Recent content by Pincoya

Try this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pacificpuddlejump/ or this one: http://www.pacificpuddlejump.com/ Paul

I would be cautious about using any laptop based system as a primary navigation tool. We use Furuno equipment on board, it is dedicated marine kit, designed for the job and even then things occasionally break down. Our laptops however seem to be constantly changing beasts. I have back ups...

Congratulations. Try not to get too excited (I know it's hard) and take it one step at a time. You are entering a new world with no real rules, other than those you invent. Take time to settle in and to realise that cruising isn't a life free of problems but it is a life of freedom and...

I have a 12mnth old Furuno chart plotter/radar (1824C using a common GD-1920C video plotter) and a week or so ago used an SD card to transfer waypoints etc from my laptop. I then shut down the machine and re started it some time later, forgetting that the SD card was still in the slot. I now...

There is a yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbound_group/ which you may wish to join. This has a host of information within the files and detailed information about Panama and canal transits, experience with agents etc etc. There is a similar group 'Puddlejump group' for those...

Health Insurance Is the twelve mile, or whatever, limit really an issue? My view is that most medical issues are not potentially life threatening and will present a reasonable opportunity to seek out appropriate care. Something that is serious and in need of immediate response is not going to...

Please be upstanding and welcome Lord and Lady Brain, together with their son Richard.

I don't see a 'pooptillionth of a nonometre'. Paul

Had a similar issue with mine last year and used Corrosion X to clean and free the bearings, soapy water then fresh water to clean it all out followed by McLube one drop on the bearings for an extremely satisfactory result. However, the transducer has now given up the ghost, despite spinning...

I have been through this issue when changing boats here in Mexico and had very good service from OFCOM who pointed me to my ships radio licence and the regulations. The MMSI number cannot be transferred between boats and remains with the original vessel to which it was issued, even when that...

The time has come to leave Mexico and head south to Panama before entering the Caribbean. But when and how? It seems that the best time to transit the canal and get to Colon would be late April early May, after the winter trades start to abate, but then what? I would need somewhere safe, with...

Each year we return to UK and sample all of those things we miss from home. Last year we were taken to a chippie in Whitby (being told it was the best); we were quite disappointed. The fish and chips, with mushy peas, at Joe Jack's Fish Shack, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico are far superior...

Everything you might want to know is here, just scroll down the page. http://www.panama-guide.com/ Paul

I have seen this, twice, this year on other boats. Each time it was the oil cooler heat exchanger that had failed with holes in the tubes. Your assumption that oil pressure is greater than the water pressure is something that I believe is incorrect and you might want to look at the cooler. Paul

I have just undergone a very frustrating 12 months as the result of a so called 'Master Marine Engineer' wrecking my brand new genset, destroying my Balmar alternator and generally messing up whatever he touched. His work included removal of the turbo to inspect/clean the heat exchangers and...