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Forum: Meets & Greets 22-07-2019, 21:12
Replies: 31
Views: 2,215
Posted By Canibul
Re: It’s me again

Hi y'all. Just checking in. Was searching for ideas for old sails. I have several with me, after the dust all settled.
update: Polly passed away in late October. I went off the deep end and...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-07-2019, 20:31
Replies: 29
Views: 6,502
Posted By Canibul
Re: What to do with old sail?

I know this is an old post, but I just found it, and want to thank you guys for some good ideas. After selling Twisted Sheets, I find myself still with a number of old but still pretty good sails. ...
Forum: Navigation 22-10-2018, 09:26
Replies: 210
Views: 25,261
Posted By Canibul
Re: Are paper charts as a backup still necessary?

Taking our boat from Jax to Providenciales, we were hit by lightning near Chub Cay. Took out every single piece of 12v equipment on board. Including both laptops and the wired in GPS. Had a set of...
Forum: Meets & Greets 02-10-2018, 07:55
Replies: 31
Views: 2,215
Posted By Canibul
Re: It’s me again

We've rented a wheelchair accessible apartment in Colorado for the duration of her illness. This is a very fast moving cancer, called Leptomeningeal Disease. Basically it's cancer in the cerebral...
Forum: Meets & Greets 01-10-2018, 19:10
Replies: 31
Views: 2,215
Posted By Canibul
Re: It’s me again

Thanks for that. And it's very interesting to me. I have developed my own version of how I think things are. I had to have a spirituality or understanding of the universe that explains not only...
Forum: Meets & Greets 01-10-2018, 14:22
Replies: 31
Views: 2,215
Posted By Canibul
Re: It’s me again

Thank you all. She’s still with us under home hospice care. She’s much more mellow about it than I am. Vastly different perspectives. She sees both sides of this and I can only see mine.
Forum: Meets & Greets 30-09-2018, 10:53
Replies: 31
Views: 2,215
Posted By Canibul
Re: It’s me again

Thank you all. We actually thought things were under control with her initial cancer. She was cleared to go back to the TCI for 90 days in late April. We were planning on putting Twisted Sheets...
Forum: Meets & Greets 30-09-2018, 07:37
Replies: 31
Views: 2,215
Posted By Canibul
It’s me again

Hello fellow sailors. Some of you may remember me with this screen name. Maybe some of you once ran across my blog 2 Gringos in the Caribbean.

My wife and I lived in the Turks and Caicos Islands...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-04-2018, 11:14
Replies: 19
Views: 19,433
Posted By Canibul
Re: Catalac 12m: Thoughts?

YES I know this is an old, old thread and the world has changed. But if there is anyone out there trying to get their hands on a Catalac 12M, we are reluctantly going to have to sell our boat...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-03-2018, 07:35
Replies: 97
Views: 27,052
Posted By Canibul
Re: Porta-Bote

I saw the QuickBoat ads and like the looks of those, too, but have been having a hard time finding any sales outlets for them. Are they still in business?
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-03-2018, 17:58
Replies: 97
Views: 27,052
Posted By Canibul
Re: Porta-Bote

I was looking into the porta bote a couple years ago, and then got totally sidetracked by life and have been out of the boating loop. I just found out our outboard got stolen in the Turks and...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 05-03-2018, 10:40
Replies: 114
Views: 15,453
Posted By Canibul
Re: MPPT vs PWM cotrollers?

Nice timing on this thread. I am in the process of deciding what I want to replace my aprox. 700 watts of solar with. I am looking at the semi-flex 100 and 120 watt panels. I already have a nice...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-04-2016, 05:33
Replies: 26
Views: 3,776
Posted By Canibul
Re: Aux power for the Multihull crowd.

Any input about the pros/cons of carrying large quantities of gasoline on board? Do you have gas tanks inside the hull, or store your fuel outside the boat confines? I like outboards for cost,...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 20-02-2016, 04:20
Replies: 157
Views: 23,120
Posted By Canibul
Re: Who's your favorite Celebrity Sailor

Capt. William Bligh actually did a hell of a job once they threw him off the Bounty..
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 19-02-2016, 09:05
Replies: 157
Views: 23,120
Posted By Canibul
Re: Who's your favorite Celebrity Sailor

Bob Seegar?

Jesus of Nazareth?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-02-2016, 09:02
Replies: 56
Views: 7,761
Posted By Canibul
Re: ELI5: How do compost toilets work

We replaced both Baby Blake marine toilets on our old boat with Nature's Head's. We're converts.

After removing the disintegrating yet half full 30 gallon tank, hoses, pumps, fittings etc....
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 19-02-2016, 05:33
Replies: 157
Views: 23,120
Posted By Canibul
Re: Who's your favorite Celebrity Sailor

No no no......that would make him a pirate, and pirates are cute, you know. They have cool flags you can buy from Disney.

I notice nobody has mentioned the Kennedys or Cronkite.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-02-2016, 14:24
Replies: 39
Views: 6,722
Posted By Canibul
Re: Dinghy recommendations

If you go with an inflatable whatever, it's not a question of IF it will leak air, just a question of when. think of punctures. Varying air pressure in sunlight changes. Limited room. Weight.
...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-02-2016, 08:38
Replies: 23
Views: 7,479
Posted By Canibul
Re: Anchor Bridal to stop yawing

Run a line from an amidships cleat to a point on your anchor line and make roughly an equilateral triangle out of the geometry? Basically establish a baseline between your bow and the amidships...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 18-02-2016, 05:02
Replies: 18
Views: 7,081
Posted By Canibul
Re: 2007 Lagoon 570 sold for less than $450k - what do you think, guys?

Wow, a floating village.

I want one.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 17-02-2016, 03:52
Replies: 862
Views: 422,291
Posted By Canibul
Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

Yes.
The little marina where we are living was crowded this week, us and 10 cruisers here. I did a quick anchor survey last night, just to see what people who are actually cruising between the...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-02-2016, 03:44
Replies: 55
Views: 4,906
Posted By Canibul
re: Saving Weight

This is hilarious. One thread on CF talking about cutting toothbrushes in half to reduce weight, and another thread on CF at the same time talking about how many hundred pounds of barbells and...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 17-02-2016, 03:39
Replies: 54
Views: 13,219
Posted By Canibul
Re: Dumbells & Barbells on a boat ?

You need to cut back on that, man, it's eating your face away!!!
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 16-02-2016, 13:10
Replies: 54
Views: 13,219
Posted By Canibul
Re: Dumbells & Barbells on a boat ?

row your dinghy.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 16-02-2016, 07:34
Replies: 15
Views: 3,783
Posted By Canibul
Re: We boat a sailing catamaran

Congratulations on getting through one of the two most satisfying days of a boaters life.

Who's doing the work on the other 40%, you or the boatyard?
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