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Hurricane Checklist Install storm lines and chafe gear. Double line everything. Remove roller furling headsails. Lash sail covers or remove sails completely. Lower bimini (lash to deck or take ashore). Remove tarps from dock canopies. Make sure your dock box is locked, to keep the cover...

My company does hurricane disaster relief, and I'm already planning to head that way next week. Also, FEMA has put all it's inspectors on standby.

I replaced mine with a Racor spin-on unit. All I had to do was weld an extension onto the original bracket to raise it up. Sold the old housing on e-bay easily.

Search the Internet? Folding Shower Doors plus many others searching "accordian shower doors".

I have two 12V fans in the PH. In the summer, they keep me cool, and in the winter I direct them towards the windows which helps keep them defogged. You do have to have some ventilation in there as well. We just crack a couple of doors or windows. I've used Rain-X for years with great...

No problems here.

Fender hanger = clove hitch.

Your experiment has nothing to do with reality, and does not duplicate real life conditions. In fact, it is biased to produce a failure to support your point of view. A chlorine or bromine tablet in a strainer is exposed to running water, never reaches a high concentration, and is gone in a day...

Actually the most useful gun on my boat has been a .177 cal pellet pistol. Nice and quiet, quite irritating to varioius critters.

Whaaaat? I said hearing someone rack a round into the shotgun's breach was bullshit. Did you even read my entire post?

Vent plugged?

Sure. Weapons at the ready always, and keep all entry points locked. That's bullshit about hearing a shotgun rack. That's only in the movies. With mine, all a boarder might hear is a little click from the safety moving to "fire". Then it's lights out.

Never used bromine tablets, nor chlorine pool tablets. I use Clorox toilet tank tablets, and have been for about 20 years. They are inhibited so as not to corrode the metals in a toilet tank and have never done any damage to my AC system, nor other systems that use raw water. I break them up and...

I start with 8 O'Clock coffee 100% Colombian bean. Rated a "best buy" by Consumer's Report years ago, I've always liked it and it is a good value compared to some of the "gourmet" coffee out there. Have a very good burr grinder on the boat, despite the lack of counter space. My normal maker is a...

Pretty simple. While you're still moving, get out of the way of traffic. Anchor or tie up to something if available, then go figure out what's wrong. If you take good care of your single (like most single owners do) you'll probably never have to worry about that. Twin engine owners? Usually...

I did the same... the old ones sold like hotcakes on E-Bay. Never underestimate the value of removed parts. I have sold anchors, a compass, thru hulls, strainers, toilets, etc. There is always a market for equipment.

Too small. You'll be wanting to upgrade within months. 36' was my first "real" boat and I loved it. Have a 42 now.

Can you guys believe that the remnants of Isaac have headed back out into the Gulf and have a 50% chance of tropical cyclone formation? If it gets named, it will have a different name because the main system moved on up to the NE. I'm near New Orleans right now remediating storm damage.

Did anyone watch his throttle handling? He starts jamming them back and forth between full and idle several times right before the SHTF. Hmmm...

Yep. NAUI adanced open water + nitrox. All gear on the boat. I had always wanted to get certified, and one day I had to swim under the boat to cut a big line off the prop. Went to the scuba shop the next day to get a good serrated dive knife, and the rest is history.

No, and I may not. I'm thinking of replacing the entire window assembly. Maybe that's another way of saying "I'm lazy". :-)

I always rolled mine up around a piece of 4" perforated PVC pipe.

I will let you guys know. I think it's the high water pressure as RickB said, but I have to do more testing. I had thought that the potable water hoses would never leach anything into the water, like the peppermint smell I have, but here it is. I'm going to do the various tests others have...

Already reports of looting of boats. At least they caught one of the bastards.

Yes. Paying to store a washer/dryer/refrigerator/furniture for a few years will cost more than to buy new stuff when you need it again. Photos and familiy stuff, sure. Make sure you get a climate controlled storage space or you'll come back to mold and mildew. Mine is near the boat and acts more...