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Search: Posts Made By: seabreeze_97
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 2 Days Ago
Replies: 26
Views: 730
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Viewing a Bristol 32 tonight... Questions

'68 Bristol had aft cockpit traveller, so no issues like the '76 and newer. Decks should feel solid as concrete since they are solid fiberglass (no wood cores). If they don't feel solid, there could...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 1 Week Ago
Replies: 93
Views: 2,338
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Cruising with livestock -- any anchoring issues?

How far out do you have to sail for an overboard, ahem, dump. Cows make lotsa poo.
Cows need a calf to start milk production. Once the calf is weaned, the milk continues as long as the cow is...
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 1 Week Ago
Replies: 32
Views: 703
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Outboard on 1974 Pearson 10m?

I rather like Yves Gelinas' approach to adding an outboard for those times when he needed it:
Re-powering Jean-du-Sud (http://www.caphorn.com/sections/Pages/remotoriserAng.htm)
Seems like a...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 01-14-2013
Replies: 51
Views: 2,031
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Getting to enjoy the benefits of the South African healthcare system

Sounds like your morphine was in small doses or watered down. It is the drug of choice for pain relief during active myocardial infarction and it usually works pretty well. The movies are wrong in...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 11-26-2012
Replies: 20
Views: 719
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: ethanol vs. non-ethanol gasoline

While touting the ability to run higher compression ratios on alcohol is a valid point, it has no place in this discussion. Did anyone here build their engines? Is there a practical, easy way to...
Forum: Bristol 11-16-2012
Replies: 2
Views: 417
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Bristol 35

That's a rare bird. Have you at least seen this?
Bristol 35 (http://www.bristolowners.org/35/bristol35.html)
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-07-2012
Replies: 14
Views: 708
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Stability information

A couple links to info from Ted Brewer that may help:
Good Old Boat - Is your boat stable? article (http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/stability.php)
and
Ted Brewer Yacht Design...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 09-01-2012
Replies: 62
Views: 4,520
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Sailboat without a mast

A dismasted sailboat (keelboat) will be adversely affected. This is a well-established fact as discovered and confirmed by some of the leading minds in sailing while investigating the Fastnet '79...
Forum: Bristol 08-24-2012
Replies: 7
Views: 588
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: Bristol 32 foward hatch support

That's not what mine has, and I'm sure it's the original. I believe it is a Perko part and similar in appearance. Mine does not have detents, but is adjustable to any position within the range of the...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 03-16-2012
Replies: 133
Views: 6,203
Posted By seabreeze_97
Re: How much more blood can they suck?

Wasnt the luxury yacht tax enacted in 1990? Last time I checked, that wasn't Reagan. Now I'm fully open to the possibility of there being another "sin" tax I missed. Was there?
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 03-01-2012
Replies: 50
Views: 4,253
Posted By seabreeze_97
Also an interesting take on adding aux power with...

Also an interesting take on adding aux power with an outboard.
Re-powering Jean-du-Sud (http://www.capehorn.com/sections/remotorisation/remotoriserAng.htm)
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 03-01-2012
Replies: 50
Views: 4,253
Posted By seabreeze_97
You should look up some of the info by this...

You should look up some of the info by this fellow:
30 Years with an Alberg 30 (http://www.capehorn.com/sections/30ans/30ansAng.htm)
he's had his Alberg 30 for over 30 years.
Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction 12-26-2011
Replies: 192
Views: 14,687
Posted By seabreeze_97
"To some extent, the source of the inertia is...

"To some extent, the source of the inertia is important as well. For example, we can compare two otherwise exactly identical boats, each with equal roll moments of inertia, but one has a heavy mast...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 12-25-2011
Replies: 24
Views: 1,590
Posted By seabreeze_97
Had a patient like the OP once. He was just doing...

Had a patient like the OP once. He was just doing some minor painting, fell about 8 feet when his ladder slipped. He admitted he was standing on that top step that says not to stand on. So, couple...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 11-18-2011
Replies: 10
Views: 914
Posted By seabreeze_97
Geeez Charlie, you get all the hot chicks!

Geeez Charlie, you get all the hot chicks!
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 11-02-2011
Replies: 3
Views: 510
Posted By seabreeze_97
Different boat, but my DV20 has a 15 inch 2-blade...

Different boat, but my DV20 has a 15 inch 2-blade unit.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-17-2011
Replies: 78
Views: 5,393
Posted By seabreeze_97
Wink Move up 10ft, back 30 years, and up 6 tons. She...

Move up 10ft, back 30 years, and up 6 tons. She will have a little more room and it'll handle more like a Rover. Seasmoke would also fit. I mean, it's not as big as a 50ft but drop dead gorgeous....
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 10-08-2011
Replies: 75
Views: 13,017
Posted By seabreeze_97
And this is why revisiting old threads IS a good...

And this is why revisiting old threads IS a good thing. I, for one, am lovin' this.
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 10-06-2011
Replies: 22
Views: 2,203
Posted By seabreeze_97
For what a slip would run you, you could grab an...

For what a slip would run you, you could grab an old honkin big truck that'll tow 8000lb. Trailer brakes? What trailer brakes? We don't need no steenkin' trailer brakes. My old RamCharger weighs over...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 10-06-2011
Replies: 23
Views: 1,813
Posted By seabreeze_97
That just makes me sick.

That just makes me sick.
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 10-05-2011
Replies: 75
Views: 13,017
Posted By seabreeze_97
When speaking of Satori, the Westsail 32 in the...

When speaking of Satori, the Westsail 32 in the so-called perfect storm, it must be noted that this particular boat would represent the best of the breed, as it were. The original owner was extremely...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 08-15-2011
Replies: 50
Views: 4,565
Posted By seabreeze_97
All I can do is let my expression go slack, lean...

All I can do is let my expression go slack, lean back, shake my head side-to-side, and exhale a deep breath as I am awestruck. My words are inadequate to the task. Congrats CC.
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 07-16-2011
Replies: 34
Views: 4,833
Posted By seabreeze_97
Thats funny about the mercury. They mandate...

Thats funny about the mercury. They mandate removal from thermometers and thermostats, then mandate compact fluorescent bulbs that contain... Mercury!
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 05-16-2011
Replies: 4
Views: 2,351
Posted By seabreeze_97
James Baldwin seems to think it qualifies. Atom...

James Baldwin seems to think it qualifies.
Atom Voyages | Voyages Aboard the Sailboat Atom -* Good Old Boats List - choosing a* small voyaging sailboat...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 05-01-2011
Replies: 96
Views: 9,222
Posted By seabreeze_97
You have the right attitude. Just keep your...

You have the right attitude. Just keep your options open and expect contingencies to come up short. Suppose your fresh water gets contaminated and there's no island nearby. Did you have some water in...
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