Whatever boat you find, keep 10-20% aside to repair/upgrade/adapt after closing.
If you cruise at 9kts, you should get 1 nmpg so 1000usg will get you about 1000 nm… less about 1 gph for the gen. On plane at 20kts figure 0.3 nmpg
Fuel delivery by truck is cheaper but not “couple of bucks” cheaper… more like $1. Problem is finding a marina or dock that allows delivery. Most...
As a part time sailor I hate saying this but sailors are known to use the cheapest possible hardware :)
Savannah is very nice and has a number of marinas down by Thunderbolt and isle of hope. Mild weather. Great area. miami is getting way to busy...
I just saw a video of a concrete mooring pier being ripped out of its foundation by the wake. Not sure what happened to the ship that was to it,...
It all depends on your budget. Mass market charter companies like Moorings have small power cats (46-60’) which can be chartered with crew or...
odd. You really have to be nuts trying to navigate the reefs there… Wax Cay cut just to the north is safe and easy, maybe they thought they...
Living aboard can be great or it can be hell… I ve been living aboard on my 53 Hatteras MY for just over 20 years. Zero regrets. But I ve been...
Yikes. How the heck did it get there? No anchorage on that side and it a maze of reefs and rocks. Power failure and drifted maybe
Trying to remember… that was almost 10 years ago…. I think we used regular hydraulic fluid like what goes in swim platform, stabs etc. I don’t...
No idea. We were there mid February, must happened later. Funny i don’t recognize the shoreline, most of the western shore of shroud by the...
Same rules in the Bahamas although not enforced. Valves remain open once we clear US waters. few marinas have working pump outs and...
Great progress. for fresh water, a good solution is to have an AC pump and a DC back up. Flip the valves and breaker and you re in business I...
Great story!!
Be very careful!! Gasoline vapors are highly explosive and any spark can cause a catastrophic explosion. Anything like a switch, a fan,...
As long as you don’t try the run from the keys up to Marco right after a front with N winds, that run is fine with the prevailing easterlies
I ll give you a very good reason? Entertainment! Imagine all the follow up posts…
I have a 4x12v Pro Mariner to charge the 48v propulsion bank on my sail boat. I don’t recall off hand the amps it put out…. But 4 output chargers...
the Pro-Nautic series is made by ProMariner and over the years I have had a number of chargers fail on various boats, incl Charles and Dolphin....
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