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the performance of my navtex was never very good until i sent it back to nasa and had them put on alonger cable so i could mount it at the top of my mizzen mast after that ,no probs......keith <hr width=100% size=1>

must say i think jimi"s got it about right, the only thing i do is i have three of those S shaped hooks that i hang up then hang the corners of the kite from them, as i used to find that after i had stuffed half of it in the bag one of the corners had dropped in the mess and meant i had to start...

I think you would be suprised at how much gear is outsourced by the US, they build under license, the harrier, chobham armour, smooth bore gun for M1 tank,propulsion system for the new virginia class inshore nuclear submarine, russian ejection seats for their latest combat aircraft( better than...

Agree totally....keith <hr width=100% size=1>

Re: This is absolutely true, if incredible Don't agree with your ideas on fort vic being outrageously expensive because it was fitted for vertical launch seawolf, the concept was brilliant because the AOR is always the weak point in a battle group, sink it and the rest of the group grinds to a...

Re: Anything new happened? This is precisely what has happened, in the short term bimini sands and bimini big game club are reporting a drop in revenue of between40 and 60%, its sad its come to this, its a peice of misguided legislation that was aimed at the sport fishing boats that come over...

I had an autohelm 3000 on my oceanic, it had been to the med three times with previous owners, and took me and the wife across the atlantic, it finally expired early last year, and i replacedit with a simrad unit, because the later raytheon 3000 was nowhere near as robust, i was not impressed...

had a similar thing happen to our boat in the gulfstream off florida, it was an intense squall line, we had a 180 wind shift with a very noticable drop in temperature, wind went from ten knots to forty five in seconds, luckily we saw it coming, their was an a advancing line of foam under it, and...

James's reply just about covered it, but remember its a cat, i don't know what she draws but most cats can go closer to the beach than your average mono, so you don't have to swing with the crowd in the busy part of the anchorage, and if you do happen to go a tad close and ground it, she won't...

if you think thats bad in the solent they just point at their racing pennant and carry on regardless, they appear to think that with their pennant up the racing rules apply and the colregs don't........keith <hr width=100% size=1>

it would appear that the reason for the price hike was to make the sportfishing boys pay for what they are catching.....unfortunately the cruising community got caught in the middle.....as to boats getting charged for their dink, its probably not totally legal, but to circumvent it hoist it out...

We went to beaulieu in my thirty foot cat, and when we tied up between the piles for dinner/lunch he motored up and demanded ten pounds...i looked at him and said we are only going to be an hour, to which his reply was its still a tenner, the crew looked at me, and one went to the bow the other...

there are fairly good facilities at Stuart in florida approx one mile off ICW, west marine and all local shops are right there, titusville has a municipal marina right on the icw very freindly staff, stores are further out but its not bad, these places are affordable for us cruisers on a budget...

Re: Under consideration? Don't hold your breath on this one, the speed things get done over here.....it could take eighteen months,....on the other hand the more people that bend there ears via the websites, e mail personal letters to the PM etc will get results.......keith <hr width=100% size=1>

To all you good people who may be crossing the pond to do the carribean, be aware that the bahamas has just jacked up its clearing in charges to$150 for boats to 35 feet and $300 for boats over 35 feet, in my humble this is a flagrant attempt to make some fast money off the floating community, i...