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Caribbean Madness Navigation
Thursday, October 9, 2008. We will rely primarily on the GPS, backup GPS, and the second backup GPS. We will back up the GPS with a log entry every other hour with a log entry with position, course, heading, and speed so we can go to dead reconing if we need to. Thursday, September 25, 2008. I would like to have a hand held, battery powered gps onboard for the. Offshore trip. Anybody have one to lend? Madness has a GPS chartplotter integrated, and a backup of the same. Thursday, April 10, 2008. Tuesday, ...
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Caribbean Madness Offshore
Monday, March 31, 2008. Here is the link that Walter Sidor sent into the Mail list. Http:/ www.landfallnavigation.com/safetycheck.html. Thursday, March 13, 2008. Passage planning mind map. Here is an interesting site, an attempt at doing a mindmap of all of the concerns to address before a passage http:/ www.sv-moira.com/freemindbrowser.html. Martin, as the ops guy for the trip, this may be of particular interest to you. Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Link to pilot charts. Flights to North Carolina? Schedul...
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Caribbean Madness Offshore Comms
Caribbean Madness Offshore Comms. Thursday, September 25, 2008. Ssb and Sat phone. I decided to go with an SSB and a Sat phone. The SSB is installed and tested. I have communicated with others as far away as California, and had a nice long conversation with a friend in Maine from my harbor in South Dartmouth. With the sat phone, we should be able to reach our loved ones ashore via voice and email. Friday, February 8, 2008. But it will give us a way to send and receive emergency. Thursday, February 7, 2008.
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Caribbean Madness Offshore Tactics
Caribbean Madness Offshore Tactics. Thursday, February 7, 2008. Here is the game plan for dealing with deteriorating conditions. 1) all sails up. Secure items below police boat for safety (behind setees, etc.). 3) Double reef main, (if we buy inner forestay, hank on storm sail). Dog hatches as necessary. Plastic sheets over rear bunk? Cover over electronics below? 4) double reef mizzen, or stow if conditions are likely to worsen. 5) partially furl jib. Confirm readiness of life raft, man overboard gear.
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Caribbean Madness Offshore Weather
Caribbean Madness Offshore Weather. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Bruce and Karl,. Bob is looking into receiving weather fax transmissions. He will be one. Of the radiomen for the second leg of the trip. Bob has been reading about receiving and interpreting weather faxes, and. Asked last night what kind of weather fax we will have onboard, I told. Him that we intend to use an SSB, a laptop and software. I pointed him. To the weather fax 2000 software, and the freeware. You can go to this site,. We don’t ...
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Caribbean Madness Procedures
Thursday, September 25, 2008. Dana found a great site today, www.smartcaptain.com. It has checklists for just about everything. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Http:/ www.safetyandsecuritynet.com/precautions.html. SECURITY PRECAUTIONS FOR CRUISERS. Though the Caribbean remains generally safe for cruisers, boarding and other incidents can happen anywhere. Developing safety habits and contingency plans will contribute to a more enjoyable cruise. 3 Don't leave desirable items unlocked in the dinghy behind the boat,...
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Caribbean Madness Provisioning
Thursday, February 28, 2008. Provisioning recommendations I came across at lunch today. We have learned to only take what you use. Extra stuff just takes up. Space for things that you really need. I start by buying a ton of paper. Towels and toilet paper. Almost everything comes out of our big hanging. Locker and it becomes the paper product locker. We also purchase cases. Of already cooked canned meats from a company called Werling and Sons in. Each baggie of food to deter bugs. (They tell me that b...
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Caribbean Madness Routing
Sunday, January 27, 2008. Carribean 1500 results plotted by PHRF rating. I don't recall what year this was, but I plotted the results of the Caribbean 1500 from Norfolk to Tortola as a function of PHRF Rating. Our rating is 168, so you have to extrapolate. These were boats that were in a cruising race, which means they used their engines. if we had similar conditions, we would likely arrive in about 9 days. I thought you might enjoy this, it give an idea of scale, and distance from shore. Life is a journ...
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Caribbean Madness Safety - Vessel
Caribbean Madness Safety - Vessel. Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Thursday, February 7, 2008. 1) get propane hatch latch working smoothly. 2) replace all rubber hoses, maybe all copper lines? 3) replace external solenoid. Galley stove attachment points. Beef up or securre by other means. Safety - preparing the good ship Madness. Does not include abandon ship/get rescued type stuff. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Galley stove attachment points. Safety - preparing the good ship Madness. View my complete profile.
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Caribbean Madness Under Construction
Caribbean Madness Under Construction. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Caribbean Madness Visiting Crew
Caribbean Madness Visiting Crew. Thursday, February 7, 2008. Here are a few remembrances of Maine in 2006. Bruce and Barret dodging lobster pots. Karl in the Galley. Walter swimming in the middle of the Gulf of Maine. So what is it like to visit Madness? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Suggested Reading for Visiting Crew. A good FAQ from another cruiser. Here are a few remembrances of Maine in 2006. View my complete profile.
