailing in the Caribbean...

I have spent many years sailing in the caribbean and spent most of those in Bequia. Crime like every place in the world does exist. Is it more prevalent there than in New York or Halifax? I think...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 11-09-2014, 07:55
Replies: 11
Views: 23,649
Posted By zoombats
Re: Honda EU2000 VS Kipor 2000

In Hong Kong we all want the Honda to run our chargers and pumps etc.. The Kipor has identical performance in all capacities at half the price of the Honda.13,000 HKD as opposed to 5,500 HKD. I...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-12-2013, 18:39
Replies: 20
Views: 8,531
Posted By zoombats
Re: 40ft container yacht?

There is a builder of a very fine sailboat specifically designed to fit in a container. The sailboat from Chris Bowman's "Malabar Boat Works" out of Perth is a very nicely designed classic craft...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-03-2013, 09:47
Replies: 30
Views: 21,134
Posted By zoombats
Re: Peterson 46 vs TC 47

I have a peterson/Formosa/Spindrift 46 that was built in Taiwan in 1982. when Formosa extended the Kp 44, that they were building under license, the story is well documented regarding their lack of...
Forum: Our Community 29-09-2011, 14:55
Replies: 30
Views: 8,627
Posted By zoombats
Re: The Honorable Bill Garden has Passed

sailboatdata.com/view_designer.asp?designer_id=14

I was in Hong Kong at the time of William Garden's passing and only just learned of this unfortunate event. When I am at the mooring in Hebe Haven...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 14-09-2011, 17:25
Replies: 46
Views: 6,912
Posted By zoombats
Re: No Go on a boat purchase.

If you thought the boat was the one for you and worth putting a deposit on to have a survey done, then follow through and use the survey to your advantage to get the price down to a number reflective...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 21-02-2011, 17:58
Replies: 23
Views: 5,661
Posted By zoombats
Re: Has anyone been following this?

Thanks crazy. I actually met him thirty years ago in bequia. He had done some offshore cruising like any of us had at the time. He and his crew were a little out there even then. I sure wouldn't want...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-02-2011, 16:51
Replies: 25
Views: 15,852
Posted By zoombats
Re: Carter Passage 33

sailboatdata.com/view_designer.asp?designer_id=143

Carter designs on Sailboatdata.com
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 21-02-2011, 16:43
Replies: 23
Views: 5,661
Posted By zoombats
Has Anyone Been Following the Reid Stowe / 1000 Days at Sea Stunt ?

Hi I was wondering if anyone had been following this story? I realise that I might have missed it on the forum somewhere.

1000days.net/home/
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-02-2011, 15:43
Replies: 33
Views: 15,128
Posted By zoombats
What was the tide doing at the time Bob? Are you...

What was the tide doing at the time Bob? Are you slagging another designer? I think Colvin sailed a junk rig on a design of his for many years didn't he? Did Blondie Hasler use a junk rig on Jester?...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-02-2011, 14:43
Replies: 33
Views: 15,128
Posted By zoombats
Why don't you look at a Thomas Colvin design...

Why don't you look at a Thomas Colvin design trading schooner? Pretty lines, practicle rigs, loads of room and built in steel. Parker Marine also have some interesting designs in ply/epoxy...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 13-02-2011, 15:15
Replies: 30
Views: 5,737
Posted By zoombats
Fair enough. Trinidad is a great place to visit...

Fair enough. Trinidad is a great place to visit and keep a boat. I have sailed extensively in the west Indies for thirty years and as I enter the so called "retirement" phase of my life, The idea of...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 13-02-2011, 06:25
Replies: 30
Views: 5,737
Posted By zoombats
Yeah I love Trinidad! Have you ever been there? ...

Yeah I love Trinidad! Have you ever been there?
No. I am in the Toronto(Canada) area where I live.
I don't know what constitutes a "cruiser's graveyard" and I wouldn't say there are "heaps of good...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-02-2011, 03:07
Replies: 39
Views: 6,657
Posted By zoombats
Hi Sim1964. I read the post at sailboatdata.com...

Hi Sim1964. I read the post at sailboatdata.com and I think the guys there will come up for something for you. Randy Browning, I think he is the site owner, is very knowledgable. I think your recent...
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