For ditch bag in a life raft.
What do you think? Has anyone every heard of this before?
Saw this first mentioned on a different boating website. No one had any first hand experience.
https://www.quenchsea.world/pages/reel
I absolutely love the anchor snubber we use. Simple, but easy to use and very effective.
Back Story:
We had anchored out a few nights ago. When we were picking up the anchor the next morning, the swivel on the anchor didn't swivel - the anchor would not spin around the proper orientation...
Was reading about the launch on a space related website. Ran into the following quote:
"experiencing a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," as SpaceX terms it"
I have experienced unscheduled disassembly that occurred on a fairly quick basis. Never would have come up with such an elegant way to...
I am playing around with an idea - looking for some insight. In short thinking about buying some additional 50 Amp shore power cables.
Started with convenience (West Marine), then quickly gravitated to other sites including Amazon which are generally 50% less.
Question:
What differentiates...
Is it finally becoming real?
Read a couple of places about advances being made solving the problem that has been 30 years away for 40 years.
Do you think it will be significant?
I have heard it compared to the impact of the internal combustion engine at a time when everyone rode a horse or...
I got this in the weekly boattest advertising email that comes out.
Ultrasonic waves to keep the hull clean - no need for divers.
Is this credible?
Opinions and/or experience sought.
this is the link
https://www.hullshield.net/
thanks
For those who have boats on the coast with potential impact from Hurricanes, how do you approach the season?
Specifically:
What is your early season preparation?
What is your source for weather information? What sources do you utilize to monitor storms, intensity, and direction?
What is...
I have seen this on a couple of other boating sites. Haven't seen it here, if I just missed it, sorry for the duplicate post.
Net, NOAA is proposing a regulation to restrict vessels from 35-65 ft. to a top speed of 10kts for out to 60 miles off shore. Time of year for the restriction varies...
Was in Waterway Guide.
https://beachhappymag.com
thought it was a cool resource. They include a reference whether there is boat access, one place that we frequent I clicked on. Said no boat access, but there are municipal free transient docks across the street. So not totally accurate on...
Just got the current issue of the Waterway Guide e-newsletter. Interesting article about USACE (corp of engineers) ICW Survey process and results. If your not familiar with the data and you cruise on the ICW I would highly recommend looking into it.
I had a post a couple of years ago about...
It's early, season not started up yet.
For those that deal with Hurricanes - what (if anything) are you doing different this year?
Any adjustments to your plans?
For me, at this point staying with same plan as last year. In previous years due to slip location I had a haul-out plan in...
Commentary from a friend who deals with servicing commercial construction equipment. Routine filters and oil are getting harder to get.
Local CAT shop had 3 almost new machines that were in for routine service. Filters on backorder. Have been sitting for a while.
He gets oil in bulk, a...
The news from NY this morning is an example of the challenges our police officers have across the country.
These are the people who have chosen through their profession to be the ones who step "in front of us" to protect all of us from the dangerous elements in our society.
When you encounter...
Lack of focus = problem occurs.
We were in our slip, which is fairly wide (25ft). Working on removing the hurricane lines from the pilings on the port side. Wind was blowing, current moving, so I had gone downstairs and was working with my wife along the side of the boat to help get lines...