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Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 06-10-2023, 14:54
Replies: 93
Views: 11,338
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Bare feet on board

No street shoes allowed aboard our boat. New, non-street shoes with soft white soles were encouraged for guests but mostly everyone, ourselves included, went barefoot. Yes, there were some stubbed...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-07-2023, 08:27
Replies: 31
Views: 4,950
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: 45k USD for vessel transportation from Caribbean to EU

Neighbours on our quay in Palma shipped their 45' Fairline from England to Palma two years ago. He's looking at shipping her back this fall. The cost to do so has almost doubled. Like everything...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 29-05-2023, 06:37
Replies: 28
Views: 3,557
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Sunbrella quality?

We had new exterior cushions made last year. The supplier in Palma advised against Sunbrella as she had seen a notable decline in quality.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 08-08-2022, 09:16
Replies: 101
Views: 13,802
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Marriage Savers - do you use them?

Count me as definitely in favour of Marriage Savers. Hand signals worked for the small boat and still in some simple anchoring situations, but being able to speak clearly between the bow and helm is...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-05-2022, 10:00
Replies: 36
Views: 5,788
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Do you wash your running rigging?

Ours go in the washing machine at the end of each season when the sails come off.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 03-05-2022, 05:30
Replies: 12
Views: 3,404
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Comparing Jeanneau DS models....and Catalina 400

We have a 2002 43DS, the same as SaltyMetals. Everything he says is bang on. We've had ours since 2013 and very much enjoy it for months of liveaboard at a time. The huge aft cabin is a luxury;...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 07-01-2022, 10:21
Replies: 107
Views: 10,736
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Sell the Wife: Off Grid/Beautiful Nature in a 7-day Starter Charter?

Without reading all 7 pages of this thread to see if this has already been suggested, spend some cozy evenings with your wife watching YouTube cruising videos. There are plenty of great vids which...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 11-10-2021, 06:38
Replies: 97
Views: 8,501
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Selling a boat from afar (Canada)

I’m with Jim Cate—do some serious research about shipping her cross country. I’m sure it would cost dearly, but so will brokers, shopping trips, shipping your personal goods, etc.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-08-2021, 09:17
Replies: 63
Views: 10,457
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: 40 year old sailboat with good survey, vs 20 year old sailboat with good survey?

Wrong assumption. Without having read pages of other answers, I'll say this. The quality of production boats dropped off dramatically around the turn of the century. Before that, most were...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 02-04-2021, 08:58
Replies: 75
Views: 10,761
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Transitioning to Liveaboard -- Younger Person Seeking Your Advice

First, congrats on your successes thus far. Obviously you are making good choices, and your logic approaching this idea is very sound. As a boat owner/sailer for 28 years, the biggest mistake we...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 22-02-2021, 06:47
Replies: 77
Views: 11,194
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Cats on a Boat

I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but my experience with having a cat on board, and having met those with cats on board, is that it is important for them to start sailing while they are...
Forum: Meets & Greets 06-11-2020, 08:58
Replies: 14
Views: 577
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: I'm new to the Cruisers Forum!

Welcome aboard. Enjoy the journey!
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 22-09-2020, 03:47
Replies: 5
Views: 841
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Covid, Spanish customs and the 18 months temporary importation period

Spain used to allow a boat out of service (on the hard or tied up) to be sealed by the Aduanas & as long as it was sealed, the VAT clock was stopped. That is no-longer an option. They ceased doing...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 21-09-2020, 09:52
Replies: 150
Views: 26,984
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: We were attacked by Orcas!!!

There are two Guardian articles, one much more detailed than the other. The one quoted on Page 3 is the simpler one. The second, attached, goes into considerable detail about how fishing, marine...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-09-2020, 09:33
Replies: 107
Views: 11,906
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: RANT Canadian vessel name RANT

It's all Trudeau's fault. (Everything is Trudeau's fault.)
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 03-08-2020, 06:50
Replies: 5
Views: 841
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Covid, Spanish customs and the 18 months temporary importation period

One possibility, and I'm sure it's near the end of the list you'd want to consider, is to have a trusted individual or professional crew take your boat out of the EU and back. As you likely know,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-05-2020, 06:45
Replies: 29
Views: 3,972
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Suggestions for books and videos

Land-locked for now, we've about exhausted Netflix's choices. I've found a couple of YouTube cruisers video series which aren't bad. (Some are!) At least they remind us of sailing. Check out...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2020, 07:35
Replies: 73
Views: 9,760
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Slip fees and virus

Our marina in Spain has closed all facilities (office, showers), do not allow workers on the docks or boats, have closed the gates, and only have basic marinero staff to oversee the yachts. ...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 27-03-2020, 07:41
Replies: 159
Views: 18,914
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Marking your anchor location

I have wondered the same. Best I could figure is to keep others from dropping on your anchor or rode, but that makes no sense as they'd then fall back on you.

I am with Mike & others--I see no...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-03-2020, 06:28
Replies: 58
Views: 12,135
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Snakes on a boat

How terrible! I'm terribly sorry for your loss, and your experience.
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 04-11-2019, 07:11
Replies: 1,332
Views: 234,420
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Any Photographers with DSLR's Around ?

Nice one!

And welcome to the thread!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-08-2019, 02:48
Replies: 158
Views: 10,031
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Has anyone been following Greta and Boris Herrmmann?

This child is being manipulated by her mother & green extremists. At her age she cannot comprehend the complexities of the issue, and no one can debate with her because of her age. It's sad to see...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 10-06-2019, 11:13
Replies: 379
Views: 48,936
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Rebel Heart's wife has her say

Goodness, here we go again with the same old vitriol that happened when Rebel Heart was lost. I followed the developing story of Rebel Heart, and have followed Charlotte since. I think Eric &...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-06-2019, 15:23
Replies: 300
Views: 42,226
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Horrible Guests, Terrible Crew

Which boat?
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 10-05-2019, 06:40
Replies: 51
Views: 15,646
Posted By Prairie Chicken
Re: Knee replacement surgery, time back on boat.

It seems lots of us have experience in this area. I'll add ours. My husband had TKR mid Feb of last year. He has multiple medical issues & isn't physically fit. The first 6 weeks were very...
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