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Forum: Navigation 03-02-2020, 22:43
Replies: 32
Views: 13,359
Posted By cblurton
Re: Free Downloadable Nautical Charts

People, Power and Profits is an excellent book to learn how corporations make use of governmental regulations to control markets to their stockholder's benefit. I received it as a Christmas present...
Forum: Navigation 11-01-2020, 04:27
Replies: 54
Views: 13,334
Posted By cblurton
Re: French Canals UK to the Med

Check this YouTube channel for videos of a couple who recently did the trip.


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZUfYw9ZbdsfwLxfhiU5lKhIUvkHC58VG
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-12-2019, 23:08
Replies: 56
Views: 7,135
Posted By cblurton
Re: Lightening...again

First of all, this is not a criticism of you. I love language and its "proper" use, too, and I wish everyone would be more careful with its use. But for an international forum I think we should be...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 23-11-2019, 00:40
Replies: 54
Views: 13,413
Posted By cblurton
Re: Heavy weather sailing, your strategy?

Heavy Weather Sailing, 7th Edition, Peter Bruce (https://www.bookdepository.com/Heavy-Weather-Sailing-7th-edition-Peter-Bruce/9781472923196)OPEN...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-10-2019, 19:33
Replies: 58
Views: 6,888
Posted By cblurton
Re: All purpose waterproof digital camera

I have owned and used several waterproof cameras, most recently the Coolpix W300. (We use these with school groups and they seem to disappear regularly.) Before I bought I looked at each of the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-10-2019, 18:39
Replies: 58
Views: 6,888
Posted By cblurton
Re: All purpose waterproof digital camera

Coolpix W300 - Waterproof to 100 feet.
Olympus Tough TG6 - Waterproof to 50 feet.
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 11-10-2019, 19:18
Replies: 60
Views: 26,258
Posted By cblurton
Re: The bottom line on inflatable dinghies

I second that. We have a Highfield Reef 390 we use with our school Ketch. It gets used a lot and has held up well. It is 3.9M long and has an aluminum bottom, absolutely necessary when beaching...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-07-2019, 18:57
Replies: 218
Views: 30,772
Posted By cblurton
Re: Girl Killed by 3 Sharks in Bahamas

Other things to worry about:

https://www.sharksider.com/know-dangerous-shark%E2%80%A8/
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 05-04-2019, 20:47
Replies: 37
Views: 7,133
Posted By cblurton
Re: Help wanted with first time ATN Climber use.

You are an inspiration! I turned 70 in December. I have one store bought knee and I will be having the second installed in September. Messages like your's gives us youngsters reason to hope we can...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-01-2019, 17:56
Replies: 69
Views: 8,556
Posted By cblurton
Re: Broker and owner withhold information.

"Buyer beware"

Thankfully, that doctrine doesn't always apply.

What are the exceptions to the doctrine of caveat emptor?


Consent by fraud or concealment. When the consent of the buyer in a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 30-11-2018, 17:02
Replies: 251
Views: 25,050
Posted By cblurton
Re: Is the radar an obsolete equipment?

Burch's Book on Amazon
(https://www.amazon.com/Radar-Mariners-Revised-David-Burch/dp/0071830391/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1)
Forum: Navigation 22-04-2016, 20:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,492
Posted By cblurton
Re: Garmin Customer Service

Two follow-up bits of information:

* I contacted Apple Support and was immediately given a refund on the Garmin Blue Chart app and last version of the upgrade I bought.
* Hong Kong sells their...
Forum: Navigation 20-04-2016, 17:44
Replies: 5
Views: 1,492
Posted By cblurton
Garmin Customer Service

I live in Hong Kong. I bought the Garmin App Blue Garmin for my iPhone and iPad and a Garmin 527xs for my boat in 2014. About two months ago I received an in-app notice from Garmin that an update was...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-10-2014, 22:28
Replies: 98
Views: 16,673
Posted By cblurton
Great News

Oh lordy! I am happy to hear that the boat won't be cut up for scrap. I "looked" at Sea Witch when she was first repossessed by the Navy Credit Union. This boat is a true classic. If you are...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-06-2014, 00:36
Replies: 1
Views: 1,780
Posted By cblurton
Back Issues of Sea and Pacific Motor Boat

I am searching for information about the original owner of Black Dolphin, a Angelman-designed wooden ketch listed in Coast Guard records as having been built in 1944 in Inglewood, California, by an...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 29-04-2014, 20:10
Replies: 394
Views: 144,238
Posted By cblurton
Re: Composting Toilet - Nature's Head

Thanks for the input. I didn't notice that they say nothing about using peat moss or coconut to help the decomposition process so I looked around the site and found:
Do I ever have to add anything?...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 29-04-2014, 16:42
Replies: 394
Views: 144,238
Posted By cblurton
Re: Composting Toilet - Nature's Head

We have an old wooden ketch we are renovating for use as an "outdoor classroom" at our school in Hong Kong. It currently has a Skipper head that has - as per the last owner's comments - broken...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 25-04-2014, 03:16
Replies: 38
Views: 8,005
Posted By cblurton
Re: Composting toilets

There is a terrific thread here (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f115/the-best-marine-toilet-67101.html) about all the different kinds of marine toilets and user's views of them. I have read...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-10-2013, 16:37
Replies: 8
Views: 1,992
Posted By cblurton
Re: Black Dolphin

This is a great lead. I've joined SSCA and hope to find more information from that organization. Thanks!
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-10-2013, 22:39
Replies: 8
Views: 1,992
Posted By cblurton
Re: Black Dolphin

It's Angelman. Or at least that's how it is spelled in the article titled, "The Grand Old Man of Pacific Yachting: The Enduring West Coast Legacy of Hugh Angelman" that starts on page 78 of Wooden...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-10-2013, 16:20
Replies: 8
Views: 1,992
Posted By cblurton
Re: Black Dolphin

There is a picture of Black Dolphin on the school's website "THS Dock (https://www.thsdock.net/main.aspx)". Hope someone knows more about her or knows of another sistership. There are many pictures of...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-10-2013, 07:54
Replies: 8
Views: 1,992
Posted By cblurton
Re: Black Dolphin

I bought the boat from Mr. Goldstone. He bought it from a Mr. Wave, who apparently was the 3rd or 4th owner of Black Dolphin (aka Island Girl). The length given, 34', is LWL. On deck she's 40' and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-10-2013, 21:02
Replies: 8
Views: 1,992
Posted By cblurton
Black Dolphin

We recently purchased "Black Dolphin" (aka "Island Girl"), a 40' LOD Hugh Angelman-designed gaff-rigged diesel auxiliary cruising ketch built in 1944 by R.C. Ricketts (according to the Coast Guard...
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