24-03-2013, 10:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Catskill Mountains when not cruising
Boat: 31' homebuilt Michalak-designed Cormorant "Sea Fever"
Posts: 2,115
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by mauimichele
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Then the fun really begins! Congrats and good luck.
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24-03-2013, 10:27
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#212
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Seattle
Boat: Catalina 36
Posts: 282
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
Well that's pretty awesome! I guess dimples come in handy.
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24-03-2013, 10:53
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#213
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by CatInHand
Well that's pretty awesome! I guess dimples come in handy.
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ROFL...
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24-03-2013, 10:57
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#214
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: San Raphael, CA
Boat: looking again
Posts: 91
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by Blue Crab
Oh yeah. It HAS TO SAY MARINE ON IT. Take yer charge card. Ferget Home of De Po, and find yer nearest WE$T Marine store.  |
good advice. There are many around here. Thanks!
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24-03-2013, 10:59
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#215
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: San Raphael, CA
Boat: looking again
Posts: 91
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by CatInHand
Well that's pretty awesome! I guess dimples come in handy.
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Mmmm Hmmmm! 
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24-03-2013, 11:08
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Sacramento, California
Boat: Solar 40ft Cat :)
Posts: 1,522
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by mauimichele
sounds like a plan! any suggestions on where to find one that is biodegradable? Home depot type stores? Whole Foods?
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Camp Soap at Big5, stay away from We$t Marine! 
JackB
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24-03-2013, 12:15
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#217
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hurricane Highway
Boat: O'Day 28
Posts: 3,922
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors
Camp Soap at Big5, stay away from We$t Marine!
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Yeah MM, I was kidding. West has good stuff at very high prices.
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24-03-2013, 13:12
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#218
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Boat: S2 11.0A 36'
Posts: 763
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Originally Posted by mauimichele
I got it! How do I post pics??? No, not for free. Well, so far it's free. I get to stay on it whenever I want for the price of paying $185 slip fee! The guy says he won't sell it out from under me and he is open to bartering for my truck if I decide I really want it. Do I photobucket some pics? Still new at this page. help?! I wanna show it off! Super stoked! |
Congrats! What is it? (Type and length)
SC
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24-03-2013, 13:21
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#219
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Key West
Boat: Westsail 32 and Herreshoff 28
Posts: 1,161
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
Anyone like "simple green" biodegradable soap?
Home Depot sells it at a good price by the gallon.
The gallon I bought the other day came with a handy spray bottle to dilute the detergent.
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24-03-2013, 13:27
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#220
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Boat: S2 11.0A 36'
Posts: 763
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Originally Posted by mauimichele
the interior is what is in good shape. I don't believe it's been used in at least 10 years! needs some up to date slip covers and new less faded and old looking carpet, but as it stands now, completely ready to be a home away from home! I'll be taking some sailing lessons this Spring. They have a non profit sailing school on site and the boat owner says he has some coming to him that he'll give to me.
Now I need to know what to pack to try and clean the outside of the boat. I'm guessing only elbow grease. Will any soaps do? |
This is what I use almost exclusively:
http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Roll-O.../dp/B000FSDZTU
I think it's ok for CA but I'd check with someone that lives there to be certain. If you want to get super busy and do some hard work I highly recommend this thread:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...long-6469.html
I have done this process and had excellent results. A lot of sweat equity involved.
There is a sewing group too if you have a machine that might have patterns for slip covers.
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24-03-2013, 17:25
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#221
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Baltimore, MD
Boat: Cal 2-27
Posts: 843
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
Cool boat...congrats
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24-03-2013, 17:51
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#222
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
maui--awesome--good plan, and congrats...sacto delta was a place i drove thru often and always thought would be fun to cruise in a sailboat...but my luck didnt travel that direction....is gorgeous in sf bay area and delta--now you will have the fun of living in it!!
vinegar and water mix is a good fg boat cleaner, btw.
have fun!!!
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25-03-2013, 07:16
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#223
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,493
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Congrats! Much better arrangement than owning one!
Ask around about the "Meadows". Lots of houseboats moor out there for part of the year.
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25-03-2013, 07:20
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#224
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Stingray Point, Chesapeake Bay
Boat: Ericson, 28+
Posts: 294
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Originally Posted by zeehag
maui--awesome--good plan, and congrats...sacto delta was a place i drove thru often and always thought would be fun to cruise in a sailboat...but my luck didnt travel that direction....is gorgeous in sf bay area and delta--now you will have the fun of living in it!!
vinegar and water mix is a good fg boat cleaner, btw.
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+1 on the boat cleaner. I add just a dab of Dawn dish soap (yes I know it is petroleum based) as a surfactant.....great results.
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25-03-2013, 13:45
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#225
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Crimea
Boat: Colin Archer 36', steel
Posts: 358
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Re: It never hurts to ask..
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Originally Posted by endoftheroad
Anyone like "simple green" biodegradable soap?
Home Depot sells it at a good price by the gallon.
The gallon I bought the other day came with a handy spray bottle to dilute the detergent.
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I use it all the time. A little goes a long way. Have not heard anything negative about it yet.
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