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Forum: Vendor Spotlight - Great Deals for CF Members! 13-11-2020, 06:45
Replies: 293
Views: 19,862
Posted By Whosails
Re: MANTUS MARINE GIVEAWAY - ends Nov 24, 2020

https://www.mantusmarine.com/mantus-anchors/#1473344624237-3088b152-cc33
Mmmm. 35 pounds would be good for our Wauquiez.
Forum: Navigation 27-09-2020, 08:38
Replies: 44
Views: 32,598
Posted By Whosails
Re: Navionics: which ipad will work ???

I have used an older iPad 9.7” which is upgradable. But have recently upgraded to an 11” 2018 which has more viewing area. I see some people are using a 12” iPad. Must have cellular but I don’t know...
Forum: Navigation 14-09-2020, 08:24
Replies: 53
Views: 11,307
Posted By Whosails
Re: Escape from Nova Scotia

Read Noonsite.com. It will give you all updates on places you may want to enter. Put out by World Cruising.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 02-09-2020, 08:57
Replies: 24
Views: 2,931
Posted By Whosails
Re: First Boat - Figuring it Out Yourself?

Enjoy your boat. With my first offshore boat I spent a year with it and touched everything! It had blisters which needed drying before I launched it again. Hands on everything while drying. I felt...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-08-2020, 08:29
Replies: 32
Views: 4,333
Posted By Whosails
Re: Is this boat worthy? keel and hull damage?

Consider that everything on a boat that requires repair takes longer than you think it will. Also, costs more than estimates. Only very rarely is it the other way around.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-08-2020, 11:22
Replies: 29
Views: 11,921
Posted By Whosails
Re: Advice on purchase of C&C 37

Water intrusion in a cored deck in limited areas are relatively easy to deal with but blistering on the hull is a different problem.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-08-2020, 08:49
Replies: 38
Views: 13,412
Posted By Whosails
Re: Gozzard vs Cabo Rico

I looked at the Cabo Rico but, it was awhile ago. I planned to go offshore. I thought that the Cabo Rico looked wonderful but was extremely lacking in storage space. If you are planning to go...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 13-05-2020, 10:03
Replies: 134
Views: 15,834
Posted By Whosails
Re: Skipper cited for violation of rule 9.

One thing that new sailors need to learn is that no matter what they learned, is that “MIGHT MAKES RIGHT!”. If it is bigger than you are you had better get out of the way.
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-01-2020, 08:47
Replies: 55
Views: 7,282
Posted By Whosails
Re: Emergency rudder/Windvane vs ladder?

I also have been thinking about this. In the past I travelled over 1,000 miles with a Windpilot. We boarded on the starboard side of the boat. Now I have the same problem with a new to me Wauquiez....
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-01-2020, 09:22
Replies: 14
Views: 1,924
Posted By Whosails
Re: Market price for european boats 37-40ft east coast US

Wauquiez Pretorian
Forum: Our Community 11-01-2020, 09:46
Replies: 35
Views: 7,340
Posted By Whosails
Re: In need of serious help please!

You could put the boat in Indiantown, Florida. Much less expensive. Many boat owners have gone to this one to work on their boats. Watch the early MJ Sailing on Uoutube. Also you can live aboard,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-11-2019, 02:56
Replies: 81
Views: 14,766
Posted By Whosails
Re: Electronic Autohelm or Self Steering Wind Vane?

We used a Windpilot for thousands of miles both under sail and motoring. It worked!
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 30-09-2019, 10:52
Replies: 136
Views: 19,656
Posted By Whosails
Re: Heating our sailboat this winter in VA - HELP!

I lived in Norfolk one winter on my Hinckley. I only had a Pelonis heater. Of course I was at a dock.
Forum: Navigation 29-09-2019, 14:23
Replies: 104
Views: 23,630
Posted By Whosails
Re: PredictWind? Weatherfax? What weather system do you recommend for crossing oceans

Then there is the free “Windy” which seems okay for fairly local trips. I believe it has a pro version called “Fastseas”. Not sure I remember the name correctly.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-09-2019, 12:59
Replies: 51
Views: 5,679
Posted By Whosails
Re: First boat for new sailor

Listen to the best advice here. There is a lot to learn.
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 07-09-2019, 12:28
Replies: 11
Views: 5,598
Posted By Whosails
Re: Lobsters in Virgin Islands - help me get one!

No lobsters in the Virgin Islands. They are crayfish. No large claws.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 06-09-2019, 17:02
Replies: 59
Views: 16,375
Posted By Whosails
Re: move Lobster Pots

I did have a pot warp wrap around my prop one night. I was in an anchorage.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 06-09-2019, 16:59
Replies: 59
Views: 16,375
Posted By Whosails
Re: move Lobster Pots

Maybe people from “away” don’t understand that as far as boaters go, the lobsterman is KING here.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-09-2019, 16:42
Replies: 41
Views: 4,805
Posted By Whosails
Re: Sailing without engine - Suva-->Nadi (Fiji)

Not sure what the problem is. I sailed over 800 miles with no engine after being hit with a 79 knot wind that knocked out my engine and electronics. I did have to be towed into a very tight marina at...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 02-09-2019, 10:21
Replies: 60
Views: 21,665
Posted By Whosails
Re: Sail drives, how bad?

We have a Wauquiez Gladiateur with saildrive. Installed in 2009. The yard it had been in before we bought it did something wrong and while the former owner was using it, it developed a serious...
Forum: Vendor Spotlight - Great Deals for CF Members! 02-09-2019, 09:15
Replies: 153
Views: 13,587
Posted By Whosails
Re: BRUNTONS PROPELLERS GIVEAWAY- ends Sept 9, 2019

https://www.bruntonspropellers.com/varifold

I am thrilled to death to compete for this prop! It will replace my current prop and my current prop will be saved as a spare prop.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-08-2019, 07:54
Replies: 150
Views: 38,347
Posted By Whosails
Re: Rank the different boat brands

And so, I am am offshore sailor intending to cross the Atlantic soon. I own a Waquiez 33”. Built for offshore and faster than heavy displacement boats. Point being that there are many different...
Forum: Navigation 19-08-2019, 09:05
Replies: 36
Views: 7,954
Posted By Whosails
Re: Garmin inReach

Noted! So glad to know I don’t own a HR. It is a Wauquiez Gladiateur, 33’:smitten:
Forum: Navigation 19-08-2019, 08:26
Replies: 36
Views: 7,954
Posted By Whosails
Re: Garmin inReach

I just bought the inReach Explorer Plus. Planning a trip from Maine to Virginia. I hope to be able to keep in touch with family.
Forum: Navigation 18-08-2019, 16:11
Replies: 36
Views: 7,954
Posted By Whosails
Re: Garmin inReach

Mmm... Taking advice from all of you, I signed into Fastseas and did a route from Portland, Maine to the Chesapeake. Interesting that they routed me around the Cape Cod Canal and crossing the Gulf...
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