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"J ". We have been using the French press ( Caffitere ) for years. We even have one on the boat. I am going to presume that most know how to use this wonderful simple coffee making *device. The absolute criteria is the water quality, try bottled distilled. This is my routine *to get our...

IT IS ALL ABOUT FOOD. Let's get positive about *Bird dropping on you boat. We have a bird here who is a flying cement factory, it dumps its business on our boats. I have saved the best till last. Rubber Snakes don't work, as the birdies think that is food. 6 ft long Mavis homemade...

JohnP You have to take that up with Rex . I wonder if animals get seasick. ? like a boat cat or boat dog. Another thought is that you go out for a fish dinner and get home not feeling great. Plan "A" *is *ALWAYS *Call the doctor. or get to the ER.

Steve*I got, what is left of a half a bag of two year old briquets in the garage over near the work bench. They are all yours after Rex has finishes playing with them , Mustard or Ketchup? BINGO ! -- Edited by SOMERS on Sunday 6th of March 2011 09:54:26 AM

If you ever get the flue and your tummy turns into a figure 888 Try the burnt toast. Some times kids don't feel well and get tummy ache. Burnt toast works for them At a restaurant i get them to partially burn my steak ......... Bingo ! Having said all that , as with all medical please...

Burnt bread Opera. Mavis and i had a fantastic navigator on a major sailboat ocean race who, i new ahead of time that he got very seasick , we took him any way,knowing that he would" turn green ". I was determined that he was not going to get sick on my boat. A day before we started the...

Story time. Mavis and i are on a 600 mile sailboat delivery to the US with the owner ,his wife and two very young girls. The owner came up on deck and told me that his wife wanted him to throw her into the sea just off Montauk *because she was that seasick and beyond wanting to stay a live. I...

I have not been able to find a post *regarding *seasickness. I would invite *comment professional or otherwise. For all those who read this post *please be advised that i am not a doctor or pretend to be one. Fortunately, we that is Mavis and I have never been seasick and unfortunately...

Oh *! I for got to tell you, that Victoria sells all in one *pink rain suits *for ladies. Mavis I am not signing this, it's a secret.

My Idea of a great *rain suite is, a bathing suite. I was on my first ocean crossing. it was on a sailboat. it was very rough ,so I had to crawl up the the fore deck on my hands and knees *, but i got there. on the wire. There were several occasions that i had to go up to the fore deck to...

I am no engineer, but common sense tells me that the most inefficient mechanical piece of engineering we are still using today is the compression (heat engine ). it is the almighty "crank shaft " *? That was ok ! *for Henry Ford and the industrial revolution. A piston will go to TDC *and...

Lee Boards. i checked my lee boards on our boat today *just for you . The top rail grommets spacing was 4" *and also allowing for the vertical stantions. The brass grommets were small and laced with thin *parachute cord, *or what ever you *wana call it . At the bottom of the skirt / lee...

Dog watch. This is a one stop shop do all pet that can swim . Not sure if it can retrieve a ball. If you wish to keep thieves off you boat all you *may need to do is cross a 13 ft *Alligator with a Greyhound *it will do 100 mph in the corners . The clone did not work on Mondays and wanted...

Soft water. We catch rainwater from our roof which is stored *in a specially constructed 13,000 gal capacity *room under *the kitchen. It is not necessary to treat the water as no light can enter the space. The water is very soft and consequently we find it very easy to rinse soap off. We...

Refreshing" Bermuda bird bath." It does not matter how big a boat you have, you are camping. This is for a re fresher at sea to get rid of" sea grunge, we do this trick on all of our ocean crossings. Wet ones For an on deck refresher, we make up our own wet ones for use on hot *summer...

This is not positive, sorry i am not wishing to sport with your feelings. There is a Grandma *saying that goes like this :- "You cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear " Donald & Mavis

Hello *Marin.Its your best friend from Bermuda. We have no choice but but to ride out the weather here to day. which *is *:- Calm or may be *5 kts from the SE. mixture *of sun and clouds A few ripples on the water. 68 *degrees Humidity, yesterday 46 % *lowest in history. Mavis , where did...

Hurricanes and *Super Storms. During Hurricanes ,over the many years i have kept all of my boats *on free swinging moorings. meaning boat free to swing in a blow. but that is me. Many boat owners *prefer to find a hurricane hole or go on the hard, that is *a good choice. If *you have a very...

Don't worry about it . My father told me . " You are what you are going to be". So ! i blame my mother. My best is all i have to offer . Go get your own Mavis ! We dream the impossible dream. Donald & Mavis

The ultimate boat that you choose is entirely up to you , as they say :- "Make your bed and lie in it." Many people start out with a smaller boat *and then graduate to larger and larger each time you swap out . You may loose money . Some buy boats by trading up say 2 ft up at a time, i call...

We had a 36 ft sailboat* with a dark blue hull, it was very dificult to keep up. The hull got very hot in our summer by mid morning the boat turned into an oven as the suns rays also bounce off the water , i call it " two suns". As always colors are a personal choice, *however i will tell you...

It is time to change the subject over to bilge pumps.

A *slug from a 45 *will *after all *:- Pick you up. Turn you round. Knock you back 6 feet. Change your mind. Send you on your way. Oh ! *& makes allot of noise. -- Edited by SOMERS on Saturday 19th of February 2011 11:17:40 AM

Steve*When it comes to anchors , i am a nut case. Andromeda has Four Anchors and one folding grapnel. One of my favorite sayings is " If all else fails should the anchor". The other saying i say is " I hate a lee shore". It is my opinion *no mater what you have be it a kids 8 ft boat or...

Steve this is a PS . Go Texas style. To much rode is not enough. To big a rode is not enough. To big an anchor is not enough. Donald -- Edited by SOMERS on Friday 18th of February 2011 08:07:48 PM