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04-03-2016, 07:43
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#76
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: 29° 49.16’ N 82° 25.82’ W
Boat: Pearson 422
Posts: 16,307
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Re: Boat Luxuries
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Originally Posted by Garrettw
Isn't that the definition of luxury? My bucket has a shiny stainless handle; is that too over the top? But where are my manners, I was interrupting your bragging about your simple life in a jocular thread about luxury goods aboard a luxury mode of transportation. .
(I'm just teasing you about all this by the way)
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Now I'm no longer happy with my galvanized bucket handle. I want one with a stainless handle. Shiny things are good.
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04-03-2016, 08:26
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#77
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Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,348
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Re: Boat Luxuries
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Originally Posted by Terra Nova
How about a dedicated engine/equipment room with machine shop. 
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I can only dream
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04-03-2016, 08:30
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#78
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Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,348
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Re: Boat Luxuries
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Originally Posted by Lizzy Belle
I can't say how much I hope the hair dryer posts are just joking? 
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Not at all, these are Luxuries, which I define as illogical and not necessary, but are nice to have. Like ice.
Man I'll tell you if your out in the desert somewhere, you just can't imagine how wonderful a few cubes of ice are
Oh, we will have a hair drier, maybe not use it much, but I'm not going to tell her she can't have it, after all, she is coming with me, right?
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15-03-2016, 16:49
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#79
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CLOD
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
Posts: 20,823
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Re: Boat Luxuries
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Originally Posted by sailorboy1
So lets start:
- plenty of hot water
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My new diesel generator shows up tomorrow. So I'm getting closer.
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15-03-2016, 17:12
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#80
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 667
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Re: Boat Luxuries
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Originally Posted by Macblaze
That's not a treat. That's just the grog... you need one special one for a treat, with like a wax seal or something to make it an event

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Damn! So a sticky label with a badly hand written "Calvados" and "50%" on it, slapped on the bottle, means my home made Calvados isn't an 'event'?
Is ear wax ok, or do I have to buy special stuff?
{I do love good Calvados  }
PS I can see I am going to have to buy one of those wax seal thingies. I'll get one with "This is a wax seal" written inside it.
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02-06-2016, 13:59
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#81
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CLOD
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
Posts: 20,823
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Re: Boat Luxuries
A real toaster (electric one)!!! So much better and less trouble that toasting bread on the stove or in the oven.
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02-06-2016, 16:52
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#82
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Marina del Rey, California
Boat: President 43 Sportfish
Posts: 4,105
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Much more useful than a toaster is a toaster oven, like the DeLonghi Alfredo. It does toast to perfection. But it can also roast a whole fryer, warm up pizza, bake bread, etc.
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03-06-2016, 14:44
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#83
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Boat: Dragonfly 1000 trimaran
Posts: 7,276
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lizzy Belle
I can't say how much I hope the hair dryer posts are just joking? 
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We are not. Wife has a 1600 watt hair dryer and a 1500 watt sine wave inverter with LiFePo4 battery which keeps her happy and defrosts the freezer as well.
When I mention we need new flexible, more efficient solar panels to replace older, heavier glass ones she says, "GO FOR IT !!"
She's a keeper.
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03-06-2016, 22:10
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#84
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Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Channel Islands, CA
Boat: 1962 Columbia 29 MK 1 #37
Posts: 15,322
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Video drone! Gotta have one.. get one now. They will soon be required to be certified "real cruiser!" (Have to confess though.. it would be fun to have one, now that I think about it. )
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Pythagoras
1962 Columbia 29 MKI #37
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03-06-2016, 22:31
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#85
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,566
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don C L
Video drone! Gotta have one.. get one now. They will soon be required to be certified "real cruiser!" (Have to confess though.. it would be fun to have one, now that I think about it. )
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Hmm... as annoying as gensets on the foredeck. Fortunately they don't have big enough batteries to fly for all that long. Had one flying about here in Towlers bay a few days ago. BBUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Seemed to be flown from on shore, not a fellow boater.
So, maybe fun for the operator, not for his neighbors.
Jim
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03-06-2016, 22:59
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#86
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 2,844
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Re: Boat Luxuries
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Originally Posted by Jim Cate
Hmm... as annoying as gensets on the foredeck. Fortunately they don't have big enough batteries to fly for all that long. Had one flying about here in Towlers bay a few days ago. BBUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Seemed to be flown from on shore, not a fellow boater.
So, maybe fun for the operator, not for his neighbors.
Jim
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I was flying my drone from my boat whilst wearing FPV glasses and did a tight sweep around my yacht, or so I thought. Then realised it was not me.
After landing I took the dinghy over to apologise and was invited onboard for a few drinks and snacks. We exchanged contact and I then emailed them photos of their boat
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03-06-2016, 23:11
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#87
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,566
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoppy
I was flying my drone from my boat whilst wearing FPV glasses and did a tight sweep around my yacht, or so I thought. Then realised it was not me.
After landing I took the dinghy over to apologise and was invited onboard for a few drinks and snacks. We exchanged contact and I then emailed them photos of their boat 
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good one, Hoppy. Would that all dronists were as considerate!
Jim
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Jim and Ann s/v Insatiable II, lying Port Cygnet Tasmania once again.
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03-06-2016, 23:31
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#88
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Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Channel Islands, CA
Boat: 1962 Columbia 29 MK 1 #37
Posts: 15,322
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Boy you are right, they are annoying. We had one buzzing around here the other day. I am afraid I'd be one of those who gets out the slingshot. I was thinking of only for shots of my own boat, or that distant pod of whales...
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Pythagoras
1962 Columbia 29 MKI #37
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04-06-2016, 00:46
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#89
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Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Seville London Eastbourne
Posts: 13,406
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Quote:
Originally Posted by boatman61
A friend of mine has a 4 person Jacuzzi in his Jongert..
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Thats nothing! A friend of mine has a Jongert in his Jacuzzi!
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04-06-2016, 00:52
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#90
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Re: Boat Luxuries
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoppy
I was flying my drone from my boat whilst wearing FPV glasses and did a tight sweep around my yacht, or so I thought. Then realised it was not me.
After landing I took the dinghy over to apologise and was invited onboard for a few drinks and snacks. We exchanged contact and I then emailed them photos of their boat 
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When we cruise past Corfu in July, you're drone can buzz us anytime. I look forward to the awesome pictures.
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