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Re: Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

Paul Esterle — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:34:27 GMT

The first thing you and your wife need to do is get a copy of Dave and JaJa Martin's book, "Into The Light'. All about refitting a sailboat and their sailing

Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

Wayne Gilham — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:21:13 GMT

Following on other posts: We realized the "window of opportunity" was rapidly closing, based on our kids' ages, so (much as I would have loved to build a

Re: Zephyr isometric

gbship — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:57:56 GMT

How high do you have to lift it with this rig? If you have to lift it to cartop level, it will be tough; if it only has to go to bumper level, then it's doable

Re: Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

djdecker2002 — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:10:30 GMT

... ... -- I'm openminded. ... How about Bolger's White Eel? It's designed for a family (kids in front, parents in the back) has all the features you

Re: Drain for June Bug

Douglas Pollard — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:22:03 GMT

Might as well give it up! I have suggested a tapered wooden pug to probaobly 50 people over the years an as far as I know not one has tried it. Most will

Re: Drain for June Bug

dnjost — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:59:25 GMT

My 1968 Enterprise sailboat has had a simple 3/4" hole in the floor about 1" before the transom. There is a cork stuck in it. I have sailed this boat for 40

Re: Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

loosemoosefilmworks — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:18:25 GMT

Well there are any number of sea going boats able to be built in a year or under... Our late lamented Loose Moose 2 being one of them. As it happens I am mid

Re: Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

Douglas Pollard — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:17 GMT

Years is right. A fellow here in the Shenandoah valley in Virginia built a 40 ft sailboat working part time and it took him 10 years I guess that was a pretty

Re: Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

Bruce Hallman — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:16:01 GMT

... ...whether it is to build or to buy. :) A boat like you describe, homebuilt without lots of help, could take years to realize. (Figure on the kids

Family accommodations in a modest cruiser?

The Peillet-Long Family — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:09:49 GMT

OK, this is more daydreaming than anything else, but here goes... My wife and I have three kids, small for now, but I've noticed that they grow when I'm not

marine ply

captjbturtle — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:24 GMT

fellow builders, thery have a large stock of marine ply at Bateau.com in vero beach, fl as well as resins etc, very nice people, john

Re: Grandpa's Pirate Ship

The Peillet-Long Family — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:04:21 GMT

... Thanks, Bob. Those are both good suggestions, especially St. Valery, IMHO. Unfortunately, where we live now (Tunisia) there are almost no small cruisers

Re: for people in Jacksonville FL

Tim Anderson — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:01:00 GMT

Thank you, the prices are rising because of the sinking dollar against the Euro. TA _____ From: bolger@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com] On

Re: for people in Jacksonville FL

grafxmangrafxman — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:47:18 GMT

Hi Tim, Here's the link: http://www.noahsboatbuilding.com/noahsusa/items.asp?CartId={1BB1BFDC-

Re: Good News About #668

Susan Davis — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:01:48 GMT

... Hooray! Perhaps #666 will roll off the drafting board one of these years, too.... -- Susan Davis