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Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-04-2024, 04:46
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

The San Blas Islands is one of those places I do not trust any chart, though the Bauhaus guide was generally excellent when we were there back in 2007 or so. Luckily, it is also one of those places...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-04-2024, 05:48
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

To each his own, but I would argue you are truly missing out on a lot of great information by not buying good cruising guides, even used ones. In fact, I carry and own many very old cruising guides...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 15:56
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Haven't used it, but just looking at what NFL provides for southern NE many popular places have very little information, and some have none. For example, Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon Island is one of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 09:11
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

The available information is very skimpy, incomplete, and not anywhere near what you would find in any cruising guide to the area. I really don't see anything useful about it for around here. Plus,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 08:34
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Side note, but the information I can see at https://www.noforeignland.com is pretty much useless in Southern New England. Is it because I'm not a member or just nobody posting around here?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 05:26
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Entropy would be a good name for a sailboat.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-04-2024, 05:02
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

And...this thread has devolved, like many others, into one person after another explaining how they keep this system or that system running on their boats, by carrying this or that expensive spare...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 07:39
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

Ha! I've told the tale before of the guy I met with his brand-new high-end custom catamaran that never left the dock all summer long because they could not get the systems working properly, and he...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-04-2024, 05:15
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

But then you have twice as many systems to keep in working order! I would argue the simpler boat will instead have systems that can be fixed often without any special parts, and it will be set up so...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-04-2024, 14:31
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

We met someone on a large trawler yacht down in Panama that was having a mechanic fly in from California to work on an engine control problem.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-04-2024, 10:22
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

You don't have to get off the beaten path for repairs to be a big problem, and wreck your cruising plans. I see boats all the time that never leave the marina or even get launched because of some...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-04-2024, 08:05
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

I've run into lots of cruisers stuck in harbor waiting for parts, and I've been there myself. The more complicated the systems the more that can and will go wrong eventually, and the more likely you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-04-2024, 07:50
Replies: 165
Views: 9,123
Posted By Kettlewell
Re: Cruising and Modern Conveniences- All is good with Universe

My wife and I are old enough to not go into cold sweats when we don't have access to a cellphone signal, the Internet, or social media--in fact, we find it quite refreshing! Yes, modern communication...
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