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Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 19-07-2013, 13:45
Replies: 13
Views: 1,661
Posted By Skip20
Re: Any E. Coast local knowledge to share?

I have a question concerning Buzzards Bay, MA, specifically Hadley's Harbor, Naushon Is. in the Elizabeth Islands. Does the "Boat Name & Initial Carving Tree" still exist on Bull Island?

Also,...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 23-04-2013, 00:40
Replies: 4
Views: 4,216
Posted By Skip20
Re: Buying a Bristol 24, 1971

Hi,
I'm a firm believer in the West System as well; however, I wish to rebuild the bow for strength and install an anchoring system for chain and line.

Smooth sailing in a beautiful craft. ...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 22-04-2013, 15:21
Replies: 4
Views: 4,216
Posted By Skip20
Re: Buying a Bristol 24, 1971

Hello KyleYankan,
Thank you for your thoughtful response. I found the same problems. Soft spots resulting from large holes drilled into the deck. Hopelessly damaged sea-cocks and handrails! Very...
Forum: Mantus Anchors 01-03-2013, 13:06
Replies: 15
Views: 9,697
Posted By Skip20
Re: Mantus Anchor Winner!

Congrats to RLewis. . . May she stay where she's put!
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 06-01-2013, 17:21
Replies: 32
Views: 7,604
Posted By Skip20
Re: Needed: Recommendations for Folding Bicycles

I've been looking at Folding Bikes by Citizen Bike (https://citizenbike.com) for a realistically priced rust-bucket but have explored this site: cycling into the future: 15 crazy concept bicycles.
...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 06-01-2013, 17:08
Replies: 11
Views: 8,223
Posted By Skip20
Re: Di-Blasi Folding Scooter Goes Electric!

I am tired of walking to and from the nearest Piggily Wiggly, laundromat and so on -but the folding bike market remains in Marketing Purgatory. Rust, electrolysis, criminally overpriced products and...
Forum: Our Community 28-12-2012, 07:55
Replies: 6
Views: 1,553
Posted By Skip20
Re: Christmas At Sea

Thought I'd read all of RLS's poetry. Where did you find that little gem? I, too, copied your post to slip into one of his books. Thank you for sending.

Fair winds for a bright new year
Forum: Dollars & Cents 04-12-2012, 13:29
Replies: 4
Views: 4,216
Posted By Skip20
Buying a Bristol 24, 1971

Are there any construction or design pitfalls I should look for in a Bristol 24 sailboat that "needs TLC?" The asking price is $1,800.

Thank you for your heads-up advise, information and design...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-07-2012, 08:28
Replies: 81
Views: 7,564
Posted By Skip20
Re: I just shake my head at this stuff...

Unarguably this situation has more aspects than a cat has hair; but I smell lawsuit . . .
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 14-06-2012, 03:41
Replies: 5
Views: 1,397
Posted By Skip20
Re: New Bedford to Newport or other July 4th Suggestions

Hi Southcoasting;
My route to Newport is: Fairhaven to Cuttyhunk then an early start to Newport, RI. If too busy, I anchor across the bay in Jamestown. Enjoy your cruise.
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 24-04-2012, 14:11
Replies: 7
Views: 1,850
Posted By Skip20
Re: Mattress

Even Fearless Fosdick can't beat Miss Serendipity! Would you please tell me what kind of foam is best for a small sailboat's (CP-16) bunks? The Foam Company offers many different types of closed...
Forum: Our Community 13-04-2012, 20:24
Replies: 25
Views: 12,800
Posted By Skip20
Re: Anyone Else Have A Woodstove Onboard

I have a Fatsco wood burning stove in my Sailstar 24. 3" pipe venting outside through a water collar. The Charlie Noble is made by Concordia in Dartmouth, MA.

I bagged coal to size to eliminate...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-03-2012, 10:31
Replies: 52
Views: 7,274
Posted By Skip20
Re: Bees in mast

Spraying soy sauce in and about the entrance/exit will keep bees and wasps away, removing the wax, aside from recirculating hot water is an engineering nightmare!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-02-2012, 10:07
Replies: 59
Views: 5,944
Posted By Skip20
Re: Sailing Magazine Content !

Does anyone remember "The Skipper" magazine? Imagine an e-mag Skipper with "still photos that move," video clips, bells and shackles. There is good writing around, readers abound, and perhaps most...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 07-11-2011, 05:00
Replies: 189
Views: 25,391
Posted By Skip20
Re: What Should You NOT Do on a Boat ?

A $2,000.00 (or $100.00 for that matter) metal folding bike.

Plastic, pleeze! Some ideas at 15 Crazy Concept Bicycles on the wed. . .
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-11-2011, 08:46
Replies: 189
Views: 25,391
Posted By Skip20
Re: What Should You NOT Do on a Boat ?

Hi C.P., I gotta say - if you want technical answers to technical questions such as cubits, great circles and cranses, look up Arkman & Shrievens, they are in the blue pages I believe. As for the...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-11-2011, 01:20
Replies: 189
Views: 25,391
Posted By Skip20
Re: What Should You NOT Do on a Boat ?

Hi Steve, here's the belated answer to "No Red Bricks" aboard a boat . . .

A very long time ago in a land near the sea there lived a Tribe of Shepherds and Farmers; however, within their heritage...
Forum: The Library 28-10-2011, 16:30
Replies: 123
Views: 22,525
Posted By Skip20
Re: First Sailing / Sea Book You Ever Read ?

I forget my first sailing book as well. A very fine cruising book named "The Boy, Me And the Cat," by Henry M. Plummer tells of their cruise down and back along the ICW in 1912-1913 long before it...
Forum: Other 26-10-2011, 07:01
Replies: 53
Views: 12,373
Posted By Skip20
Re: Where Is the Best Place You Have Sailed ?

Just because I began sailing Buzzard's Bay, MA as a kid, and snooked into every eel-rut there ever was doesn't mean the bay is the *best* except to me.

Exumas Isles, many years ago, gave us a...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 19-10-2011, 00:00
Replies: 189
Views: 25,391
Posted By Skip20
Re: What Should You NOT Do on a Boat ?

Never, ever, bring a red brick aboard a boat.
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 02-10-2011, 08:44
Replies: 151
Views: 32,041
Posted By Skip20
Re: What's the Worst Piece of Advice You've Ever Received ?

I love the answer to: "Why are nautical miles longer than statute miles?" I shall give that explanation to the next eight people who ask me that question.

(Of course, no one asks me anything...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 29-08-2011, 14:20
Replies: 173
Views: 32,772
Posted By Skip20
Re: Hurricane Irene

I've hauled my little cruising Com-Pac in New Bedford, MA. Looking out at the harbor, I noticed that every boat that had sails bent on had a frayed or shredded luff.

Any sail presents enormous...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 29-08-2011, 08:25
Replies: 23
Views: 4,671
Posted By Skip20
Re: Coastal Cruising - Atlantic - Late November

Here's wishing a safe harbor to all on their voyage along the ICW. Skip
Forum: Our Community 20-08-2011, 17:48
Replies: 72
Views: 17,527
Posted By Skip20
Re: A Little Boat

About those Hurley 27's - I've been looking for two years on the east coast for a likely specimen. . .
Forum: Our Community 20-08-2011, 17:38
Replies: 72
Views: 17,527
Posted By Skip20
Re: A Little Boat

Is the Cutter an oceangoing boat? I've only seen two on rivers. Nice looking period craft, but I wouldn't be caught out in open water. Sailing porn! :~D
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