Recent content by Christian Williams

Hi Rebecca, I take it that planning is pretty much complete, since this is nearly May. What is the plan? What boat, how many crew, and so on. A public discussion touches all the bases here, but do send me a private message if you want more. As Dave says my experience is documented in the...

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Those templates are grand. I never knew about them until the carpenters of Tally Ho started showing how they make crazy complicated cabinets. It really solves the measurement problem.

Fiberglass caused a shudder when boats first popped out of the mold in the '60s. Yick! This stuff smells bad! (and inside the early Pierson Tritons, it did) It's unproven! "I'll give it five years in a marine environment." When wooden boats first began to be repaired with fiberglass, it...

So--perhaps they're on moorings? As with Loren, very few in my marina because they need end-dock, which is limited and expensive. They may be ugly and slow, but a 65' Lagoon can accommodate 10 guests and a crew of three in hotel comfort. No monohull under 100' can compare, and we have looked...

Re propane, I go six weeks livaboard on one 2.5 gallon tank. And it’s not empty then…..

The Lagoon-style catamarans are charter boats, no? They really work for that, and not much else.

The basic ("cheap") Boat US tow service is for limited miles. I.e, tow you into Oceanside. Check the terms. Long distance towing is always expensive and to be avoided. This trip should be easy, leaving at night, expecting to motor most of the way. Weather reports can be expected to be...

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The Bora is a wind that blows in a North North-Easterly direction from the mountains into the Gulf of Trieste. It blows intermittently with gusts that can occasionally be very strong. In Trieste the Bora is said to be "dark" when there is cloud, rain or snow, and "light" when the sky is clear...

no water could be convinced to come out of exhaust. But it did, right? You can't run an engine without water in the exhaust. Is it necessary to pull the mast to replace shrouds? My riggers have replaced several with mast up. Yanking a mast (in California, where we don't haul for winter) can...

The Bauhaus influence of simplicity and utility often has the side effect of lowering cost and increasing efficiency. It's part of the new aesthetic, although the houses built around me often look like the box a house used to come in. They work, and so does a Beneteau with a canvas garage over...

Now there's a first-hand report that helps answer the original question. For what it's worth, water is one thing that can be stored in small units around the boat, and it's 40+ pounds for every 5 gallons.

Beauty is subjective. I just don't see it that way. :)