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Forum: Gear & Maintenance 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 1,234
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Self Tailing Winches

Asdf38, I'd like to know, too.

My Bristol 29.9 came with Lewmar 30 non-self-tailers, chromed bronze winches with a good bit of the chrome worn off. I added Winchers and they do a pretty good job,...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 35
Views: 1,542
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Making Your Boat Unsinkable

I have one hugely-unpopular thing to say about this:

MacGregor 26.

Roger MacGregor built foam flotation into his boats, so they're 'unsinkable' ... it can be holed and full of water, but the...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 3 Weeks Ago
Replies: 13
Views: 365
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Wire halyard through random block.

I've steered clear of wire halyards ... partially, because I think NOT.

From what I've seen, wire-halyard sheaves have a different line profile. Just looked in the WM catalog, to confirm-or-deny...
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 14
Views: 879
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Bristol 35.5 Offshore and Liveaboard?

I have its little brother, a Bristol 29.9, also a keel/centerboard design. I have never noticed centerboard slap at anchor (and I am familiar with it, having had a MacGregor 26X previous to this...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 21
Views: 919
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Sat Phone - Rent or Buy and which one

The Leopard 46 I helped to deliver from Roatan 'toward' the Turks & Caicos, last November - the delivery that went to hell - had an Inmarsat phone installed. When we started taking on water (I'm not...
Forum: Living Aboard 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 381
Views: 66,843
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Living aboard - and sex

This is WAY off topic, here. But the one time I tried a Cat, it never got back ...

S/V Palenque (http://perkperkins.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/rescue-completed-all-home-safely/)
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 840
Views: 65,969
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Full or fin keel?

I described my Mac 26X, Bossa Nova, as a 26-foot, sleep-aboard sailing dinghy, that can also serve as a funny-shaped travel trailer. It's a very good first boat, for someone who hasn't decided...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 05-15-2013
Replies: 840
Views: 65,969
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Full or fin keel?

And for those of us with MacGregor motorsailers, like my old 26X? :rolleyes:

The best of both worlds ... and the worst.:laugher
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 09-09-2012
Replies: 48
Views: 2,560
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Alcohol stoves in use?

Halcyon came with a two-burner Origo built into its countertop. It may not be as hot as propane or natural gas, but it boils up a quart of water quick enough to make my morning coffee and my evening...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 08-31-2012
Replies: 50
Views: 17,966
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Smart Pilot Raymarine X5 Wheel Pilot

Ohhh-kayyy! I have commissioned my wheel pilot and I am ready to buy it a diamond ring. It works very well and it's better-modulated than the one I have on my old boat.

Spent the day out sailing....
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 08-28-2012
Replies: 50
Views: 17,966
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Smart Pilot Raymarine X5 Wheel Pilot

I've got mine installed - but due to family matters, I haven't been able to take it out and commission the SmartPilot system yet.

The newer system comes with a "SeaTalk ng" network, which is more...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 08-05-2012
Replies: 159
Views: 16,880
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Another "Next Generation" anchor enters the market...

I think the Spade (and the Raya, while it was being built) have that wide curve in the shank to make their anchors too unstable to stay upside-down if they land that way.
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 08-05-2012
Replies: 159
Views: 16,880
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Another "Next Generation" anchor enters the market...

Very nice. MedSailor, your photos (and your bolt-strength chart) do a lot to convince me. The bolts don't look like a 'weak link' any more! I'm likely to come shopping for an oversized Mantus when...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 07-03-2012
Replies: 50
Views: 17,966
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Smart Pilot Raymarine X5 Wheel Pilot

Thank you all, to the folks who resurrected this thread.

I put a Raymarine X-5 Smart Pilot on my MacGregor 26X, Bossa Nova, a few years ago. It did a pretty good job, when I used it; but I did...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 07-03-2012
Replies: 159
Views: 16,880
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Another "Next Generation" anchor enters the market...

Greg,

Thank you for 'coming on board' to discuss this anchor with us! It looks interesting to me as a 'backup' or 'big backup / storm' anchor, even though I do have my reservations about the...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 03-29-2012
Replies: 840
Views: 65,969
Posted By RickWestlake
Re: Full or fin keel?

Yahhh ... but Hinckley makes a gorgeous boat. And you didn't buy Ibis to back her up, now, did you? ;)

2011 was my first year with a proper keelboat, a Bristol 29.9 - and as much as I learned...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 06-08-2011
Replies: 66
Views: 9,377
Posted By RickWestlake
Thank you, everybody - though this wasn't my...

Thank you, everybody - though this wasn't my question.

My malady was four times worse, as it was four-foot-itis ... from a very light, water-ballasted MacGregor 26X that lives on its trailer...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 05-28-2011
Replies: 4
Views: 1,834
Posted By RickWestlake
Another manufacturer is EBuyMarine.com - their...

Another manufacturer is EBuyMarine.com - their "Port-Vents" are perhaps a little deeper (come down a little lower on ports), and they're made in smoke-tinted polycarbonate. They also make Port-Vents...
Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum 12-30-2010
Replies: 178
Views: 43,117
Posted By RickWestlake
Annapolis north, western Chesapeake Bay

I keep Bossa Nova on the Middle River, in the eastern suburbs of Baltimore. I'd be glad to help out, say, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, from Annapolis to Havre de Grace.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-04-2010
Replies: 37
Views: 3,211
Posted By RickWestlake
I've been telling people that Bossa Nova is "a...

I've been telling people that Bossa Nova is "a 26-foot dinghy" and I guess your remark confirms it. (She's a MacGregor 26X, water-ballast, swing-down centerboard, ridiculously powerful engine.) ...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-04-2010
Replies: 29
Views: 3,416
Posted By RickWestlake
Moonsailer, what boat are you sailing? Just...

Moonsailer, what boat are you sailing? Just curious....

Any boat that gets enough water in it to cancel out its "empty space" buoyancy is going to sink. That's a given. Some boats (think...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-01-2010
Replies: 37
Views: 3,211
Posted By RickWestlake
I asked in at my home marina (Maryland Marina, on...

I asked in at my home marina (Maryland Marina, on the Middle River east of Baltimore) earlier this week, when I was seriously considering "moving up" to a 35-footer with nearly 6-foot draft. They...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-01-2010
Replies: 51
Views: 4,080
Posted By RickWestlake
Even though Bossa Nova is up east of Baltimore...

Even though Bossa Nova is up east of Baltimore now - and I'll be driving to the Boat Show - I can't quite say "not my problem" because this is emblematic of the anchor-out situation.

I'm all for...
Forum: Provisioning 09-30-2010
Replies: 274
Views: 28,926
Posted By RickWestlake
The stuff in the can tastes like white lightning,...

The stuff in the can tastes like white lightning, but a little sweet. That can is about 1/3 liter, which should be enough for a pretty good buzz at least. It cost me about $1 U.S. in Brazil
...
Forum: Provisioning 09-30-2010
Replies: 274
Views: 28,926
Posted By RickWestlake
Canned cachaça via Photobucket

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac3/RickWestlake/travel%20stuff/cachaca-can.jpg

Should have tried this first. That is a "Receita Federal" tax stamp on the can.
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