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Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 13-03-2024, 04:14
Replies: 75
Views: 13,386
Posted By SURV69
Re: Major leap of faith... Call me crazy (I don't care!)

It's been a few years ...

I hope you followed your dreams and I hope you're doing well.

I've gotten stuck on land because of "responsibilities", and my age caught up with me quickly since.

I...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-03-2021, 05:55
Replies: 104
Views: 24,473
Posted By SURV69
Re: Coolest paint on a sailboat?

Has anyone considered what colors do the walking dead not see?

That would be my color of choice ....Coronado 35 "Sir Windsor"
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-03-2021, 05:35
Replies: 30
Views: 4,781
Posted By SURV69
Re: Autonomy with two 100w panels 54 amp-hour battery

I have said it in the past and I will say it again ...

There is nothing wrong with using/making a PELTIER refrigerator.

Peltier is a poor choice for ICE CREAM, but I used to keep my milk very...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-03-2021, 10:55
Replies: 30
Views: 4,781
Posted By SURV69
Re: Autonomy with two 100w panels 54 amp-hour battery

ideal means aimed at a bright Sun on a sunny day

:flowers:
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-03-2021, 10:05
Replies: 30
Views: 4,781
Posted By SURV69
Re: Autonomy with two 100w panels 54 amp-hour battery

The only truly important "power mongers", are always the same ... heating, cooling, refrigeration, cooking and communication ...

Reduce your footprint on these and you're pretty much home free.
...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-01-2019, 20:13
Replies: 47
Views: 12,042
Posted By SURV69
Re: Attaching rigid solar panels to canvas dodger.

have you considered 4 or 6 point contact and using swim noodles to reduce chafing?
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 09-12-2018, 12:37
Replies: 8
Views: 1,047
Posted By SURV69
Re: Boat Donation gone wrong

the previous owner is the only owner "of record".

If the charity, lost, destroyed or just doesn't want to address it.

I've already talked to the yard about a deal to pull everyone out of the...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 09-12-2018, 11:33
Replies: 8
Views: 1,047
Posted By SURV69
Boat Donation gone wrong

Okay ...
let's say I have an interest in a donated(?) boat ...

The boat was donated 3 years ago, but never picked up and the title was never filed(Ohio=Donor Michigan=charity).

Both states...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-12-2018, 08:51
Replies: 12
Views: 13,243
Posted By SURV69
Re: Coronado 35

I too am in the process of getting a Coronado 35 .... we have enough for our own bulletin board
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 10-09-2018, 12:44
Replies: 72
Views: 17,282
Posted By SURV69
Re: Marina evacuation - Forced anchor for hurricane

I like what Tingum said ....

Like being between a rock and a hard place...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-07-2018, 04:58
Replies: 61
Views: 10,917
Posted By SURV69
Re: Scuttle your own boat in Great lakes

A little ... very little imagination would very easily resolve that issue ... that's why holes were invented ....:peace:
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-07-2018, 20:38
Replies: 61
Views: 10,917
Posted By SURV69
Re: Scuttle your own boat in Great lakes

Imagine sinking a keel into concrete up to the marked waterline and turning the boat into a "pirate ship", at a playground ... fiberglass lasts forever(?).
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 18-07-2018, 10:52
Replies: 349
Views: 61,732
Posted By SURV69
Re: Composting toilet: rules, regulations, and "real life" use etc.?

if one could find a way to evaporate urine(like in a fan driven hot, clear tube in the Sun), I wonder how fast the water(in the urine), will evaporate, and i wonder how much longer a person might...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-07-2018, 06:52
Replies: 61
Views: 9,722
Posted By SURV69
Re: Grumpy ICW Bridge Tender

In Ohio, bridge tenders work for the County Engineer. Somehow they are paid by the state for the time they run the bridge. During winter months they might work on the survey crew, or salt...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 02-07-2018, 04:32
Replies: 0
Views: 790
Posted By SURV69
Detroit River Traverse July 2018 US/Canada

I'm delivering a 40' boat from Ohio to Wisconsin.

I do NOT have a passport

The Detroit & Saint Clair rivers straddle the international border.
Canadian law allows for incidental crossing of...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 24-06-2018, 18:57
Replies: 38
Views: 6,705
Posted By SURV69
Re: Cockpit Grass

Where do you put the lawn mower?:confused:
Forum: Navigation 24-06-2018, 18:49
Replies: 322
Views: 40,135
Posted By SURV69
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

I surveyed for about 40 years ...
started with dip needles, steel tape and machette ... ended up with RTK, pinfinders and robtic total stations.

Buildings and roads used to go up just fine with...
Forum: Navigation 21-06-2018, 03:59
Replies: 322
Views: 40,135
Posted By SURV69
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

Like it or not GPS has become a very Generic term ... all different, all the same ... some in rotating orbits and some geo-referenced ..

I think very few "GPS" units actually use the various...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 30-05-2018, 06:13
Replies: 75
Views: 13,386
Posted By SURV69
Re: Major leap of faith... Call me crazy (I don't care!)

Hi .... whereabouts are you in life? That is boat/water life-wise.
... are you looking to "pull the plug", on the sidewalk and grass mowing?

I have found two marinas on Lake Eries that...
Forum: Marine Electronics 29-05-2018, 05:54
Replies: 1
Views: 744
Posted By SURV69
Hi-Gain WIFI Repeater ... Redirection

There are some nice WIFI repeaters and boosters on the market.

I want one and I plan to extend it to the top of the mast. I hope to be able to sent it up on/with my main sheet since the mainsail...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 26-05-2018, 11:06
Replies: 349
Views: 61,732
Posted By SURV69
Re: Composting toilet: rules, regulations, and "real life" use etc.?

problem is solid wastes can be handled for ... maybe a month or more, whiles urine has to be dealt with about daily, and people with badges are everywhere.

3 miles out ... evidently no problem. ...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 23-05-2018, 09:45
Replies: 349
Views: 61,732
Posted By SURV69
Re: Composting toilet: rules, regulations, and "real life" use etc.?

BIOmetrics

I did a search and now know that urine can make a nice battery ... maybe enough battery to run a fan to dry the urine?

I'm also looking at ways to make the chemicals of urine to drop...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 23-05-2018, 05:50
Replies: 349
Views: 61,732
Posted By SURV69
Re: Composting toilet: rules, regulations, and "real life" use etc.?

About the Urine ....

One dump a day ... dry it out and await another day, but what about the urine?
A healthy person drinking the recommended water every day, makes about a gallon ... one week...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 23-05-2018, 05:24
Replies: 75
Views: 13,386
Posted By SURV69
Re: Major leap of faith... Call me crazy (I don't care!)

You can have a dream til the day of your demise, but it's more fulfilling to have the memory instead ...

Your friends and family will be in awe of you ... or better yet ... jealous
Forum: Great Lakes 22-03-2018, 20:07
Replies: 34
Views: 7,514
Posted By SURV69
Re: Great Lakes and Wintering in the Water?

Spring is in the air ... I have survived winter on a boat.

I haven't just survived, I have just had the best winter I've ever had in 68 years.

In northern Ohio, the really cold weather lasted...
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