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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 27-01-2021, 07:45
Replies: 9
Views: 3,063
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: SOS Help Needed In Cuba For "Dancing Lions"

Hey Gandoka, please keep us updated when you get a chance. We'd like to stop worrying about Bill. Good move on the temporary fenders -- Cubans with sewing machines will gladly make amazing fender...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 27-01-2021, 07:33
Replies: 1,833
Views: 140,781
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Covid vaccination status for CF members

Absolutely right, Skipmac. FL resident. I believe I have already had it, but I couldn't get any kind of test while it was going on (early spring 2020; probably picked it up from a mainland Chinese...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 03-04-2019, 15:26
Replies: 13
Want To Buy: Looking to buy?
Views: 3,439
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Looking to buy?

Eric, I had that size of Catalina for a few years, she was nicely dry and an OK size for a pocket cruiser and surprisingly good clearance belowdecks -- do check that you will be able to at least sit...
Forum: Americas 03-04-2019, 14:51
Replies: 23
Views: 9,518
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Circle The Gulf of Mexico???

DB, we've done a lot of Bahamas (Abacos, Exumas, and down to the Caribbean); the FL West Coast down to Keys and Cuba sounds great -- we have been waiting to visit Cuba and I guess it's OK to do that...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 03-04-2019, 14:25
Replies: 8
Views: 1,666
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Advice for 3 weeks charter: Martinique or Bahamas

Getting to the actual Caribbean will be a lot nicer in January than sticking in the Bahamas. That said, flying into Nassau and heading south into the Exumas is VERY beautiful and protected cruising,...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-02-2013, 22:33
Replies: 48
Views: 14,158
Posted By AquatiCat
Ever Heard of Catamaran losing its escape hatch in a seaway?

Hi, all. Some friends of ours, who own a 1993 Privilege 482-S Catamaran by Jeantot, recently went through a harrowing passage from Jamaica to the San Blas Islands -- wind NE 25 kts seas 8-12', on the...
Forum: Powered Boats 12-02-2013, 22:14
Replies: 1,035
Views: 160,341
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Completely Overwhelmed

Well, hey, this is still about boats, right?! :D

Having two engines is great when it comes to docking, but we were on the T dock next to a trawler with thrusters, and I just gotta say, they pulled...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 12-02-2013, 20:27
Replies: 44
Views: 4,983
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: What Kind of Entertainment do you Have?

Add a Wirie to amplify the "free internet" signals that often don't reach where you might wish they did. There are alternatives to that, of course.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-02-2013, 20:09
Replies: 16
Views: 3,072
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: How old is too old to sail long distance on a multihull?

Now, wait, they have to be Able Female College Students! Hand, Reef, Steer, and look good in a swimsuit, at the very least. Possibly must know CPR, too, if they look too good.:viking:
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-02-2013, 20:04
Replies: 4
Views: 3,405
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Catamaran with layout suited for a family of five

Or if you already have the Gemini, you can forgo the hanging locker and turn the "downstairs" starboard bow compartment of the owner's stateroom into a separate berth by building a berth in the space...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-02-2013, 19:41
Replies: 16
Views: 3,072
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: How old is too old to sail long distance on a multihull?

I think if you are over 90 you should probably have at least one other competent sailor aboard. Or whatever your health demands, earlier.

I find it a lot easier with two people to handle...
Forum: Mantus Anchors 12-02-2013, 19:19
Replies: 681
Views: 80,744
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: February CF Giveaway - Win a Mantus Anchor!

Well, why be different when this one is the right size for the job at hand: 35 lbs Galvanized Steel Mantus Anchor -...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 29-10-2012, 12:51
Replies: 571
Views: 76,015
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Merged Threads: HMS Bounty

Thanks. Trying to get "around" this storm turned out to be a seriously bad idea. The footage suggested she had a pretty strong degree of heel on her (windage issue?) with no sails up. For those who...
Forum: Our Community 31-05-2012, 07:47
Replies: 95
Views: 11,123
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Do you use Nautical Terms or Plain Language?

Positional information seems to be best delivered in nautical terminology, but "head" and "bathroom" seem to be used interchangeably in our family, with the exception of the actual item, as in "the...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 31-05-2012, 06:50
Replies: 5
Views: 2,565
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Crew Flying Into Bahamas -- Best Pickup?

Taxis to/from Georgetown airport are crazy expensive if you are staying at the anchorages in Elizabeth Harbour, unfortunately. Emerald Bay, closer to the airport and therefore a less costly taxi...
Forum: Our Community 23-03-2012, 18:59
Replies: 124
Views: 15,247
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: IMPOUND!

Hey, please keep us informed! They probably don't realize the multiplying effect that screwing a cruiser has in the era of Cruisers Forum and other such comm systems -- many will avoid Newport if...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 23-03-2012, 18:56
Replies: 66
Views: 18,118
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: How Important is it to Have a Stove With an Oven Gimballed?

We're using a Dickinson Marine Caribbean model stove with two burners and an oven. We also have a microwave, for use either briefly or when connected to shore power.

I'd keep the oven. It's really...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 23-03-2012, 18:40
Replies: 79
Views: 66,930
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: StarBoard vs Marine Plywood ?

Good choice for anything that does NOT require anything to be glued to it. Starboard is great but doe not hold or take glues well.
Forum: Our Community 23-03-2012, 18:36
Replies: 58
Views: 8,486
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Depressed and close to giving up

Driving a car is statistically more dangerous by far than cruising, yet you do not let the stats dissuade you from the good things that driving brings you. Same here. The stats are in your favor.
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-03-2012, 15:34
Replies: 18
Views: 7,165
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Fly Screens.

We did ours the cheap way: hook velcro on the screens, loop velcro around the hatches (so that when the screens are off, you don't have the hooks catching everything that rubs across the base of the...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 14-03-2012, 20:30
Replies: 11
Views: 4,247
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Anyone upgraded from ZF10 or HBW100 to larger hurth/ZF?

We had 1200-plus hours on one engine and 1300-plus on the other when we bought our catamaran last year. We had to replace the starboard transmission first, and then the port side tranny thrust washer...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 30-01-2012, 18:54
Replies: 66
Views: 7,149
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Caption the picture.

HIHO -- what part of the "Hook In, Hold On" briefing did you miss, cap?
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 30-01-2012, 18:50
Replies: 74
Views: 9,968
Posted By AquatiCat
Marathon's Message To Visiting Boats

For more information, please see "Mariners BARR" on either Facebook or Cruisersnet.net, but the gist of it is:

(source: January 28th 2012
Boot Key Harbor City Marina Increases Fees
Marathon, FL...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-01-2012, 15:14
Replies: 158
Views: 20,561
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Sailors Don't Know How to Set Sails ?

Aww, shucks, FoolishSailor, you done posted a much better summary than I could come up with, especially at this time of the evening! I think I'll go laminate that right now...!
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 30-01-2012, 14:39
Replies: 14
Views: 1,652
Posted By AquatiCat
Re: Six months to go !!!

Wow, the Morgan is lovely! I think you are correct to assume you can make an offer of, say 50,350 on the Morgan to see how motivated the sellers are. Our original offer was to be 60% of the asking...
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