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BONAIRE
Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Has heard of the “. 8221; Randy and Lourae who put endless work into the Pizazz route live on the beautiful. Got that of my chest so here we go:. Is easy they just moved the immigration office to the custom office. Check in is a breeze and all are super friendly. The only problem you will have is when you try to get an extension. We were lucky to get an extension for another 2 months. Note since 10-10-10 Bonaire is now Holland and check in rules may be different now. Is another co...
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DOLPHIN FACTS
Friday, April 4, 2008. Watching playful dolphins keep up with speeding boats, diving and leaping near the front, or bow, you'd think that these marine animals must be incredibly fast swimmers. Pacific white-sided dolphins can swim about 17 miles (27.4 kilometers) an hour. Most of the boats dolphins play with travel much faster. How do dolphins keep up? Millions of years ago, dolphins had legs. If you look closely at a dolphin's skeleton, you'll see two small rod-shaped pelvic bones. These bones m...If do...
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FART FACTS
Friday, April 4, 2008. Where does fart gas come from? The gas in our intestines comes from several sources: air we swallow, gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, gas produced by chemical reactions in our guts, and gas produced by bacteria living in our guts. What is fart gas made of? The composition of fart gas is highly variable. A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his farts, because his body didn't hav...
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FLAG ETIQUETTE
Friday, April 4, 2008. When entering the territorial waters of a foreign nation you should be flying the national (or maritime) ensign of your country of registry. Fly it at the stern, or a sailing vessel may fly it from 2/3 of the way up the backstay or the leech of the aftermost sail. Fly the yellow International code flag “. Posted by The Boatbumms. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Back to Tidbits for Cruisers.
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GALLEY HINTS AND TIPS
GALLEY HINTS AND TIPS. Thursday, October 2, 2008. GALLEY HINTS/TIPS AND RECIPES. Cabbage does not have to be refrigerated, nor wrapped, just leave it the way it is. I keep them in a collapsible plastic crate and as needed peel the outer layers off the cabbage. Can be kept for weeks this way. I never refrigerate egg , I bought plastic egg container. Use the eggs, I break each one in a separate dish, just in case one is bad, this way you will not spoil the on. N inch of water to that corner, squeeze the ai...
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HALLACAS
Saturday, December 20, 2008. Staple Venezuelan Christmas dinner dish. Recipe and photo/film scroll to end). I had the privilege to join Isabelle’s family for this year’s tradition of hallaca. Making. Let me tell you, there is a lot of work involved, including the whole family. Together they make hundreds of hallacas. Which then are divided between the families. It usually takes two days to prepare them. We missed the first day, the preparation of chicken stock, pork lard with Onoto. It was an incredible ...
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BOATBUMMS LOG
The cruising adventures of Sid and Manuela. Sunday, March 18, 2018. NEW YEAR IN SHELTER BAY MARINA IN PANAMA. Guess it’s a little late to wish you all a Happy New Year, but here it is anyway Happy New Year. If you have Shelter Bay Marina worker working on the boat you have to watch them like hawks including the bill as many things are added that were never used like overalls and masks. Sid painted the boat and we were done with the haul out in 5 days, wow a record time for us. The Xmas caroling was a big...
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METRIC CONVERSION
Friday, April 4, 2008. 1 KNOT = 1.21 MPH. SEEMEILE/NAUTICAL MILE = 1852 METERS. Subject: 14) How do I convert from mph to knots (or m/s), from inches of mercury to mb (or hPa), or convert degrees of latitude to miles (or kilometers)? 1 mile per hour = 0.864 nautical miles per hour (knots). 1 mile per hour = 1.609 kilometers per hour. 1 mile per hour = 0.4470 meter per second. 1 knot = 1.853 kilometers per hour. 1 knot = 0.5148 meter per second. 1 meter per second = 3.6 kilometers per hour.
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MISSISSIPPI MARBLES and SHIT HEAD
MISSISSIPPI MARBLES and SHIT HEAD. Friday, April 4, 2008. This is a fun. Game we le arn ed to play in Venezuela. We have ne ver heard of the game before and no one knows where it originated. To meld you need 700. 3 x 1 = 500. 3 x 2 = 200. 3 x 3 = 300. 3 x 4 = 400. 3 x 5 = 500. 3 x 6 = 600. 4 of kind 1000. 4 of 2 = bust. 5 of kind 3000. 6 of kind 5000. If a player can’t play he or she has to pick up the whole pile of cards players are playing on and does not get to play this round. Posted by The Boatbumms.
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PANAMA
Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Keep in mind it's been years since we were in Panama, so things may have changed:. Here is some Net info:. Panama Pacific Net: 8.143.0 SSB at 14:00 Zulu (Sid was Net-Manager for. Panama Connection Net: 8.107.0 SSB at 13:30 Zulu. Breakfast Club: 7.083.0 lower side band ham at 13:00 Zulu. 0804’38N, 82.50’56W Great spot to spend the night, open to the south, so watch weather. Keep an eye on the water, lots of trash and tree trunks floating. Also very nice anchorage, with great snorke...
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ALL ABOUT PARADISE
Thursday, October 2, 2008. To just view boat project photos scroll to bottom! Engine: 35 B Westerbeke. Paradise was built in Santa Ana California. Sid watched every step of it and when Paradise. Was splashed he moved on board and she has been his home ever since. Manuela joined in 1996. There have been many upgrades to her which are featured in 4 different photo stories at end of this page. Stainless steel 25 kg Bugel primary anchor. Fortress X28 secondary anchor. Fortress X11 stern anchor. Pro Furl roll...
