Lowest hanging fruit to improve most sail boats
many boat projects are costly and labour intensive, and consequently put off for the next season or the season after that. But given that, what are some low hanging fruits that most boat owners could reach for to make their boats feel fresher, more comfortable, sail better, or just nicer to look at? is it fixing gel coat chips? Sanding and refinishing wood trims? Getting a nice pillow for the forepeak? Install lazy jacks? or something else? Please share your ideas.
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many boat projects are costly and labour intensive, and consequently put off for the next season or the season after that. But given that, what are some low hanging fruits that most boat owners could reach for to make their boats feel fresher, more comfortable, sail better, or just nicer to look at? is it fixing gel coat chips? Sanding and refinishing wood trims? Getting a nice pillow for the forepeak? Install lazy jacks? or something else? Please share your ideas.
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RO & Chesapeake Bay
Wondering if any of you sail a lot on the Chesapeake and whether you run your RO system on Bay water. To date I have only run it offshore in good water quality. But I’m gonna be cruising around the Bay for a month. Probably not spending many nights in marinas, although that is a solution.
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Wondering if any of you sail a lot on the Chesapeake and whether you run your RO system on Bay water. To date I have only run it offshore in good water quality. But I’m gonna be cruising around the Bay for a month. Probably not spending many nights in marinas, although that is a solution.
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Affordable GPS SOG display?
I’m looking to add GPS instrumentation to my boat. It seems like the best options available are the Vakaros Atlas followed by the Velocitek Prostart. These are great but expensive and have much more functionality than I need. I am aware of the Speedpuck but it seems very expensive for what it is.
What I need is a simple and inexpensive way to have SOG displayed on the boat so that I can compare it to water speed since I sail in a very high current area. I am not really interested in an app for phone or smartwatch. If it could display a start timer and/or heading that would be nice but not a must.
I currently have water speed and depth but not other instruments and no GPS. The boat is a 26 foot racing keelboat.
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I’m looking to add GPS instrumentation to my boat. It seems like the best options available are the Vakaros Atlas followed by the Velocitek Prostart. These are great but expensive and have much more functionality than I need. I am aware of the Speedpuck but it seems very expensive for what it is.
What I need is a simple and inexpensive way to have SOG displayed on the boat so that I can compare it to water speed since I sail in a very high current area. I am not really interested in an app for phone or smartwatch. If it could display a start timer and/or heading that would be nice but not a must.
I currently have water speed and depth but not other instruments and no GPS. The boat is a 26 foot racing keelboat.
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Can anyone recommend any good books about the shift from sailing ships to mechanically-powered ships and ironclads?
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I need help! Owner of boat in hospital intubated and I'm now responsible for caring for his Oyster 625.
So title. The owner of the boat was in an accident and is not able to communicate with us. I'm the significant other of the owner's daughter, and so I've been tasked with making sure it's not going to sink.
The boat is currently docked at a marina 3 hours away from where we are. I grew up around boats as a kid, but I've never cared for a boat outside of helping my dad tie one to a dock, and I have no experience with sailboats of any kind. I think he was going out to it every weekend, so I don't know if I need to go check it that often or if it would be good for longer. There is a lot going on so the less times I need to take 6-7 hours out of a day to go to it is good. I don't know what I need to be checking besides the ties to the dock and something about a bilge pump. Please help me kind sailiors, what can i get by with and still make sure this thing is ship shape? He has some slip neighbors but I don't know them very well and I may not see them when I go down to see it the first time and I want to be as prepared as possible. Thanks for any replies.
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So title. The owner of the boat was in an accident and is not able to communicate with us. I'm the significant other of the owner's daughter, and so I've been tasked with making sure it's not going to sink.
The boat is currently docked at a marina 3 hours away from where we are. I grew up around boats as a kid, but I've never cared for a boat outside of helping my dad tie one to a dock, and I have no experience with sailboats of any kind. I think he was going out to it every weekend, so I don't know if I need to go check it that often or if it would be good for longer. There is a lot going on so the less times I need to take 6-7 hours out of a day to go to it is good. I don't know what I need to be checking besides the ties to the dock and something about a bilge pump. Please help me kind sailiors, what can i get by with and still make sure this thing is ship shape? He has some slip neighbors but I don't know them very well and I may not see them when I go down to see it the first time and I want to be as prepared as possible. Thanks for any replies.
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