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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 06-09-2016, 13:57
Replies: 36
Views: 7,666
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Cutting 1X19 Life Line Wire

7x19 wire is commonly used on lifelines. It's much more flexible.
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 02-09-2016, 05:49
Replies: 42
Views: 22,844
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Shopping for insurance - admit it's a liveaboard or not?

Many insurance companies (especially sub standard ones) exclude drivers not on policy. So if you are driving a vehicle insured this way you and the person who has the insurance won't be covered
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-08-2015, 10:46
Replies: 84
Views: 12,186
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Erika is a naughty girl.

Shucks folks, 4 or 5 tropical storms a year in NE. See how the media and Gov't lie to us. All along here we were told Fl. and the gulf coast is hurricane alley. Take a 10 x 20 or 30 mile stretch of...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 20-08-2015, 14:37
Replies: 54
Views: 12,188
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: So your cruising and come across illegal immigrants/ refuges in distress, what do

Sorry guys, wet foot dry foot only applies to Cubans. If your Haitian it's if your black you go back. What is right doesn't always apply.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 04-03-2015, 11:45
Replies: 45
Views: 11,997
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Sub-30 Foot Sailboat Power

I used to sail on a Seaforth 24 back in the late 70's It had either a diesel or a outboard that was set in a well in the cockpit. It was a great set up for an outboard.
Forum: Cruising News & Events 30-01-2015, 08:07
Replies: 7
Views: 2,420
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Miami Strictly Sail - Hotels

Strictly Sail is at Bayside. It's right next door to AA Arena (Heat) Bayside is fine. The area around it not so much. Shuttles run from the covention center on the beach. So you can get a hotel...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 06-10-2014, 05:37
Replies: 38
Views: 5,716
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Books on shoreline foraging

The Arts and Science of Dumpster Diving. By John Hoffman
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-10-2014, 09:48
Replies: 66
Views: 9,373
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: How to Prepare for Lightening Strike?

I grew up in the Miami area during the Cuban missle crisis. I think what we were taught and practiced to do in case of atomic attack( honest to god truth) would work here. You crawl under your desk...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-09-2014, 09:20
Replies: 4
Views: 1,726
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Best "Weekend Getaway" for Sailing in the Keys

Also Elliot Key, has a couple of small beaches and the park
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-09-2014, 09:18
Replies: 4
Views: 1,726
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Best "Weekend Getaway" for Sailing in the Keys

If you go a little further than Pumpkin Key you will go thru Jewfish Creek into Blackwater Sound. Not much for beaches but plenty of bar/restaurants that are dog friendly Also take the time to stop...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 12-09-2014, 08:59
Replies: 24
Views: 5,380
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Florida Keys for the winter?

You could try Gilberts Marina on Jewfish Creek. It's just north of Key Largo. It's a liveaboard marina. Prices wern't to bad when I checked a couple of years ago.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-08-2014, 14:44
Replies: 14
Views: 1,842
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Best North American boat show?

Go to Miami. The Ft. Lauderdale show is almost all power.
Forum: Meets & Greets 16-08-2014, 05:44
Replies: 9
Views: 1,587
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Long Term Moorage in South Florida

I would look into a dock behind a private home somewhere up the river thats protected. In Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area you can find these for $10/12 ft.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 03-08-2014, 13:49
Replies: 92
Views: 16,862
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Advisability Sailing to Bimini in December on a Potter

bzt, I only have a sparrow compared to your eagle, but I would not presume that a person who chooses to do something when properly prepared that I don't have a big enough pair to do is either foolish...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 03-08-2014, 08:42
Replies: 92
Views: 16,862
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Advisability Sailing to Bimini in December on a Potter

A rant? Sorry, I thought I was making farfetched joking post. I figured you would know what I was doing.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 03-08-2014, 07:30
Replies: 92
Views: 16,862
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Advisability Sailing to Bimini in December on a Potter

Shucks, It seems to a couple of weeks ago a girl was bitten by a shark right here in the intracoastal. I guess saltwater just isn't safe. No wait, a month or so ago a girl was swimming in a lake and...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 03-08-2014, 07:04
Replies: 92
Views: 16,862
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Advisability Sailing to Bimini in December on a Potter

Hey bzt, You forgot about the most important reason little boats shouldn't sail out there. IT'S in the Devils Triangle. Thar be sea monsters out thar that eat little boats like popcorn. By the way...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 28-06-2014, 19:10
Replies: 86
Views: 15,113
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Cruising In South Florida

I think a bigger problem is little green men snatching you off your boat and performing weird sexual experiments on you than pythons eating you:whistling::whistling:
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-06-2014, 08:59
Replies: 38
Views: 4,469
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Purchase, then Overland Shipping?

With that size boat you really don't need to go to the keys. Cut across from Stuart to Ft. Myers through the lake. Get Boat US unlimited towing. You don't need to go into the ocean. You will be in...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 24-05-2014, 10:21
Replies: 18
Views: 3,097
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: "chart table"

Put the chart down and use a crystal clear epoxy bar resin
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 16-05-2014, 16:39
Replies: 44
Views: 6,760
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Top 10: Equipment for Cruising

Couldn't resist first post. After a well found boat I think #1 would be a bimini sun protection system. In the tropics if you can't get out of the sun it doesn't matter what else you have life sucks.
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 16-05-2014, 10:07
Replies: 44
Views: 6,760
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Top 10: Equipment for Cruising

Uh, I think number 1 would be a boat:whistling:
Forum: Classifieds Archive 11-05-2014, 11:16
Replies: 8
Views: 1,809
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Explorer Bahamas Chart Books for sale.

Sorry Didn't mean to offend
Forum: Classifieds Archive 11-05-2014, 10:39
Replies: 8
Views: 1,809
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Explorer Bahamas Chart Books for sale.

I have three duplicates third edition far Bahamas, forth edition Exumas and Ragged Islands, and forth edition near Bahamas all like new $75.00 for all. Located in Ft. Lauderdale Far Bahamas does not...
Forum: Powered Boats 06-05-2014, 10:33
Replies: 143
Views: 23,156
Posted By s/vfootloose
Re: Bahamas During Hurricane Season?

GG If you purchased the sportfish you were going to don't worry about going to the Bahamas. The Bahamas are great for powerboats in the summer. The winds are down,seas flat,and no cold fronts. Most...
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