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That's a great read, and that sucks it worked out that way. I think altering a rig on any boat is going to come with some consequences. Not saying that justifies the fallout they received on that trip, but I'm sure it played a factor. I also think 3 days of steady 30-40 knot conditions played...

You seem to be on the fence about the 393. :lol: I'm a day/ weekend sailor with few real aspirations of world cruising. The occassional run to the keys or the Bahamas is about as aggressive as my sailing gets. Surveyed very well, and like you said, comfortable down below which is going to...

Just closed on a Beneteau 393, but this was on my short list. Just a shame it was out of state I would have loved to have checked it out. It's been on the market for a while and the price is starting to drop so it might look better on Yachtworld than it does in person, but I think it...

Very cool picture. Now, try doing that today...

Hands down the single worst thing about boating in Hawaii. It's cronyism at it's worst. Slipholders consider themselves lucky to have even the shittiest of slips in the Ala Wai, or any other state marina. The waiting lists (unless you're part of the Aloha Shirt Maffia) were about 7 years for...

I had a similar experience except my vent is located on the bottom of a stantion aimed right toward the opening port to the head. As I am flushing it, the vent squirts a chum-like stream of month old detritus right into my face. Gotta love the cruising life!

I kept my last boat, a Lancer 36, in Pearl Harbor. I sold it to a guy who sank it off Waikiki two weeks after buying it (paid in cash thankfully). I now own a Catalina and live in Virginia. As far as the blog goes; my employer has it firewalled so I am going to have to check it out in my off...

10 posts in, and I've yet to have been invited to fuck off. I was starting to feel unwelcome. Don't worry Timo, I've no interest in feeding this dork's dillusional narcissism, I just want to see the train wreck firsthand.

Forgive the noob question here, but I've been trying to wrap my head around this mess for about a month. I get the general picture that some troll got blocked from the forum and is now posting his nonsense elsewhere. The thing is, everyone seems to be having such a great time reading his crap...

I always liked George Carlin's take on the issue: We’re so self-important. So self-important. Everybody’s going to save something now. “Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.” And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these fucking people kidding...

Sounds like you found a pretty honest diver!

I used West Marine's PCA Gold on my boat in Hawaii with no issues whatsoever. I used 2 coats of blue over a red base coat to let me know when it was time for another haulout. Completely satisfied with it.

I can agree with most of that except to say that about 80% (gross estimate) of flying is done proproceptively using cues like perceived pitch angle of the aircraft, engine pitch, and control feedback which is exactly like a sailor using heel of the boat, sound of the water, pressure on the...

"... the idea that one of the biggest environmental disasters of our age had been going on outside nearly everyone's awareness piqued our curiosity, so we decided to head out there (the middle of the ocean) and see it for ourselves."   "It would have been some consolation to think that the...

I used to be a Lancer 36 owner when I lived in Hawaii. I think that damned vinyl headliner belongs on this list. You couldn't access any of the deck hardware without cutting it away, and you couldn't install a new one without removing all 7 or 8 ports and the compression post. PITA...

I think the impairment is actually pretty negligible. Having used ODAs during about 1000 hours of NVG flight I can say that while there is a pretty minor focal shift issue and it is possible to get target fixated, the drawbacks are offset by the user's increased situational awareness. I do...

+1 The reason chainplates begin to leak is because the sealant ages and loses its elasticity, allowing water to seap in. Best practice is to seal the edges of the hole in the deck with epoxy so that when the sealant goes again the water won't ingress into the core. Then fit the chainplates if...