I've never been able to sleep forward even in relatively benign downwind conditions. There is just too much motion forward.  I don't have a sea sickness...
Peter, Â I can appreciate your dilemma. Â I had a marvelous old 88" with a safari top, drove her for almost 450,000 miles. Â If I wasn't more at sea than...
Hi Max, You didn't say whether you will be harbour hopping or sailing longer legs. If the boat is tied up, I prefer the comfort of the V berth, but I...
The q-berth will be a _lot_ more comfortable to sleep in than the v-berth when you're under way -- none, or almost none, of the pitching and heaving that goes...
On my boat I use my v berth for storage. Unless I have a lot of company I sleep on my quarter booth for the convienience of quick access to the companion way,...
... no quarter berth on my boat, but for sleeping on others' boats i've liked them, especially when underway...more privacy, darker during daylight hours, less...
I'm shopping for an AIS to add to my boat, and am happy to see lower price units coming available. I have ruled out the cheapest - NASA - because it doesn't...
I'm seriously looking to buy also. I have been following the developments of AIS for a couple of years but in my case I'm looking at the active receive &...
Hi Peter, I am curious about your reasoning for wanting to transmit, as well as receive on a 27' boat. In areas of high congestion of boat traffic (such as...
AIS is a great tool, especially if you are doing a lot of coastal or congested traffic areas. Â Transmitting units identify your vessel, and provide your...
I'm in the final stages of prep for a single-handed trans-Atlantic crossing. The more I can be seen as well as seeing others, the better. In a port with...
We are big belivers in AIS and plan to have one on board as soon as we figure out a couple of items -- had a good look at them at the miami boat show and was...
I imagine on a clear weekend day on SF Bay, after everyone has an AIS trasnsponder, the screen could get obliterated with the AIS location markers. Now,...
Chuck,  Ran into the same problem with LaVida. Start with one and soon its all instruments need to be upgraded to communicate.  Hope your voyage is going...
...  Except for the 40 footer that was on a reciprocal course in 0.1 NM visibility yesterday. It came out of the fog quickly... I altered course to avoid...
We recently took a river cruise in France on a 600 footer. I can assure you that the radar on the big boys can tell them how many people are on deck - if there...
Mark, you put your finger on it nicely--"if there is anyone watching." Everything I have read suggests that is a very bad bet, although I love being surprised...
You might want to rethink staying that far offshore. The prevailing nw winds and waves are sigificant and no fun to buck into. Even if you have a...
Hi Peter, Thanks--I haven't sailed the Oregon and Washington coasts before. I did use your strategy from Mexico to Eureka, Ca (where the boat is now, a day...
AIS is a great idea and setting your radar with an alarm space is also good. The best plan is to give the other guy pleanty of oportunity to find you and for...
I need crew from the Soo to Isle Royale and the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior beginning early July. Please contact me directly @ rit@... Thanks for...
Unfortunately the group is very quiet at the moment, as most of us are out sailing and doing other stuff. Feel free to post, reveiw our documents and post your...
Hi Mike, Its winter here in Queensland, Australia. Lovely too. This that might interest some members http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/ Cheers Dave capemiker...
Hi Dave, I feel very sorry for you. There is also: http://www.sailingnews.tv/ I don`t speak french myself, but the videos speak for themselves. Cheers Juergen...
Emptying out my storage space. Selling a SL manual vertical windlass, 5/16" chain. It's the kind you crank with a winch handle. Good for a small boat...
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