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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bali 4.0 - Owner's point of view

Wow have a great trip!

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

17-04-2024, 07:40

Replies: 59

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bali 4.0 - Owner's point of view

HuffnPuff,

Were you able to do this yet? Looking forward to seeing your tracks.

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

26-03-2024, 11:12

Replies: 59

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bali 4.0 - Owner's point of view

Thanks Tin Tin. I like that last suggestion best.

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

25-03-2024, 07:53

Replies: 59

Views: 5,740

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bali 4.0 - Owner's point of view

How does a phone app know what TWA etc. is without connection to wind gages?

Or, how is it connected?

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

24-03-2024, 14:06

Replies: 59

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bali 4.0 - Owner's point of view

I searched in the App store on my iphone for iSailor. Would that be the Wartsila iSailor? It's the only one i found with a similar name.

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

22-03-2024, 11:58

Replies: 59

Views: 5,740

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bali 4.0 - Owner's point of view

HuffNPuff,

Thanks for sharing your experience. Are you able to share a track of your next sail? That would show the true result regarding tacking angle, taking into account the TWA, leeway, etc....

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

22-03-2024, 11:37

Replies: 91

Jost Van Dyke Customs Shakedown

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Jost Van Dyke Customs Shakedown

I'm not taking sides, but I seem to remember a lot of threads on CF back in 2021-2022 about outrageous enforcement actions and behavior by the BVI Customs. Some were saying things like they have had...

11-03-2024, 09:33

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 -2024 and Continuing Joke Threads

Phone charger?

Back to that one about hearing it through the grapevine. I get it, but I will admit that I don't get how the cow figures in. I may be dense, but please clue me in.

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

06-03-2024, 15:02

Replies: 6

Bareboat charter from St. Martin

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bareboat charter from St. Martin

This is very helpful. Thanks everyone!

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

05-03-2024, 08:45

Replies: 237

Performance of charter cats?

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Performance of charter cats?

Is it just me, or did the line handling, or rather the huge pile of ropes laying on the deck at the helm seem sloppy? I would not leave that much line lying around even in much less challenging...

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

02-03-2024, 13:15

Replies: 29

Dream Yacht St. Martin

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Dream Yacht St. Martin

Beppe,
Thanks for reporting back on your experience. That sounds better than a lot of the reports we have read on this site.

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

17-02-2024, 18:55

Replies: 6

Bareboat charter from St. Martin

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Bareboat charter from St. Martin

Zanshin,

Thank you, that is just the kind of shared info I am looking for. I have read your posts before and respect your opinion.

Anyone else feel free to "stick an oar in"

BSer

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

17-02-2024, 14:14

Replies: 6

Bareboat charter from St. Martin

Views: 870

Posted By Bullshooter

Bareboat charter from St. Martin

I started this thread to discuss sharing of information about St. Martin/Sint Maarten and nearby islands. We are going to be down there in late May, early June for 8 days on the boat and a few more...

09-02-2024, 13:54

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Views: 979,797

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 -2024 and Continuing Joke Threads

Speaking of Captain Kirk,

Turns out his lingerie business went bankrupt. Apparently "Shatner Panties" was not a good name for marketing purposes...

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

26-01-2024, 11:00

Replies: 29

Dream Yacht St. Martin

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Dream Yacht St. Martin

No, I chickened out due to the numerous posts regarding problems. I ended up going through Ed Hamilton brokers to charter with Moorings.

Good luck on your charter. I truly hope the problems were...

09-12-2023, 12:01

Replies: 4,713

Views: 979,797

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

OK truth to tell. I actually met Danny DeVito, he was pitching a brand of Lemoncello at a grocery store here in New Orleans. I had to wait in line to speak to him. I quoted part of that line to...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

31-10-2023, 14:49

Replies: 7

Voyage 480 Electrified

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Voyage 480 Electrified

Nice! I hear that they are very nice boats! Please post about it when you get it.

Forum: Meets & Greets

28-10-2023, 08:17

Replies: 40

Landlocked in Vermont

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Landlocked in Vermont

My advice is to get that small boat and learn to sail it well. Then gradually learn to charter larger boats on bareboat charters. I have been on enough charters, some as long as 3 weeks, to realize...

14-10-2023, 09:18

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Views: 979,797

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

Speaking of Hoovers...

How do you tell the difference between a motorcycle and a vacuum cleaner?

On a motorcycle, the dirtbag is on the top.

No offence to those who ride - I even owned...

03-10-2023, 12:18

Replies: 4,713

Views: 979,797

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

That Airbus joke is like the one about the old bull and the young bull that see a herd of cows down the hill....

But you probably heard that one. Same moral basically.

16-09-2023, 11:57

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Views: 979,797

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

I’m not saying I need a pube trimmer, but when I get aroused, it looks like Pinocchio has joined the Talıban.

Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean

13-09-2023, 09:08

Replies: 9

Fishing in the Northern Leewards

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Posted By Bullshooter

Re: Fishing in the Northern Leewards

Thanks Zanzhin, all info is appreciated.

12-09-2023, 12:09

Replies: 4,713

Views: 979,797

Posted By Bullshooter

Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

OK, I had to ask the Google what is this thing about "Azaria"

Here is what I found: "Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain (11 June 1980 – 17 August 1980) was a nine-week-old Australian baby girl who...

11-09-2023, 07:15

Replies: 4,713