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Forum: Powered Boats 21-04-2015, 21:26
Replies: 23
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Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: The Dilemma

I'm sure it could be hauled. A single-wide mobile home is 90' long and 18' wide, and they haul them all over the country.

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Forum: Powered Boats 21-04-2015, 19:28
Replies: 23
Views: 4,142
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: The Dilemma

I'm sure anything up to 60' could be hauled overland on the trailer My hauler has. My boat at 35' looked tiny on his trailer! 13' beam made her a wide load, but computers make permits easy. My draft...
Forum: Powered Boats 21-04-2015, 16:49
Replies: 23
Views: 4,142
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: The Dilemma

PS don't worry about the boat, my hauler John has an awesome 60' yacht trailer with hydraulic jackstands and air-ride suspension. Drop me a line and I'll give you his info.
Forum: Powered Boats 21-04-2015, 16:36
Replies: 23
Views: 4,142
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: The Dilemma

For goodness sake, take her with you! Sailing is great in CA!

I hauled my 2006 Catalina 350 from Annapolis to San Diego, and 3 years later back-hauled her from SD to Boston. Paid $12K for the...
Forum: Other 17-02-2015, 16:42
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: Sailboats are BANNED!

Fishing is for fun too - only a fool buys a boat when fish is $5 a pound. Well, it's one or the other...
Forum: Other 16-02-2015, 20:51
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: Sailboats are BANNED!

Quabbin reservoir only holds 412 billion gallons of water - if somebody pees in it, it's ruined.
Forum: Other 16-02-2015, 20:42
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: Sailboats are BANNED!

And yes, we should ban sailing wherever the water is "fairly cold," such as the Pacific Ocean.
Forum: Other 16-02-2015, 20:38
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: Sailboats are BANNED!

So motor boaters don't pee in the water but sailors do? And there were over 500 motorboat deaths in the US last year, mostly small open ones like they allow - but only 3 sailboat deaths nationwide....
Forum: Other 16-02-2015, 19:36
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: Sailboats are BANNED!

I went to the visitor center today, talked to the man...in the fishing guide in black and white!

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Forum: Other 16-02-2015, 19:34
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Re: Sailboats are BANNED!

Changed jobs, moved the big boat to Boston (yeah, freezing my butt off). Built a small wooden sailboat years ago, hoping for a summer weeknight venue.

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Forum: Other 16-02-2015, 18:41
Replies: 23
Views: 6,214
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Sailboats are BANNED!

Quibban Reservoir in central Mass allows fishing boats with up to 25hp. motors, including stinky 2-strokes. But sailboats are forbidden!! WHAT???
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-01-2015, 19:00
Replies: 12
Views: 6,871
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
It's. Called "oil canning," and very common on...

It's. Called "oil canning," and very common on light displacement boats. I had a Seaward 25 that did it on the trailer to a shocking degree, but the hull bounced back to shape as soon as she's in the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-01-2015, 16:28
Replies: 25
Views: 8,352
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
A shoal keel lets you go more places, and you...

A shoal keel lets you go more places, and you worry much less about going aground. If you are a racer, you should go full keel for performance reasons. If you are a cruiser and want more speed, go...
Forum: Our Community 06-01-2015, 20:21
Replies: 429
Views: 101,973
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
A sailing buddy of mine got divorced because, in...

A sailing buddy of mine got divorced because, in her words, "the boat got more rubbing than I did."

Perhaps her remedy is severe, but be honest, are you an innocent victim and her a crazy woman?...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-01-2015, 16:36
Replies: 11
Views: 7,049
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
I've done some fancy rope work on my companionway...

I've done some fancy rope work on my companionway grab pole and handholds. I tried synthetics, and the rope work has all the charm of a plastic bathmat. The best looking stuff is cheap cotton...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 02-01-2015, 13:43
Replies: 98
Views: 12,550
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
I personally don't feel any other boater's faults...

I personally don't feel any other boater's faults make me or any other good boater look bad. They make themselves look bad, that's it.

Nor do I think "shape up or ship out" ever motivated anyone...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 01-01-2015, 20:00
Replies: 98
Views: 12,550
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Any rational novice sailor self-limits their...

Any rational novice sailor self-limits their activities to stay within the safe boundaries of their ability and knowledge.

When at age 14 I paddled a sunfish out 30 feet from shore on a calm day...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 31-12-2014, 13:39
Replies: 98
Views: 12,550
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
If a store will let me return something I didn't...

If a store will let me return something I didn't like, that's a service to me, and will make me want to shop there. I don't always have time to study up on flashlights or popcorn makers, so being...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 31-12-2014, 04:20
Replies: 21
Views: 14,638
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
I once brought a Gloucester 16 back from the...

I once brought a Gloucester 16 back from the dead, she had a weighted swing keel of about 150 lbs. among her other repair issues, the keel was flaking rust, the cable was broken, there was a leak at...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 30-12-2014, 11:24
Replies: 98
Views: 12,550
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Most car accidents are caused by operator error....

Most car accidents are caused by operator error. US car insurance generally covers your liability for damage to the other car and their medical expenses whenever you are at fault, whether you went...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-12-2014, 10:56
Replies: 58
Views: 9,198
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
Very interesting, but if these are big problems,...

Very interesting, but if these are big problems, how come millions of whole-boat MSW inverters have been sold? In fact, I'd be surprised if more than 10% of installed inverters are true sine wave....
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-12-2014, 07:11
Replies: 32
Views: 4,219
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
There are plenty of fixer-uppers that you can...

There are plenty of fixer-uppers that you can sail while you work on her, which motivates you to keep going. A project like this can have you stuck in a boatyard for months if not years, and the only...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-12-2014, 06:57
Replies: 22
Views: 3,271
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
I have almost your identical setup. 4 6V golf...

I have almost your identical setup. 4 6V golf carts wired to a 30A charger, and a starting battery wired to the engine alternator. A Blue Sea combiner relay makes the engine charge the house bank and...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 30-12-2014, 06:39
Replies: 98
Views: 12,550
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
And if that theory holds, then car liability...

And if that theory holds, then car liability insurance wouldn't cover your financial responsibility for accidents where you are at fault - so what the heck would it cover?
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 29-12-2014, 22:54
Replies: 98
Views: 12,550
Posted By Sailor Bob 350
And charts go out of date, sextant can get bent,...

And charts go out of date, sextant can get bent, depth sounders can have interferences, compasses can deviate. I guess we should just throw them away and ignore all the buoys?
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