Featured Blog Posts – January 2011 Archive (3)

Sailor Jerry!

Since I've become a sailboat owner and lover, I've begun to notice things that I didn't before. I've started to notice anything that has a theme of boating or tropical living. Therefore, about a year ago when I walked into the local liquor store to buy a bottle of wine, a particular…

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Added by Mid-Life Cruising! on January 26, 2011 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

Sailing in Florida -- a bit warmer than Virginia

So, your feet got cold. Mine got cold too on Christmas Day while anchored at Manatee Pocket in Port Salerno, Florida.

But this week-end the Sassy Sailors from S3 (as in S cubed), did a 24 hour round trip sail from Palm Bay to Vero Beach. The weather was near perfect - our first night's anchorage just north of Sebastian was delightful, the calm wind shifted ever so gently a full 360 degrees by first light which made the hourly anchor checks interesting. After a casual wake up and sail…

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Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on January 17, 2011 at 8:38pm — No Comments

radar systems

I want to purchase a radar system for my Beneteau 361. I already have a very reliable Navman 5500 Chartplotter, GPS system that I'm happy with, however I know nothing about radar or what exactly I need. I don't think the Navman has radar capability, so I need a receiver and dome that just handles radar. Should I consider a second backup chartplottrer GPS with a new radar system that I purchase? I'm interested in doing this in the most cost effective manner possible, so I don't know if…

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Added by YACHTASEA on January 1, 2011 at 6:46pm — 2 Comments