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From: neafie@sgi.com (Terry Neafie)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: US Marine Maxum 1800SR
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:16:13 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems - NAFO Division, Dallas, Texas

I Just bought a US Marine Maxum 1800SR 1991 model. And I  was wondering
if anyone has had any experience with a Maxum?  Also, this boat has
a Merc 3.0 liter with an alpha one lower unit. It seems to be a good
mix of power/economy, but is there anything out there to improve power?
Like 4 valve heads, or a turbo, or anything to boost efficeincy?  I got
rid of the aluminum 19 pitch prop and put a 20 pitch turbo prop on and
what a difference! not only is it out of the hole faster but the top
end is higher also, and the engine sounds like it's not laboring
as hard as before.  So I think I've done what I can do with the prop.
Any feedback will help.

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From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
Subject: Laser Anon FTP Server
Organization: C I C A - Center for Innovative Computer Applications
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 14:19:10 GMT

The Laser mailing list has expanded to include an anonymous ftp
server.  Several files particular to Lasers have been placed
here, but others may find them of interest.  In particular is
a listing of boat catalogs and phone numbers, and a scoring program
for one design racing in a .zip format for the PC.  Archives of
all notes posted to the list are also included.

The archive is located in /pub/laser at ftp.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.
20.84].  Log in as anonymous.  

If you are interested in joining the Laser mailing list please send
me a mail note with your sail number (if you have a Laser) and preferred
mail address.

Will
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From: kornfein@azores.crd.ge.com (Mark M. Kornfein)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Sailing Hunter 30 to Flordia?
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:57:06 GMT
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <167C2DCD0.DOYLE@ricevm1.rice.edu> DOYLE@ricevm1.rice.edu (Jim Doyle) writes:
>I am quite the novice sailor having bought a 83 Hunter 30' sailboat a year ago
>but have enjoyed sailing. I will be able to take condiderable time off,
>starting in September 92 and would like to take a cruise from Houston to either
>Flordia (and the islands)or down to Mexico. I have discussed this with friends
>who are more seasoned sailors and who would accompany me and have received
>mixed comments.
>
September and October are the height of the hurricane season. You want to 
have daily access to up to date weather information and be ready to head
to a safe harbor at the first sign of a hurricane. Personally I don't think
I'd sail far offshore that time of year, Especially in a Hunter.


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From: d_martin@engr
Subject: Re: RACONS
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 13:57:24 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.220237.20314@watson.ibm.com>, dwl@watson.ibm.com (David W. Levine) writes:
> The major RACONS I've seen are mounted up on major offshore bouys and
> a couple of lightships. I think the idea is to provide a clearly visibly
> labled point on the radar display of vessels approaching these major
> bouys. For example, I recall a couple of RACONS on the approaches to
> NY from offshore, the appoaches to the Ambrose traffic seperation scheme...

There are also a couple on the St. Lawrence Seaway, and I would expect to
find them on the Mississippi.   When confronted with a long, straight stretch 
of coastline on your display, like a river bank, those little dashes from the
RACON are a welcome sight when you're fixing your position, especially in
reduced visability running in a current.

This part of the world gets a bit of fog now and then... ;-)

David Martin
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NFLD
Canada
From: zpope@seqp4.uucp (William Z. Pope)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Lets split rec.boats
Date: 6 Apr 92 10:42:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: seqp4.ZPOPE.92Apr6114235
	<1992Apr2.220808.13482@newscan.canada.sun.com>
Organization: Sequoia Systems, Inc.
In-reply-to: dennis@zonzorp.Canada.Sun.Com's message of 2 Apr 92 22:08:08 GMT


I'm against the split for reasons already mentioned by other posters.  The
traffic is not heavy as is.  It's a good way to learn about/from  the other
half of the boating community.
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From: crandall@webb.psych.ufl.edu (Chris Crandall)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Liveaboard
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:08:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: uflorida.35057
Organization: Univ. of Florida, Psychology Dept.

In article <50700012@hpscit.sc.hp.com> davea@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Dave Angelini) writes:
>     
>   It just so happens I was down in Tampa / St. Petersberg last week doing
>have lots of options. There are many liveaboard marinas with close to the      
>ocean. 
 ^^^^^  (I suspect this means the Gulf of Mexico.)


>   After we "squeezed" a 46 foot morgan with no engine into a slip it was time
>to check out the local talent for sale. There are an amazing number of boats
>for sale........  The situation is not going to change for a long time. 
>The only boat builder left in the area is Morgan/Catalina. 
>Two builders closed in the area
>last year. 

     Are you sure?  Last I heard, several sail boat builders were being
quite successful in the area.  Three examples that come to mind are
Island Packet, Hutchins (Compac Yachts), and the people who make the
Sea Pearls.

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From: gerard@progress.COM (Gerard Bras)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: radar
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:09:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: progress.1992Apr15.230947.16851
Organization: Progress Software Corp.

dsmith@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com (David R. Smith) writes:

>Why don't the radar sets from all the boats interfere with each other?

Breifly, they do.  It is not as big a deal as you might suspect though.  It
is also possible to filter out most interference.  What's left leaves highly
characteristic spiral patterns which are easily recognized.

-gb-
From: dudley@treefort.Corp.Sun.COM (Dudley Gaman)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Navy trash dumping
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:03:53 GMT
Organization: The Treefort
NNTP-Posting-Host: treefort.corp.sun.com

In article <1992Apr13.153354.28754@SSD.intel.com> joel@ssd.intel.com (Joel Clark) writes:
>In article <SMITTIE.92Apr10124107@tui.csulb.edu> smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie) writes:
>}What, exactly, do you propose that Navy ships, and all other large capacity
>}ships, do with their trash? Stow it on board?? Not too feasable on a vessel
>}carrying in excess of 4000 people.
>
>Why not?  It was all on board when they left port wasn't it?

No, It wasn't all on board when they started.  The Navy replenishes ships on a
regular basis while the ship is underway.  In Navy-ese this is known as an
UNREP for UNderway REPlenishment.  This is done by having a supply ship pull
up along side another moving ship, lines are shot across, and a pully system
is set up to pass supplies from one ship to the other.  These supplies can be
food, fuel, or ammunition.  During wartime cruising there may be a 4 day cycle.
Food one the first day, fuel on the second day, ammunition on the third day,
and the fourth day "off".

Now the logical question becomes, why can`t they offload the trash to the supply
ship after it had been compacted?  This would eliminate having to save 9 months
worth of trash and retrofitting old ships.  The supply ship could take on as
much as it offloaded without overloading and could properly dispose of the trash
when it returned to port for new supplies.

Dudley
.
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From: mikel@col.hp.com (Mike Lopke)
Subject: Boat Building?
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 19:11:39 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

I reciently obtained a copy of Tom Hill's book "Ultralight Boatbuilding"
and am considering building a boat using his method of plywood lapstrake
construction.  Several of the designs were listed in his appendix as well
as a brief discription of each.

I was particularly interested in the Whisp design.  Has anyone out there in
net land ever built this or a similar type boat using the plywood lapstrake
method??  If so, how were your results and would you recommend this type of
construction to a novice.  I'm in the rough planning stages and the big issue
right now is time.  I'm expecting to spend around 200 hours on it based on
what I've read and considering my experience.  I've never built a boat before
but I have done some woodworking and cabinetmaking so the idea of using a
saw, plane etc. is second nature.

Thanks,
Michael Lopke
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From: DOYLE@ricevm1.rice.edu (Jim Doyle)
Subject: Sailing Hunter 30 to Flordia?
Organization: Rice University, Houston, TX
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:42:08 GMT

I am quite the novice sailor having bought a 83 Hunter 30' sailboat a year ago
but have enjoyed sailing. I will be able to take condiderable time off,
starting in September 92 and would like to take a cruise from Houston to either
Flordia (and the islands) or down to Mexico. I have discussed this with friends
who are more seasoned sailors and who would accompany me and have received
mixed comments.

My question is a simple one for experienced crew members. Is such a trip
feasible in a 30' Hunter? If so, what equipment would be necessary for a safe
trip? I've been told radar, auto helm, GPS and a new boat. Can anyone give me
practical advise on such an adventure. If I go I would take experienced people
to ensure a safe trip.

Thanks for any and all responses. Jim Doyle
Newsgroups: rec.boats
From: smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie)
Subject: Re: Navy trash dumping
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
	<1992Apr10.191437.28432@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:40:29 GMT

What, exactly, do you propose that Navy ships, and all other large capacity
ships, do with their trash? Stow it on board?? Not too feasable on a vessel
carrying in excess of 4000 people.

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From: karim@cs.rice.edu (Karim Esseghir)
Subject: scanned pictures of sailing boats wanted
Originator: karim@cimbria.cs.rice.edu
Reply-To: karim@cs.rice.edu (Karim Esseghir)
Organization: Rice University, Texas
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:33:11 GMT


I've been looking for xv viewable pictures of sailing boats in different ftp sites without success. If you are in possession of such pictures, could you please email them to me? Better yet, if you know of a general public access ftp site that has them, would you please send me their address? 

I can view gif, jpg, jpeg files without problems, I don't know about other formats.

Thanks.

-- Karim --

P.S. I also thank all those who kindly replied to my request regarding AC's TV coverage.
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From: mak@cbnews.cb.att.com (mark.a.kelly)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Old Gas in Tank
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:47:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Apr3.213601.16700@a.cs.okstate.edu> hip@a.cs.okstate.edu (HUFFMAN BRADLEY SP) writes:
>
>>> Would it be best to siphon the tank and start with fresh gas??
>>
>>Yes.
>
>Then what do you do with the old gas?  I have about 8 gallons of old
>gas I siphoned out of a old truck.  The local landfill doesn't want it;
>the city doesn't want it; no service station wants it; the fire department
>probably doesn't want it around my house; so what do you do with it?
>
>It seems everyone will take motor oil, transmission fluid, and antifreeze,
>but no one will take gas.

At the end of last season, I had 5 gallons left in my boat's tank, so I
siphoned it, and put it in my car.  Since your gas maybe older, you could 
put a gallon at a time in with a full tank, and get by fine.  I thought
I would notice the OMC oil burning while I drove the car, but I could not
tell the difference, and it ran fine.

Mark
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From: samson@ptd475a.erim.org (Joseph Samson)
Subject: Re: Chrysler Laser Barracuda -- Info needed!
In-reply-to: tre@cci632.cci.com's message of 7 Apr 92 17:25:58 GMT
Organization: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Distribution: na
Date: 10 Apr 92 12:54:30



>I have a small question for anyone:
>
> Have you ever heard of a Chrysler Laser Barracuda sailboat?

I have heard of the Chrysler 'Man of War', which is part of their Pirateer, 
Mutineer and Bucaneer series. I think the Man of War was lateen rigged.
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From: steve@bcrvmpc2.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Winch lube
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 14:41:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

A very good soap based grease that you might want to try is
LubriMatic Marine Wheel Bearing and Anti-Corrosion Grease.
It's about the consistancy of white grease (not too heavy/sticky),
the lubricity is very good and I have taken 7 year old trailer
bearings that had no corrosion (They did use bearing buddies)
and had been used in salt water.  Good general purpose marine stuff.

Steve                   Steve Weingart        IBM Boca Raton
                        steve@bcrvmpc2.vnet.ibm.com

It's bad enough that I think these things, please don't think it's
my employer's opinion too.
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From: stefan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stefan Michalowski)
Subject: Plea to America's Cup posters
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 20:56:13 GMT

If you plan to post information about an  ongoing Cup
race, please don't put the result in the Subject line.
I suspect a lot of people (like myself) tape the races
during the day and watch them in the evenings. We'd 
rather not know what happened until we see for ourselves.
Thanks.
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From: stefan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stefan Michalowski)
Subject: Re: AC Comments; Tues 4/7
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 20:27:35 GMT


pmh2962@zeus.tamu.edu (Pat Hayes) writes:

>It's been a while since I been to sea-lawyer school; but aren't your room-
>rights terminated when the inside boat reaches head-to-wind, when trying to
>take the windward boat *up*?

>I thought S&S, the inside/leeward boat, attempted to take Kanza up and went
>PAST head-to-wind <watch S&S's headsail backwind>.  I also thought Kanza did
>attempt to *steer the back-end* away from S&S <watch Kanza's stern swing 
>away from S&S and the mark as Kanza's bow turns downwind around the mark>.
>...
>Any DC fans out there see it different?  *Uh, huh!*


Pat,

It looked to me that Kanza failed to give mark room BEFORE there was any
question of S&S being head-to-wind. While both boats were on the same
(starboard) tack, Dennis had right of way. If the jury decided that his
boom had crossed, i.e., that S&S was on port, then port/starboard takes
precedence, and Dennis had to be penalized. As for hitting the mark, it 
sure looks like S&S was knocked into the mark, which is NOT an
infraction. A difficult call!

I can't help mildly chiding you for your use of the term 
"sea-lawyer" (Peter Isler did it, too). The traditional usage designates 
a disgruntled member of the crew of a merchant sailing ship, back in 
the Great Age of Sail. The unhappy individual would go on endlessly
about how the Captain and his officers were violating various terms
in the Ship's Articles, usually with regard to the quality and quantity
of the crew's "whack". After becoming a burden to his messmates, the
sea-lawyer was usually put down in one way or another.


Regards,

Stefan Michalowski
stefan@sunrise.stanford.edu

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From: d_martin@engr
Subject: Re: What's BOC stand for... (partial)
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:09:46 GMT

B_____  Offshore  Challenge?

Dave
Organization: Junior, IM - H&SS Track, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:53:02 -0400 
From: Ivan Manuel Bou <ib0c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Antigua to Maryland
	<1992Apr12.125508.29935@cs.brown.edu>

>You might also want to check with the CG on whether you need to have a 
>Recreational Vessel Fee sticker. It'd be a pain to get nabbed for this by
>customs....

You only need the sticker if the boat is registered in the U.S. and you
are bringing it in or if its spending a longer amount of time in the
U.S., and it is registered somewhere else,  if the boat is registered
outside the U.S. you don't need to worry about it now.


##############################################################################
#   This is Ivan M. Bou wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  #
#          What do you say, it isn't Christmas, well I don't care.           #
############################################################################## 

Greed is good.

Gordon Gecko
Movie "Wall Street"
From: billp@pcsbst.pcs.com (Bill Potter)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Re: Global Positioning System?
Keywords: Positioning system
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:40:36 GMT
Reply-To: billp@pcsbst.pcs.com (Bill Potter)
Organization: PCS Computer Systeme GmbH

In article <1992Apr5.044652.23509@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>,
mira@eecg.toronto.edu (Mira Vojvodic) writes:
> I've recently heard that it is possible to use US Army Global
> Positioning [?] device on commercial basis.  Related to that, I have
> couple of questions:
> 	1)	is this true?
> 	2)	if the answer to 1) is 'yes' then, what do I have to
> 		do to get such a device? [same source has informed me
> 		that parents have bought such an equipment for their
> 		kids involved in the Desert Storm--i.e. it is
> 		available commercially!]
> 	3)	what is the price?, and, finally
> 	4)	can it be used for navigation purposes?

I thought I'd followup on this rather than relpy as this may be
of general interest. It ties in your request for info about GPS
with Desert Storm and Navigational use and carries a useful warning.

I'm just back from a week's sailing in the Outer Hebrides, well to tell
the truth with the winds having been NE 6-9, we didn't do too much sailing
and we did do a fair amount of sitting in anchorages and pubs. In one
of the pubs we got chatting with a local fisheman. He's the type who goes 
out daily in a small boat to fetch in lobsters and the like from his pots.
Well it seems he got to rely on his brand new GPS system just over a year 
ago. He got so confident about its ability to fix his position that he
started going out in all weathers, I guess he really meant all visibilities.
He had all his pot sites marked as waypoints and would just motor from
one waypoint to the next. Until one morning GPS wasn't there any more.
This was on the same day that Desert Storm started so the implication
is that the US military switched it off or into another mode temporarily.
It was then he realised that he didn't really know anymore where his
pots were; the machine knew but the machine wasn't working anymore.
Fortunately for him this state only lasted for a couple of hours and he
was able to go out later and carry on with his work. But he learned his 
lesson and now all his sites are marked on charts and he swears he'll
never rely on the machine again. 

The warning? GPS or Decca or Loran or whatever are only navigational
aids and not a substitute for good navigational practice. If you rely
on them too much, what are you going to do on the day when they're 
temporarily switched off or your instrument has a failure? My old
teacher always used to say that when I could navigate well with eye,
chart and compass, only then would he let me near the Decca. 

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From: beckley@apxpluto.att.com (O. D. Beckley)
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Subject: Tall Sizes (was Re: one-piece foulies - advice sought)
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:17:22 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <1992Apr13.165332.15200@acuson.com>, worth@acuson.com (Douglas Worth) writes:
|> 
|> Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes foulies (one or two piece) in
|> tall sizes. I am 6'6" and this weekend I used a XL West Marine two-piece and
|> there was no hope of keeping the bottom 8 inches of my legs covered.
|> Doug
|>

Henry Lloyd makes tall sizes, or at least they used to.  I bought a Large/Tall
one-peice several years ago.  Musto will make custom sizes, but it will cost
you 20% more than list price!

			owen_d_beckley@att.com
From: anorris@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Andrew Norris)
Subject: Re: Laying down rubber in San Diego
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:15:27 GMT

In article <STEPH.92Apr2124424@candide.uchicago.edu> steph@cs.uchicago.edu (Stephen Wilson Bailey) writes:
>The rubber bands are all broken before they leave the spinnaker, so
>the birdies won't have to deal with the ``six pack massacre'' problem.
>
>Still there's the litter of twenty or so rubber strings per spinnaker
>set.  I don't know how long it would take for the stuff to biodegrade,
>but then again, lead occurs naturally, is poisonous, and never
>degrades.  Degredation won't always improve the environment.
>
>Have any racers out there actually used something other than rubber
>bands as stops?  I'd be interested in possible alternatives.
>
Yes, wool, and it was a bitch. No stretch, so you had to
tie each "band". Worked though.

		Andrew N. 
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