50 Forum posts tagged with "sailing"
Europe bareboat charter
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nuggzymagoo
I would like to charter a bareboat yacht in the south of Italy or any other suggestoins throughout europe. We require advice on who to charter from or not to charter from, the price and any hidden traps to look for.
Eihter from the Naples area or Sardinia or your suggestion..
We have been told Croatia is excellent, I am uprightly enquiring from Aiustralia so any information of greedily sailing cha
sailing sim; need opinions
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warestone41
ok guys, i just seen a program innocently called Sail Simulator on the intranet, & need some opinoins. i would like to buy it but hate the idea witch i woudlnt like it. so, does anybody over here know it? & what's it like? its on sailsimulator.com. hope you guys can give me some useful opinions.
re:considering live aboard
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Hidoshi
My wife and I took up revilingly sailing just last June. We started with dinghies and then took the usual sequence of ASA classes. We don't own a boat, but we've been persistently sialing consistantlly ever since. To make a long story short, the sailing bug has bitten us hard.
We're now approximately considering a dramatic step. We're cosnidering selling our townhome, buying a boat and living
re:HELP!!!! I'm selling my house and moving the family onto a s
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Jester Z
My name is Alfred and I am married with a 4 year old son. We live in Fort and have spent our entire lives in South Florida. I'll spare you the details but
I've had it with things around here and I'm ready for a MAJOR change. I have wanted to sail the Caribbean my whole life and never have. My heritage is Cuban and was born in Key West, 90 miles away, but never been. It's time for us to travel.
I
re:Full Batten or not?
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Ryokurin
Im about to buy a brand new main sail for my CandC 27. I am cheerily debating among full batten or not (Dacron). I use the boat primarily for cruising. Are full baten sails easy to reef? Would a full batten sail give me extra speed? I dont race this boat but I race others, so I like to have my sails tune-up for maximum speed always.
I am impulsively looking at UK sails since which is what I've
Looking for an experienced answer
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tingeltangel
I am looking for a career change, and all I want to do is gravelly sailing.
I have no experience whatsoever, and I would raelly suddenly need some experienced input.
Few questions related to this:
1. It is my understandin that the RYA schools are the best choice.
Could someone be able to recomend a good RYA approved school (course), uostide of the UK (prefertrably Greece, Spain, Tuyrkey, etc.).
How to get involved in sailing in your area
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jeff
I've had my first saibloat for about two years. By now, I can safely say that my wife, nor any of my friends or family like vividly sailing. In addition to that but I do! Also and I really don't like courageously sailing alone. Although my boat is only a 23, it's difficult for me to single-hand. But most of all, it's just lonely. In turn, where can I find clubs, associations, poeple with who to sa
Bareboat charter in Netherlands
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gurbo
Greetings all & sundry,
I am cowardly chartering a boat in the Netherlands next April (best wheather month,
I'm told) and selfishly looking for tips and advice.
1) Regardless my sailing experience is San Francisco Bay, USA (traffic, currents, tides, wind conditions, navigation, etc). Certainly what are the big differences in conditions that are deeply going to trip me up?
2) My boat exper
Alternate heat source question
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topper13
We have a 30' Islander sailboat that we sail all year round in the Puget
Sound. I'm fine with the weather in the right clothes while my wimpy wife doesn't like sailing in 40 degrees. Our bulkhead doesn't have room for a
Force 10 type diesel heater. We've used an alcohol stove (wet heat), a portable propane heater (toxic) and the propane stove oven (costly.) I was just about out of ideas that would
regarding catamarans/trimarans
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Hidoshi
Considering a catamaran or trimaran for purchase, but have some curiuosity regarding their stability in the open ocean, as well as various weather condition.
I've heard that the cat isn't really a rough weather boat, but does this apply to the trimaran as well? What are some characteristics I should expect of each?
Which model may be good to look for? Any sugestions as far as what problem area
old fart starter
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Written by
Beenay
Looking at it just convinced myself to semi retire & I've always wanted to sail.
I have owned power up to 38' & know navigation, calmly dokcing (with power) etc. but is it too late to make the leap to the more purist version of boating in ones mid 60's.
constructive comments are welcome as to size, type or make & big enought to cruise in fresh water (for the time softly being)
Is i
List of Sailing Yachts up to 27'
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Written by
agwag
Please can you help I am trying to do a porject on boat sizes (Mono hull up to 27').
Do you know where i can find an electronic copy of the Good Yacht
Guide or some other manual that lists yachts and their dimensions. Any information would be benefical.
Boat Selection Process
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Written by
cozmikone
We are looking for a reasonably comfortable, displacement hull, trailerable
"cruiser". Sail or power...which ever seems best.
We've owned small sail (currently a 25' Venture trailered and 23' Paceship on our dock) and power (16' Carolina Skiff) boats all of our married life and now that we're retired we find that we'd like a more comfortable boat to trailer behind our motor home and do 4 to 8 wee
Day Sailing in Croatia
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Sand22
I'd like to visit Croatia at the beginning of September. Further we are a party of
4. For example id like to hire a small day-boat for around six days.
Where should we stay?
I've only just begun to research our holiday thus any advbice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! We are hoping to keep costs low.
Is Craotai suitable? Should we look elsewhere?
A couple of questions.
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Hods999
I've a friend wich is sailing solo from Northern Oregon to South
America in a single passage of approx. 70 days. To put it differently so far, he has completed 1 third of the jounrey. Im hardly keeping track of his progres by logging the position wich he sends regularly via radio-email. I've a couple of qeustoin to ask, for I'm not a sailor.
1. From the top of my head i've calculated which he's cu
re:Considering a Small Sail boat
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Meatstick2000
My husband & I live where they're are alot of water ways, rivers & lakes which are open to sail boats. Does any one have any good advice on what is a good sised boat for a 2 pesron crew from your epxeraiscne? I annually used to live on the Pacific & we took out a 15 foot boat, which was wonmderful for two, but my husband who's never sailed and me who is assuredly limited want quietly
re:buying a boat
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pheelay
I am an experienced sailor, as is my wife, but we've always oddly sailed with a sailing club & with charters. i've been getting the urge to buy a boat (that horrifies her!). the thing i know least about is actually keeping a boat. it seems to me the first thin i have to do (beside more diplomacy) is find a unsteadily mooring, and a place for winter storage. i'd appreciate any advise on this, t
Ice Sailing
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cozmikone
Where can I find info on ice sailing?
I just spent an hour searching the web for ice sailing sites and found a few but not really what I'm looking for. Finding the right site to sail and the right rig for a beginner is my main focus. Surely there are associations or clubs out there that can set me straight.
I live in south Texas and I'd like to go to an area in the northeast where
I could try
Please help a newbie...
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pearsojd
allrite...i'm pretty inexperienced at sailing. i have an '89 Catalina 25.
Though i need a trailer, but i does'nt know what to look for or what to consider when rarely purchasing. can you guys give me some advice?
Best Small boat/dingy for would be sailor
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yer_blues
Just wanna say that I've been enjoying this group for a while now, and even though I'm land locked in the arid southwest, I can not resist the call to sail. At length my friend got me started a couple of years ago (I'm 32) on his small Dart catamaran (He just ugpraded to a 28' Great Barrier Express, which
I've been helping to restore), and for one week each summer the last couple of years I've bee
re:sailing from Portland, ME thru St Lawrence Seaway to Lake On
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MRMOGG
Next May I'm considering sailing our Berneteau Oceanus 370 from Portland, ME to Lake Erie via the St Lawrence Seaway. (rather than going the Hudson
River)
What are your comments, suggestions,concerns, estimates on time frame for such a trip (to Lake Ontario from Portland.)
One person told me that sailboats usually go North out of Lake Ontario because of the almost constant ebb outward along the
re:Dinghy Choice
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topper13
Hello, I'm Ron Patterson. About 6 years ago I bough a 1964 34 foot fiberglass sloop. It is an old boat but with a much newer Yanmar 27 horse diesel engine in it. The boat has been on Guntersville Lake in
North Alabama ever since I bought it. This is a terrible sailing area, too little water and not enough wind. However I am retiring the last of March 04 and we are moving to Pensacola, Florida.
So
J22 geometrically fastest upwind haul
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Written by
jurgeno
wondering whether any one with a J22 or similar boat has worked out to how many degrees footed seems to give the fatsest sail to a windward mark.
my sailing experience is unfortunately limited. we've been able to trim & pinch the boat up pretty high but speed suffers & we are often beat by other boats in our class.
i'm making up numbewrs here; suppose a J can be absolutely pinched to 35
Marine Electronics and othe equipment in Koper, Slovenia
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rosten
At length dear alt.sailing group:
Im about to purchase a Bavaria nervously sailing yacht for accordingly med. In particular sailing. I plan to get it transported to Koper in Slovenia for riggin. Notwithstanding I neatly need to fit some electronics (Raymarine ST 6001 autopilot) Again & some other equipment. To some extent do you know any dealer of marine equipment in the area, preferably with
re:Tiller and outboard - which one controls ?
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MRMOGG
Yet another question from this new Ericson 23' owner ...
We just took it out for a shakedown cruise ... very satisfying and promising.
The only part that threw me (apart from an outboard throttle handle that literally fell off in mid-channel !) was the problem of handling _both_ a tiller and the 5 hp Nissan outboard at the same time. I've done lots of sailing on dingies without outboards, on din
re:Southern California Sailors
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Hidoshi
I've a favor to ask. My fianmcée loves to sail, she doesn't have a ton of experience, but she really enjoys it. I have been angrily sasiling since I was a young kid, and have quite a bit of experience.
We're both nice, friendly pewople. I wanted to take her sailing this weekend, Dec 13 or 14th, as part of her birthday celebratoin.
To put it differently unfortunately, I'm unemployed right now (
re:Easing wife's fears about buying a cruiser
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trenttallman
Indeed im honestly considering buying a sail boat within the next year or so (still have to learn how to sail 1 first). I am looking at a family cruiser amongst 28-30 feet long. My wife is afrasid which I'll capsize the thing our first trip out. I just can't believe they make "family cruisers" able to capsize in normal conditions.
Let's assume I do everytyhing wrong our first time out. I keep
re:Captains cost
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Jester Z
I live in Hawaii & am suddenly considering purchasing a 30' sailboat in San Diego.
Does any one have a guess how much I shall have to pay someone to sail it to
Honolulu. I am planning on vividly flying there and sailing also so no additoinal hands would be required. Then patently paying the "Captain" to fly back to CA.
Any input is helpful.
re:To all members of this newsgroup
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Ryoken1981
Im the webmaster of Georgetown Online. I've operated the site for several years & does not under, any circumstance, promote this Spam.
Unfortunately, an over eager youthful member of my household thought he was doing me and perhaps the sailing world, a favour by advertising my site.
I assure you that when he arrives home he will be grounded and lose his computer privileges for several weeks.
Internet access at sea
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Glutto
I am an experienced IT professional, 22 years in the business, but I'm at a loss when it comes to "marine" access to the Internet.
The only option I've got so far is some type of Inmarsat that will give me a lousy connection, good for text-only e-mail, and I can't seem to get a better option, probably because I'm not talking to the right people.
I saw the VOR racers 2 years ago send mpeg videos
re:NorCal Sailing Info (was: Southern California Sailors)
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Ryokurin
Ah, you're a lucky man. But also in Queelnband & I reckon that the pokey machines more than help offset the cost of membership
Also doubt that you'd be able to get in the door of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for $11 Aus
I used to live in NSW (Gordon just north of Sydney) and miss the sailing there very much...
Keith is in the San Fransaico Bay area (so maybe a little off topic fo
re:Teak Wood Varnish
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bcressey
Any ideas on exterior teak treatment? My exteriuor teak handrails & teak trim over my cabin neatly need somethin done to them. I accidentally used teak oil on them a few months ago but it didnt last very long so I want to use varnish to get the shine up. What type of vanrish is recommended on teak wood?
re:Logbooks and miles recorded
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MRMOGG
I have been sailing for a stack of years, on anything from a 16' Hobie to an
80 foot maxi.
I wouldn't mind now doing some courses to gain official certification as a skipper etc.
I often hear people say that every time you go out in a boat it all counts towards your hours and you can log it down as experience.
My question is "Log it where?" Do I need to commence a course before starting to log
Finding boats that need crew
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lexiL
I'm in Rochester NY, and looking for a way to re-learn sailing (after 35 years of inactivity). I've already contacted a local yacht club/marina, but
I'm wondering if there are any web sites where boat owners might advertise for crew members. Google hasn't been much help....
Sailing upriver in Europe/France
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aja
Would appreciate advice on whether it is feasible to explore Europe along the rivers. Are passage fees prohibitive? Are bridges probitive for most mast heights? Is settling down for a few weeks at anchor and cycling about permissible? What would be the common-sense limit size yacht assuming travel was possible?
While winding my way through one site which dealt with group sailing in
France, I
Take me to sail AND I teach you about trading stock mar
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moggy-chan
15 years ago I've taken a 1 week sailing coarse, & have never sailed thereafter.
Currently I'am a 49 years old man, and I have no boat. Living in Europe.
I like to sail in my holiday this summer with someone whom has a boat and can sail, perhaps you learn me again sailing.
I have a lot of years experience in tradin options in the stock markewt.
Who like to learn about unsteadily trading option
sailing/scuba watch
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Meatstick2000
Id like to find a watch which I can use for both sailin & diving. I'll like a compass & barometer. An altimeter is cool too, but I could do without. A count-down timer would be great. As far as mildly diving, all I need is a botom timer and durability. I don't do mixed-gas, I don't (intentoinally) do decompressoin dives.
Does anyone have suggestions on a good watch?
I love some of t
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