Very good advice from Marmot. Until you've a bit more yacht experience or a bigger license, you may also want to drop the "Captain" handle; with...
North Cove has the best protection from the ever-present surge and wakes. Chelsea Piers has the easiest access (North Cove has a narrow entrance...
I applied for an exemption, but have yet to hear back. We are planning to head up there late in the summer , but may punt if pilotage is too costly.
Dick Rogers
J is correct. We are able to obtain a US cruising license since we are a non-commercial, private vessel. We are able to perpetually renew that...
Scopalamine patches (Transderm Scop)
Be very careful!! I was that captain on an early 60's 56' Huckins which passed survey before we discovered an entirely rotten hull about 6 months...
Nobody needs to tell you that; your posts make it obvious. Chartering in the US is pretty much the same all over, save for a few states that...
So you've already found a boat?? :D Welcome to YF.
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Loren may have spent to much time in the "Who's Drinking Tonight? thread :rolleyes:
It is when you have a great and trusting owner like mine. He wants a happy crew and know that won't happen when we have unpleasant charter guests....
A Simple Answer Since your experience seems to be in Florida, this is the way it works in the US: unless the chartered vessel is a commercially...
Ed. I don't know how they do things where you are, but nobody in the mainstream charter industry charges a gratuity "on the front side". I have,...
First, le me say that my clients always leave feeling good about the experience, and that many of them return repeatedly. Let's be real here- the...
?? I have a Transas and run at night all the time. Perhaps the light settings weren't properly adjusted.
I saw the boat a couple of days after. The majority of the damage was on the port side. The video looks as if the primary impact was on the port...
This happened before my time and the records are vague.
The other generator (port) was done about 2 years ago. The main problem was with the way the bow thruster PTO was coupled with the end of the...
Those were hours since a major. We've done the top end a couple of times since then. I guess I neglected to mention that we were in St. Maarten...
