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Using Windy.com All the comments about using Windy & its various weather features are accurate & useful. It is not, however, a chart plotter. It is useful to estimate cruise distance from estimated waypoint to waypoint & from that TSD & fuel calculations can be reasonably estimated...

Quarantine on your vessel I would caution all of you about assuming you can self isolate or quarantine on your vessel, particularly if you should develop flu like symptoms while underway & especially if you subsequently discover you are Covid 19 positive. I would caution you cruising about on...

You can "deduct" a "hobby" under specific circumstance. Before boats, I raced sports cars with SCCA for 30 years. I had a private practice of dentistry & had my name & practice name on the car (allowed by SCCA amateur racing). I had "team uniforms" with logos & a rack of brochures & cards on...

As big a problem in the early morning & the evening are the no see-ums, particularly if you're on the hard near the water & vegetation & mangroves. Go on line "no see-ums", lots of references to 100% DEET & traps that will keep a 300 sq. ft. to 1/2 acre area clear. Sprays also available for...

Once bitten, this is THE stuff to let you sleep. Bite & Itch Lotion. Island Pharmacy 2330 Palm Ridge Rd. #12 Sanibel, FL 33957 1-239-472-6188. 4 Fl Oz. bottle. They will ship. Has a topical steroid & a topical anesthetic. You can feel your skin becoming numb. It stops the itching so you...

http://www.all-about-houseboats.com/houseboat-dinghy-davits.html Anyone have any experience "towing" a RIB in this bow down configuration. Link is from a houseboat forum & they usually go very slow. My vessel is a 3607 Carver aft cabin & we usually cruise at 8-12 kts., closer to 12 most of the...

Unsure if a motorhome genset will "bolt in" a marine application. I & my "boat guy" who is helping refurbish the Carver, is really good & I trust him, have looked extensively for parts. We can find replacement heads and a few ancillary bits but not major stuff like manifolds and that is what...

Need a take out or rebuilt gas genset to replace and fit footprint of dead Onan 6.5K CCK (1986 vintage in a 3607 Carver). Looking for a priced right need to move it deal, running well & reliable, parts still available. Prefer location in N. FL or panhandle vicinity. Thanks, Rick

twin screws Moving away from trailer launch FUBARs and back to managing twin screws, I struggled w/ various teaching videos, photos, diagrams & articles until I stumbled on "steer it like a bicycle". Bow left, left hand rear, right hand fwd on the gears and the bow moves to port, just like the...

Beachbum29/Carver A little first hand info. I have a 1986 3607 Carver, gas, factory hardtop, full canvas, berth it at North Light Yacht Club in Niceville, FL (N. end of Choctawhatchee Bay 12 mi. N. of Destin) I dry rack it, marina launches it every 6 weeks and runs systems in our absence...