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Search: Posts Made By: night0wl
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 3 Days Ago
Replies: 12
Views: 515
Posted By night0wl
Re: Battery Charger Recommendations

If I ever replace my truecharge (oem), it will be an iota branded charger. They're not marine, but full featured and well regarded by the community.
Forum: Piracy Reports 1 Week Ago
Replies: 22
Views: 1,729
Posted By night0wl
Re: Danish Sailing Vessel taken by pirates

Drones...lots of drones with missiles for pirates home bases.
Forum: Crew Wanted 1 Week Ago
Replies: 1
Views: 232
Posted By night0wl
Re: crew needed florida to bahamas

I'm part of a sailing club in Fort Lauderdale. Check out our Crew Pool if you're looking for a hand:

Gulfstream Sailing Club (http://www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org/iwantcrew)
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 1 Week Ago
Replies: 281
Views: 5,902
Posted By night0wl
Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

i'm divided. On one hand, I am extremely *PISSED* that a man, a olympic champion with a family no less, is dead. The billionaires that run this show (here's looking at you Ellison) will say some...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 3
Views: 135
Posted By night0wl
Re: New Owner B461

Farr designed...these B461 are sleepers! In SE florida, a couple of them have gotten really generous PHRF ratings and rack up the hardware in club and distance races
Forum: Crew Wanted 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 11
Views: 535
Posted By night0wl
Re: Cew Wanted-Fort Lauderdale to Cape Cod

I'm part of Gulfstream Sailing Club. We maintain a Crew Pool for people based in/around Fort Lauderdale.

Gulfstream Sailing Club (http://www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org/iwantcrew)
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 14
Views: 367
Posted By night0wl
Re: Rainy days suck!

This rain FL is something else, isnt it? Hasn't stopped *ALL DAY* today. Broward is under coastal flooding advisory.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 43
Views: 1,316
Posted By night0wl
Re: NE Insurance Rates - Reasonable?

Because you can cause damage on par with a freighter. Imagine...storm, your boat is caught on video having an old designed cleat break (metal fatigue over 30 years had weakened it) careening across...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 21
Views: 778
Posted By night0wl
Re: E-Mail while crusing

False. There is now software that you can use software to modulate and plug into SSB. Pactor is faster for sure though...but worth the big money??? hmm, not so much. Research Winmor
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 317
Posted By night0wl
Re: In mast furling and clew

More outhaul tension!!!! My sail is flat/parallel with the boom too. When its not, its almost always because the outhaul has creeped loose through the outhaul spinlock cam-cleat
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 43
Views: 1,316
Posted By night0wl
Re: NE Insurance Rates - Reasonable?

You may not like what he is saying but he's right. And this is from a guy that hates insurance companies. Old boats are risks. Regardless of the time and effort put into them, as things age they...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 21
Views: 778
Posted By night0wl
Re: E-Mail while crusing

Email over SSB - sailmail. costs a few bucks a year. equipment costs $$

Email over HAM frequences - winlink. free, but ham license is a few bucks. equipment costs $$

Email over Satellite -...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 16
Views: 385
Posted By night0wl
Re: Sailrite LSZ-1

Thats a *TON* of money for something that may not get a lot of use. Are you planning on becoming a semi-pro canvas repair guy? I'd seriously look into borrowing someones sewing machine if you're...
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 14
Views: 498
Posted By night0wl
Re: Yanmar parts prices!

*TRUTH*...you never get the discount you dont *ASK* for :)
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 40
Views: 1,269
Posted By night0wl
Re: Insurance and cruising...

Brian - Legacy was freed....it also is a perfect demonstration of why insurance is a scam. a boat like that is un-insurable or have ridiculous out policies for losses. Most people with yachts like...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 40
Views: 1,269
Posted By night0wl
Re: Insurance and cruising...

Whats the phrase (attributed to Einstein)...

"There are two things that are infinite. The universe and human stupidity...and I'm not sure about the universe"
Forum: Diesel Engine Forum 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 14
Views: 498
Posted By night0wl
Re: Yanmar parts prices!

Call the dealer out on this ********. Say that the other dealer is charging way less and you're not going to take it. Many times, they'll match
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 40
Views: 1,269
Posted By night0wl
Re: Insurance and cruising...

Insurance rarely if ever covers the whole loss. There are always deductibles and negotiated settlements. Ultimately, we all pay in that game by either having substandard repaired boats or in ever...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 40
Views: 1,269
Posted By night0wl
Re: Insurance and cruising...

You can bet that if they're collecting this info...they'll intend to use it too.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 26
Views: 1,455
Posted By night0wl
Re: Skilled helmsman steering downwind in 30-40 knots...

No preventer rigged up that I could see.....scary. I'd have like 3 docklines running forward from the boom and back in those kind of waves.
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-05-2013
Replies: 21
Views: 676
Posted By night0wl
Re: Repair 4 hp two stroke ?

I love my little Mercury/Tohatsu 5 hp two stroke. So light my wife can handle it (well, with a little help), and so easy to work on that I've torn down the whole carb in the cockpit in a rocking...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 04-05-2013
Replies: 11
Views: 475
Posted By night0wl
Re: Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA)

Ok - that is very transparent, and sounds much like our local community sailing club.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 04-04-2013
Replies: 11
Views: 475
Posted By night0wl
Re: Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA)

They're a non-profit, which is good. But I'd like to see their budget published, or even better, their their tax returns before I kick them funds to join up. I want to know if there is some kind of...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-01-2013
Replies: 13
Views: 588
Posted By night0wl
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-01-2013
Replies: 4
Views: 223
Posted By night0wl
Re: Inflatable dinghy repair

Oh man, this happened to me.

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/60827-rats-dinghy-do-unmerry-christmas-make.html

A guy who specializes in repairs was able to get my dink...
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