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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 20-01-2023, 02:54
Replies: 84
Views: 12,605
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: One Dead in Bizarre Accident Aboard Yacht Off Gran Canaria

I have regularly climbed my mast to inspect the rig, lubricate sheaves, make repairs etc. Usually this is done at anchor but I have twice had to climb the mast while under passage, fortunately only...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 15-11-2022, 14:48
Replies: 22
Views: 33,671
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Water in Bilge

You didn't say if your boat was new or used. If it is a used boat, check the stern bumper (either use a water hose outside the hull or remove the bumper). It is commonly damaged and replaced multiple...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-05-2022, 04:01
Replies: 28
Views: 4,241
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: More incidents with orcas

In 2004 my wife and I had a "close encounter" with an orca off the east coast of Australia. We were motoring in dead calm conditions when a large black fin approached from the opposite direction. We...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-05-2022, 14:19
Replies: 28
Views: 4,241
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: More incidents with orcas

I noticed an internet article detailing how packs of Orcas attacked and ate a Blue Whale. (there were also articles about how they attacked great white sharks). What struck me what how they targeted...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-09-2021, 09:57
Replies: 295
Views: 26,711
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Need alternative to Pirate flag

If you are anchored out with three grandkids aboard, all armed to the teeth with super-soakers, I think flying the Jolly Roger is providing passers by with fair warning.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 27-06-2021, 04:35
Replies: 1
Views: 532
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Engine removal - Cats

The Leopard 47PC has two large panels in the deck above the rear cabin beds. After you take down the headliner, the sealant is cut, the panels removed and the engines come out with a cherry-picker /...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-04-2021, 15:26
Replies: 11
Views: 4,055
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Navigating Houston Ship Channel from Kemah

It has been nearly 20 years since I navigated the Houston Ship Channel so please check your depth sounder to see if what I state herein is still true. The Houston Ship channel was dredged to be 560’...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 12-02-2021, 12:14
Replies: 79
Views: 11,539
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Sailing and alcohol

Wikipedia notes that in Queensland, Australia it is illegal for the captain of a boat to be over 0.05 Blood alcohol concentration whilst at anchor. A mooring does not fall under this restriction....
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 30-01-2021, 07:20
Replies: 2
Views: 1,338
Posted By edmundsteele
Life jacket with PLB pocket

I solo sail in the Caribbean tropics (somebody has to do it!) and am looking for a new life jacket since my existing life jacket is showing its age. I have an ACR PLB and am looking for a brand of...
Forum: Our Community 26-12-2020, 12:36
Replies: 83
Views: 13,768
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: "Curious about circumnavigating/no experience"

It began during a bleak autumn afternoon in New Mexico, grey skies and cold rain. My wife said, “Why don’t we go sailing?” We spent that Christmas in the Grenadines taking an ASA sailing course for a...
Forum: Navigation 20-12-2020, 09:01
Replies: 76
Views: 7,852
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Calculating the sailing time of cross ocean course

Lots of online information about circumnavigating Antarctica. In fact, it’s being done right now, see: https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en

A budget of about $6m for the boat, little bit of practice and...
Forum: Marine Electronics 12-12-2020, 05:03
Replies: 30
Views: 6,527
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: ? about radar on a sailboat

Most radars allow you to display an electronic “wake” – just an elapsed time / fading color coded display of previous reflections. I have found this feature useful in detecting small objects that...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 23-11-2020, 10:14
Replies: 859
Views: 142,889
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Any early retirees turned cruisers with big careers have regrets?

We were fortunate to be able to keep the house in New Mexico. The cruising season for a circumnavigation wherein you actually visit places - as opposed to say the Vendee non-stop race, is typically...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 23-11-2020, 07:29
Replies: 859
Views: 142,889
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Any early retirees turned cruisers with big careers have regrets?

This thread has been thought provoking. My wife and I retired 20 years ago, me at 53 and my wife at 50. I had been a mid-level corporate executive in oil and gas seismic exploration companies, then a...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 20-11-2020, 11:28
Replies: 65
Views: 8,175
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Where is Everything on the Boat?

My system was to use Open Office (free) spreadsheet to list every spare part or special tool, by device, that is I would label a group “Engine” and then list every spare part, consumable or special...
Forum: Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 18-11-2020, 07:56
Replies: 58
Views: 7,139
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: How do you decide where to go?

To research destinations, some of the websites we used:

www.noonsite.com
www.ssca.org
activecaptain.garmin.com
wikipedia
cia.gov (really!)

There are lots more but these will get you...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 19-10-2020, 04:36
Replies: 128
Views: 26,484
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Heaving-to myths.

We heaved to for a couple of days (Super Maramu ketch) off Eastern Australia waiting for a depression to pass ahead of us. We decided which tack we would heave to on and then moved the windward sheet...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-10-2020, 18:22
Replies: 90
Views: 9,840
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: What other sailboats have THIS layout?

When you are on the hook or on a mooring, the V-berth gets all of the anchor rode noise / or when the wind drops, the noise of the mooring buoy bumping into the hull. Stern state rooms are definitely...
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 03-10-2020, 07:30
Replies: 32
Views: 7,819
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Should I take ASA Sailing classes

I have been multiple places where I was asked to produce my sailing “license”. I provided a copy of pages from my ASA logbook with my photo displayed, plus pages with colored stamps and signatures...
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 30-09-2020, 08:26
Replies: 67
Views: 6,086
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Home Depot Banners Blocking View of Site

You caught me. I didn't actually test the theory. My wife doesn't allow me to troll porn sites.
Ed:popcorn:
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 25-09-2020, 09:30
Replies: 67
Views: 6,086
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Home Depot Banners Blocking View of Site

If you check out a couple of porn sites right before you log into this one, you get an entirely different set of ads.
:popcorn:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 20-09-2020, 06:53
Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Lewmar Model 10 winch service

After about 2 hours of vocalized obscenities (by me - not the winch) it just dropped into place. Got fed up torturing me I suppose.
Ed:popcorn:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 19-09-2020, 16:14
Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Lewmar Model 10 winch service

I have tried turning while assembling it. Pressing down hard while turning. Turning the opposite direction. So far nada. There is a fiber washer at the base of the spindle and I have turned this so...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 19-09-2020, 15:06
Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Posted By edmundsteele
Re: Lewmar Model 10 winch service

Hi Marathon,
I have serviced dozens of winches over the past couple of decades but this one has me puzzled. There are two set of pairs of pawls on this winch, top and bottom of the drum. The bottom...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 19-09-2020, 10:27
Replies: 7
Views: 1,682
Posted By edmundsteele
Lewmar Model 10 winch service

I am servicing a 1980 vintage Lewmar 10 winch, single speed, non-tailing. Everything smooth as glass until I try to reassemble. The two pawls at the base are “sticking out” and preventing the body...
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