Recent content by DBL

Keep It Simple... I keep it simple. A nice photo of the boat or a sailing scene, my name, cell number and an email address. The goal is to give folks something they can use to contact you later, if they want to. When I get a card from someone, I always write the date and location on the back...

Lovely boat and their website is excellent. Thanks for sharing!

Kruzof Explorer

Alaska Expedition - Converted Crab Boat I just spent 5 weeks in Alaska as chief mate on an interesting vessel. She was built for crab service in 1968, went through a government buyout program and then converted to a 12-passenger expedition vessel doing 7 to 10 day trips. The COD specifically...

Less Traffic Than I Expected I travelled on the Snake and Columbia Rivers from Lewiston, ID to Vancouver, WA last week, from Monday through Saturday. We were underway 6 to 10 hours a day, with about half the time in the dark. I was surprised at how little vessel traffic there was. We didn't...

A Female (Written) Messenger Hippocampus, This has been a very interesting thread, involving some very experienced, thoughtful people. A point has been made about having a female messenger involved. Your wife might benefit from reading "The First-Mates Guide to Cruising the Inside...

Walburg Creek - St. Catherines Island Regarding my earlier post - The island is private. I only got to go there because I had friends who ran the operations. The anchorage itself is a good one, and a quiet place unless it's in the height of the shrimping season. Cheers!

Walburg Creek - St. Catherines Island I've spent over a hundred nights anchored in Walburg Creek, behind St. Catherines Island. There's plenty of deep water and a good holding bottom. The island has a species regeneration center, operated by the Bronx Zoo, and there are animals that include...

Thank you Thanks for your post that started this thread. This gives me another perspective. Cheers!

Air Controls - Headphone problem On a large vessel, I found that the air-controlled throttles keyed the headset microphone each time I put the clutch into or out of gear. The "Pssshhh" sound was very loud, enough to take engage the headset sending unit so that I couldn't hear the mate or the...

Beebe Book I sent you an email about the Beebe VUP book. DBL

Books Check your email. DBL

I'm still learning... Hi, your original post is very interesting, and has sparked a lot of useful comments. I'd like to offer you a resource that might help you think about your plan from a different perspective. Robert Beebe was a US Navy captain who spent a lot of his free time sketching...

Thank you Thanks for the clarification. That's very helpful.

Hull Material? Nice looking boat. The ad doesn't say if this is a solid fiberglass hull, or something else. Please describe. Thank you.