Ha, that is where I am at with my charter business, no profit left, and there never was. Good for tax deductions though, the IRS feels and let me...
Had to look it up: 65 miles North of my hacienda. Too close and have friends up that way. Crossing fingers and toes it wobble more North than...
[ATTACH] This one predicts landfall at Port St. Lucie:
Looks like ECMWF has not been updated in 14 hours, as per my Windy.com menu.
Aha, there is a trick to funding a boat and operate it as a non-profit, no taxes?
Looks like it is funded by the wealthy owner:...
Windy.com has moved the landfall slightly North, yesterday the eye was at Boca Raton, today at Boynton Beach. Predicted wind gusts in Fort...
www.windy.com are forecasting gusts up to 100 kts in Fort Lauderdale. Hoping they are wrong, but planning for them being right. (Tried to upload...
More on the boat, and the mission: https://www.revocean.org/
Had a similar experience: We were in the Bahamas on a 3 week trip, peacefully anchored when a fleet of brand new boats showed up, including a...
From a Cruiser Forum, 2018.
WLO’s website is still up, but tried to call ‘em now: No cigar. http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/worldcoastal/mobilemarine/mobile.htm
The $0.53 rate with WLO was with a $25 annual “membership” or subscription, regular “off the street” rates were higher, but can’t remember the...
Roger on that. Does most big boats under 500 tons also use, or have HF installed? (All long range airplanes also have 2 HFs, transmitting at Max...
No idea. Sold my sailboat with the SSB 6 years ago, never keyed an HK mike since. What is on the Mega Yacht Bridges? Sat this and Sat that, but...
I had Marine HF/SSB on my boat for 14 years and loved it. Not only for stuff like talking to fellow cruisers or getting a good wx forecast, but...
Duh, a dead whale will float for a while with no crew. o_O
Nice.. I looked at my ticket, wrong date, no Offshore 66 tomorrow.
6 knots, is that all they can do? Never looked at the specs, just visited onboard during some boat show in Fort Lauderdale, expected 8-9 at least....
