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Forum: Our Community

13-06-2012, 03:58

Replies: 31

Diesel smoke now considered to cause cancer

Views: 4,728

Posted By inky

Re: Diesel smoke now considered to cause cancer

Might be urban myth but I read that the reason RVs have a huge sticker that says "Cruise control does not drive this vehicle" or something along those lines is because some idiot got mangled after...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

11-06-2012, 17:05

Replies: 3

Super Yacht "Blind Date" Explosion

Views: 1,717

Posted By inky

Re: Super Yacht "Blind Date" Explosion

USCG saying it might be a hoax. If it turns out to be a free advertising campaign for the boat owner I hope the damn thing gets taken of them.

Forum: General Sailing Forum

11-06-2012, 15:29

Replies: 3

Super Yacht "Blind Date" Explosion

Views: 1,717

Posted By inky

Super Yacht "Blind Date" Explosion

Explosion reported on board of the coast of NJ. No idea as to the cause yet but although injuries are reported it looks like everyone has gotten into the lifeboats.

BBC News - New Jersey boat...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

03-06-2012, 09:37

Replies: 9

Ferro Cement Boats

Views: 2,590

Posted By inky

Re: Ferro Cement Boats

Plenty of threads on this....and just a tad controversial.

I'm currently looking at boats and purchase early next year. I've looked at ferro because you get a lot of hull for your money.
...

Forum: Polar Regions

02-06-2012, 10:02

Replies: 3

Don't Try to Get Close to an Iceberg

Views: 1,968

Posted By inky

Re: Don't try to get close to an iceberg

Unless the iceberg just graduated after a double kidney transplant I think the link has changed.....

Forum: Meets & Greets

01-06-2012, 07:08

Replies: 4

Hello from Scotland

Views: 1,015

Posted By inky

Hello from Scotland

Hi Folks,

Already posted a few times but haven't made an introduction yet.

No idea where I got the urge to buy a boat from but it's here to stay. Never been sailing in my life, in fact I've not...

Forum: Our Community

01-06-2012, 01:25

Replies: 18

Illusions Through Lack of Sleep!

Views: 3,521

Posted By inky

Re: Illusions through lack of sleep!

I regularly go 24 hours without sleep. No good for me and thats on dry land. I see things out the corner of my eye, hear things etc but nothing major. I have read tons of books by ex military guys...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

31-05-2012, 20:52

Replies: 14

Tall People Friendly Boats

Views: 7,143

Posted By inky

Re: Tall People Friendly Boats

Thanks for the info guys.

Mike, that's a nice looking boat. From what I've heard Grampians are well built, I suppose they would be for canadian waters. I'll have a look into them in more...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

31-05-2012, 04:59

Replies: 3

Suez Canal - Red Sea Southbound Transit

Views: 2,050

Posted By inky

Re: Suez Canal - Red Sea Southbound Transit

The horror stories are usually true. Google is your friend, plenty of first hand accounts. The question is why the hell would you even entertain the idea over anything else? Sail a longer route, ship...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

30-05-2012, 23:48

Replies: 64

The Gemini 105

Views: 67,000

Posted By inky

Re: The Gemini 105

I was looking at them a couple of weeks ago, not to buy but because it is the boat of choice for a blog I was surfing through. I found this shortly afterwards.

Gemini 105Mc - Transatlantic Voyage...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

30-05-2012, 16:32

Replies: 25

Whale collision averted caught on tape

Views: 4,946

Posted By inky

Re: Whale collision averted caught on tape

The threat from whales is something that interests me be it accidental strike or a whale going out of its way to ram you. I'm sure the threat is no higher than anything else such as containers,...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

30-05-2012, 15:39

Replies: 25

Whale collision averted caught on tape

Views: 4,946

Posted By inky

Whale collision averted caught on tape

Browsing the usual death and destruction news on bbc and found this little jem

BBC News - Yacht team avoid collision with whale (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18275357) Might not work for those...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

29-05-2012, 01:51

Replies: 14

Tall People Friendly Boats

Views: 7,143

Posted By inky

Re: tall people friendly boats

Hi Sailoress,

Thanks for the welcome. That's actually not a bad looking little boat. I'm not to fussy on performance, I'm more interested in getting somewhere in one piece and without a crooked...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

29-05-2012, 00:41

Replies: 14

Tall People Friendly Boats

Views: 7,143

Posted By inky

Tall People Friendly Boats

Hi,

Just joined the forum but have lurked around for a while. I'm in the process of researching boats in the 27-32 foot range Albin Vega 27, Contessa 26 etc that all come into my price range. I'm...

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