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Forum: Navigation 31-03-2024, 11:55
Replies: 5
Views: 424
Posted By cofc
Re: Bimini or Cat Cay to Great Harbor - Berrys?

It’s an easy sail across the banks overnight. No reason not to keep on going all of the way to Great Harbour. If you do check in at Bimini, I’ve found staging around the NE side of the island helpful...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 27-02-2024, 07:44
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By cofc
Re: Marathon Florida anchorage ?

It has been a couple of years, but when we went there was also a waiting list for mooring balls. However the floating dock was completely empty. I don't remember what the rate was, but we found it...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-02-2024, 08:54
Replies: 70
Views: 7,548
Posted By cofc
Re: 10 REASONS NOT TO BUY VIKING PROPANE CYLINDERS.

Yeah, but you're not exchanging them every time. Just once every five years. If you're outfitted for steel 20 pound tanks you just swap them out once, find ones you like, and then refill as usual for...
Forum: Marinas 12-02-2024, 13:23
Replies: 2
Views: 474
Posted By cofc
Re: Indiantown Marina Still in Business?

Indiantown Marina is very much still in business. I was just down there a couple of weeks ago doing some work to my boat. I don't know anything about Indianhead Marina.
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 15-12-2023, 14:53
Replies: 70
Views: 11,567
Posted By cofc
Re: Sharks !

This is silly because it's gross numbers, not per capita. Yes, all the old fogies riding their golf carts around The Villages are way more likely to be hurt by a tanning bed than they are a shark...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-12-2023, 05:21
Replies: 5
Views: 479
Posted By cofc
Re: Mizzen rigging replacement

Depending on the size of the mizzen it might be able to be unstepped by hand. Our Nauticat’s can easily be brought down with just two people and one line
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-12-2023, 04:26
Replies: 5
Views: 479
Posted By cofc
Re: Mizzen rigging replacement

Ours only has four shrouds. When I replaced our rigging I found using a bit of counter-tension on the ballooner halyard way plenty to keep everything straight. I was able to climb to the spreaders,...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 05-11-2023, 05:00
Replies: 13
Views: 1,693
Posted By cofc
Re: Not sure what I am doing. Transmission

Have you tried without tension on the chain hoist? I removed a Borg Warner from our boat several years ago and remember it not being too tough to get off. I don't recall having much tension on the...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 09-09-2023, 12:01
Replies: 3
Views: 455
Posted By cofc
Re: Did I just contaminate my tanks?

You’re fine. An RO filter membrane has smaller holes in it than a membrane that is made to filter biological contaminants from fresh water. So it absolutely filtered out any critters in there. If...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-03-2023, 13:36
Replies: 62
Views: 15,832
Posted By cofc
Re: Starlink Roam

This is what I've always heard, and I understand that it should easily be able to do this. However, no matter where we have our Starlink, it always thinks it's in Atlanta. Or at least that is how it...
Forum: Our Community 31-01-2023, 10:56
Replies: 125
Views: 14,979
Posted By cofc
Re: Forced at gunpoint to jump off a sailboat in the Exumas

Is this the boat that was anchored way out at the mouth of Georgetown Harbour during the last big blow? A trawler leaving thought someone inside must be dead because no one would anchor there,...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 12-01-2023, 13:54
Replies: 10
Views: 3,639
Posted By cofc
Re: Starlink in the Bahamas?

Everyone is using Starlink in The Bahamas.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 06-11-2022, 17:52
Replies: 69
Views: 7,161
Posted By cofc
Re: Ford Lehman 80 head removal

I'll second reaching out to Brian at American Diesel. He's tremendously helpful and a saint with his time.
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-05-2022, 05:29
Replies: 102
Views: 8,208
Posted By cofc
Re: Did I make a $1,400 mistake?

Just get a external GPS antenna and call it a day. Or if you have a Garmin Inreach, when you pair with that it will use the Garmin as an antenna. Or if you have an AIS transceiver that broadcasts a...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 10-05-2022, 11:10
Replies: 48
Views: 5,014
Posted By cofc
Re: What Color Should Oil Be On Dipstick for 40 HP YANMAR - 3JH5E - SD 50?

Unless you just changed the oil 5 minutes ago, it's going to be very dark. Like 5,000 mile oil change on your Toyota dark.
Forum: Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 05-05-2022, 16:00
Replies: 27
Views: 7,538
Posted By cofc
Re: Cruising Long Island Sound

We enjoy the area between Westerly/Montauk/Block Island much more than the LI sound. Lake Montauk is always fun, Westerly is a super cute town with a fun beach and good walking, plus the jump-off...
Forum: Navigation 18-04-2022, 08:10
Replies: 33
Views: 5,248
Posted By cofc
Re: Dismal Swamp

The locks definitely open more frequently than twice a day. I don’t think you can just hang in the middle, they’ll want you on the wall to the right as you’re traveling north. New lock operator at...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 16-04-2022, 16:03
Replies: 3
Views: 881
Posted By cofc
Re: MilkShake in Transmission

Transmission oil cooler has failed.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 11-04-2022, 07:55
Replies: 14
Views: 2,323
Posted By cofc
Re: Charleston Haul Out // Keel Repair

Cooper River Boatyard can handle your boat, however they only have room on the hard for 2 large cats, so there's surely a waiting list. They lift with a crane and then place in a Travel Lift, so if...
Forum: Americas 15-03-2022, 06:13
Replies: 24
Views: 6,873
Posted By cofc
Re: Cheap good marina Bimini

We like Browns, but they're all basically the same. The marina on South Bimini usually has really good deals in the winter, but there's even less to do on South Bimini. I agree that Bimini is an okay...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 17-02-2022, 05:04
Replies: 13
Views: 3,480
Posted By cofc
Re: Diesel Availability in Bahamas

So it looks pretty for their guests. For 100k/week you can’t expect them to endure a bump or crab hole.
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 14-02-2022, 18:47
Replies: 6
Views: 628
Posted By cofc
Re: Stuffing Box

There is water inside of the bellows (the rubber part). The hose allows air to escape so the water can get in. If you haul out, surf some waves, etc. air can get in and then there would be no where...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-02-2022, 10:11
Replies: 36
Views: 6,330
Posted By cofc
Re: Bahamas vs E. Caribbean for ease of boat life

There were like 10 days at the end of January where the wind was less than 10 kts, maybe one windy day in the middle. I was spearfishing in the Exuma sound every day and it was nearly flat the whole...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 03-02-2022, 04:04
Replies: 1
Views: 778
Posted By cofc
Re: Najadd 331 as a liveabord for world cruising?

They are wonderful boats and I know of a family of four that has spent extensive time cruising on theirs, including ocean passages.
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 13-01-2022, 11:50
Replies: 6
Views: 2,254
Posted By cofc
Re: Preferred Cuts between the Bahama Bank and Exuma Sound?

Rat is great in an east wind because it is oriented N/S. It’s my preferred entry/exit when going to Lee Stocking. You can technically head up the banks from there, but it’s easier to jump back out...
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