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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-04-2008, 18:39
Replies: 6
Views: 8,189
Posted By Factfind
Pressure Washer Or Not?

As the years go by it gets increasingly more difficult to maintain my boat. In the interest of minimizing back pain I purchased a 2000 PSI pressure washer to do the decks and hull.
I am aware of the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2008, 18:48
Replies: 17
Views: 4,588
Posted By Factfind
That's why you have to carry a big bag of Maine...

That's why you have to carry a big bag of Maine Potaoes aboard. When the fog gets thick you just chuck em in the direction of shore. If it splashes you know you are okay, if you hear a dull...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-04-2008, 16:09
Replies: 17
Views: 4,588
Posted By Factfind
I have done that trip many times. I believe the...

I have done that trip many times. I believe the key is to remember you are sailing in the north Atlantic and although you may be less that a hundred miles offshore you are "at sea".
Most trips at...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 04-01-2008, 14:52
Replies: 230
Views: 59,152
Posted By Factfind
Fastcat, Wait, you mean on your boat you aren't...

Fastcat, Wait, you mean on your boat you aren't heeled over 25deg. and getting thrown around when you make dinner?

That's cheating!..or very smart!
:D
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 04-01-2008, 13:08
Replies: 230
Views: 59,152
Posted By Factfind
Cooking clothes

However you cook, if you are cooking with any kind of sea running I recommend cooking in your foulies, at least the top. I can't tell you how many times I have been saved in 30 years at sea from a...
Forum: Meets & Greets 16-08-2007, 16:22
Replies: 7
Views: 1,793
Posted By Factfind
Sono soddisfatto di venirlo a contatto capitano,...

Sono soddisfatto di venirlo a contatto capitano, benvenuto!
Forum: Meets & Greets 16-08-2007, 16:16
Replies: 7
Views: 4,892
Posted By Factfind
Your Freedom

You have a great boat! I owned a 1988 Freedom 36 that I bought new,sailed her to Bermuda and back and sailed her 50k miles up and down the N.E. coast over the next 15 years. A very forgiving...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-01-2007, 17:28
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
Piracy Stats

Annual death toll from piracy rises London, 7 February 2005 https://www.icc-ccs.org/admin/photos_large/40.datIndonesian waters continue to be the scene of the highest number of attacks Pirates...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-01-2007, 16:59
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
Except that this conversation was about...

Except that this conversation was about transiting a known dangerous area where people (sailors) are routinely victimized. I'd not like to let this conversation devolve to a gun control debate eh?
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-01-2007, 14:07
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
Britannia flees the seas?

Brittania slipping beneath the waves?
The empire that once ruled the world has come to this:
Oh woe, Nelson,Benbow, Hawke,and so many others would weep.


Britannia Flees the Seas
by James...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 22-01-2007, 13:41
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
That's the beauty of living in a free society. We...

That's the beauty of living in a free society. We are free to do as our conscience and experience dictates within the constraints of good judgement and law.. And for the record, some of us have had...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 21-01-2007, 18:17
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
One more for effect :) 12ga shotgun vs. 2...

One more for effect :)

12ga shotgun vs. 2 boats of Pirates (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366545/posts)
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 21-01-2007, 17:58
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
With respect to your differing opinion on this....

With respect to your differing opinion on this. We could get into a philosophical debate about the sanctity of human life, the laws of regulation on firearms and the associated risk of being a...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 21-01-2007, 14:37
Replies: 86
Views: 14,753
Posted By Factfind
pirate Nothing wrong with that story from Aden that a...

Nothing wrong with that story from Aden that a couple of scoped .308's wouldnt fix. Start sending a few of these feral dogs where they belong and the piracy rate will go down.

Some people do...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 21-01-2007, 07:00
Replies: 16
Views: 3,296
Posted By Factfind
Yeah, That Mako was caught off of Newfoudland a...

Yeah, That Mako was caught off of Newfoudland a few years ago. On a cruise to Maine this summer I ran into some commercial fishermen who spoke about a 13' Great White they caught in their nets last...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 20-01-2007, 21:12
Replies: 16
Views: 3,296
Posted By Factfind
Thar Be Monsters

Crocs, Sharks, Giant Sea Bass, whatever, once you leave your boat and get in the water you are just potential food. Good to be mindful of your whereabouts
Forum: Meets & Greets 20-01-2007, 19:18
Replies: 1
Views: 1,152
Posted By Factfind
Sailor Intro-

Good Day all,
Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..
oops that's been done. (sorry Mick)
Actually, I am a "man of a certain age", a bluewater sailor with 100K miles...
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