Could someone answer a question for me?  I and about 15 friends are
looking to rent a houseboat on Lake Powell in Northern Arizona / Southern
Utah.  We did this once before a few years ago and rented a 50′ boat from
State Line Marina, but it was a real dog with lots of mechanical problems.
 We’re interested in getting a boat in better shape (all of State Line’s
were pretty bad), and we’re interesting in exploring private rentals.  

So the question is this:  Is this a good place to post such a request for
information, or can anyone suggest a better newsgroup or other source?

Please respond directly to: d…@baidarka.mdn.com

Thanks very much!

Dave Caylor
d…@baidarka.mdn.com

Any more 3/4 keelers out there.  Lets get together on the international date line for the turn of the millenia.  Now theres a rally with spunk.  Or how about putting in a Churchill Manitoba and goin round to Newfoundland, okay Maine or Bostonan

tim
Los Enys

Does anyone know of a web site that helps place crew with boats heading south?
I know it exists but I can’t find it.

Hiya,

Any one out there with information on the RVG Windvane (Reibrandt Vane
Steering) system mfg by Madeira Marine & Mfg.  Produced in the 80′s.
Still in business?

thanks

G Fulton — gful…@got.net

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gful…@got.net (Gib Fulton)  
o/b S/V Cherchez…
Santa Cruz, CA USA        

I am looking for recommendations regarding good cruising/offshore
sailing instruction for the summer of ’96. Am  a novice, and mainly
interested in a few days to a week of intensive sailing/edu. on either
coast.

Michael Poster

Can anyone tell me the best ( or several best ) places to find used
sailboat listings. Thanks,
—

Dunewood  

        My wife and I are planning to "drop out" in ’96, and cruise the
Waterway and Bahamas in our 36′ Jarvis Newman trawler.          
        We’d like to hear from others re: suggestions, anchorages,
gear, navigational tips etc. etc..
        We hope to use this laptop w/cellular modem for communications
with family & friends and to do our bills . . . Can we make that work?

In
<Pine.A32.3.91.951015214119.63690A-100…@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca>

Jack Dale <jd…@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> writes:

>On 9 Oct 1995, rob wrote:

>> After reading these art. on singlehanding,
>> is it necessary to always be due into the wind when raising sails?

    It is desirable, especially singlehanding, to be able to lower and
raise the main without coming head to wind.  When the boat is
self-steering off the wind, it is often necessary to adjust sail area
by reefing/unreefing to maintain balance.  Additionally, if faced with
a squall, it is seaworthy to be able to quickly drop the main.  Having
to come head to wind in a breeze, to reef or unreef, is a sure recipe
for losing your battens, accidently tacking, or worse.
    The difficulty seems to be that some luff slide systems bind up
with sideways pressure.  This is not true of the majority of luff
slides and grooves. There are solutions to a binding mainsail luff for
those determined to tackle the difficulty.  Personally, I couldn’t see
going offshore with a main that wouldn’t come down except head to wind.
But it is common practice.                    
                                       Skip Allan
                                       Wylie-27 "Wildflower"
                                       Capitola, CA

Heading off to the Sarasota area for Christmas this year.

Can anyone help me with the following:

1) chandleries in the area – esp those with used "junque"
2) museums & other poins of nautical interest
3) charters – pref. bareboat abt 24 ft or less (sail of course)
4) yacht clubs where someone might be able to wrangle a crew spot for a day

thanks !

Villy

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In article <Pine.NXT.3.91.951015135921.10723B-100000@euler>,
Joseph G. McWilliams <mcwil…@euler.sfasu.edu> wrote:

> Why are there no Texas and Louisiana cruising guides?  I’ve
> looked extensively in new and used nautical book stores and
> come up blank.  What goes here?  Does no one cruise this area?
> Why not, is there some horrible fate awaiting the unwary? …

For some reason, cruising the south Texas coastline has
gone WAY down ever since we repatriated the Karankawas.

Russell
—
We unmasked the doctrines of objectivity because they threatened our
budding sense of collective historical subjectivity and agency, and we
ended up with one more excuse for not learning any post-Newtonian physics.
                          — Donna Haraway  ("Situated Knowledges")