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Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-04-2024, 10:26 |
Replies: 165
Views: 8,699
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe
Very well thought out post. Thanks for writing. You’ve put a lot of time and effort into a fairly sensitive subject. Your words should come as an attachment to all new gear purchased by fellow... |
Forum: Our Community 08-04-2024, 10:17 |
Replies: 7
Views: 489
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Favorite Fair Weather Gear
Shorts and a t-shirt! Lots of em, as they dirty quickly on a boat and you dont want to look like you just arrived from a 30-day passage. A baseball cap for the dome. Put a little spf50 on the nose... |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-04-2024, 10:17 |
Replies: 40
Views: 2,208
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Newcomer question - how to begin?
Take up Tennis while it’s not too late! Just kidding. You’re on the right track. You didn’t however say your wife was involved in any of these undertakings. Therein lies the problem. She needs to... |
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 23-03-2024, 11:16 |
Replies: 0
For Sale: Nauticat 43 for sale
Views: 836
Posted By
rbrazil
Nauticat 43 for sale
Strong, Safe & Dependable. Not all cruising is raising the sails and sailing downwind at 6 knots. Wouldn't that be nice! There are many days of no wind, too much wind, or from the wrong direction -... |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-01-2024, 10:43 |
Replies: 84
Views: 8,935
Posted By
rbrazil
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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 30-01-2024, 16:55 |
Replies: 100
Views: 9,845
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: What's your anchoring etiquette
… First off; Congratulations on your 1500 miles of cruising! Quite a feat. We are no experts, but, like you, find ourselves in the Sea of Cortez. I would guess you are using Shawn and Heather’s,... |
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 31-12-2023, 09:53 |
Replies: 39
Views: 3,125
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Should we put in AC
A/C is great if you're tied to a slip in a marina, as the airflow is minimal. Add Starlink and it will simulate being at home. You will be cozy in your salon watching YouTube videos. Countless... |
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 24-11-2023, 10:02 |
Replies: 44
Want To Buy: 38-42ft bluewater cruiser - suggestions please!
Views: 5,836
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: 38-42ft bluewater cruiser - suggestions please!
We had the same criteria 6 years ago. Happened upon a Nauticat 43. Been happy ever since. She ticks off all your boxes. She is currently in La Paz, Mexico. Our plan is to put her up for sale in April... |
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 13-11-2023, 20:18 |
Replies: 8
Views: 1,001
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Baja California - San Evaristo, Jan 2024
Hi again, This is all good information. Looks like you will be departing from Marina CostaBaja. (not Costa Brava) Lots of stores to provision, as listed above. Let any taxi driver know of your... |
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 10-11-2023, 11:05 |
Replies: 8
Views: 1,001
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Baja California - San Evaristo, Jan 2024
Those are all good places to go. The availability of food is such that you dont need to provision for all your food needs. There are tiendas, small restaurants on the beach, local fishermen etc. at... |
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 30-09-2023, 10:06 |
Replies: 93
Views: 11,386
Posted By
rbrazil
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Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 10-06-2023, 09:33 |
Replies: 10
Views: 2,089
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Best Place To Get Started West Coast?
Its not quite the west coast, but, Puerto Vallarta. 1. Direct flights to get home to visit mom. 2. Lots of “ready to sail” boats for sale. 3. Primo sailing almost every day. 4. Easy assimilation... |
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-06-2023, 14:04 |
Replies: 102
Views: 18,595
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Old "bluewater" cruiser VS. new Beneteau, Jeanneau etc.
I’m afraid to think of what would have happened. The construction of newish production boats seems, to me, to be of lesser quality. This is mostly due to cost constraints of building boats vs “the... |
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-06-2023, 09:35 |
Replies: 102
Views: 18,595
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Old "bluewater" cruiser VS. new Beneteau, Jeanneau etc.
You might die; you might not. Your mast might fall off; it might not. Many factors come into play. We just motor-sailed four hours thru 38 knot head winds in the San Lorenzo Channel near La Paz,... |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2023, 09:29 |
Replies: 34
Views: 4,996
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: The most beautiful patch of water
The most beautiful patch of water is the forty-three feet of water under Tally Ho’s keel while under sail. Just stunning! |
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-01-2023, 10:49 |
Replies: 78
Views: 9,328
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: What Sailboat cabin doesn't feel like a hole?
Nauticat pilot house monohulls would fit your criteria. I’ve attached a couple pics of our Nauticat 43, Tally Ho. |
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 14-08-2022, 09:27 |
Replies: 5
Views: 1,115
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Liability Insurance for Mexico
Novamar. Offices in San Diego and Puerto Vallarta. Very easy to work with. They can set you up over the phone. |
Forum: Our Community 25-07-2022, 09:50 |
Replies: 42
Views: 5,963
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Your favorite anchor app for your phone.
We use, Anchor!, as our anchor alarm. We run it on an ipad which we leave in our cabin. Its worked very well. The alarm and flashing light scares the **** out of me whenever it goes off, which is... |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-05-2022, 16:29 |
Replies: 11
Views: 1,422
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Long term refrigerator storage
Thanks everyone! Good information. I just wanted to see what the mass’s do. |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-05-2022, 18:37 |
Replies: 11
Views: 1,422
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Long term refrigerator storage
Grant, Thanks for the very thorough reply. Wow! 1. Did that. 2. Did that. 3 Didn’t do that.(3 years in Puerto Vallarta, no bugs. Well…one bee infestation.) 4. Did that. (Barra marina is a good... |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-05-2022, 13:39 |
Replies: 11
Views: 1,422
Posted By
rbrazil
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Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-05-2022, 10:01 |
Replies: 11
Views: 1,422
Posted By
rbrazil
Long term refrigerator storage
Hi Everyone, Our Nauticat 43 is located in the Barra de Navidad, Mexico marina, plugged in to shore power with the refrigerator on, and running. Everything else is turned off except the bilge... |
Forum: Pacific & South China Sea 15-04-2022, 21:30 |
Replies: 7
Views: 3,381
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: La Paz vs. Nuevo Vallarta vs. ???
Hi, We’ve done what you are about to do. Its an amazing adventure! We’ve had our boat in Paradise Village Marina for the past two years and flew back and forth (commuter cruising) many times.... |
Forum: Our Community 23-03-2022, 14:46 |
Replies: 20
Views: 2,147
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Blogs logs and diaries. Advice and regrets?
I’ve turned our sailing adventure into stories on Medium.com. Its a worldwide writers/readers website and for 5 bucks a month I can read and write as much as I want. I generally write about a... |
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-03-2022, 20:04 |
Replies: 38
Views: 3,990
Posted By
rbrazil
Re: Hey! Where’s my Dinghy?
OMG! I LOVE your story! That is hilarious. I want to party with you! If you still have an extra dinghy I could sure use one. |
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