I’ve never seen such a beauty. It’s possible to rent for a modest 3350
000 $/week

look @ that : http://www.europaluxury.com/yacht/to-rent/288-ft-maltese-falcon.html

A definite Darwin Award candidate

FORT MYERS BEACH: A woman walking her dog found the head of Roy Brown,
who was decapitated while riding a personal watercraft Sunday evening.
His body was found by an off duty Lee County deputy a short time
later.

The woman discovered his head in the mangroves south of the Matanzas
Pass Bridge

Investigators are pointing the finger at a line connected to an
abandoned sailboat as the cause. The find may put some closure on
Brown’s death investigation.

The line extending from the sailboat had blood on it that was
positively identified as Brown’s.

Officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife say it helps put an end to a
rare kind of investigation.

"He actually went right through the line," said Joanne Adams of FWC.
"We do have people hit bridges and low clearances, but this is a quite
unusual event."

The death investigation is almost complete, but the coroner still has
to do some further analysis on the body.

What size Outboard should I buy?

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> Through the topside or the cabin side?
> Thanks as always.

I guess you mean through the deck or through the cabinside? On many
boats the cabin side is also the topsides.

So, assuming you meant the former, the vent should be through the
topsides high enough above the water line so it doesn’t become submersed
through healing and rough seas.

Putting the fitting on deck is a bad idea. Water could get in and clogs
could happen with ease. Also it could be a tripping hazard.

Peggie Hall
(speaking via proxy through Wilbur Hubbard)

Myth#11 Mac26 is not for ocean sailing. Go ahead, click the link and see
just how good and seaworthy a professional captain thinks the Mac really
is. Dare you. Jeff expecially.

If you’re too much of a coward to admit how good the Mac26X is don’t
click the link and don’t read a little of what it has in it that I
pasted right here.–>  Owing to "focally ruptured gangreous acute
appendicitis", I spent the better part of January 2001 arguing about
this (the Mac26x is fit for all waters), rather than sailing or working,
and have 80 pages of emails as well as several magazines and books on
boat design involving the subject. According to Sea magazine (April
2005) "California’s coastline is not particularly trailerboat-friendly –
the areas where you can take small or trailerboats are limited, so it
also would stand to reason that boaters would be heading to inland lakes
and rivers in droves." But MacGregor Yachts has always oriented its
products for world-wide coastal ocean and not just Califorina sales. The
manufacturer believes that a 26 footer is too small to hold enough gear
and supplies for passage. However, at least one Mac26x dealer considers
ocean passage to be within the boat’s design parameters and in 1999 more
that a few Mac26x vessels made the trip from Crandon Park marina on
Miami’s Key Biscayn or nearby to the Bahamas. At least one Mac26x yacht
made the trip from the city marina at Garison Bight in Key West to the
Marquesas and on to the Tortugas. The 1000 mile coast of Florida has
been sailed by a Mac26x. And two Mac26x cruisers (from Bellingham and
Everett) were outfitted for an Alaskan inside passage (over 2000 miles)
following the Cassiopeia in that regard. Those who find the ride of a
light displacement under 30 foot sailboat preferable in ocean swells see
its potential as a long-distance passage maker. This is demonstrated by
reports that MacGregor Yachts receives many unsolicited requests for
sponsorship of expeditions involving Mac26x ocean passages and by the
consideration given to adding a platform (as discussed above) which
would be used for storage during an extended cruise. It is also a
favorite for chartering at blue water destinations such as the BVI,
Bahamas Malaysia, Spain and Belize.

Told you so. I enjoy being your mentor…

Oh, be sure to visit my new anti-drug abuse site linked under my name.
Also please click on a link or two for the sponsors to keep this site
free of charges. Much appreciated.

–
Cheerio,
Ed Gordon
http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm

> http://www.tits.sc/ The Best Resource for Tits on the Net.

Is she a ketch, sloop, schooner or yawl?

What size engine does she have?  Prop?  SHAFT?!

My guess is she’s well used by several owners.  Has anyone done a proper
survey?  How long ago?  Any blisters on her hull?

Does she have a good head?  Manual or electric?

Does she have an aft cabin?  How wide?  How big is the passageway to it?

Any damage to her tackle?  Does she handle tenderly?  What about in the
rough stuff?  How does she fall off or heave to?

No, no, stupid!  I’m talking about a BOAT!

Larry
—
You get a good boat.  The rest’ll come along for free….(c;

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