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From: Mike Maurice (no email)
Date: Sat Jul 03 2004 - 15:46:39 EDT
The west coast has been pretty calm the past few weeks, except for some of
the usual blowing around Pt. Reys to Cape Mendocino. I heard a rumor that
some boats had been stuck at Bodega Bay for a month or more with the
blowing and howling that sometimes goes on there. We barely got by there
the other night as the winds were climbing from 13 to 22 and gusting 31 by
the time we got past the worst of it right off of Bodega Bay. Then there
was about 3 miles of lump, but little wind about 10 miles south of the Cape.
Diesel fuel was $1.60 or thereabouts at Chetco River and Coos Bay.
There were moderate numbers of boats fishing off of Half Moon Bay and more
fleets of commercial boats at several places further up the coast.
Generally 10-30 boats along our track about 10-20 miles offshore.
Saw a COMPOSIT tug/barge combination off the central Washington coast,
first time I can recall seeing such a rig off the west coast. These are the
rigs that are bolted together.
I would avoid going into Brookings/Chetco River because of the poor
treatment by boaters from the USCG base there.
I found a starter cable that was rubbing up against the turbo housing on a
nearly new boat this trip. The chafe had been melted thru and the
insulation was melted about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way thru. Since most boats
don't have fuses on these cables it doesn't hurt to check them. Unless of
course you like fireworks in your engine room instead of on the 4 of July.
I hear the Nordhavn Atlantic rally had some problems with seasickness. I
keep telling everybody that 95% can be cured and or prevented by using
CHEWable meclizine or dramamine, chewed and dissolved in the mouth but not
swallowed. But, seems some folks would rather die than take a pill. Or wish
they could. Scott Bulger who rode up from Coos Bay on this last trip,
thought he could just "tough it out", but came around to some persuasion
and saved himself the embarrassment of proving that even tough minds can be
brought to the deck, wimpering "please kill me". So much for my ineffective
efforts to stamp out seasickness.
Here are some tactics for organizing boat documentation. Use 3 ring
binders. If you use file folders the stuff will get put back in the wrong
folder and then you will have the devils own time trying to find the lost
materials again. You can buy 3 ring punches at Staples, Office Max, etc.
There are numerous grades, from 10 pages to 40 pages or so. Buy the best
one you can stomach paying for. Be sure to get binders that are not the
"economy grade". The metal is so weak that a child could break off the
parts. For manuals that are too thick to stick in your punch take them to a
professional print shop like LazerQuick or whatever and have them punch
them for you. Label the edge of the binder so you can find stuff fast.
Group manuals by usage, here are my suggested topics.
Kitchen, Entertainment, Engines, Generators, GPS/Chartplotting, Radar,
Pilothouse Misc., Engine Room.
Regards,
Mike
Capt. Mike Maurice
Wilsonville, Oregon (Portland).
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