The Cape Dory Board

If you attended the 2003 SSCA gam and WR & CC picnic two years ago in Melborne, FL, you would have gotten the latest on this. I can't tell you a site because the info came from a presenter at the session on ham radio installations on sailboats. His focus was primarily on PACTOR email systems but...

There are some visible signs that say to me, "You don't want to live here." One of them is "Snow Emergency Route", another is "Watch For Falling Rocks," and yet one more is "Tsunami Evacuation Route." Murphy, of Law fame, says that eventually one of these will...

That's a bit much! If you're nominating me for that title then I respectfully decline. Like a beat up old car, lots of years and lots of miles is all. Actually, this grounding concept comes from Gordon West who writes in a lot of the sailing mags about ham radio aboard boats.. I tried his method on ...

Yaesu is good stuff but my preference is ICOM-706 with the SGC-2320 Smart Tuner -- that's what's on Rhiannon. They are comparable unless you want to use it for PACTOR (ham email), then the duty cycle is more than the little Yaesu can handle. There is a very active Waterway Net on 7268 khz, LSB (aka ...

I'm sure many ICW travellers can relate to this if they've gone south of Charleston on the ICW. A mile or so past the James Island Bridge is a narrow channel connecting Charleston Harbor to the Stono River. This is Elliott Cut. The tidal differential here is such that a sometimes serious current run...

This is an insightful narrative from someone who knows the subject. It's the tip of the iceberg, though. For instance, what about the new owner whose first boat is a 45 foot Huntacatateau and got a week of free lessons if he bought it at the Annapolis Boat Show! (What this person really needs is a y...

Hey, O.J. Hawk = Windex (or any other masthead wind indicating device) My term -- doesn't come from any historical reference - comes from years of racing - "Check the hawk" meant for the spinnaker trimmer to verify that he was "with" the wind. It comes from the skipper of one of ...

Hi Steve, Being fairly computer illiterate, I haven't yet learned to post attachments or pictures to this web site. If you'd like a copy of the checklist I use simply send me your email address and I will gladly forward it as an attachment via return email. I also have some good pictures if someone ...

Just some thoughts. Rather than spending your time doing a fairly extensive fiberglass job in a strange and isolated area (and McLellanville is all of those and more), I'll loan you Mr. Heater (and a First Alert) for warmth and you can wait until the boat is up here with a good shop, proper tools, w...

Scott, I use First Alert carbon monoxide (CO) detectors on both Rhiannon and Unbound . They seem to work fine and don't trip except when tested. A friend in town has the same setup and his does trip ocassionally when he's cooking on all the stove burners, then he simply removes the battery when that...

Thanks for the kudos. The Carolinas Fleet is looking forward to having you back in Oriental again.

Keep me posted on your northward trek. Would love to help bring her up.

BTW, please send me your cell number via email.
________
BUY GLASS PIPES

n/m
________
Jaguar Mark Viii History

Yup, two tours: 1963-68 and 1983-87
________
Maverick (North America)

Wow, what a trip! Consider that mal de mer (no relation to Larry or his great boat) might have done you a huge favor by stopping you before attempting to go around Cape Fear offshore. Cape Fear is second only to Cape Hatteras as the second deadliest cape on the US Atlantic seaboard. Even in the best...

When I left NASA I took a sign from my desk that said, "You don't need a computer to do this." That was often true. Other than the Word Processor I had the "gearheads" to take care of computer nuances. Now I'm on my own and often hit small snags that stop this old man in his trac...