Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress
09-09-2021, 16:39
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Replies: 99
Views: 20,932
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Forum: Powered Boats
15-05-2021, 08:19
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Replies: 1
Views: 312
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Forum: Powered Boats
15-03-2021, 17:42
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Replies: 2
Views: 628
insurance ?
The buyer of my Endeavour Ketch 43, 1982, rebuilt 2010, can't find insurance since he had not owned previous boats but has extensive boating experience with his father, and has passed sailing courses...
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
01-03-2021, 08:29
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,185
Re: Do you have an exhaust out the midship side?
SeaLife, Endeavour Ketch 43 has the generator exhaust on the port side midships. We don't run the gen when heeling to port and the exhaust is under water.
The danger is when shutting the gen off...
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Forum: Dollars & Cents
15-01-2021, 09:01
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Replies: 82
Views: 10,759
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
21-12-2020, 09:57
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Replies: 312
Views: 27,727
Re: Full Keel Sailboats
Dismal swamp: I draw 5 ft with full keep Endeavour 43 and hit a tree 13 times in the dismal swamp when park forecast was 7 ft depth.
On the ICW I got stuck once or twice most years in NC, Georgia,...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
21-12-2020, 09:36
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Replies: 312
Views: 27,727
Re: Full Keel Sailboats
with a fin keel I hit a tree trunk and was torpedoed forward, just flew past the mast. Would be impossible to pass the Dismal Swamp route.
But makes turning when tacking fast and easy, better for...
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Forum: Marine Electronics
27-11-2020, 08:00
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Replies: 109
Views: 9,500
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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling
23-11-2020, 08:31
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,997
Re: Let's talk self-tending staysails and booms
I nstalle the Hoyt boom for my stay sail that is used in close-hauled sailing.
Since I keep my dinghy on the foredeck I installed the boom higher to clear the dinghy. Sheets with blocks attached to...
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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling
06-11-2020, 09:31
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Replies: 144
Views: 18,701
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats
16-10-2020, 07:57
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,530
Re: Solo Cruising
If you compare my solo sail in Wolfgang Berg Books "Monkey Sail" (Amazon) with one of my cruises described in books like "Banana Log", the answer is pretty clear:
Island Hopping, instead of passages...
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Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy
21-08-2020, 07:10
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Replies: 105
Views: 11,546
Re: Binoculars - with or without built-in compass
Our compass binoculars get a lot of use: 1. Follow a bearing from a guide book to an inlet.
2. Verify position of GPS in critical navigation area by cross bearings on landmarks or navigation aids....
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
03-08-2020, 11:43
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Replies: 81
Views: 7,934
Re: Manual Head vs electric
Only negative I had in my older boat was an interference with my fluxgate compass. Whenever someone flushed, the boat steared 45 degrees to starboard.
So do a dry test before you install it.
For...
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
29-06-2020, 07:10
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,688
Re: Yanmar stops in waves
I have a fresh fuel filter, and I shone a light through both my Racor filters, they looked clear and clean, but I will change them.
Debris stirred up could be, air makes sense too.
The rocky waves...
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
29-06-2020, 07:05
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,688
Re: Yanmar stops in waves
Stopped suddenly, started after turning without hickups, but took holding starter longer than normal, about 10 seconds.
Same the next time.
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
29-06-2020, 06:38
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,688
Re: Yanmar stops in waves
Thanks, good point. Tank 1/2 full, 60 gallon, in flexible tank. Slushing quite a bit in rough gulf waves.
Wolfgang
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
29-06-2020, 04:58
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,688
Yanmar stops in waves
In rough bumpy seas motorsailing my Yanmar 4JH4-TE suddenly stopped. I started after a few seconds. It stopped again after a minute. I waited 2 minutes and started again, and it worked ever since....
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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit
12-06-2020, 07:23
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Replies: 75
Views: 12,015
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
08-06-2020, 10:41
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Replies: 1
Views: 285
yacht broker in SW Florida
I am looking for a good yacht broker to sell my 43 ft Endeavour Ketch, located in Marco Island. Any recommendations?
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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress
05-06-2020, 08:52
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Replies: 99
Views: 20,932
Re: The loss of Kokopelli
I keep a pony scuba bottle with regulator and dive mask next to the companion way since it had saved me and my boat once before. At that time it was by accident that I had my dive gear laying there. ...
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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress
05-06-2020, 06:48
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Replies: 99
Views: 20,932
Re: The loss of Kokopelli
Was this a gas powered generator indeed?
What was running when this happened?
Did they have an automatic halon extinguisher?
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
17-05-2020, 07:40
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,927
sun lotion over varnish
Is there a sun lotion that can be wiped or sprayed on top of varnished teak?
If I cover my varnished teak and protect it from the sun it lasts indefinitely. If it is exposed to the sun it requires...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
03-05-2020, 05:42
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Replies: 6
Views: 670
Re: restoring cloudy ports
Got the auto lens restore kit and tried on hatches, did not work.
But I tried toothpaste on the port lenses, and it worked perfectly. First with a sander, but instead of sandpaper I used a wet...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
02-05-2020, 17:46
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Replies: 6
Views: 670
restoring cloudy ports
Yesterday my Beckson ports made of Lexan were crystal clear.
Since I took them out I put them in a dishwasher to clean.
Now they are milky. As long as wet or wet with dishwasher lotion they clear...
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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit
21-04-2020, 14:39
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Replies: 11
Views: 19,229
Re: Teak wood blackened spots, any cure?
I had rain water leaks into my cabin and cause stains on the teak panel along the wall and on the shelf. Now, I fixed the leaks and sanded the teak, but light stains and black stains remain. I tried...
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