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Fort Lauderdale
September 5, 2010, 2:43 am
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
current temperature: 79°F
real feel: 83°F
current pressure: 29.98 in
humidity: 83%
wind speed: 8 kts WSW
Windgusts: 8 kts
sunrise: 7:02
sunset: 19:36
Forecast September 5, 2010
day
Partly sunny with thundershowers
Partly sunny with thundershowers
90°F
wind speed: 6 kts ESE
Windgusts: 16 kts
night
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms
80°F
wind speed: 4 kts ESE
Windgusts: 12 kts
Forecast September 6, 2010
day
Partly sunny with thundershowers
Partly sunny with thundershowers
89°F
wind speed: 8 kts E
Windgusts: 17 kts
Forecast September 7, 2010
day
Partly sunny with thundershowers
Partly sunny with thundershowers
91°F
wind speed: 12 kts ENE
Windgusts: 19 kts

Maintenance|

FilterBOSS DFP500FG

Last night I received my new FilterBOSS model DFP500FG. Very cool! They packed it very well in blown in place foam in plastic bags. They even ship it under vacuum so you can see if any of the fittings have loosened. It seems bigger than I remember in the boat show. [...]

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Boat show results cont.

I was walking by the Boman booth and noticed some very strong hatches. I have always wanted some opening windows where I currently have two stationary windows. But I was unwilling to compromise the strength of non opening windows. These hatches look to be stronger than the stationary windows I have now. [...]

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Boat show results

Well the Miami Strictly Sail was a busy busy day! I really needed two days to do it right. I was running all over as fast as I can and I only saw maybe a quarter of the convention center site. I did get to see all of the sailing site at [...]

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Boat Show

Well the Miami Strictly Sail boat show is tomorrow. I can’t wait. I have a long and expensive list of things to replace, upgrade, or install. I am looking for some good deals. And I really hope I find some or else I have no idea how I will afford all of this cool stuff [...]

Cruising|

Jul 1 2004 Trip to the Bahamas

Jul 1

08:40 Rigged for Sail -started motor -207Ahrs charging. Anya plotting course again today. Motor Sailing 2K RPM to charge.
12:20 anchor down - fortress 1 fluke in rock CQR as weight. Whale Cay -76Ahrs 25 24.610N 77 45.527W Check for snorkel / Dive site. Nothing found.
12:45 on our way again -charging again main [...]