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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-08-2013, 19:31
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

Boatman61 crossed this bit of ocean earlier this year, He can tell you about it,

Perth to Tasmania,

I live on the mainland just above Tasmania,

These are the oceans I sail in,

I am very...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-08-2013, 09:02
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

Thats all been argued out on here before,

But I will give one example,

A 2 inch hole, 36 inches below the water line sucks in 20,000 Litres per hour,

5500 Gallons per hour,

Your batterys...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 16-08-2013, 21:35
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

The only time you want or need a Bilge pump is usually at the worst possible times,

And they dont pump very much water either,
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 15-08-2013, 23:57
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

The GPS was going round in circles, Not me, I was going west at 7 knots, I was also drifting sideways north about 4 or 5 knots,

I knew precisely where I was, By this time, I had abandoned the GPS...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 15-08-2013, 22:50
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

That Anal Attitude to Documentation that I found out that the Americans Have,

I take my hat off to you for it,

Is one hell of a life saver for the new buyer, My Documentation on my boat is...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 15-08-2013, 12:44
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

Beverly, The day you stay in bed because of that gut feeling some thing bad is going to happen today,
Thats the day the aircraft engine falls through your roof, Hahhahaha

This is more a wake up...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 15-08-2013, 12:35
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Re: Break Downs at Sea

You bring up a good point, Ocean girl,
How long does it take to learn thoroughly all the systems on a cruising boat, Some of them are quite complicated,

Integrated GPS, Autopilot, Wind, Speed,...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 15-08-2013, 09:24
Replies: 55
Views: 5,608
Posted By Mr B
Break Downs at Sea

After reading lots of posts on missing boats and broken gear,

I find people are not really looking into the Background causes of most of these incidents,

You wont have any thing breaking...
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