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Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 10-01-2022, 14:38
Replies: 91
Views: 26,927
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Yacht Delivery Death Traps.

Sailorman 97 - When you state "down south" it isn't quite clear what you mean. Pacific or Atlantic? Seattle WA is "down south" of the Juneau AK. Chile is "down south" of Mexico. Cape Town is...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 10-01-2022, 14:25
Replies: 91
Views: 26,927
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Yacht Delivery Death Traps.

Ann - in a few cases I wanted a complete survey of the boat before I accepted the delivery. And for those deliveries I hired Jim Jesse - but usually kept Jim's to myself. Jim usually found EVERY...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 08-01-2022, 09:32
Replies: 91
Views: 26,927
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Yacht Delivery Death Traps.

Re: choosing a surveyor - many decades ago I taught courses in celestial navigation and coastal piloting. Often students would ask me how to choose a surveyor. My suggestion was that they get a...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 07-01-2022, 23:08
Replies: 91
Views: 26,927
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Yacht Delivery Death Traps.

I was in the yacht delivery business between 1980 and 2002. I ALWAYS had a contract. One thing always in the contract was that they were hiring me for my expertise and knowledge. From the moment...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 01-09-2021, 07:38
Replies: 25
Views: 11,310
Posted By secrabtree
Re: What Advantage Is A Buyer's Broker?

Chris - It is obvious from your comment that YOU dont need a buyers broker - you probably have the knowledge and experience of many buyers brokers, and more skills than many yacht surveyors. You are...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 24-05-2021, 09:31
Replies: 28
Views: 6,884
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Why dont jibs use endless furlers?

I found that on my Cal 39 that I'd get a neater furl if I was sailing about 150 off the wind when I furled the headsail (125 or 150 or 180). I often sailed singlehanded (no further than between San...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 24-05-2021, 08:33
Replies: 47
Views: 5,764
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Drinking water on a 22ft boat

[QUOTE=tkeithlu;3410377]My reference here is experience camping in my family's 20 ft English rivers
boat, which we bought second hand in 1909.I can't wait to get back to her.

Did your family...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-03-2021, 20:03
Replies: 57
Views: 6,979
Posted By secrabtree
Re: New Member - Going the opposite direction?

Roland - Most of the comments that I've read are pretty good, but there wa one that is head and shoulders above the rest is "The best way to make the transition is to spend some time sailing a small...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-03-2021, 18:34
Replies: 75
Views: 14,813
Posted By secrabtree
Re: How many winches is enough?

Floater 88 - You didn't identify the tye of boat (size, one or two masts, the area in which you'll be sailing, the type of sailing you intend to do (daysailing, lake sailing, cruising in the ocean,...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 23-02-2021, 10:49
Replies: 401
Views: 41,174
Posted By secrabtree
Re: All about the Colregs no 3 - single handed sailing and keeping a look out

StuM - Actually this wasn't between sleeping, but probably less than 12 minutes checking the horizon each time. The "sleeping" time was really trying to sleep because the pain of 2 broken ribs -...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 22-02-2021, 22:10
Replies: 401
Views: 41,174
Posted By secrabtree
Re: All about the Colregs no 3 - single handed sailing and keeping a look out

With the benefit of hindsight I agree with my opinion 40 years ago that travelling to Hawaii alone on a Cal 39 Mk 2 was not in accordance with COLREGS and that I'd be liable if a collision occurred. ...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-02-2021, 21:12
Replies: 107
Views: 54,159
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Difference between boats and ships

Hi - Jim. Sam Crabtree here. I can't say this is definitely true, but I have always (for the last 40+ years) understood that a yacht was a private pleasure surface boat of any size. And that many...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 18-12-2020, 21:35
Replies: 165
Views: 47,124
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Why do friends feel so entitled to come on the boat?

When I had my boat (for 40 years the last boat - 55 years total) I often had people offer "when you need crew". I responded "I sailed alone from San Francisco to Hawaii, I doubt that I'll NEED...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 07-12-2020, 12:25
Replies: 51
Views: 8,416
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Is a tent worth owning?

For what it's worth - I started camping when I was 6. From age 15 until 21 I spent a month or more backpacking in the High Sierra each summer, as well as in the San Gabrial mountains during other...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 07-12-2020, 12:06
Replies: 69
Views: 11,501
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Safe to cruise after a massive stroke?

[QUOTE=BugzyCan;3285801] "boat made for single handing, roller main, roller jib" , anchor roller etc. and then be sure to keep an EPIRB on you at all times,
I often see these recommendations for...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 07-12-2020, 11:43
Replies: 52
Views: 9,756
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Sail handling without winches

One thing I haven't seen talked about here is safety. When the wind strength increases and one feels it necessary to douse the jib it is usual for a crew member (or the singlehanded skipper) to get...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-12-2020, 11:09
Replies: 50
Views: 7,535
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Navy Shower Water Use?

On passages to or from Hawaii the practice on my boat was for 2 people to "shower" on the foredeck. One would pour a bucket of salt water over the other (or sometimes they'd go swimming), then...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-11-2020, 08:04
Replies: 65
Views: 11,889
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Showering how often?

At sea (in the ocean more then a few days from shore) the frequency depends upon 1- the temperature and 2 - the spray and 3- does the boat have a watermaker and 4 - are you sailing singlehanded.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-09-2019, 17:22
Replies: 253
Views: 35,340
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Heavy sailboats are slower and

Also, most on this thread (and some top tier sailors that I've talked with t boat shows) seem to assume that 'hull speed' is the fastest that a boat can go. That isn't true. Hull speed is the point...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-09-2019, 16:55
Replies: 253
Views: 35,340
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Heavy sailboats are slower and

I'll agree that different boats will travel at different speeds under different conditions and with different skippers and crew and equipment and sails. That one may be faster under certain...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-09-2019, 21:56
Replies: 253
Views: 35,340
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Heavy sailboats are slower and

Jim - I've read as much of this thread as I could stomach. Most seem to believe that the only things that effect speed are length, weight, wetted surface, sail area. Stuff like that. IF it were...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-08-2019, 15:23
Replies: 32
Views: 4,204
Posted By secrabtree
Re: bananaing after rerig, keel boat leaking?

When I first bought my Cal 39 in 1978 the water didn't always leak in. It took a while for me to figure out. I was berthed in the San Juaquin River near Antioch CA in very shallow water. What was...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 03-08-2019, 06:39
Replies: 59
Views: 19,497
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Why are flexible solar panels catching fire?

Niles -My "Bimini" WAS four rigid non-flexible 160W solar panels mounted on a modified bimini frame of 1" diameter stainless steel tubing.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 02-08-2019, 21:31
Replies: 59
Views: 19,497
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Why are flexible solar panels catching fire?

The flexable solar panels do not last as long and are a little more difficult to keep clean. When I had my Cal 39 I had a few bars added to the bimini so that I could mount 4 - 160W solar pannels. ...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 02-08-2019, 20:55
Replies: 73
Views: 14,334
Posted By secrabtree
Re: Do you leave your boat unlocked?

Leave the keys in the ignition? My Cal 39 didn't have an ignition key. And the guy that said he could start any diesel - that's right. When I was worried about boat theft (rarely) I removed a...
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