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VOL. XI, NO. 6 November 2006
features
18 Going Pro
18
Does sportfishing for a living sound too good to
be true? You can do it, but it’s not going to happen
overnight.
Photo by Jason Sealock, FLW Outdoors
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20 Too Wired for the Water?
Today’s kids spend more time plugged into electronic toys than they do playing in the woods and on
the water. But, missing out on Mother Nature early in
life could undermine the future of outdoor activities
like boating and fishing.
24 Fired Up on the Great Lakes
Dozens of proposed Coast Guard security zones
involving live ammunition firing practice are stirring
unrest.
26 Restocking the Book Locker
Missing your fix of waterborne adventures during the
winter? Reading about them may be the next best
thing and recent titles offer an eclectic mix.
Photo by Laura Engleby, Florida Keys NMS
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30 Winter Cruising Grounds
We know you love to travel. Here’s an update on
some new boats available for charter and ways to
save money on cruises this winter.
32 Waterfront Living: Baja Homesteading
Travel Editor Tony Gibbs visits coastal Baja California
and decides to drop anchor.
38 DIY: Hatching a Plan to Patch Leaks
Leaking deck hatch making your v-berth soggy? The
editors of DIY show you how to find and fix that leak.
Photo courtesy of Ursa Major Charters
departments
On The Cover:
A diver plunges into
the vibrant waters of the
Sea of Cortez from a
traditional panga hoping
to spot a seasonal visitor
such as a Manta Ray or
Leatherback sea turtle.
Photo courtesy of Baja Life Online
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6 Behind The Buoy
8 BoatU.S. Reports
16 Member Forum
29 Techno Talk
35 Waterfront Market Place
36 Boat Smart
43 Tangled Line
47 Hot Tips
48 Foundation Findings
51 Good Foundations
52 2nd Time Around
54 Seaworthy
55 At Your Service
56 BoatU.S. Exchange
64 Behind the Boat
64 Where Our Flags Fly
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The Formula 310 Sun Sport introduces a whole new era of good times on the
water. With all the popular hallmark features of the Formula SS series, plus a
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Richard Schwartz
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Michael G. Sciulla
Editor
BoatU.S. Magazine November 2006
Nobody likes to get bad news and even fewer, we suspect, enjoy being the bearer of
bad news. Nonetheless, your editors firmly believe that helpful information can be gleaned
from news that isn’t entirely rosy. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. With this in mind
we share with you some of the more recent developments in recreational boating that have
come to our attention.
First, this issue of BoatUS. Magazine contains a chilling article, “Study Provokes Stern
Warning” on pages 36-37 by Consumer Affairs Editor Caroline Ajootian. Based on a recent
government study, this feature highlights the dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide
that could build up at the stern, near the swim platform or even in the cockpit and cabin of
gas-powered express cruisers.
While the report is certainly disturbing, what troubles us perhaps even more is that
while a number of studies have been conducted, precious little has apparently been done
by government and the marine industry to actually solve the problem other than that involving houseboats. Carbon monoxide poisoning on boats is not new. It’s been around for
some time. It’s taken the lives of at least 113 recreational boaters over the years. It’s time
something much more comprehensive is done.
Lest you think these are the ravings of an editor with nothing better to do than tilt at
windmills, please take a moment to look at two letters to the editor on pages 16-17: One
from Dr. Robert Baron who has been ringing the alarm bell for years and another from a
member, Edward Spitz, who nearly lost his life to carbon monoxide poisoning last July 4th
weekend.
Meanwhile, another potential threat to boating is looming on the Great Lakes where
the U.S. Coast Guard has announced plans to conduct live ammunition firing practice in
34 proposed permanent “security zones,” some of which are perilously close to areas
teeming with boaters and anglers (see “Going Ballistic on the Great Lakes” by Elaine
Dickinson, pages 24-25).
Initially, the Coast Guard had placed a 30-day notice of their plan in the Federal
Register, a document not normally considered a part of the daily reading habits of most of
those who boat on the Great Lakes. Fortunately, a number of U.S. Congressmen and state
officials raised concerns and the comment period was extended to November 13.
BoatU.S. has raised this issue with the Coast Guard and we encourage everyone who
frequents these waters to share their concerns with the Coast Guard as well as their federal, state and local officials.
On the good news, bad news front, the latest recreational boating statistics reveal that
the number of boating fatalities rose in 2005 to 697 from a low of 676 in 2004. This is
the first time the number of fatalities has risen since 2002. While this is an unfortunate
turn of events, the increase probably has more to do with better weather attracting more
people to the water or bad weather causing more accidents than it does with the fact that
recreational boating has never been a safer pastime than it is today.
Finally, a challenge to recreational boating of a different sort is presented on pages
20-21 in Ryck Lydecker’s article, “The Last Child in the Boat?”
“Will you be the last of the boaters in your family?”, asks the author as he asseses
a recent book written by columnist Richard Louv who observes that today’s computerencased kids are growing up without much exposure to the outdoors. Louv argues that our
children and grandchildren are becoming more and more detached from the natural world
around them and that this could lead to, of all things, “nature deficit disorder.”
While it is certainly easy to poke fun and compare this to all of the supposed “disorders” for which there are special cures on late night TV, we suspect that Louv has a point
worth noting. Recreational boat sales peaked in 1989. The Baby Boomers who were supposed to rescue the marine industry and raise it to new heights never materialized or were
diverted elsewhere. From where will the next generation of recreational boaters come if
they haven’t been exposed to the wonders of the waterways while still in their teens?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.
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Boating Fatalities Increase Slightly in 2005
The good-new/bad-news statistics on
boating accidents continued for 2005 as
the latest official count from the U.S. Coast
Guard indicates boating fatalities went up
last year — disappointing news following
2004 in which boating fatalities hit an alltime record low. Not since 2002 have boating fatalities increased.
Boating fatalities totaled 697 in 2005,
up by 21 from 676 in 2004, the lowest
number since records started being kept in
the early 1970s. Fluctuations are common
however, and can be simply the result of
better reporting by police, or a year in which
good weather generated more boating activity. In addition, the number of registered
boats on the water in 2005 grew by over
160,000 to a total of 12,942,414. In 2004
boat registrations had remained flat.
Not varying much from previous years,
the majority of the 697 fatalities were the
result of drowning (491) 70%, and of those
some 87% were not wearing a life jacket.
Also of note, the number of fatalities among
children went up to 21, from 14 the previous year. There were also six deaths from
carbon monoxide on boats in 2005 but none
involved a houseboat. Three of those were
on cabin motorboats, one was on an open
motorboat and in two cases the type of vessel was not reported.
Public campaigns against drinking and
boating must be working as the number of
fatalities involving alcohol dropped to 25%,
compared to 30% in 2004.
The states that had the highest number
of fatalities (which are usually the states
with the most registered boats) are: Florida
(78); California (58); Louisiana (35); Texas
(32) and Michigan (28). Remarkably, some
jurisdictions reported zero fatalities last year:
*CG on Cell Phones
Cancelled
call, as the broadcast may be heard by a
nearby vessel, not just police or Coast Guard
stations. If no radio is on board, and a cell
phone is available, boaters should simply
dial 911 in an emergency.
In many parts of the U.S., wireless
phone companies have offered boaters an
emergency service to reach the Coast Guard
in which cell phone dialers could press *CG.
But due to inconsistencies in services and
problems relaying calls, the Coast Guard
has discontinued the service nationwide,
except in Alaska.
The *CG service was never available
nationwide but only in select areas; it was
up to each local phone company if they
wanted to offer and set up a system with
the nearest Coast Guard station. The Coast
Guard found that in some instances it actually delayed their response to emergencies because some calls ended up being
misdirected. The proliferation in cell phone
providers also confused boaters who did not
necessarily know which phone service had a
*CG feature.
In Alaska, *CG will continue to be
active due to the single Coast Guard point
of contact there and the limited number
of cellular service providers, said Richard
Schaefer of the Coast Guard SAR office.
A VHF marine radio tuned to Channel
16 is the preferred method for a distress
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the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, North
Dakota, Vermont, the U.S. Virgin Islands and
American Samoa.
The figures released in August by the
Coast Guard are compiled from reports from
each state and U.S. territory. To read the
full report or download it (48 pages) go to
uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_stats.htm.
Also showing an upturn in 2005 was
the overall number of reported accidents at
4,969, up from 4,904 the previous year; injuries totaled 3,451, up from 3,363. The Coast
Guard estimates that only a very small percentage of non-fatal accidents are reported.
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Bluegill Are On Patrol
The U.S. Army has recruited a battalion
of bluegill to help detect terrorist assaults on
our nation’s water supply. Like the proverbial
canary in a coal mine, these small fish are
sensitive to changes in water quality and the
presence of toxins in particular.
With the help of a contractor, the
Army developed an automated enclosure
that monitors the “breathing” rate of eight
separately penned bluegill. When distressed,
the fish respire more often, a signal that
something is amiss in the water supply. If six
of the eight fish show signs of distress, the
monitoring system signals a pager that lets
authorities know that testing is needed.
The devices are currently at work in
New York, San Francisco and Washington,
DC, protecting water supplies for over 12
million people. The bluegill each serve a
two- to three-week “tour of duty” before
being released.
El Niño Makes a
Comeback
More promising news from meteorologists following a much milder 2006 hurricane season: a new El Niño has officially
been declared in the eastern equatorial
Pacific Ocean.
As of press time in September, a weak
El Niño existed which, according to scientists at the National Ocean and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), has likely contributed
to the less active hurricane season so far.
El Niños typically suppress hurricanes
by increasing vertical wind shear in the
Caribbean Sea region. “Currently, weak El
Niño conditions exist but there is potential
for this event to strengthen into a moderate
event by winter,” said Vernon Kousky of the
NOAA Climate Prediction Center.
Periodic warming of sea surface
temperatures across the central and eastcentral equatorial Pacific is a large-scale
phenomenon and it impacts weather in the
Americas, both temperatures and rainfall.
(The name translates into “the child” since
the anomaly once came around Christmas
time.)
Mandatory Life Jackets in U.S. Virgin Islands
Just as you were dreaming about your
winter get-away, the U.S. Virgin Islands has
passed a new law affecting all boaters in
their waters starting in September 2006.
In an unexpected move, the USVI
legislature passed a bill requiring everyone
on board a vessel to wear a life jacket, not
just carry them on board. According to the
bill text, “A vessel operator shall require
everyone on his vessel to wear a PFD
whenever on the water.” There is no distinction made in this section between recreational, charter, and commercial vessels.
Also, children under 17 must now
wear a Type I or Type II life jacket when on
a recreational boat being operated. Most
parents opt for the more comfortable and
stylish Type III vest-style jackets. These
now do not meet the new USVI law.
Recreational vessels (including dinghies) are required to have one Type IV
PFD (throwable) in addition to the total life
jackets normally required.
The new law, known as the
“Mandatory Motorboat Education and
Safety Act,” also mandates boating education for youth 18 years and younger to
operate a motorboat. Instead of taking the
USVI course, vacationing kids or grandkids, as nonresidents, can take their home
state’s course and bring along their card
proving completion of that course.
As of press time, enforcement of
the education part of the law will be
delayed, because the U.S. Virgin Islands
does not yet have a program in place to
teach youth boating safety. After they start
education classes, it will take at least six
months before that segment of the law is
enforced.
In terms of the mandatory life jacket
wear for adults and children, BoatU.S. was
told the law may be amended this fall to
clarify exactly when adults are required
to wear life jackets on boats, as the current law has no provisions for docked or
anchored boats. BoatU.S. has contacted
USVI authorities expressing the association’s opposition to blanket mandatory life
jacket wear for adults.
There may also be clarification as to
whether these adult lif jacket provisions
apply to bareboat or contained charter
boats. For an update on the latest developments, log on to www.boatus.com/gov/
alert.htm.
Striped Bass Moratorium
Continues
Striped bass in offshore waters will continue to be off-limits to sport and commercial
fisherman following a Sept. 8 ruling of the
National Marine Fisheries Service.
The decision continues a 1990 moratorium on striped bass fishing that covers
federal waters from three miles out to the
200-mile limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ). The closure, in support of a
stock-rebuilding plan adopted by the Atlantic
States Marine Fishery Commission in 1981,
is credited with restoring the species, then
severely overfished. The management
approach is now widely recognized as one of
the most successful stock rebuilding efforts in
the world.
The rebound increased pressure to allow
commercial harvest in the EEZ, and for a
time it appeared the service would reopen
federal waters. However, sportfishing organizations strongly opposed any such measure
and a review by the service found that the
stock currently wasn’t being over-harvested
but that “any increased fishing pressure
would likely result in overfishing.”
Inside federal waters, fishing for the
popular food and gamefish, which ranges
from Maine to North Carolina, is regulated by
the individual states.
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Trashed EPIRB Triggers False Alarm
When the U.S. Coast Guard in Seattle,
WA, picked up a mayday signal from an
Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacon,
or EPIRB, registered to a boat home-ported
in Missoula, MT, this summer, the only problem was that no boat was in distress nor
were any boaters in trouble. Apparently, this
emergency beacon was thrown in the trash.
However, the Coast Guard didn’t know
that when they first received the signal, but
it wasn’t long before they discovered the call
was a false alarm.
The owner of the EPIRB had failed
to unregister the device when he sold his
boat, a 42-foot motoryacht, to a man in Ft.
Lauderdale, FL. After a series of phone calls
between the Coast Guard District Office in
Florida and the broker who sold the boat, it
was learned the EPIRB had been thrown out
some time in late June.
EPIRBs are devices intended to save
lives by transmitting a signal to rescuers
with the position of troubled boaters. When
they are improperly disposed of they can
waste the Coast Guard’s valuable time and
resources.
The International Maritime Organization
and the Coast Guard recommend that
unwanted EPIRBs be disposed of by either
removing the battery and shipping the
unit back to its manufacturer or rendering the unit inoperable by demolishing it.
In any case, the EPIRB should also be
unregistered with National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration when the unit
has been disposed of or transferred to a
new owner.
The Coast Guard routinely refers
cases involving the non-distress activation
of an EPIRB (either as a hoax, through
gross negligence, carelessness or improper
storage and handling) to the Federal
Communications Commission. The FCC can
prosecute cases and issue warning letters
or notices of apparent liability or fines up to
$10,000.
For more information on EPIRBs and
how to properly dispose of them, please
contact NOAA at 1-888-212-7283 or go
to www.sarsat.noaa.gov. All EPIRBs should
be registered with NOAA, the agency that
manages the search and rescue satellites.
EPIRBs are also available for rent from
the BoatU.S. Foundation for $55 per week.
Go to BoatUS.com/foundation/EPIRB for
more information.
Clean Water Grants Now
Available for ’07
The BoatU.S.
Foundation for
Boating Safety
and Clean Water
is looking to
fund creative
and innovative
projects that
teach boaters
cleaner habits
on the water
through its 2007
Clean Water
Grant Program.
Up to $4,000
per group is
available to
small, local nonprofit organizations conducting educational programs. Past projects
have covered topics like pumpout education, pollution prevention, monofilament
fishing line recycling, and preventing the
spread of invasive aquatic nuisance species.
Projects must involve educating boaters.
The deadline to apply is February 1, 2007.
To read the grant guidelines or download an
application, please visit BoatUS.com/cleanwater/grants.
Aweigh With Words
“Which Side Are You On?”—
location, location, location.
ACROSS
1. Ripken of diamond fame
4. Being shipwrecked, e.g.
10.Plays in “The Pirates of Penzance”
14.Nat. where you’ll find the port
of Cork
15.Muss up someone’s hair
16.Bangkok boater
17.Ring official, for short
18.Boom support
20.Twin-hulled boat, familiarly
21.Birds circling overhead, it was once thought
22.Gives permission
23.With one’s head hung low
25.Redding of soul
26.At a distance
27.Eight, to U-boat commanders
28.Some do it on the water
31.Chef’s garment
33.Merriment
34.Next
35.Gray wolf
36.Reaction to a bad pun
37.Sty comment
38.Jogger’s warmup
39.Unimaginably long time
40.Not a good way for your gas gauge to read
41.“__ the land of the free...”
42.Treble or bass
43.Whole bunch
44.11th president
45.Showed on TV again
48.Take for granted
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51.German ___(dog breed, casually)
52.Chemical suffix
53.What dories have
55.Part of a pirate’s loot
56.Kon-Tiki, for one
57.Compass pointer
58.Org. for doctors
59.Follow the captain’s orders
60.Goes off-course
61.Cobb of baseball and Law of
football
DOWN
1. About, datewise
2. Expanses
3. Departed, like a liner
4. Empire that once controlled the
Bosporous Strait
5. He may claim squatter’s rights
6. Put one over on
7. Cable staple
8. Will Smith portrayed him
9. Extend
10.Book you might find on a boat
sailing around the world
11.Boxer’s target, often
12.Only president to also serve as chief justice of the Supreme Court
13. Takes a breather
19.Stubborn courage
24.Underway
25.Indian, e.g.
27.Hard to connect with
28.Boat builder
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Marinas Sinking Under Weight of Taxes
Death and taxes, as the adage goes, are
life’s two certainties. And if current real estate
tax assessments on marinas in one Florida
county are upheld, access to Florida’s waters
may be further diminished, leaving boaters high and dry, according to a coalition of
marine businesses organized to fight skyrocketing taxes.
“We’re being put out of business,” says
Ray Graziotto, co-owner of four marinas in
Palm Beach County, which levied its triple-digit
tax increases on marinas without warning in
late August. “None of us is expecting a free
ride but how can a business endure these
kinds of tax increases?”
Nearly all the county’s three dozen wet slip
and dry storage facilities are reeling from the
tax hike, which The Palm Beach Post reported
ranged from 130% to over 350%, from 2005
to 2006. In response, Graziotto and marina
owner John Sprague, government affairs
chairman for the county’s marine trade association, formed Save the Working Waterfront
of Palm Beach County to fight the tax hike.
Sprague said the coalition started out with
eight marinas that contributed $10,000 each
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The problem, he said, is that under
Florida law tax assessments must be based
on highest-and-best-use and consequently
the assessor’s office bases values on the
land’s potential for waterfront residential
condominium development or rental slip
conversion to private “dockominiums,” not as
commercial businesses.
The waterfront real estate boom of the
last few years has driven prices up dramatically and the county’s appraiser defended
basing the tax bills on current market valuations as required by state law.
The appraiser, Gary Nikolits, told a Sept.
12 meeting of the county commission that
the increases affect all commercial properties, not just marinas.
The Post reported that one marina sold
for condo conversion in January of this year
fetched $25 million, although its appraised
value last year was just $1.76 million.
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California Sets Marine Reserves
By unanimous vote Aug. 15,
California’s Fish and Game Commission
designated approximately 200 square miles
of state waters off the central coast, or
about 18%, as “marine reserves.” Effective
early next year, the action bans or severely
restricts sport and commercial fishing in a
network of protected areas, as called for in
the 1999 Marine Life Protection Act.
The area is divided into 29 zones,
which spread from Half Moon Bay to Santa
Barbara. All fishing is to be banned in
about half the area and strong limits will be
placed on fishing within the rest of these
waters. The decision culminates at least
two years of debate and deliberation by
a “blue-ribbon panel” which Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger convened after earlier
efforts to create such reserves stalled.
The panel’s recommendation would have
placed marine reserve status on about 10%
of those waters; instead, the commission
approved the larger area.
The commission hearing in Monterey
drew more than 500 people and commissioners deliberated for over seven hours,
considering the panel’s recommendation
along with various other options before
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reaching its 5-0 decision. Most recreational
angler groups voiced disappointment in the
final plan as approved and United Anglers
of Southern California (UASC) warned the
southern coast would be next.
“It wasn’t the worst outcome for recreational anglers, since larger reserve packages were on the table,” said Tom Raftican,
UASC president. “But it sent a wake-up call
to anglers along the southern coast.”
The commission reportedly will next
consider plans for similar reserves in state
waters offshore from Santa Barbara, south
to the border with Mexico, possibly as early
as next January.
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Honoring the Honor System
Regarding your article “More Customs
Inspectors in Florida,” travel to the
Bahamas suffered not because "many U.S.
boaters were frustrated with clearing-in
procedures...". Travel to the Bahamas suffered because it cost $300 dollars to clear
Customs in the Bahamas, good for 90
days.
In the last five years I have returned
from the Bahamas to Miami (Dinner Key
Marina) on a 45-foot sailboat about eight
times. I have never been approached by
any U.S. authority. I tie up at the marina. I
call Customs to report that I have docked.
I then get into a taxi (along with everyone
else on board) and go to the Immigration
Office at the Sea Terminal. So much for
Homeland Security.
Lonnie Baker
Tampa, FL
Customary Hassles
I read with interest your article about
more Customs Inspectors in Florida. My
experience with Customs on Lake Erie
shows the serious gap we recreational boaters are falling into in this post-9/11 era.
On the eastern Great Lakes area, the
dreaded I-68 form is being supplanted
by the new NEXUS border-crossing card.
While it works very well for cars transiting
the bridges on a regular basis, the NEXUS
marine program has inherited many of the
same problems that plagued the I-68 program from the start.
This year I decided to try to satisfy the
requirements of the U.S. I applied for the
NEXUS card in the hope that it would make
my travels "legal."
After a long process of applying for the
permit, I was told to report to the NEXUS
office at the Ambassador Bridge to Canada.
By now I've already spent $71 for the card,
$30 for the gasoline to get to the office,
and $6 in turnpike tolls.
After being issued my card, I'm told
that — while I can now just call Customs
and report — each passenger on my boat
has to have this expensive NEXUS card or
they will have to report to an authorized
"Port of Entry" to be allowed back into the
U.S.! This is just not going to happen in real
life!
As the owner and "master" of my boat
I should be responsible for my passengers.
Our elected officials should examine this
program from the standpoint of boaters
— and make a little bit of effort to provide
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for their needs — or this program will not
work any more than the I-68 form worked.
Bill Robb
Lorain, OH
Slow Down and Save
The article, “Frugal Fuel Tips,”
(September 2006 issue) lays out some
useful ways to reduce fuel consumption,
but the only way to seriously save fuel is to
seriously slow down.
Let’s review the basics. A boat gliding through the water at walking speed
(2-3 knots) meets very little resistance
and requires very little power. As the speed
increases, the resistance starts to increase
sharply. It becomes almost infinite at a
velocity called “hull speed,” which is a function of the length of the hull. It’s about 4/3
of the square root of the waterline length
in feet. Take, for example, a boat with a
waterline length of 36 feet. The square
root of 36 is 6. Multiply that number by
4/3 and you get 8. Thus, the “hull speed”
of that vessel is about 8 knots. The way
that you exceed that speed is by planing
— pouring on enough horsepower to lift the
hull over the water’s surface.
For maximum economy, then, you
want to stay back on the low-resistance
part of the curve — about 6 knots, perhaps. Watch your wake — if it’s placid,
you’re ok. When it starts to build up, you’re
wasting fuel.
Robert Gillette
Poland, OH
Know Thy Radio
Regarding the MMSI tutorial available
at BoatUS.com/mmsi: The tutorial is an
excellent presentation. Is it possible to get
this info in print format? It will be a "must
read" for all crew.
Capt. Eli Ferguson
M/V Antithesis
Editor’s Note: The BoatU.S. Foundation is
working to secure additional funding to put
the tutorial on a CD in 2007. A Web-based
radio simulator is also in the works.
An Alloy For Every Occassion
Regarding this article about stainless
steel, it is not suitable to imply that any
type of stainless steel, e.g. 304, 316, 410,
etc., is of lesser "quality" or "inferior" to
another type.
As the article correctly states, stainless
steels, as with other alloys, are constituted
with various elements in varying proportions
to perform different tasks, be it for strength,
corrosion, machining, color, ease of cleaning, etc.
One is not "inferior" to another, except
as the author suggests, if it is misapplied.
The manufacture and distribution of
stainless steels as with other alloys, is
closely monitored by various regulatory
bodies, so as to maintain published quality
standards.
Reputable hardware manufacturers buy
documented materials.
However, the main problem is that
stainless steel marine hardware on the
shelf is rarely identified, as is for instance
household cutlery.
The only defense is to buy hardware
from or made by reputable known firms,
and to be wary of comparable-looking hardware that is "dirt cheap.”
John S. Sudbury P.E.
Picton, Ontario
Slow Going On CO
I find it quite sad that the number of
deaths from CO on boats continues to rise
at what appears to be an astronomical rate.
At last count there have been 132 known
deaths caused by CO associated with recreational boating.
A great deal has been learned about
CO and where the dangerous areas on
boats are and what activities place boaters
at most risk. I find it frustrating that this
problem raised the ire of your editor five
years ago and yet the newly gained knowledge has not been fully implemented to
alter boat design and or boater behaviors.
I find it equally frustrating that the boating
public has not demanded more swift action
from regulators, legislators and manufacturers.
Since the writing of your 2001 editorial, 117 more mothers have sorrowful stories to tell of the death of their children on
boats from CO. I wonder when the combination of boater education and boat design
alterations will allow the counting to stop?
Robert L. Baron, MD
Medical Advisor,
Emergency Medical Services,
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Phoenix, AZ
A Deadly Exposure
I must congratulate you on your recent
article in the July issue regarding the dan-
2005 Boating Safety Grants Awarded
gers of carbon monoxide while boating.
I wasn’t aware of the article until my
return from an aborted vacation trip around
the 4th of July weekend on our Carver 280
Express Cruiser. We had the engine replaced
a year ago last spring, but experienced serious difficulties with it this year. Our mechanic did a repair, and without the opportunity
to have a shake-down cruise, we set out. In
under an hour, the engine failed again. We
could only make eight knots, and the engine
exhaust was being pulled into the boat as a
result of the "station wagon effect."
I went below to get my cell phone,
when I returned, I told my wife that I “felt
faint.” With no warning, I passed out on the
cockpit floor. Fortunately, I taught my wife to
operate the boat and use of the VHF radio. I
came to enough to take the helm and back
into the slip. It took awhile, but I began to
feel better.
I consider us extremely lucky to have
survived the ordeal. We could smell the
exhaust, but really didn’t consider the CO.
Thank you so much for this very important article. Hopefully, it will keep other
boaters from falling victim to CO, as did we.
Edward Spitz
Port Washington, NY
Fill 'em Up
Just read the disturbing article on
ethanol. This is going to pose some unique
problems for us on the Great Lakes where
our vessels are, of necessity, on the "hard"
for six months out of the year. In my case,
I have a sailboat and generally consume
about 12-14 gallons per season out of a
12 gallon tank. It has been my practice for
many years to fill the tank at lay-up time to
reduce condensation, add about five gallons
in August and then top up again at the end
of the season.
With a 60-90 day shelf life, I shudder
to think what we may have in the tank after
a long cold winter.
Keith Branton
Erie, PA
Editor’s Note: Storing gas tanks full using
a high-quality fuel stabilizer is still the best
practice to avoid water accumulation from
condensation over the off-season. The only
exceptions are boats equipped with fiberglass gas tanks, which should be stored
as empty as possible to avoid prolonged
exposure to E10 gas which can damage the
fiberglass.
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Jason Sealock
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While it may seem to many that the
men and women who fish professionally on
one of the bass fishing circuits have landed
a dream job, the public often never sees
the work and sacrifice and years of struggle
that it takes to reach the top echelons of
these tours. When a single bad day can
mean the difference between a top 10 finish with a handsome payoff that keeps the
angler on the tour for another season, and
finishing out of the money and off the tour,
it’s easy to understand why the pros work
so hard to avoid one.
To find out what drives someone to
spend weeks on the road each year, to get
up at 4 a.m. to head to the lake, to push
their boat and themselves to the limit,
pounding across the water at an eye-watering, cheek-flapping 60-plus miles per hour
in pursuit of the ubiquitous bass, we asked
Pro Angler Vic Vatalaro of Team Gain.
Vatalaro began his tournament fishing career more than a decade ago, around
the same time he and his brother Tom
launched a boat dealership in Kent, OH,
primarily focused on fishing boats. Vatalaro
started as many other aspiring pros do,
fishing Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League
events, eventually working his way up to
the Stren Series in 2001, and finally on to
the FLW Tour in 2004.
Long before he ever hoisted a tournament trophy, Vatalaro began fishing as a
child on a lake where his grandparents had
a summer cottage in Canton, OH.
“I started catching blue gill at age 4 or
5,” says Vatalaro. “I loved the excitement
of catching a fish and getting to reel it in.”
As teenagers, he and his brother moved on
to bass fishing and would periodically talk
their mother into dropping them off at a
local lake where they could rent a rowboat.
“One night we saw a sign that said
‘Bass fishing tournament, $10 entry fee.’
We came back, entered, won the big bass
prize, placed first and collected $165, all in
a rented boat with no livewell,” he said.
While not exactly a launch to superstardom, the brothers did invest in a boat
of their own, a heavily modified 16 footer
for which they built a casting platform.
It was this homemade boat that Vatalaro
would use at least initially in Wal-Mart
Bass Fishing League tournaments.
In the beginning his participation was
at least partially motivated by a desire to
gain credibility with his customers. As the
dealership grew, fishing the tournaments
became a form of advertising, as he would
enter the events only in makes of boats that
he sold which cost him thousands of dollars in contingency prize money.
The FLW Tour takes its name from
Forrest L. Wood, the founder of Ranger
Boats. As a primary sponsor, Ranger Boats
awards anglers who fish from a Ranger
$10,000 for a tour victory on top of the
first place prize and an additional prize
for reaching the tour championship in
a Ranger. Fortunately, Vatalaro recently
became a Ranger dealer and can now fish
the tour in the sponsor’s boat.
The change paid off in July when he
captured first place at a Stren Series event
on Lake Erie, winning nearly $65,000 in
cash and prizes. The victory marked his
third win on Lake Erie, a remarkable string
of successes, the second of which pushed
him into the FLW Tour for a full season.
“The FLW makes a pathway to the
top,” says Vatalaro. “Any angler can work
their way from the bottom to the top without ever winning a tournament. It’s going
to take a few years, but it’s possible.”
As Vatalaro entered his third full season as an FLW Tour pro, fresh off a tournament championship appearance from the
previous year, a sponsor came calling. Now
part of the newly formed Gain detergent
fishing team, Vatalaro’s participation on the
tour has become a little easier. Now with a
boat and tow vehicle provided, plus tournament entrance fees and other expenses
covered, fishing is no longer such a drain
on the wallet, only on his time.
For each of the six FLW Tour events,
he will spend as much as two weeks on
the road, traveling, pre-fishing, and then
four days of tournament time, either fishing
or representing his sponsor at the Family
Fun Zone. The zone is a combination of
rides, activities and sponsor displays that
surrounds the weigh-in tent and attracts
as many as 10,000 bass fishing fans to the
weekend weigh-ins.
“The biggest difference between the
FLW and other bass fishing tours is FLW
is family and kid oriented,” says Vatalaro.
“Their fun zone for kids lasts two days of
each tournament and promotes fishing to
kids and families.” The tour events have
grown so large that the fun zones, which
were in years past set up in a local WalMart parking lot, next season will be held
in nearby convention centers.
And the tour championship itself has
also expanded. FLW recently announced
a change in format that will allow more
anglers to compete for a one million dollar
first prize. Previously, only the top 48 pros
and co-anglers from the FLW Tour qualified for the championship. Co-anglers fish
from the back of the boat and are randomly
paired with the pros and compete for separate prizes.
Now, 81 pros and 81 co-anglers will
qualify including the top pros from the
FLW Series, the Stren Series divisions and
even the number one angler from the Bass
Fishing League.
Fishing his way up to the FLW Tour
from the Buckeye Division of the Wal-Mart
Bass Fishing League took Vatalaro nearly 10
years. Along the way he has accumulated
over $150,000 in winnings, earned thousands more in prizes, including three boats,
won five tournaments and placed in the top
12 times.
While the money and prizes and
moments of glory on the podium are the
reward for hard work and a little luck, they
are not his driving force. “It’s all in the
competition,” says Vatalaro. “It’s just like
playing football or any other sport, it’s all
in competing against others to see who’s
the best that day.”
— By Michael Vatalaro
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The Last Child
in the Boat?
Will you be the last of the boaters in
your family?
Strange question, you say?
Maybe not.
The next time you drop the hook in
a quiet cove, whether you’re boating on
saltwater or fresh, and Mother Nature delivers one of her special shows just for you
— an osprey dive-bombing for dinner, a crab
sashaying sideways under the keel, a monster
bass going airborne for a bug, an unseen beaver tail whacking the water to warn you away,
or a rainbow coming to life on the heels of
the squall that just blew through — Richard
Louv wants you think about that very question:
Will I be the last one in my family to experience the priceless perspective on the natural
world that you can only get from being on a
boat?
Louv, a San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper columnist and the author of seven books,
sincerely hopes that will never happen. But
what he discovered in researching his latest
book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our
Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, should
make all boaters take a careful look at the
coming generations — and ask if this is the
future they want.
Afloat, and without the remote. Getting kids into
unstructured outdoor activities — like just “messing about in boats” — can improve the mental,
physical and spiritual health of coming generations,
says author Richard Louv.
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The Nature Deficit
At the University of Illinois researchers
have discovered that children as young as 5
“Today kids are well aware of global
showed a significant reduction in the sympthreats to the environment but their physitoms of Attention Deficit Disorder when
cal contact, their intimacy with nature on a
engaged with nature. A Cornell University
day-to-day basis is fading,” says Louv, whose
study has shown that nature-play like hiking,
book is raising storm flags everywhere, from
camping and fishing, relieves stress in chilchild psychology circles to the conservation
dren and even contributes to development
community to the outdoor recreation indusof an environmental stewardship ethic later
try.
in life.
Louv, an avid angler and boater, has
Formal environmental education coursput in perspective what every 21st Century
es in schools, while important, can’t replace
citizen can see: children now spend far more
first-hand experience “getting dirty and gettime looking at television screens or comting wet outdoors,” Louv maintains, and ultiputer monitors than they do experiencing the
mately this disconnection from nature could
real world just beyond their four walls.
produce a generation lacking enough interest
As a fifth-grader in his hometown of San
in the outdoors to preserve and protect the
Diego put it: “I like to play indoors because
natural environment in the future.
that’s where all the electrical outlets are.”
In his book Louv says that as American
Changing Course
youngsters increasingly plug-in for playtime
“My generation is the last to build a
— to TV, the Internet, cell phones, video
tree
house
or a float around on a home-made
games, etc. — detachment from the natural
raft,” says the 55-year-old Louv, who did
world around them is leading to behavior
both growing up in Kansas. “Much of the
problems, attention disorders, childhood
current generation of young parents did not
obesity and even depression. Louv coined
the term “nature deficit disorder” to describe have the kind of experience I did.
“Unfortunately, when they finally recogthe problem and independent research sugnize the physical, mental and spiritual bengests he is on to something.
efits of outdoor play for their kids and want
“Sea Scouting is a coed program for
High Adventure Sea Base at Islamorada, the
to do something about it, they won’t know
teens, age 14 through 20, but for younger
focus is on experiencing the underwater wilhow to get started,” he adds. “This is where
males Boy Scouting offers 11 water activderness of the Keys.
boating and fishing organizations could make ity-related merit badges,” says Holmes who
Camps operated by Girl Scouts of the
a real difference.”
is also a member of the BoatU.S. National
USA can also put young females in touch
Team sports have their place, Louv says, Advisory Council.
with the natural world through aquatic
but they can’t replace the kind of outdoors
Many BSA camps around the country
activities. And while small by comparison to
experiences that will be necessary to reverse
put kids on the water in sailboats, canoes or conventional land-based Girl Scouting, its
the nature deficit trend (“Soccer is not
powerboats, Holmes adds, and nature study Mariners program for girls age 11 to 17 is
nature,” he says). It’s the unstructured play
can be as important as aquatics in the profocused specifically on boating, according to
time in a grove of trees or splashing on the
grams. For example, at BSA’s Florida National Teri Marzano, a BoatU.S. member who skipshore of a lake that will ultimately secure the
pers a Mariners unit in
future of outdoor activities like boating and
San Francisco.
fishing that we value today.
“This is a great age
“Could just being out on the boat with
to introduce girls to the
grandpa and grandma provide the connection
water,” Marzano says.
with nature that so many kids are missing?”
“They’re open to new
he asks rhetorically. “I think it can but this
experiences with their
needs some serious consideration by all of
girl-peers and they soak
us, no matter what kind of boating activity
up the adventure like
we engage in.”
sponges.
“I suspect some of us take the boatNo matter what the
ing experience a bit for granted and don’t
youth program, boaters
necessarily connect the importance of those
can make a significant
‘Mother Nature moments’ on the water for
difference for coming
our children and grandchildren,” Louv adds.
generations though vol“Maybe we need to be more conscious of
unteering, Holmes says.
Blue Hour: Parents and grandparents can help focus the next generation on By offering access to the
such experiences and perhaps even sort of
the wonders of the natural world that surrounds the boating life.
ritualize them while out on the water.”
water and a “boating
But parents, grandparents and private
perspective” to existboats aren’t the only way to reach kids. Louv
ing programs, whether
notes the potential for exposing children to
in Scouting, Boys and
nature on the water through existing youth
Girls Clubs or through
education opportunities like community saila youth conservation
ing programs “where grounding on a sand
organization like the
bar that wasn’t there a few hours earlier can
Izaak Walton League of
teach a whole lot about the tidal cycle.” Or
America’s new “Young
Sea Scouting where teens who might have
Ikes” program, experino other access to a boat can experience the
encing the natural world
wonders of the water world while also learnfrom a boat can do woning about boating safety and seamanship.
ders for kids.
And it could help
turn the tide of the
Pier Pressure
looming Nature Deficit
“I wasn’t sure about being a Sea Scout
Disorder, ensuring that
until my friend Suzy invited me on a raft-up,”
we will never see the
reports 16-year-old Michelle Escobedo. Her
weekend on the water last August brought
Getting wet and dirty exploring the outdoors is one way to ensure a future “last child in the boat.”
four Sea Scout boats and their crews together for conservation and activities that depend on healthy resources, like
— By Ryck Lydecker
boating and fishing.
in a quiet cove on the western shore of the
Chesapeake Bay.
“We slept out on the deck that night
BLUE HOUR
and I’ve never seen so many stars,” the
Louv’s message has struck a particularly strong chord with conservation and enviGaithersburg, MD, teen says. “It was so cool.
ronmental organizations, and sparked such ideas as reserving time for a daily “green
I found the Big Dipper, then this guy Charlie
hour” — a specific time in which to let kids appreciate the natural world around them.
showed me how to find the North Star from
Perhaps boaters and anglers should come up with their own “blue hour,” Louv says,
there. I’m a Sea Scout now and I love it.”
a conscious effort to observe nature that would become a regular part of your routine
That kind of experience with the natural
while underway.
world can be repeated over and over in myrMaybe you do these things already but just never thought of it as a “blue hour.”
iad variations anytime youngsters get out on
So if you have a special time or technique for introducing young crewmembers to the
the water in a boat, says Charles Holmes who
natural world that’s all around them when afloat, we’d like to hear about it. Send your
heads Boy Scouts of America’s older youth
thoughts and tips to: [email protected].
division that includes Sea Scouting.
BoatU.S. Magazine November 2006
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Homing In on Hurricanes
W hen the National Hurricane Center
One of the goals of IFEX is to collect
observations of tropical storms at all stages
(NHC) first began issuing forecasts for
of development, including what might be
tropical storms and hurricanes in 1954, the
considered their infancy, when they are mere
best they could offer mariners and coastal
tropical waves coming off of Africa and into
residents were weather forecasts 24 hours
ahead of any activity. Considering
that the first weather satellite did
not make it into space until 1960,
any forecast at all represented an
improvement. Ten years later, the
National Hurricane Center storm
track forecasts were extended
to 72 hours, but with only 24
hours of wind intensity forecasts.
Throughout the center’s history,
intensity forecasting has lagged
well behind storm track forecasting.
But now, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) researchers from the
Hurricane Research Division,
together with NASA, are conducting new research in the skies off
the West African coast that aims to
An enormous Saharan dust storm spreads
close the gap between the quality
out across the Eastern Atlantic, above. Two
of track forecast predictions and
of NOAA’s research aircraft, “Gonzo” and
intensity forecasting. The goal of
“Miss Piggy,” at right.
gathering all this information is to
generate better intensity predictions, so that
coastal communities can properly prepare for the Eastern Atlantic.
These tropical waves,
landfall armed with the best forecasts.
also called Cape Verde
The project, know as IFEX, for Intensity
Forecasting Experiment, includes using both storms, are the seeds of
about 60% of all named
relatively recent infrared sensing satellites
and advanced instruments onboard Orion P3 storms in the Atlantic, and perhaps more
importantly, represent the beginnings of
“Hurricane Hunter” aircraft.
85% of major storms (Category Three and
“We have improved 1-2% a year on
up) that affect the U.S. mainland. But only
our hurricane track forecasting,” says Jason
Dunion, a principle investigator on the proj- one in 10 will become a named storm.
Researchers would love to know why some
ect. “We are maybe 15 to 20 years behind
tropical waves become storms and others
in making those improvements to intensity
don’t.
forecasting,” he notes.
In order to find out, NOAA researchPart of the problem, Dunion explains, is
that a storm’s intensity depends at least part- ers will fly through both tropical waves and
ly on where it is going. A storm moving over developing storm systems this hurricane
season as well as next year, taking advantage
land or cold water will lose strength, while
of NASA satellite tracking of these weather
a storm that heads over warm water and the
features to plan the sorties.
moist air associated with it will strengthen.
Flying two P3s and a Gulfstream IV jet
“Intensity forecasting is dependent on track
known as Kermit, Miss Piggy and Gonzo
forecasting,” he says.
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respectively, researchers will drop miniature,
GPS-enabled weather stations known as
dropsoundes into the weather feature of
interest. The dropsoundes, which resemble a
two-foot-long mailing tube, parachute down,
reporting back on wind speed, pressure, temperature and moisture within
the storm or tropical wave every 15
feet. Sometimes dropped from as high
as 45,000 feet, they provide a wealth
of information which is transmitted
back to the NHC by satellite so it can
be incorporated into forecasting models in the case of a tropical storm.
A particular area of interest and
the focal point of Dunion’s research
is a weather feature known as the
Saharan Air Layer (SAL), an intensely
dry, dusty layer of air that results from
dust storms that form in the Sahara
Desert.
“I am sure Caribbean sailors have
seen this dust on their boats,” says
Dunion. “It
makes for great
sunsets, strong
easterlies and
hazy skies.”
The super
dry Saharan
air prevents
convection, the
driving force of
both ordinary
Photos courtesy of NOAA
thunderstorms
and hurricanes, by smothering a large
area over the Atlantic like a heavy blanket.
Thunderstorms cannot “pop up” or build
due to convection and tropical disturbances
tend not to strengthen when one of these air
masses is around. In fact, the tropical disturbance that became Hurricane Katrina was
slowed in its growth early on by Saharan
air. Only after escaping the influence of the
dry air mass did the storm develop into a
monster.
“The Saharan air layer may be yet
another piece of the puzzle in advancing our
understanding of tropical cyclone genesis
and intensity change,” says Dunion.
—By Michael Vatalaro
Going Ballistic
on the Great Lakes
The U.S. Coast Guard Ninth District’s motto is “Guarding the
Great Lakes,” a phrase that has taken on new meaning since
Sept. 11, 2001. But a high-caliber debate has errupted among
Great Lakes boaters and anglers as the Coast Guard plans to
conduct live ammunition firing practice in 34 proposed permanent security zones throughout the Great Lakes.
The Coast Guard’s plan was published
in early August in the Federal Register and
allowed only 30 days for public comment; as
news of the security zones spread, the Coast
Guard extended the public comment period
another 60 days, through Nov. 13 (see below
on where to send comments).
While the actual firearms training sessions using deck-mounted machine guns
will only take place in each zone about two
or three times a year, there will be no set
schedule; they’ll occur depending upon the
training needs of each Coast Guard station’s
personnel, said Ninth District spokesman
Chief Petty Officer Robert Lanier. There are
47 Coast Guard stations in the Great Lakes.
The zones are within miles of some of the
most popular boating harbors in the Great
Lakes — Bayfield, Grand Marais, Saginaw,
Traverse Bay, Grand Haven, Marquette, Erie,
and Kenosha.
“We would do our best to inform the
public ahead of time when we’re going to be
out there so they’re safe, through the media,
VHF Channel 16, harbormasters and marinas,” Lanier said.
to comment as has Sen. Norm Coleman
(R-MN). Mayor Herb Bergson of Duluth,
MN, held a news conference to express his
“outrage” that live firing practice took place
eight miles from Duluth in mid-September,
with two boaters close enough to witness it,
even as the plan was on the drawing boards.
Bergson is opposed to any live firing on the
lakes near Duluth.
Since many boaters and anglers do
Michigan’s boating administrator was
not leave from marinas and go boating with
equally surprised by the plan. “I do have
just cell phones and not VHF radios, public concerns and will comment to the Coast
notice is a major concern of boating groups
Guard,” said Michigan’s Lt. Craig Grey of the
in the Great Lakes.
Dept. of Natural Resources. In addition to
The plan also does not set any limits on concerns for public safety, he said “a major
how long or how often the training sessions issue is hearing about it in the media.”
can occur. During firing exercises the Coast
Grey said state boating offices have
Guard will have safety patrols and monitor
memorandums of understanding with the
any area traffic closely, Lanier said. If a boat
Coast Guard in order to receive federal boatcomes near a zone, the firing session will be ing safety funds, agreements which call for
shut down and the vessel escorted out of the each agency to notify the other of plans or
zone.
activities that will impact district waterways.
It did not take long for Great Lakes con“We have such a short boating season
gressional representatives to take notice and here, it would be good if they could limit
many have asked for more information on
(the firing exercises) outside of the threehow the zones would impact waterway users to-four months we have for boating and
in their districts. “I was surprised to learn of fishing. I’d also recommend aircraft be used
the Coast Guard’s plans to create firearms
overhead as an additional safety precaution,”
training zones on Lake Michigan and am dis- he added.
appointed that it did not do more to inform
Grey said the Great Lakes also have
the public,” Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) told
the largest charterboat fleet in the country
the Associated Press.
with 700 vessels and the impact on certain
Both Reps. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) and
fishing seasons, such as salmon spawning,
David Obey (D-WI) also asked the Coast
needs to be addressed by the Coast Guard.
Guard for more details and more time
He added that his DNR officers do not con-
Some of the proposed live firing zones are shown outlined in the yellow boxes.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard 9th District
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duct firearms training on the water because
there are “too many variables that are hard
to control.”
The 34 zones are in all five of the Great
Lakes and all are located at least five miles
from shore, many along the U.S.-Canadian
border that dissects four of the lakes. Other
Coast Guard districts perform the same
training but normally just go offshore on the
ocean where there is little or no other vessel
traffic. The Coast Guard’s Lanier told
BoatU.S. that firing exercises have occurred
in the district 23 times since last January,
with no problems.
Both the Great Lakes Cruising Club and
the Great Lakes Boating Federation said their
groups were going to study the plan to measure the impact on their members. The Great
Lakes Sport Fishing Council has sent out an
alert to its members
“Uncharacteristic of the friendly relationship the angling and boating communities have had with the Coast Guard, none of
us was notified that the agency had posted
a [notice] in the Federal Register,” said Dan
Thomas, president of the council.
“The Great Lakes are part of the
porous border situation we are faced with.
Photo by U.S. Coast Guard
Patrol vessels with mounted machine guns like this one will be used for live fire training.
So why can’t target practice occur on
a firing range on land, BoatU.S. asked the
Coast Guard? Because Coast Guard personnel have to learn to shoot the M-240-B
automatic guns from the deck of a moving
vessel, Lanier said. “We have to be ready for
anything that occurs,” he said, adding that
a firing range on dry land is an ideal shooting environment with a stationary target and
this will not train those who patrol in the
agency’s 25-foot RIBs in the marine conditions they’ll face. In a two-to-three-hour
firing exercise, about 3,000 rounds would be
fired that can travel up to two miles.
On Lake Erie where four zones are
proposed, at least one is in a popular boating area at the western end of the lake.
Ken Alvey of the Lake Erie Marine Trades
Association questions why the Coast Guard
does not utilize an already established firing
zone at Camp Perry Military Reservation,
a National Guard training area near Port
Clinton, OH. Boaters already know about
it and keep clear, he said. Alvey agreed that
spring and fall would be best for the exercises and said he wants to see “in writing”
some limits on how often they can occur.
Unfortunately, the Coast Guard just didn’t go
about their [official notice] in a reasonable
manner, and didn’t do a good job of even
attempting to educate the public,” Thomas
told BoatU.S.
— By Elaine Dickinson
Public comments on the Great Lakes plan must
be received on or before Nov. 13. To view the
entire Federal Register notice go to BoatUS.com/
gov and click on “Federal Register”; scroll
down to Sept. 12.
Consumer Alert
The U.S. Coast Guard recently published the
following defect recall notices. For more information about these campaigns, contact the
manufacturers directly or call the Coast Guard’s
InfoLine, 800-368-5647.
Bayliner Marine, US Marine,
360-435-5571 (Recall 060045T)
2005-06 Bayliner 185BR: Possible interference between steering cable nut and exhaust
pipe can cause steering binding. Models are
equipped with 4.3L engine.
Bombardier Recreational Products, 618439-9444 (Recall 060052T)
2004-07 Evinrude E-TEC 40, 50, 60, 75
& 90 HP outboards: System testing may have
damaged a small number of fuel filters creating
the potential of fuel filter leaks. Call manufacturer for serial numbers.
Carver Boat Corp., 920-822-1600 (Recall
060049S)
1997-2007 Mariner 350 & 360: Isolation
bulkhead forward of the engine & fuel tank
compartments is not completely sealed.
Gasoline vapors may pass into compartments, creates possibility of fire or explosion.
CDRR8001G697 through CDRS8194E607.
Fountain Powerboats, Inc.,
252-975-2000 (Recall 06R1320S)
2006 Executioner 42’ Inboard: Two saddle
fuel tanks whose fuel withdrawal fittings are
above the engine fuel inlet connection have no
means for anti-siphon protection.
Maxum Marine, U.S. Marine,
360-435-5571 (Recall 060050T)
2006 Maxum 1800SR: Possible interference
between steering cable nut and exhaust pipe
can cause steering binding. Boats have 4.3L
engines.
Mercury Marine, 920-929-5040
(Recall 060014T)
2001-05 Mercruiser 5.0 MPI, 350 MAG
MPI, 350 MAG MPI Horizon, MX6.2 MPI &
MX6.2 MPI Horizon engines with Alpha & Bravo
drive units: Orange alternator wire may be
routed incorrectly such that it could be abraded
by movement between the dipstick and the
alternator. Call manufacturer for serial numbers.
Motorguide, Mercury Marine,
920-929-5040 (Recall 040143T)
1998-2004 Motorguide Max Pro II & Max
Pro III battery chargers: Battery chargers sold
from 1998 to 2004 may overheat, causing a
fire.
Regal Marine Industries, Inc.,
407-851-4360 (Recall 06R1557S)
2007 Regal 2700: Continuously energized
and ungrounded terminals on the battery switch
and the output conductors to the engine starter
motor and distribution panel are not protected
from accidental short-circuiting.
Lotus Designs, Inc./Patagonia, Inc. 8550
White Fir St., Reno, NV 89523. Mildwater PFD,
style number L1085 (also sold as “Fishing
PFD” style number 82770 & “Patagonia Fishing
Vest” style number L1155): Samples of these
PFDs have been found that do not comply with
minimum buoyancy requirements.
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The Pick of the Page Turners
It must be true that fact is stranger than fiction, otherwise we
would not have the rich variety of new nautical titles that populated bookstores this past year. True stories of hurricanes, World
War II German submarines, naval battles, world cruises and
stunning portraits of fish are a good barometer that nonfiction
still dominates the marine publishing scene. Here are a few of
our editor’s favorites:
Fair Wind and Plenty Of It
The Coast Mappers
If you want to settle in
for a dreamy read about an
around-the-world cruise in
a tall ship filled with jolly
sailors, fine food and pretty
sunsets, this is not that
book. Rather it is a hilarious
and sometimes poignant tale
of a young man’s year aboard
the less-than-stellar Picton
Castle, a 179-foot threemasted barque carrying some
30 hired crew and paying
passengers. In 1997, while in
his early 20s, Crockett had
the opportunity of a lifetime
to sail aboard as paid crew
and his unvarnished account of the cruise combines the best of
high seas adventures, a young person’s difficulties facing the realities of adulthood and the inevitable clashes of personalities aboard
the boat.
Any hope for a glamorous voyage quickly faded as the Picton
Castle departed her home port of Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, and
the green (literally) crew had to endure a freezing cold nor’easter
in a 69-year-old boat not quite ready for prime time (naysayers
dubbed it the Fiction Castle); immediately Crockett wonders if the
trip is a huge mistake. But eventually port calls in the most exotic
places, from the Galapagos, Pitcairn Island, Bora Bora and Fiji to
Bali, Zanzibar, and Cape Town, bring plenty of high points — and
some low points — as the young crew inevitably gets into trouble.
Crockett is singled out for a particularly humiliating punishment
— sliding (sorely) down the ship’s ratlines on his backside for a
particularly creative “mooning” incident.
While there are many laughs in Fair Wind, Crockett also
delves deeper into his personal quest to live up to his family’s
maritime legacy. With a boatbuilder father and a sailmaker mother,
he wants to measure up as a tall ship sailor and this journey is his
proving ground.
This beautifully illustrated and charming history for teens of
a long-forgotten chapter in how the West was won is a treat for the
eye with meticulously researched original artwork on every page by
the artist-author. Having produced some 10 books for kids, many on
nature or historical subjects, Morrison focuses this gem on the efforts
of the U.S. Coast Survey to chart the entire Pacific Coast in 1850.
The California Gold Rush brought hundreds of ships to the West
Coast and with no reliable maps or charts, mariners routinely ran
aground or ended up wrecked on the rocky shores. Without benefit
of any modern devices such as radios, global positioning or satellites,
George Davidson was hired to tackle the enormous job. Morrison
interviewed experts at the Smithsonian and at NOAA, the modern-day
Coast Survey, pulled out their historical records and charts, Davis’ letters on the expedition’s progress (or lack thereof) and details on the
rudimentary instruments used at the time. His crisp clean prose captures the hardships and adventures of Davidson’s monumental work;
originally hired for one year, he was out West for five. For young
readers, it’s a fun lesson on the science of navigation, from using the
stars, chronometers, survey instruments and the horizon to map the
Earth and oceans.
Like Lewis and Clark before him, Davidson was as much a pioneer in opening the 3,000 miles of Pacific Coast up to sailors, settlers,
commerce and explorers, as those who first traced land routes.
By Rigel Crockett, Rodale
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By Taylor Morrisson, Houghton Mifflin
Fish, 77 Great Fish of North America
By Dean Travis Clarke, Greenwich Workshop
There are coffee table books and there are cup-of-coffee books.
Fish, 77 Great Fish of North America, is both.
This lushly illustrated, artfully laid-out book is designed for display but written for reading and for reflection. Its author, Dean Travis
Clarke, is a well-known fishing and boating journalist who writes
from a lifetime at the butt end of a rod. He has fished in many parts
of the world and spent most of his adulthood capturing the sport of
angling in words.
Watercolorist Flick Ford’s paintings of individual specimens are,
well, gorgeous. They combine the clarity of scientific illustration with
a true artist’s eye for color and subtle detail. The resulting portraits
seem to impart life to each fish, as if they were about to be released,
as indeed most were.
Thus, the text is not locked into the formula you might expect,
such as species description, life history, preferred habitat, best baits,
etc., repeated, fish-by-fish. Instead, in lucid prose, Clarke writes what
he thinks you might most enjoy knowing about each fish.
For each species there also are bait-sized bits of interesting
information, for example, the Dickensian name origin of the Dolly
Varden trout or the archeological evidence for the use of fishing nets
along the California coast over 8,000 years ago that accompanies the
white sea bass entry.
Clarke’s writing combines the factual information with personal
experiences. He’s actually fished for, and caught, 63 of the 77 species in the book. (“Working on this book has given me a new life
goal: To catch the other 14,” he told BoatU.S. Magazine.)
Ford is a New York-based artist, musician, filmmaker and avid
fly fisherman who ties his own flies. Clarke is executive editor of,
Sport Fishing, Marlin and Boating Life magazines, and host of the
Outdoor Life Network’s “Sport Fishing Magazine” television show. He
is also serves on the BoatU.S. National Advisory Council.
In the seemingly limitless library of books on fish and fishing,
this one is not just a keeper, it’s a trophy catch.
BoatU.S. members can purchase copies of Fish, 77 Great Fish of North America, signed by Dean Clarke and Flick
Ford, at a special 10% member discount. To order in time for holiday gift giving, call Vincent Grabowski at 800-2434246 (please provide your BoatU.S membership number). The member price is $45 plus $10 for shipping to U.S.
addresses. (Ask about shipping arrangements outside the U.S.)
Shadow Divers
By Robert Kurson, Random House
You may need your snorkel and a deep breath to plunge into
this pulse-quickening true story of one of the most fascinating finds
of modern diving — the discovery of a sunken German U-boat only
60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Diving enthusiasts will especially relish this detailed account of the surprise discovery of the
shipwreck and the enormous technical challenges the divers faced
in exploring it. “Life and death” is not just a phrase here, as three
divers lost their lives diving the site. Without getting cold and wet,
readers can sense what it must be like to go that far beyond the normal 130-foot limit of sport diving, a depth where nitrogen narcosis
can trigger hallucinatory episodes or, worse, a panic attack, in total
darkness.
The mystery U-boat, found in 1991 in 230 feet of frigid Atlantic
waters off the New Jersey coast, baffled historians. No war records
claimed the boat, which held no identifying marks on it, and indicated that no U-boat could have gone down in that area. But after a
second dive, in which china with swastikas and “1942” on them are
brought up from the site, the news creates a media frenzy. But that’s
just the beginning.
Shadow Divers follows the six-year quest of commercial diver
John Chatterton and sport diver Richie Kohler and a small team of
elite wreck divers to further explore the sub, nicknamed U-Who,
and prove its identity, a high-risk venture in a dark world of twisted
metal, wires and even the
remains of all 56 crew.
Chatterton and Kohler,
who initially despised
each other due to a feud
from their Andrea Doria
diving exploits, and
with no formal training in research, become
obsessed with the find
and become self-taught
experts at combing
records, pursuing clues
and theories, underwater
forensics, even learning
German along the way.
Their painstaking work added a new chapter to the history of the
Second World War.
Shipwrecks are to sport divers what the world’s highest peaks
are to mountain climbers. Much as Into Thin Air and The Perfect
Storm brought readers up close to extreme risk that no normal person would take, Shadow Divers is equally compelling as a modern
epic adventure.
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The Perfect Holiday Gift
For the Boat Owner Who
Has Almost Everything
Last Child in the Woods:
Saving Our Children from
Nature Deficit Disorder
Benedict Arnold’s Navy
By Richard Louv, Algonquin Books of Chapel
Hill
No off-season
reading list would
be complete without a stiff dose
of naval history.
Nelson, an awardwinning historian,
serves up a fascinating but often
forgotten chapter
on the American
Revolution — the
events of 1776
leading up to the Battle of Lake Champlain
and the courage of Benedict Arnold, four
years before he betrayed his country.
Arnold’s patched-together American fleet was
woefully outgunned by the British Navy but
held off the enemy long enough to protect
the strategic waterways of the Hudson River
and Lake Champlain. One of the forgotten
battles of the Revolution paved the way for a
critical American victory at Saratoga one year
later and convinced France to join the fight,
thereby turning the tide of history.
While not
specifically about
boating, this book
raises important
questions concerning
the future of outdoor
recreation. As young
people opt out of
outdoor play — from
camping and hiking
to building a tree
house — in favor of
electronic entertainment indoors, their physical, mental and spiritual health is suffering, the author contends.
This “nature deficit disorder,” as he calls it,
threatens the future of conservation and environmentalism as well as outdoor activities
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(For more on the implications for recreational
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Storm chasers
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hurricane — still
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strongest U.S. hurricane of the 20th
century. Tragically
it took the lives of
hundreds of laborers
hired to build a highway to Key West under
President Roosevelt’s Depression Era New
Deal jobs program. Not warned or evacuated
by the road project managers in time, most
perished, with chilling echoes of Hurricane
Katrina. Amidst the wreckage, Ernest
Hemingway took his own boat out of Key
West up the coast to try and aid the men,
most of them World War I veterans, but he
found few had survived.
By James L. Nelson, McGraw Hill
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technotalk
I want my boat to be wireless! Well,
check the wireless remote weather station
maybe not quite wireless; I’ll still need the display.
12-volt DC and 120-volt AC power distriThe wireless systems you have used
bution system. The wires I want to elimiinclude radio transmitters for your car’s
nate are the ones I have to install every
doors and the garage door remote control,
time I add new electronic devices, the
the Bluetooth system built into your cell
multi-conductor signal cables, the ones
phone, the infrared transmitter in the home
that house varying numbers of very small,
theater remote control, a wireless home
and very difficult to connect wires.
telephone, the WiFi system that connects
When adding new electronics to a
laptop to the Internet, the wireless mouse,
boat, installing the signal wiring is invarithe radio link to your headphones and
ably the most time-consuming part of the
other audio outlets and the transmitter that
job. So I want instruments, sensors, radios sends information to your weather display.
and the entertainment system and all of its You are living in a largely unwired world.
speakers to work without wires. I’ll grudgThese same systems can make your
ingly provide power wires to each device
boat wireless! The chartplotter/radar can
since creating a radio frequency energy
be managed using an infrared remote confield around the boat strong enough to
trol. Wireless microphones are available
provide power wirelessly would
for some VHF/DSC radios. There
melt the chocolate, heat the
are wireless depth sounder,
beer, and bring me unwanted
speed, wind speed and direcattention from the Federal
tion sensors that require only
Communications Commission.
DC power. Wireless audio
I believe the goal of a
systems eliminate the need
“wireless” boat can now be
to run wires to speakers and
achieved. The following scecan work with the same wirenario supports this hypothesis.
less headphones you use at
Opening scene: You just got off
home. A WiFi repeater will create an
the plane and are in the airport parking
on-board wireless network, making it posgarage. As usual you have forgotten exactly sible to use computers anywhere on board
where you parked your car. You reach into
without installing Ethernet cables. Install a
your pocket and click the remote door lock computer below deck and a wireless link
button on the car key. Your car announces will allow its screen, keyboard and mouse
its presence with a chirp and a friendly
to be used anywhere on board. Wireless
blink of its lights. As you drive home your
controls are available for the autopilot, bow
cell phone starts playing the overture from thruster, anchor windlass and dinghy hoist.
H.M.S. Pinafore (your favorite “ring tone”,
A combination of the technology used in
after all you are the captain of your boat).
wireless phones, Bluetooth and WiFi (ieee
You tap the answer key and carry on a
802.11b) can handle all of the communiconversation using the Bluetooth headset
cation requirements.
that hangs on your ear.
There are some devices, for example
After dinner you pick up the 56-key
marine GPS receivers and radar, that
infrared remote control for your home
are not yet available with wireless signal
theater system. Before you can start the
connectivity. GPS receivers containing
movie, the phone rings. You pick up one of Bluetooth transmitters are available for use
the cordless phones and inform the caller
with computers. So similar units for use
they have the wrong number. You start the with chartplotters can’t be far off. Anyone
movie. An hour later, tired of watching the
who has had to cut and splice the multimovie, you turn on your laptop computer
wire cable from the radar scanner to the
and using its WiFi link and wireless mouse display will cast a vote in favor of a wireless
start surfing the Internet while listening to
alternative. The technology needed to cut
music on your wireless, noise-canceling
the control/data cable between the scanstereo headphones.
ner and the display exists, and we think it
In the morning you shower while
won’t be long before a wireless radar unit
listening to one of your Pinafore recordappears on the market.
ings, broadcast wirelessly throughout your
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home. Just before leaving for work you
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7/11/2006 6:49:20 PM
The latest survey of BoatU.S. Magazine readers leaves no doubt about the one
activity they have in common. BoatU.S. members love to travel. In the next two years,
nearly 300,000 members intend to visit the Caribbean; almost 200,000 will go to
Europe; over 100,000 will visit Mexico and about 40,000 say they will see South
America. Of course, traveling by boat is at the top of their list.
Time to
Plan Your
Escape
So with the winter cruise and charter season upon us, now is the
time to start making plans. To help you navigate the cruise and
charter maze, we’ve looked for new ships, good deals, and special
itineraries bound to be of interest to boaters.
CARIBBEAN
BoatU.S. members — and especially
sailors — may want to consider a tall ship
cruise. Unlike the mega cruise ships that
only make calls in the largest ports or their
own private islands, more intimate ports can
be found with Star Clippers cruises. And you
can lend a hand hoisting sail or just lay back
and let the crew do all the work.
Life aboard the 360-foot, four-masted
Star Clipper is much like traveling on a private yacht with a décor reminiscent of the
grand age of sail with antique prints, paintings of famous sailing ships and gleaming
mahogany rails. The vessel was built in 1992
with modern methods by adapting original
drawings and specifications from a leading,
19th Century clipper ship naval architect.
Launched in 2000, the 439-foot, fivemasted, Royal Clipper was designed after the
Preussen, which was the largest and fastest
sailing ship in the world when it was originally launched in 1902. While fully modern,
the Royal Clipper still lets passengers climb to
the crow’s nest like the days of old.
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Star Clippers is offering BoatU.S. members savings of 40% to 50% on select sevennight sailings from December through March
aboard the 170-passenger Star Clipper and
227-passenger Royal Clipper, with departures
from St. Maarten and Barbados, respectively.
With the savings, fares start at $888.
Both vessels will sail a Leeward
Islands itinerary but the Star Clipper offers
a “Treasure Island” itinerary while Royal
Clipper also offers a “Grenadine Islands”
route.
The Moorings has added a new 46foot sailing catamaran this fall in Tortola,
Bahamas, St. Lucia, Canouan and Belize that
features better performance and an increased
focus on outdoor living. With four double
cabins, the Moorings 4600 is available bareboat or crewed and has a unique raised helm
station borrowed from the Moorings 6200.
A huge aft cockpit is protected by a functional hardtop roof.
If you thought SUVs only went over the
road, think again. A sister company of The
Moorings, NauticBlue powerboat charters,
Photo courtesy of Peter Deilmann Cruises
Escape to the southern hemisphere for winter to
destinations such as Rio or the Chilean Fjords.
is launching its own four-cabin 474 Sport
Utility Vessel (SUV) this winter season with a
premiere at the Miami Boat Show.
Borrowing concepts from Moorings’ sailing cats to build a “big, robust, and powerful” charter boat, according to the company,
the 47-foot family-oriented power cat has
lots of living space on three deck levels.
NauticBlue 474s will be available out of bases
in Tortola and the Abacos.
However, the 474 SUV won’t share poor
fuel economy with its thirsty, four-wheeled
cousins. The company says the miserly 474
with twin 130 hp diesels gets up 75% better economy than similarly sized, traditional
power charter boats.
SOUTH AMERICA, THE
MED and FRANCE
The 520-passenger, German-flagged
Deutschland from Peter Deilmann Cruises is
best known for its atmosphere that’s been
compared to that of a grand European hotel
in the roaring ’20s. Fine antiques, Tiffany
ceilings, original works of art and prodigious
use of brass and marble adorn the ship.
Deilmann is offering free air on this
five-star flagship from New York (with supplements from 40 other cities or $1,000 air
allowance) as well as a free shore excursions
package on select cruises in South America
and Spain this winter.
One cruise will have you in Rio de
Janeiro during Carnival while other sailings visit the Chilean Fjords with stops in
Argentina. Prices start at $5,852 pp/dbl.
Three sailings in March include the
Canary Islands, Spain or Portugal with free
air from 17 cities (or air allowances). Prices
start at $3,140 pp/dbl. In April the vessel
moves to the Mediterranean and Adriatic
with stops in Venice, Capri, Albania and
Croatia; another cruise stops in Bordeaux
and Portugal. Free air (17 cities or air allowances) and shore excursions are also included. Prices start at $4,000 pp/dbl and $4,646
pp/dbl, respectively.
If cruising in the South of France is
more to your liking, book a 2007 Rhône and
Saône river cruise on Deilmann’s Princesse
de Provence before December 31, 2006 and
get a $400 per cabin discount. Prices start at
$1,375 pp/dbl (without the discount).
the region’s largest fleet. The cruises carry
a five-star rating from the China National
Tourism Administration.
This pioneer of Yangtze River cruising is
offering a 40% discount on select winter sailings. A four-day/three-night cruise between
Chongqing and Yichang (either downstream
or upstream) that includes the Three Gorges
Dam starts at $450 pp/dbl.
An eight-day/seven-night, round trip
cruise adds stops in additional river towns
— both ancient and relocated cities moved
to avoid the dam’s flooding — and starts at
$800 pp/dbl.
Looking ahead...
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Now may be the time to look at
planning your summer
‘07 charter as well, especially with popular boats
with limited capacity and
short cruising seasons.
Two such vessels
are the 85-foot Parry
and 79-foot Union Jack,
operated by Westwind
Tugboat Adventures.
Both launched in 1941
can also arrange to have your catch smoked,
canned or vacuum packed and shipped
home.
Hiking, clam digging, ghost town walks,
cannery tours, and whale and bear watching are also popular with guests — many
of them families. With a repeat business at
70% you’ll have to book early. Prices start at
$4,895.
ERIE CANAL
You can find an authentic canal boat
experience next year on the Erie Canal with
Mid Lakes Navigation self-chartered and
authentic “lockmaster” boats. These slow
moving, stable and easy-to-handle vessels
with knotty pine interiors are great for families and if you book before January 1, 2007
take $100 off a weekly charter.
MEXICO
Following up on their success in Alaska,
the same group that started the Alaska
Charter Yacht Cooperative (which now has
eight boats) is starting a Mexican operation
with the launch of
the new Baja Charter
Yachts Cooperative.
Ursa Major, a
classic 65-foot North
Sea Trawler and founding yacht of the group
of independently
owned and crewed
Photo courtesy of Peter Deilmann Cruises
charter boats, will be
Come spring, luxury cruises stop in
Venice, above, as well as Capri, Albania
offering trips in the Sea
and Croatia.
of Cortez.
Now a respectable
working girl, the vesGREAT LAKES
sel has an interesting
history as a member
If you’re interested in North
of the Meyer Lansky
America’s inland sea, the Great Lakes
Photo courtesy of Ursa Major Charters
“family” once owned
Cruise Company is offering a $100
Those looking for solitude will enjoy chartering a yacht in Baja.
her.
discount per person aboard the 400Ursa’s inaugural winter Mexico cruises
and entering their 33rd year of charter serpassenger, German-flagged MV Columbus on
will take groups of six to eight to beautivice, these classic wooden tugboats combine select 2007 cruises if you book by January 1,
ful anchorages along the coast of Baja
the spectacular scenery of British Columbia’s 2007. These extensive 11- and 12-day cruises
— away from the crowds in Cabo San Lucas Inside Passage with great halibut and salmon have port calls in four or five lakes and
— where you can explore small towns and
sportfishing. With their working class lines
include stops in historic port cities such as
experience the wildlife, kayak, snorkel, and
and original engines, these boats definitely
Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Toronto and
panga fish with local experts. Prices vary
have a nostalgic appeal.
Chicago as well as Mackinac Island and Parry
whether you book per cabin or for the whole
Manager Wayne Kellet calls the vessels
Sound on the Great Georgian Bay.
boat.
“mobile sport fishing lodges,” and claims
—By Scott Croft
passengers can fish or crab a new place every
For more information on any of the charters or
day. With capacities of 12 and eight respecCHINA
cruises listed or to find out more about BoatU.S.
tively, the boats have fishing guides aboard
In 1994 Victoria Cruises was the first to and are equipped with 18-foot aluminum
member specials, call BoatU.S. Travel & Yacht
offer Yangtze River cruises and currently has skiffs for checking out the best spots. You
Charters at 800-477-4427.
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Waterfront Living
Sanctuary By The Sea
Offshore islands offer a measure of natural protection to the harbor and beaches of Loreto Bay.
Four years ago, when my wife, Lynne,
and I cruised the Sea of Cortez aboard
one of the small ships of the Cruise West
line, we almost immediately fell in love
with the stark beauty of Baja California’s
eastern coast, the appeal of its historic
shoreside settlements, and, perhaps most
of all, the friendliness and warmth of its
people.
Baja California, as nearly all West
Coast Americans know, is the thousandmile-long finger of land extending south
from the State of California. Comprising
two Mexican states — Baja California
and Baja California Sur — it was long
a national stepchild, last on the list for
government assistance or commercial
development. But gradually it was infiltrated by norteamericanos, many of whom
came to fish and returned to retire. Prices
were often amazingly low, and too many
people, both Mexicans and foreigners,
were willing to ignore the complex of laws
that surrounded land ownership in Mexico.
In the oil-rich 1970s, the Baja boom
really took off. Developments popped
up all over the peninsula, most notably
on the Pacific Coast between the U.S.
border and the port city of Ensenada and
around the sportfishing capital of Cabo
San Lucas, at Baja’s tip. Cruises from
Southern California to Mexico became
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popular, and West Coast boaters began
sailing south in greater numbers. Once a
cruising skipper had got as far as Cabo,
the warm, mostly calm waters of the
Sea of Cortez beckoned. And where the
yachties went, the developers followed — to
Ensenada and Cabo and then back north in
the Sea of Cortez to the new cruising mecca
of La Paz.
But buying a second home in Mexico
was not in our plans. Even if we’d been
considering a house in Baja, land purchase
south of the border still seemed a dicey
proposition for U.S. citizens, and we heard
numerous tales of chronic water and electricity shortages, and even of U.S. buyers in
Baja having their homes repossessed by the
government because of faulty titles.
A year or two after our cruise, however,
we learned of a environmentally oriented
development just outside the small Baja city
of Loreto, a couple hundred miles north of
Cabo. We decided to check it out to — not,
we assured each other, that we were actually going to do anything about it, but how
could it hurt to find out more?
From a boater’s viewpoint, the Loreto
area had a lot to recommend it, and we
knew that a number of U.S. citizens had
retired there — many of them to enjoy the
excellent year-round fishing. Several steep,
offshore islands form a bay that not only
provides some protection for the town
and the beaches to the south of it but
also makes a stunning cruising ground.
The clear, warm waters are ideal for year‘round diving and sportfishing, and the
Mexican government has designated the
bay as a national marine park, hopefully
preserving it from destructive levels of
commercial fishing.
Funnel-shaped Loreto Bay comes to
something of a point at its southern end,
where man and nature have created a
set of protected anchorages collectively
known as Puerto Escondido (“hidden harbor,” in English). An abandoned French
development left behind some massive
piers and a grid of paved roads and
dredged channels set into the flat shore.
There was also one of the best launch
ramps I’ve seen, plus a nearly completed
facility that was to be the linchpin of
the government’s escalera nautica, the
chain of Baja marinas that would bring
tens of thousands of yachtsmen across
the border to explore the delights of Baja
California and the Sea of Cortez (See
BoatU.S. Magazine, September 2001).
Southern California friends of ours
had already found their own retirement
haven at Tripui, a unique community of
amphibious Americans a couple hundred
yards up the road from Puerto Escondido.
The first two villages would be located
Based on a successful RV resort, Tripui
sunny, coastal acres ripe for development.
also offered long-term space rentals
right on the beach, and a tennis center and As so often happens when government
and the management’s permission to
golf course, constructed as part of an earlier and business share a common goal, a
build palapas on them. Palapa, I should
development, adjoined them. Both custom
way around the problem appeared: the
explain, is an all-purpose term that usuand standard homes of various sizes were
fideicomiso.
ally signifies a more or less temporary
available at various prices, and a threeThis administrative device is a
beach shelter, often with a thatched roof,
bedroom house would run about $400,000 renewable 50-year contract, in which
and that was what the first structures in
U.S. Shops, a spa, and a beach club were
a Mexican bank holds the title to the
Tripui had been — shelters to keep the
part of the initial plan, but a marina was
property and the foreign buyer is the
blazing Baja sun off RVs and the trailered
only a tentative prospect, and that, I concontract’s beneficiary. Besides being able
sportfishing boats that were launched
fess, rather put me off — though the presto renew the fideicomiso indefinitely, buyat the nearby ramp in Puerto Escondido
ence of a small, funcers also have the
(www.Tripui.com).
tioning municipal boat
right to transfer their
basin in Loreto itself,
interest. And big
A disastrous fire in 2004 had nearly
finished off Tripui, but most of the original and the much larger,
U.S. companies,
palapa owners refused to admit defeat.
government-sponsuch as Stewart
Many new palapas have already blossored marina nearing
Title, are willing
somed, and they are now built of essencompletion just five
to put their own
tially fireproof stuccoed cinderblock with
miles away at Puerto
money on the line
tiled or metal roofs. Many of the strucEscondido sugared
and insure the
tures actually incorporate their owners’
the pill somewhat.
fideicomiso title.
trailers and fifth wheels, conThe process is still
necting them to permanent
cumbersome, but
water, sewage, and electricity.
it makes buying in
The development that
Baja possible and
had attracted Lynne and me,
safe.
called the Villages of Loreto,
Long story short,
was massive in size — 6,000
Lynne and I were simhomes to be constructed on
ply bowled over by the
8,000 coastal acres, of which
demonstration homes
5,000 would be kept undevelin the Villages of Loreto.
oped, as a permanent nature
Both of us grew up in
preserve (www.loretobay.com).
cities, and the tightly
The concept behind the develgrouped “neighborhood”
opment was ambitious and, it
concept seemed entirely
seemed to me, laudable — an
acceptable. When we
environmentally self-sustaining
discovered that the
community that would supply
developers planned
its own water and power, while Fishing boats line the pier in Loreto, a former Spanish capitol of the Californias.
to include a rental
restoring the ecology around
program, so owners
it. Though not located in the town of
Other housing options were also avail- could use their homes part of the year
Loreto, the development was only a few
able, too — in Loreto town itself, existing
and lease them the rest of the time, the
miles down the peninsula’s main road,
and new homes designed for the norteamprospect looked even better. Irresistible,
and even closer to an airport that proericano market are being hawked by several in fact — and we came away as prospecvided convenient service to several U.S.
eager real estate firms, while an 1,800-acre tive owners of a three-bedroom, two story
cities (San Diego, for instance, is a little
shoreside tract between the airport and the home with a walled garden and a landover an hour away).
Villages of Loreto is going to be developed
scaped atrium.
The “villages” of the name were to
by the highly regarded Villa Group (www.vilBut we recognized that construction
be clusters of individual homes — adjoin- lagroup.com).
was going to take time, and we’ve taken
ing, two-story adobe structures designed
a long-term lease on a space in Tripui,
One bogeyman that had worried us
to resemble classic Mexican neighborright from the start was the question of
where our own modest palapa will allow
hoods, with winding streets from which
foreign ownership. Non-Mexicans cannot
us to park our fifth wheel under shelter,
automobiles (but not electric golf carts)
actually own property in certain areas of
while also providing a semi-indoor dining,
would be banned. The houses themMexico, and the Baja coast is just such an
entertaining, and cooking area. We’re
selves would have sophisticated facilities,
area. But the Mexican government wanted
between boats, but our space will allow
such as built-in electronic systems, that
to encourage foreign residence and the
us to choose between a trailered sportmet the expectations of the U.S. and
income it would produce, while the interna- fisher or a centerboard sailboat. Or we
Canadian clientele expected to purchase
tional real estate industry was salivating over can hang a kayak from the roof, if that’s
them.
the prospect of hundreds of thousands of
the way we decide to go.
— By Tony Gibbs
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Waterfront Living
Communities to Watch
Seawatch
Resting along the shores of North
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This new waterfront community will
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boatsmart
CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU
Study Provokes Stern Warning
Express cruisers are at risk for trapping deadly carbon monoxide near the stern and in the cockpit, even
when the boat is moving, says a new study.
Chances are, if you operate a gasolinepowered express cruiser with the canvas
enclosure in place, dangerously high levels
of carbon monoxide (CO) could build up at
the stern, the swim platform and even in
the cockpit and cabin.
In nine out of 10 express cruisers evaluated during normal operating conditions
in an interagency survey by the National
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) and the U.S. Coast Guard, the
“station wagon” effect was found to generate hazardous concentrations of CO in areas
where passengers congregate.
NIOSH and the Coast Guard have
teamed up before to study CO exposure on
houseboats, following a number of highly
publicized CO deaths in the late 1990s. The
latest study, conducted during 2005 and
2006 at locations in Florida, North Carolina
and New Jersey, was designed to help the
Coast Guard better understand how CO
poisonings may occur on express cruisers,
identify the most hazardous conditions and
to begin the process of identifying ways to
mitigate CO exposures.
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Express cruisers generally have a raised
bridge deck that houses the helm station,
with a windshield and canvas bimini top or
hardtop that extends over the bridge and
cockpit to provide protection from the elements. They also feature extensive enclosed
accommodations below decks.
The boats evaluated in the survey were
brand new gas-powered cruisers ranging in
size from 30 to 42 feet. and built by several
different manufacturers. The report does not
identify boat makes and models. All boats
had standard factory power, with inboard
engines made by Volvo Penta, Crusader or
Mercury Marine and most had stern drive
units. In addition, all boats were equipped
with gasoline-powered generators manufactured by Kohler. Neither the engines nor the
generators were found to be faulty.
Tests show that in three cases CO levels in the aft parts of the boats exceeded
1,100 parts per million (ppm). Six others
tested out at over 100 ppm to as high as
658 ppm. According to the study report,
only one vessel, which was equipped with
a combined exhaust system showed “concentrations at the stern consistently below
the NIOSH ceiling limit of 200 ppm with the
canvas enclosed.”
To put this in perspective, the EPA
standard for maximum CO exposure is no
more than nine ppm during an eight-hour
period and 35 ppm for a one-hour average.
Data compiled by the Coast Guard, NIOSH,
the Dept of Interior and the National Park
Service show that CO has caused 113
deaths and 458 reported poisonings on
or near recreational boats in the past 20
years.
“The CO levels did not surprise me,
I have seen similar (and higher) levels in
several of the studies I have participated in
and read,” American Boat & Yacht Council
Technical Director John Adey told BoatU.S.
But, if the CO levels are so high,
why aren’t more people being adversely
affected? “I believe the issue here is exposure length,” Adey answered. In the tested
boats, CO levels varied with changes in boat
speed, wind speed and direction and configuration of the canvas cover. So, in real-life
conditions, passengers may experience only
momentary exposure, which could result in
symptoms similar to sea sickness.
Adey said ABYC technical committees concerned with CO education and
boat design and construction are poised to
review the study. For years, the CO problem
has been the focus of joint efforts by the
Coast Guard and ABYC. However, federal
regulations administered by the Coast Guard
do not address design and construction
issues that involve CO in exterior settings.
The NIOSH/Coast Guard tests were
conducted at the dock with engines running
and while underway at speeds ranging from
5 to 25 miles per hour, with and without
the generators running. The boats’ canopies
were in various configurations — open, partially open and closed — for every phase of
the tests.
According to the express cruisers study,
“When the canvas is deployed and the boat
is underway, CO concentrations exceeded
the ‘immediately dangerous to life and
health’ level near the swim platform for
many of the evaluated boats.” Travel speed,
wind direction, presence or lack of forward-facing ventilation, canvas design, hull
shape, exhaust system configuration and
proximity to structures like docks and other
boats are some of the factors that influence
CO build-up.
CO is produced when fuels such as
gasoline, wood and propane are burned.
In comparison to gasoline exhaust, the CO
component of diesel exhaust is extremely
low, so diesel engines and generators
are not considered a serious risk. CO is
absorbed by the lungs and limits the ability
of blood to carry oxygen. Depending on concentrations, exposure time and the health
and age of victims, CO can cause unconsciousness, collapse and even death in only
a matter of minutes. Low-level exposure can
cause symptoms similar to seasickness, so
many boaters may not suspect CO is the
culprit when a passenger falls ill.
Analysis of the NIOSH/Coast Guard test
results shows the following:
• When the canvas was in place, CO
concentrations on the test boats immediately reached levels deemed by NIOSH
to be “immediately dangerous to life and
health.” Peak CO concentrations “often
exceeded 1,100 ppm, while average CO
concentrations were well over 100 ppm in
the stern.” On at least one boat, however,
CO levels remained at about 1,000 with or
without the canvas in place.
• Canvas configuration significantly
affected CO concentrations in the cockpit
area.
• The combination of travel at low
speeds, into the wind with the canvas fully
deployed and no forward hatches opened
maximized the station wagon effect, pulling
significant amounts of CO into the cockpit.
• Two test boats equipped with a combined exhaust system exiting at the sides
and underwater exhibited about 40% lower
CO concentrations than vessels equipped
with exhaust systems that were at or above
the water line. The system is engineered
to release all the exhaust at the surface
through the sides of the vessel when the
engine is idling or the rpm level is below
1500. At levels over 1500 rpm, a pressure
release mechanism on the lower part of the
hull is activated that releases most of the
exhaust underwater. Researchers found that
exhaust gases released underwater take
longer to reach the surface and are broken
up by prop turbulence, reducing CO concentrations close to the boats.
• Contrary to popular wisdom, operating
the boat at higher speeds was no guarantee
of adequate ventilation when the canvas
was in place. Researchers found the CO was
still present.
“When the canvas is deployed
and the boat is underway,
CO concentrations exceeded the
‘immediately dangerous to
life and health’ level near
the swim platform”
• The bulkheads between engine
compartments and living spaces were adequately sealed on all boats tested. Seepage
of exhaust through bulkhead seams was
eliminated as a source for CO that migrated
into cabins.
• Current CO warning labels do not contain adequate information to properly warn
about potential hazards and preventive or
corrective measures to prevent CO poisonings.
• If cabin doors were closed while test
boats were underway, the cabins were under
negative pressure when air conditioners
were running. This can lead to CO intrusion if cabin doors or bulkheads do not seal
properly.
• In a number of the boats tested,
openings in the hull for generator exhaust
lines were located adjacent to engine compartment air intake ports, in effect, allowing
the intake to “inhale” the generator’s fumes.
• The report points out that, unlike
automobile engines, which are equipped
with catalytic converters that remove many
air pollutants and substantially reduce CO
emissions, catalytic converters for marine
engines are still cutting edge. Indmar
Products Co., Inc., recently introduced the
first production catalytic converter system,
EXT/CAT, which will be standard equipment
on 2007 Indmar 5.7L EFI inboards. An
Indmar spokesman told BoatU.S. the company is not planning to sell EXT/CAT technology to other engine makers.
While the current study provides insight
into how CO poisonings may occur on
express cruisers, more research is needed
to “evaluate different options to reduce
onboard CO exposures,” according to NIOSH
engineer Alberto Garcia.
“We conducted some additional tests
to evaluate the effects of blowers and fans
to ventilate cockpits and cabins on these
vessels,” said Garcia. “However, the data is
non-conclusive and we are still looking into
other options to reduce or mitigate onboard
CO concentrations.”
“It is very difficult to draw conclusions
from a single test, for one boat, under the
evaluated conditions,” Garcia said.
Phil Cappel, chief of the Coast Guard’s
recreational boating product assurance
branch, agreed. “The preliminary results
from the follow-on testing showed that
the [preventive] measures taken were not
100% effective. The data collected need to
be analyzed to determine just how effective
they were. Boater awareness is crucial. “Initial
symptoms of CO intoxication can be easily
confused by what is commonly known as
‘sea sickness,’ Garcia pointed out. There
is a lack of education and lack of reporting
that makes it hard to identify the extent of
the problem. Education, training and symptom recognition are important in identifying
and preventing CO intoxications.”
Boat owners need to be pro-active in
minimizing the CO dangers on board. The
first line of defense is to install functional
carbon monoxide detectors in all enclosed
living spaces. And, know where engine and
generator exhaust outlets are located and
keep everyone away from these areas.
Always maintain adequate forward-facing
ventilation when the engine or generator
is running and the canvas enclosure is in
place. As an added precaution, leave the
canvas slightly open to increase air flow.
Finally, never let anyone sit, teak surf, or
hang on the back deck or swim platform
while the engines and generators are running. Teak surfing is NEVER a safe activity.
To learn more about the CO threat, visit
the Coast Guard Web site, uscgboating.
org, or call 800-368-5647 to obtain a copy
of the Coast Guard’s brochure, “Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning: What You Can’t See...”
Additional CO information is available at
the BoatU.S. Foundation Web site,
www.boatus.com/foundation/grants/carbon_
monoxide.htm.
— By Caroline Ajootian
BoatU.S. Magazine November 2006
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From the Files of DIY Boat Owner Magazine
Patching Deck
Hatch Leaks
The drippy evidence of a leak
can be a long way from its
source at a leaking hatch.
Follow these procedures to
find and fix the leak.
Repairing a leaking hatch is not always
as easy as it sounds. You can’t stop a leak
until you find the source and therein is the
challenge. Waiting for a day of steady rainfall
to help you pursue leak sources may not fit
your detection and repair schedule. Leaks
can be prodded into action with the “rain”
from a garden hose.
Standard leak hunting technique
using a hose requires teamwork. Up on
deck, you begin with the hose irrigating
the lowest fittings first. Below, your spotter
keeps watch. Water is gradually pointed
to higher fittings until the spotter calls
out that water is getting inside. Careful
inspection usually determines the origin
of a hatch leak. Armed with a paper towel
and a flashlight, follow the wet trail back
from where the drip forms, dabbing it dry
as you go, until you see the first sign of
seepage out from under or between parts
of a hatch.
Leaks arriving by Route 4 (as
described opposite in “Find the Leak”) are
the most difficult to trace. They originate
at some other fitting and can travel a
long way between the liner and deck or
through the deck core before exiting at a
vulnerable point in the hatch cutout on
deck. Brown water seeping from around
the edges of the hatch hardware or the
headliner edge trim is a symptom of wet
balsa (or plywood) core and is bad news
requiring prompt action. Time to bring in a
moisture meter or call a surveyor or repair
yard you trust.
FIND THE LEAK.
Leaks commonly appear from four different routes.
Route 1 Through the hatch lid.
1. Leaks between the lens and frame first show 2. At hatch dogs or fittings that pass through
up here.
the hatch lid. Look for drips off the bottom of
the handle shaft
Route 2 Via deteriorated rubber gasket.
1. Rubber gasket between the hatch lid and
base.
2. This locker hatch gasket looks dubious.
Route 3 Under the hatch base and/or through the base mounting fasteners.
1. A leak between the hatch base and the deck
may show here.
2. A leak can also emerge at one of the hatch
frame fasteners.
Tame the Leak
Repair techniques vary depending on
the source of the leak. Leaks through the
lid, as found in Route 1, are caused by
either the lens or lid fittings. Framed lenses
commonly leak at the flexible bedding
around the plastic (acrylic) lens. A proper
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Route 4 Out of the deck core or inner liner exiting at the hatch cutout.
From the Files of DIY Boat Owner Magazine
repair requires complete removal and rebedding of the lens using a high flex glazer’s
silicone. A Band-Aid approach won’t work.
[Ed: See DIY 2001 #4 issue for complete
hatch lens repair details.]
Any type of hatch lid can leak where
holes have been drilled for fittings. Hinges
and latches on frameless hatches take a
beating and should be periodically tightened and rebedded with a polyurethane
sealant. Many anchor locker and cockpit
locker lids are Balsa cored so it’s important to keep the fittings well sealed.
Hatch dogs fitted through plastic
lenses differ as they usually rely on Orings and rubber washers that keep them
sealed while allowing them to rotate.
Dismantle the hatch dog assembly and
replace all O-rings whether they look
worn or not. If possible get the hatch
manufacturer’s repair kit. Cut sealing
washers from scrap rubber or neoprene.
Thoroughly clean (don’t use solvents on
plastic/acrylic lenses) the surface where
the O-ring rides. Apply a light coating of
Teflon grease or sail track lube to the Orings during reassembly to help them seal
and to prevent sticking.
Rainwater leaks by Route 2, between
the hatch lid and base, are usually not
a problem with a typical framed hatch
because they are designed to shed water.
These are left open a crack for ventilation
and still things can stay dry, but don’t try
this when underway in rough seas. The
pressure of green water on deck will blast
water violently through the slightest gap.
To ensure a hatch stays sealed under
these conditions, the neoprene gasket
between the lid and the base must be in
good condition and the hatch dogs properly adjusted to maintain firm clamping
pressure.
Over time the neoprene gasket deteriorates and gets crushed flat and the
dogs no longer clamp tight. Most hatch
dogs are adjustable but eventually you
run out of adjustment and then it’s time
to replace the gasket. This entails peeling and scraping off the old gasket and
glue from the hatch and gluing a new
one in place using contact cement or a
combination sealant glue, such as Rule’s
Sudbury Elastomeric Marine Sealant. If
gasket material is not available from the
hatch manufacturer, use generic neoprene
weather stripping of approximately the
same size and shape. You’ll also need to
readjust the hatch dogs to suit the new
gasket.
Where leaks occur via Route 3, exit-
Steps to replace a gasket.
1. Loosen gasket on frameless
hatch lid.
2. Press gasket back in place
ing along the hatch base, the culprits are
usually loose hatch base fasteners. Any
that turn easily with a screwdriver must
be resealed. Remove suspicious fasteners and any sealant residue, clean both
surfaces, tape the repair area to reduce
clean-up, then rebed using a polyurethane
sealant, such as 3M 5200. Don’t skimp
on the goo. If in doubt as to exactly where
the flange is leaking remove and reseal
the entire hatch base flange. This may not
be easy. Try tapping a putty knife under
the edge to cut the sealant and then
gently wedge it up a bit at a time with
a broad chisel. Indiscriminant prying will
result in a bent hatch flange or worse. Carefully clean off all old sealant from
the deck and base flange. Apply sealant
to the individual fastener holes and run a
continuous bead all around the flange. A
well-bedded flange should squeeze sealant around its perimeter as it’s bolted
(or screwed) down. (Masking beforehand
helps to eliminate clean-up.) If you think
you might someday have to remove the
hatch or its fasteners use a polysulfide
sealant, such as 3M 4200. This class of
rubbery sealant doesn’t have the ferocious
adhesive strength of polyurethane but on
a large bedded surface will seal almost as
well.
Leaks manifesting from Route 4 are
difficult to identify, tricky to trace and are
a sign of trouble brewing. If a slow leak
continues to appear under the hatch at
the lower edge of the deck or headliner
opening, even after the hatch base is
rebedded, you should suspect other hardware as the culprit. Look for wet spots on
deck with a moisture meter or if in doubt
rebed all the fittings on deck. This is preventive maintenance that should be done
at least every 10 years and could save
your deck.
—By Nick Bailey
3. Apply Sudbury Elastomeric
sealant.
RESEALING A HATCH FRAME
1
2
3
1. Break the seal by gently driving a putty
knife between the hatch base and deck.
2. After hatch base is removed, scrape off the
old sealant.
3. Apply new sealant, being careful to plaster
each fastener hole well.
This article is reprinted from the 2002 winter
issue of DIY Boat Owner, the Marine Maintenance
Magazine. To subscribe, see ad on page 41.
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From the Files of DIY Boat Owner Magazine
Installing
an Access
Port in
30 Minutes
A complete remake of our 1990 22-foot walkaround cuddy included
a redesigned deck to remove the livewells and a new seating arrangement, removing of all wood and replacing with StarBoard components,
installing a washdown system and docking lights, all new deck hardware,
a full canvas top, replumbing cockpit scuppers and much more. This boat
had two aft storage compartments accessed by threaded deckplates but
these were so small they limited storage to shoe size items.
Conventional two-piece access ports (or deckplates) consist of a trim
ring and threaded plate. Installation involves drilling screw holes, caulking
with sealant and fastening, then the associated cleanup to remove the
excess sealant.
In my “out with the old, in with the new” approach, I discovered
Armstrong deckplates (www.armstrongnautical.com). These one-piece
plates hold without any mechanical fasteners. Turning a T-handle tightens
the screw clamp against the back of the mounting surface and compresses the heavy-duty watertight seal. Available in large diameters in
black, white or ivory, I purchased 8" deckplates to replace the existing
4” ports, which was the maximum diameter that fit the existing space.
Installation was a four-step process and took about 30 minutes.
—By Jan Mundy
Step 1: Transfer the cutting line to the
bulkhead.
Step 2: Cut out the hole with a jigsaw.
Step 3: File the edges smooth.
TIP #1: PASS THE SHAVING CREAM
When drilling or scraping any material that contains or is coated
with hazardous material such as fiberglass or toxic bottom paint, squirt
a wee bit of shaving cream on the work surface. This method is used
by professionals in large shipyards to keep any airborne dust and particles on the surface and makes cleanup easy. Use whatever brand of
cream you like. It’s non-toxic and the white is non-staining.
Step 4: Insert the deckplate.
TIP #2: SHOCK TREATMENT
When working on your boat outdoors and operating any AC-powered tools, especially near wet areas, make sure you’re plugged into
a connection with a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protection.
Purchase a portable fitting to carry in your toolbox and use it! Should
this device sense a short to ground, it instantly trips the circuit.
One-piece Armstrong Deckplate
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Heavy Metal Sings a New Tune
If you’re one of the many boaters on the New Jersey shore
who loves Heavy Metal, chances are you may be saddened by
its demise. This isn’t about head-banging music, but the beloved
red, 30-foot steelhulled towboat
from TowBoatU.S.
Manasquan Inlet. For
the past 15 years
she safely towed
hundreds of boats
home, dropped off
thousands of gallons
of fuel to boaters at
sea, given hundreds
Going...
of jumpstarts, salvaged boats and even helped
to save a few lives. Now she
lies on the bottom.
The vessel was donated
last summer to the New
Jersey Division of Fish and
Wildlife’s Artificial Reef
Program and was sunk on July
Going...
18 in 80 feet of water about
four miles southeast of Townsends
Inlet just off Cape May County.
Capt. Tom Hurst purchased
the former Coast Guard utility boat
and municipal trash hauler — of
1958 vintage — from a scrap yard
in 1991 when he began his on-theGone.
water towing company. “It was one
of the first boats in my fleet,” said Hurst. “Because of her size and
ability to handle the weather, she always went out in the rough stuff.
The boat was more famous than I was.”
But with her bottom plating getting too thin to patch any longer and a new 41-foot former Coast Guard utility boat now in his
TowBoatU.S. fleet, Hurst knew it was time to let her go. Ironically,
Heavy Metal has towed dozens of aged or derelict ships, barges and
boats to their final resting places at the bottom under the same reef
program. Now she will provide a valuable living reef, fishing ground
for anglers, and dive site (She was scrubbed and prepared according to the latest environmental protocols).
Unfortunately, Hurst missed the big event. He couldn’t make it
because he was assisting a boater with engine troubles.
A Hex Of a Job
Boaters are known to cuss
from time to time, but when
Miami writer Michael Caputo
says he was skunked out of a
recent deal to buy a Pilgrim 40
trawler from a broker he didn’t
just cuss, he cursed.
The would-be boat buyer
enlisted the services an old New Orleans friend, a “renown Voodoo
princess,” to put the whammy on the Stuart, FL, broker whom he
says double-crossed him. Oh, and that’s not all. He had Mama X
jinx the Pilgrim 40, named Finale (remember that, if you’re shop-
ping for a trawler) and whoever her new owner is.
Caputo makes no bones about his revenge, he even set up a
Web site to share the magic. “I thought a little Nawlins mojo would
do these sleazeballs some good.”
The curse? Mama X has foretold that the brokerage and the
broker himself “will suffer financial and personal hardships for five
years. And prospective buyers of Finale must know they will face
nothing but rough seas on her travels.”
While BoatU.S. strives to meet the needs of boaters, don’t
expect “Nautical Voodoo Curses” to be added to the association’s
Consumer Protection service roster anytime soon. We’ll leave that to
the experts. To his credit, the dealership owner fired the broker.
As for Finale’s new owner? We recommend going one step
beyond hiring a marine surveyor to do an inspection — keeping
handy a piece of High John the Conqueror root and tossing a pinch
of salt over his shoulder — but we’re not making any promises.
BoatU.S. Flag Flies In Afghanistan
Longtime BoatU.S. member First Sergeant Raymond
Hoffman took his BoatU.S.
flag with him when he was
called up to active duty in
Afghanistan earlier this year.
With his 28-foot Cruisers
Junior III in storage for the
season he has to fly his flag
from the back of this armored
HUMMV.
First Women’s BASS Angler of the Year
Having cleaned up on the bass fishing tour in two of the five
events of the inaugural season of the pro-am Mercury Marine
Women’s Bassmaster Tour, Diana Clark of Bumpus Mills, TN, won
the most points overall to
be named female Angler of
the Year. Clark, 42, rocketed
from 32nd place in the first
event on Neely Henry Lake
in Alabama to win the next
tournament on Lewisville
Lake in Texas. She took
another first place on Lake
Norman, NC, and placed in Top winner Diana Clark.
the top 10 at two others, which gave her the top points overall. A
close second was Tammy Richardson of Amity, AR, who won the
first and last tournaments and missed being Angler of the Year by
three points.
BASS expanded its pro-am tour schedule this year to include
a women’s-only event with $600,000 in prize money. Judging from
the hundreds of women who traveled from all corners of the U.S.
and several foreign countries to compete, it was a keeper (See
BoatU.S. Magazine, July 2006, pg 34). On Feb. 22-25, 2007, the
top 12 pros and amateurs in point standings from the series just
concluded go to a championship “fish-off” on Lake Mitchell, AL.
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Off-Season Upgrades
Fixing broken gear, installing new equipment, and generally making your boat ship shape for the next
season is what most boaters do over the winter. But there is one thing that should always be at the top
of your winter punch list — making safety improvements or upgrades.
10
Here are
easy steps you can take over the winter
to improve your margin of safety next year:
1
CO
Detector:
Newly
manufactured
boats with
enclosed cabin
spaces (and
gasoline engines)
should come with
a CO detector,
but many older
cruisers lack this
life saving device. This should also be on
your must list if you have a generator. You
can buy them for as little as $75 for a wired,
12V version. If you have a battery powered
unit, replace the battery each year.
2
get out safely and give you a better chance to
put out a fire.
While they cost a little more, “tri-class”
(A-B-C rated) fire extinguishers will handle
all three types of fires: solid, liquid or electrical ($20-$25 each). Also, adding labels
on cabinets or storage lockers that contain
fire extinguishers can help everyone aboard
found them quickly.
4
VHF Radio: The closest rescuers
are often other boaters, and the
only way they’ll know you’re in
trouble is if they hear your may day call over
a VHF radio — not your cell phone.
If you have a small boat, a handheld VHF
($100-$120) will save you installation headaches, and if you already have a fixed mount
VHF, think about upgrading to DSC capability ($120-$160) as the Coast Guard’s new
DSC-capable, “Rescue-21” system is now up
and running in two areas of the country, with
more regions being added in 2007.
Remember, pushing the “mayday” button on a DSC VHF that is connected to your
GPS will allow fellow boaters with DSC VHF
radios to pinpoint your location. Another
great feature is that anyone aboard can press
the built-in distress button to summon emergency help.
Upgrade your life jackets:
Everyone has those cheapie
horse collar life jackets stowed
somewhere. But it’s a sin to think
that they are an adequate investment in
your safety or that of your friends or family.
Consider replacing those cheapies with a
jacket that
you think
you’ll wear
more often,
is more
comfortable and
fits the kind
of boating
you do you
($20-$80).
Equipping
a life jacket
with signal mirrors, whistles and signal
lights are also very low cost upgrades (about
$33/vest).
5
6
More fire extinguishers: If you
have a fire in your home, you can
easily run out of the house. Not
so with a boat.
Adding extra fire extinguishers and
mounting them in different areas, especially
near cabin egress locations, could help you
7
3
on top of the minimum safety requirements
as well as additional recommended equipment. Make sure your gear is serviceable and
check the dates on your flares.
8
Install a bilge alarm: While wet
ankles may a good indicator that
you’re taking on water in a small
boat, it’s not always easy to determine that
in a large boat. An audio alarm wired to a
float switch positioned three to four inches
above your normal bilge water levels can buy
you more time ($50).
9
Wood Bungs: Attaching the
right sized wooden bung (tapered
wooden plug) with a lanyard to each of your
thru-hulls can stop a leak quickly and you
won’t waste precious time looking for them
($11).
10
Continuing “Ed:” If
you have never taken a
basic boating course from
the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary or U.S.
Power Squadron there is no better time
than the winter. You can find classes near
you by going to the BoatU.S. Foundation’s
“Courseline” at BoatUS.com/courseline.
More classes are offered in the winter so now
Add handholds, non-skid:
Nearly every boat could use more is the time to sign up.
If you’d rather stay inside by the fire
hand holds ($15-$75) and a little
more non-skid ($3-11) to help keep everyone with a cup of hot chocolate, you can take
the BoatU.S. Foundation’s free online boatsafely aboard.
ing safety course (boatus.org/onlinecourse).
Don’t worry if your time is limited. You can
Add a Fireport: Another inexpensive safety upgrade is to install start, stop, and pickup where you left off at
any time.
a small round window to allow
The Foundation’s free online “Toolbox”
you to inspect an engine compartment without inadvertently adding oxygen to a fire. You (boatus.com/foundation/toolbox) also has a
can also insert a fire extinguisher nozzle into great, interactive “Rules of the Road” section.
the port to put out the blaze ($11).
Inventory all safety gear: The
“Boaters Toolbox” (boatus.com/
foundation/toolbox) also has a
“Required Equipment” section to keep you
For a limited time West Marine is offering savings on selected safety items for
BoatU.S. Members. For more information
go to WestMarine.com/wintersafety.
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and news you can use
Innovation Award Winners
Every July hundreds of accessory
manufacturers and buyers gather for the
Marine Aftermarket Accessories Trade Show
(MAATS) in Las Vegas. The business they
do at the show largely determines what
you’ll see on your chandlery’s shelves.
Another result is a first look at the best
new products to hit the market, who are
honored with Innovation Awards bestowed
by a panel of boating writers. Here are this
year’s awardees:
approach by using “freeze shock action”
to freeze, penetrate and loosen rusted and
corroded mechanisms.
By dropping the temperature of the
area in direct contact with the spray, Freeze
Off cracks the rusted surface allowing the
product to reach deeper threads and work
more effectively, according to the company.
The product retails for about $6. Go to
crcindustries.com/marine for more information.
“Inflatable” PFD for Keys: The Key Buoy
from Davis Instruments won for its unique
self-inflation mechanism that brings your
sunk keys back to the surface. The Key
Buoy looks like an automobile key “fob.”
But when immersed, the small unit opens
like a clamshell to “inflate” an internal 14-
Trailer Bunk Upgrade: Ocean X Technologies’ Snaptraxx are 18-inch injection
molded units that snap together to fit any
length trailer bunk. The units completely
encase 2x6-inch and 2x4-inch lumber
without any fasteners and, unlike carpet,
allow for air circulation and water drainage,
keeping the boat and pressure treated lumber dry. There are two types of units: “Slip”
units for the forward section of your bunks
and “Grip” units for the rear. As you back
your trailer into the water, the stern of your
boat floats off the grip units while the bow
slips down the bunks. A kit for an eight-foot
bunk retails for about $135 with endcaps.
For more information go to snaptraxx.com.
Key Buoy saves the day
inch air tube activated by sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid that provides buoyancy
for about 40 minutes.
The unit is smaller than your standard
foam key float and can fit in your pocket.
The one-time ad only use device will float
up to 4.2 ounces and retails for about $7.
Go to davisnet.com for more information.
Rough Weather Life Jacket: Designed
for rough use, the judges liked Mustang
Survival’s new Auto Hydrostatic Inflatable
life jacket because it won’t automatically
inflate unless it’s been submerged four or
Cold Busted: Rusted nuts and bolts are
the bane of a boater’s existence. CRC’s
Freeze-Off penetrant takes a unique
B O A T
32,000
B I T S
The number of responses
to calls for assistance provided by the U.S. Coast
Guard in 2005.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Foundation Annual Report 2005
Mustang’s inflatable can take the spray.
more inches – rain, spray and humidity
have no effect, according to the company.
It also has a patented closure system
that will keep the device from accidentally
opening even during rough activity and
no inflator maintenance is required for five
years. It retails for about $220; for more
information go to mustangsurvival.com.
New IPS Engines
If you’ve been interested in Volvo’s
Inboard Performance System (IPS) but disappointed that it was only offered on midsized cruisers, there is good news for you.
Volvo has expanded the range of
engines available with IPS now making the
twin engine drive system appropriate for vessels in the low 30-foot range to the upper
50-foot range. The new IPS 350 (260 hp)
and IPS 600 (435 hp) diesel powerplants
with forward facing propellers on azipod-like
drive systems complement the current IPS
400 (310 hp) and IPS 500 (370hp) lineup.
The IPS 350 uses the twin turbocharged, intercooled four-cylinder D4-260
engines that were first introduced in 2004
while the IPS 600 uses the same turbocharged, intercooled six-cylinder D6-435
engine in current IPS products but with
compressor modifications and other tweaks
to boost horsepower.
The company is expected to have some
boat models with new systems exhibiting at
the Miami Boat Show.
Go to volvopenta.com, for more information.
Stocking Stuffers
Parents should know about a great
little fishing training aid, Backyard Bass,
that helps kids learn to cast. Endorsed by
the Future Fisherman’s Association, the
toy comes with three plastic fish and two
casting plugs that you attach to your child’s
fishing pole. Spread the fish out over your
snowy lawn and try to get the plug in the
fishes’ mouth and reel it in ($9.95 retail;
ironwoodpacific.com).
SeaCards are nautical flashcards that
cover a wide spectrum of sailing and boating terms including safety, navigation and
rules of the road, navigation aids, weather
tips, warnings, knots, action drills, MOB,
and more. Approved by the American Sailing
Association, SeaCards’ first two sections
review material included in basic keelboat
and coastal cruising classes; the third is for
those studying for a Coast Guard operator’s
license ($24.95; doylemarine.com).
— By Scott Croft
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foundationfindings
Number 42
Keeping Current on Kill-Switches
Picture this: an experienced boater
is cruising in a powerboat. He takes the
wise precaution of wearing his inflatable life
jacket and his engine kill-switch lanyard is
securely attached to his wrist. Momentarily
distracted by a passing boat he is caught off
guard by another boat’s wake and is thrown
overboard. But because he is wearing his
kill-switch lanyard, the engine immediately
shuts down and the boat has only drifted
150 feet away from him — a much shorter
distance to swim than if the vessel continued on without him, or worse, circled back
around toward him in the water.
Employing an engine kill-switch device
may be one of the simplest things you can
do to protect yourself and your crew from
the potential hazards of a fall overboard.
Traditional kill-switch lanyards can also be a
source of frustration for boaters, especially
in situations resulting in accidental engine
cut-off. The list of potentially embarrassing
scenarios is not short, but it shouldn’t be
used as an excuse not to wear one.
While a kill-switch is a requirement
on new personal watercraft, owners of
some older and/or larger motorized vessels will have to choose an after-market
model to safeguard those on board. So for
Foundation Findings #42, we decided to
run some “real-world” tests on currently
available emergency shut-off switches and
crew-overboard devices. We examined these
after-market options to see what quirks or
kinks might appear in everyday boating situations.
A kill-switch is a safety device designed
to cut electricity to an engine. Gasoline-powered engines require an electrical current to
run, so when a kill-switch cuts the electricity
from the battery the engine will immediately
shut down. Diesel engines, on the other
hand, do not require a constant flow of electricity so traditional kill-switches won’t work.
The Contenders
We tested four different lanyard killswitches: Sea Dog Universal Kill Switch,
Cole Hersee Emergency Cut-Off Switch, Sea
Choice Kill Switch and Sierra Emergency
Cut-Off Switch; and three wireless crewoverboard devices with optional kill-switch
features: Emerald Marine Alert2, Maritech
Safety Virtual Lifeline and Mobilarm MOBi48
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lert 720i. We also included two universal
kill-switch key sets from Kwik Tek — one for
PWCs and one for boats. We quickly realized that it is impossible to evenly compare
the lanyard and the wireless systems. Each
has its own ideal circumstances and potential limitations.
The variables investigated were ease
of installation, the length of the lanyards,
the force required to pull the key out from
various angles and shut off the engine (lanyards), and the time it took for the crewoverboard devices to receive the signal to
shut off the engine (wireless). For details on
our test methodology and procedures go to
www.boatus.com/foundation.
some of these models, especially if connecting the unit to a chart plotter or GPS.
Round Two: All Wired Up
With the lanyard kill-switches freedom
of movement is a concern. On a personal
watercraft you don’t normally move around
much so the risk of accidentally killing the
engine is minimal. On larger boats, movement can be a significant factor. On our
22-foot center console, the lanyards were
long enough to provide some room to move
about but, one of our participants — John
Adey, technical director of the American
Boat and Yacht Council — noted that we
could have easily pulled the key off with a
sudden motion. The instructions included
Round One: Putting the
with one of the units stated that the lanyard
Pieces Together
is to be worn around the wrist, but many
The lanyard kill-switches were the easi- people attach it to their life jackets where it
est to install despite the lack of instructions can be easily forgotten.
Freedom of movement is also impactin most. If you have ever changed an electrical outlet in your house, you can probably ed by the amount of force required to pull
the lanyard key out. Using a digital fish
install one of these. We had difficulties
with the Cole Hersee because of the oddly- scale, we measured the weight of the pull
from several angles and the results varied
shaped hole required to accommodate its
widely (see chart opposite). The Sierra lanprofile. But its
yard demonstrated the
unusual shape
most resistance and
is what makes it
would therefore be the
more convenient
least likely to cause
to use. Designed
an accidental cut-off.
as a simple upThe universal key
and-down switch
sets rarely fit as well
with a protective
as the originals. We
cover surrounding
would recommend
it on three sides,
buying a replacement
it was the only killlanyard from the origiswitch we tested
nal manufacturer, if
that allowed the
possible.
engine to be
We also found out
restarted withhow important it is to
out the lanyard
We measured the length of the kill switch have a spare key for
attached.
lanyards to see how much freedom of move- your kill-switch. One
Installing
of ours flew into the
most of the wire- ment would be possible with each
water and sank on our
less systems
first pull-test. Only two of the six lanyards
proved to be more complicated. Though
we tested had floats attached — the Sierra
detailed instructions were included with
and the universal set for personal watereach, there were no comprehensive wiring
craft. Having a spare is also essential when
schematics and the idiosyncrasies commonly found among engines can make folyour helmsman gets thrown overboard with
lowing those instructions exasperating. It’s
the lanyard attached. Without a spare you
a safe bet that the average boater will need can’t restart the boat to go retrieve the pera professional marine electrician to install
son in the water.
Round Three: The Age
of Wireless
We tested three wireless crew-overboard devices and found that each has features suited for different boating conditions.
Offering more convenience than lanyards,
all three provided multiple sensors that
could be worn by each person on board.
Lanyards only protect the helmsman and
you have to remember to detach and then
reattach it every time you step away from
the steering console. The wireless units can
be attached at the beginning of your voyage
and left on for the duration of the trip. Each
system also had a “rescue mode” to disengage the kill-switch, providing for engine
restart and crew-overboard retrieval.
The first wireless system we looked at
was the Alert2 which offers features that
make it a good choice for coastal/offshore
boating. Its water-activated sensors send
radio signals back to the base unit when
wet. An optional radio direction finder
(RDF) enables the user to search for the
transmitter’s radio signal when retrieving the
crew-overboard. This could be a life-saving
feature in rough conditions or low visibility.
In our tests, the Alert2 matched the lanyards’ time in cutting the engine. When the
transmitter got wet the engine died and the
alarm sounded instantly.
Next was the Virtual Lifeline, which is
best suited for inland boating on protected
waterways and has a quick response time
similar to the lanyards. Its water-activated
sensors immediately sound an alarm and
cut the engine when submerged. This unit
Lanyard Kill-Switches
Units Tested
Sea Dog - Universal Kill Switch
Cole Hersee - Emergency Cut-Off Switch
Sea Choice - Kill Switch
Sierra - Emergency Cut-Off Switch
Man Overboard Systems
Units Tested
Emerald Marine - Alert 2 s
Maritech Safety - Virtual Lifetime XL
Mobilarm - Mobi-lert 720i s
could also
be used as a
precautionary
mechanism:
When swimmers are in
the water they
could each
wear one of
the sensors
so the skipper
can’t restart
"Ally," a man overboard
the engine until
rescue mannequin on
everyone is on
loan from USCG Auxiliary board.
Division 12, is wearing
The third
the MOBi-lert transmitter wireless unit
we tested, the
attached at her waist.
MOBi-lert, is
primarily a crew-overboard alarm device
that works by sensing a disruption in the
radio signal between the sensor and the
base unit. This occurs when the sensor
goes outside the range of the signal or is
submerged in water. The kill-switch unit that
we tested was a prototype made specifically
for us and is not yet commercially available.
The manufacturer said that the unit may
be released as an optional add-on for retail
sale later in the year.
According to the manufacturer, there is
a built-in delay to prevent a false activation,
and a second delay on the engine cut-out
unit. We timed 11 seconds between the
time the sensor went in the water and the
alarm. Ten seconds later the engine cut.
This convenient delay between alarm
and engine-kill allows the boat operator to
Ease of
Installation
Installation
Diagram &
Directions
1=Hard
5=Easy
Yes/No
The Lowdown
There is no single device that is perfect
for every situation. Each has advantages
for specific boating conditions. A lanyard
kill-switch is a must for anyone boating solo
or operating a PWC, but it only provides protection if you’re wearing it. If the helmsman
has to attend to something out of reach
it would have be detached to avoid accidentally killing the engine. To prevent loss
of power at a critical moment it should not
be worn in an emergency situation or while
docking.
The wireless systems provide a safeguard for the entire crew. Each has features suited for a particular environment
and should be used in addition to your life
jacket and other safety gear. The systems
might also be used in conjunction with a
lanyard. If the helmsman is simply thrown
from his seat and not into the water, only
a lanyard will kill the engine giving the pilot
time to recover control of the boat. In sum,
it is most important to consider the kind
of boating you plan to do before making a
purchase.
— By Amanda Suttles
Detachment Force
(pull angle)
•High •Mid •Low
Time from
Engine Kill
to "Rest" s
Seconds
6.11
6.11
6.11
6.11
turn back and pick up the crew-overboard
without having to restart the engine. Since
the MOBi-lert’s multiple sensors are always
on, you’ll always know when your crew is on
board.
The MOBi-lert is well-suited for coastal
and offshore boating as it can also be connected to a GPS or chart plotter and will
automatically trigger a crew-overboard waypoint if someone falls into the water.
(back)
4
3
4
4
No
No
No
Yes
Ease of
Installation
Installation
Diagram &
Directions
Time from
Engine Kill
to "Rest"
1=Hard
5=Easy
Yes/No
Seconds
3
3
2
Yes
Yes
Yes
6.11
6.25
11.36,21.23 s
(side)
Lanyard
Length
(Stretched)
(down)
2lbs 4oz 4lbs 2oz 3lbs 1oz
1lbs 4oz
3lbs
1lbs
1lbs 7oz 4lbs 11oz 3lbs 11oz
5lbs 12oz 6lbs 7oz 6lbs 1oz
Price
Feet/
Inches
64.5
53.5
64.5
53.5
$12.29
$22.99
$27.59
$19.99
Price
Optional Add-on
Equipment Prices
$979.00
$549.00
$1,208.00
Portable RDF - $799
additional sensors - $158 for 2
kill-switch price unavailable
s Measured as time between when sensor is dropped in the water (or lanyard pulled out) and when boat came to "rest" - "rest" being
defined as when the boat slows enough for it's wake to slap against the stern
s Our kit included a receiver ($499) and 2 transmitters ($239 each)
s Time elapsed from sensor dropped in the water - First time is when alarm sounded, second time is engine shutdown
s Mobi-lert 720i is not yet available in the U.S. Price quoted is for the 7200T, a similar model, which is available in the U.S.
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ideas for safe, smart, and clean boating
Don’t Be Fuelish – Help Stop
the Drops
There you are on a sunny Saturday
morning fueling up your boat before the start
of a great day on the water with your family.
Since other boats are waiting to use the gas
dock, you are doing your best to fuel quickly
and get underway. But before the nozzle can
click off, fuel spurts out of the vent over the
side of your boat and into the water, leaving
you with an illegal, aggravating, and embarrassing mess.
We feel your frustration and, sadly, you
are not alone. To get to the heart of the
problem, the BoatU.S. Foundation surveyed
boaters about their fueling habits and nearly
5,000 boaters responded. We also surveyed fuel dock owners. The responses that
poured in confirmed our hunch on what we
would find.
As much as boaters try to prevent
them, small fuel spills are a reality that most
have experienced at one time or another.
Boats just aren’t designed like cars. Boats
have large, irregularly shaped fuel tanks.
For safety reasons, boat fuel systems are
not pressurized and require the presence of
a vent. And marina fuel dock pumps often
fuel at a much faster rate than their road
side gas station cousins. These three factors
make it easy for accidental spills to occur.
Of course, no one wants to spill fuel.
Whether it is fuel prices, gelcoat damage,
or concern for the environmental impacts,
spilling fuel can be costly. Boaters surveyed
detailed the great lengths they go to in
order to prevent
spills. Some
boaters have
made extreme
modifications to
their fueling systems that were
nothing short of
engineering marvels; others are
gymnasts who
perform complex
maneuvers to
cover both the
vent and the deck fill at the same time.
Finally, there are those who take a “spiritual” approach and turn to divine guidance
for preventing spills. “I go slow and PRAY,”
said one boater. It shouldn’t be this difficult!
Using your input, the BoatU.S. Foundation
is working to help make clean fueling easier
for all, not just the engineers, gymnasts and
the devout.
Where Do You Fill Up?
From the survey we learned that 65%
of you fill up your boats at on-water fuel
docks, 20% at roadside gas stations, and
15% with portable jerry jugs. This information has helped to focus our efforts. The
BoatU.S. Foundation partnered with over
600 fuel docks nationwide this summer providing them with signage, pump magnets,
decals and a No Spill vent collection device
to help spread the word about clean fueling.
Ask your fuel dock if they are a part of our
“Help Stop the Drops” program.
For those of you that fill up at gas
stations and with portable jerry jugs, you
haven’t been forgotten. Our new Web site,
www.helpstopthedrops.com contains a
special section dedicated to the particular
challenges faced by trailer boaters. Many
boaters complained that the new California
Air Resources Board (CARB) approved-jerry
jugs, which are mandated by law in many
areas, are extremely difficult to use without
spilling. We are currently testing jerry jugs
to determine which designs work best for
pouring and reducing the chances of a spill.
Stay tuned for more information.
What’s the Problem?
When we asked where spills occur,
most boaters pointed to the vent. Other
sources are backsplash from the deck fill
and drips from the nozzle. Armed with this
knowledge we are looking closer at that
troublesome vent. In March 2005 the
Foundation tested a variety of products
designed to help prevent fuel spills. From
the testing we determined that the footballshaped Racor Fuel/Air separator is effective
at preventing spills from the vent. One boater in our survey said, “This spring I installed
a fuel/air separator in my vent line. This
season I have not spilled one drop of fuel
out my vent.” A fuel/air separator is a simple
device that can be installed directly into your
tank’s overboard vent line.
Many boaters in the survey sang the
praises of vent capture bottles, a less
expensive option that attaches with suction
cups over the vent and catches any spills
that escape before they can reach the
water. “One fuel dock I now use started to
provide a fuel spill container that gets suction cupped to the fuel vent. I think that was
a cheap and effective way to help prevent
fuel spills at the dock,” said one.
You’ve Got Questions, We’ve
Got Answers
In the Foundation’s fuel survey we
asked the questions, but it seems survey
respondents posed just as many questions
of their own. Why is refueling a car different
than refueling a boat? Why doesn’t my fuel
gauge work? How am I supposed to dispose
of fuel soaked rags? Why doesn’t the nozzle
click off in time? What is the law regarding
spilling fuels?
This tells us that the work to educate
boat owners is far from over. To help answer
these questions we’ve created a new Web
site dedicated to Clean Fueling at
www.helpstopthedrops.com. The good news
is that many boaters reported dramatically
reducing the frequency of accidental spills
by following our tips and paying closer attention while fueling.
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timearound
Boston Whaler 260 Outrage www.whaler.com
For those of us of a certain age, there
are perhaps no more iconic boating ads
than those of the 1960s that featured two
halves of a Boston Whaler floating, with
passengers still aboard, after the boat had
been sawed completely in half. Since that
time, Boston Whaler has built a worldwide
reputation for building safe, unsinkable boats with tremendous lateral
stability and exceptional load capacities. Unfortunately the same features
that lead to these desirable characteristics resulted in a less desirable
reputation for a rather punishing
ride, particularly in rough water.
The Outrage 260 model,
actually 27’ 10”
in length overall including
the bow pulpit,
was introduced
in 1998 and
remained in
production through the 2002 model year.
Maximum beam was kept to 8’ 6” so that
the boat could be transported over the road
without special permits, although at more
than 5,000 lbs. loaded a large vehicle is
needed for the task.
The Outrage 260 featured Whaler’s
newer “deep-V” hull form and a considerably softer ride in rough water than earlier
models. However, innovation in design did
not cause Boston Whaler to change their
commitment to building strong, unsinkable boats. The Outrage 260 is built with a
rather traditional layup of chopped strand,
unidirectional and woven fiberglass fabrics
with plastic resin. What sets the Outrage
260, and all Boston Whaler’s models for
that matter, apart is not what goes into
their construction, but how the parts are
assembled.
Whaler’s “Unibond” construction system joins the two fiberglass halves – the
outer shell and liner — with closed cell
foam in between while the foam is still in a
liquid state so that all are bonded into a single foam core hull that is unsinkable even
when sawed in half, with the added benefit
of being strong and very rigid. The deck is
built in a similar fashion and joined to the
hull with epoxy adhesive and mechanical
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fasteners. Hardware is through-bolted where
the underside is accessible and tapped into
plywood or plastic backing plates molded
into the composite where it is not.
Although the oldest Outrage 260 has
not yet reached 10 years in service, they are
holding up well. Plywood reinforced transoms
are susceptible to water penetration and eventually
deterioration if motor
mounts and other
hardware are not
properly main-
to steer while seated so Whaler has had the
foresight to design the seat to serve a dual
purpose as a leaning post.
For safety there are stainless steel
handrails around the helm seat, a secure
bow rail, and grab handles on each side of
the seat bench forward of the helm. Decks
have an aggressive molded-in nonskid
surface for secure footing and there are forward, aft and midship mooring cleats.
Whaler has done a good job of providing a usable, if somewhat cramped, head
beneath the center console. The head is
accessed via a starboard bi-fold door and
includes a small sink and storage
locker.
Most Outrage 260s are powered by twin 225-hp Mercury OptiMax
outboard engines although occasionally
other power options will be found. The
Outrage 260 will reach an impressive top
speed of nearly 50 mph and cruise literally all day long at 30 mph thanks to the
tained. And, if the hull is damaged severely
200-gallon fuel tank beneath the cockpit
enough so that the foam core is immersed
deck. At 30 mph the Outrage 260 has a
in water for a prolonged period of time,
range of more than 400 nautical miles.
water absorption can complicate repair.
Another notable feature is the removable
The Outrage 260 is a large “center con- hatch which allows full access to the fuel
sole” sportfisherman. And, from the locking
tank. Now here is a manufacturer who took
stainless steel rod racks beneath the gunABYC’s standard for fuel tank accessibility
nels to a large live-bait well at the port stern, seriously.
few, if any, fishing features are left out.
In mid-September 2006, there were
There are two fish boxes built into the cock- more than 20 Outrage 260s offered for sale
pit sole which are 10 inches wide, one foot
at Yachtworld.com with asking prices rangdeep and nearly six feet long. The cockpit is ing from $36,000 to $65,000 and most
27 inches deep with a vinyl upholstered bol- included twin 225-hp outboards and several
ster at just the right height for the average
included tandem axel trailers. A search of
person to brace against when fighting larger the limited access Web site SoldBoats.com
fish. There is a foldaway seat forward of the
found reports of 18 Outrage 260s sold over
outboard motor well that stores out of the
the last year with reported selling prices
way when not needed. Forward of the center ranging from $34,000 for a 1999 model to
console there is a bench seat and there are $64,000 for a 2001 model.
two angled bow seats with storage beneath.
The Outrage 260 will make an ideal
The back of the port bow seat lifts to reveal
bay or coastal fishing boat, but with better
more rod storage. A foredeck locker has
than a 400-mile range, a big boat feel and
plenty of storage for the anchor rode and
abundant safety features, she is offshore
even a cleat for securing the bitter end of
capable and easily reaches the deep-water
the rode. The anchor is securely stowed into fishing spots along the Eastern seaboard.
a centerline slot of the bow pulpit.
I must admit to not being the most avid or
Whaler has made efficient use of every accomplished fisherman but it seems to
available space although, as with most large me the Offshore 260 has all the features
center console models, the helm seat is too of a 26-foot fishing boat that anglers would
far away from the helm to allow the operator want.
71% of boats sold in the U.S. are bought used. Many of these have an enduring appeal, having withstood the test of time.
In each issue, we’ll feature a review of one powerboat and one sailboat by noted naval architect and surveyor Jack Hornor.
Hunter 410 www.huntermarine.com
Our dockmate for the last two years
has been the owner of a Hunter 410. Its
style with abundant freeboard, bulbous
shape and cockpit arch may be features
that sailors may have strong opinions about,
for and against, although they seem to
agree the comfortable accommodations, the
bright, well-ventilated interior and reasonable price are to their liking. I had forgotten how popular this model was during her brief five-year production
run until, on a recent overnight
at one of our favorite anchorages, three Hunter 410s were
anchored nearby accounting
for a quarter of the boats in
the anchorage.
Introduced in 1998, the
Hunter 410 was the product
of the company’s in-house
design team and is aimed at
providing the maximum people
accommodations that can
be packed into her 40’ 8”
overall length. Buyers could
choose from a two- or
three-cabin layout sleeping either six or eight
persons. The three-cabin
layout was particularly
popular with the charter trade. Original purchasers were also able
to choose a shoal draft keel configuration
drawing just 5’ or a deep draft model drawing 6’5”. The design style is what I would
call American contemporary and may not
appeal to the more traditional minded but it
certainly has a loyal following.
Like most modern production boats,
the Hunter 410 is constructed with an
exterior coat of vinylester resin to hopefully
eliminate the osmotic blisters common to
many manufacturers in the 1970s and
1980s. Vinylester resins have been used in
exterior coatings of most entry level fiberglass boats for nearly 10 years now and in
coatings of custom and high-end production
boats for even longer. It seems to be doing
its intended job as osmotic blisters have
been dramatically reduced. The 410’s hull
below the waterline is a solid layup of alternating layers of chopped strand fiberglass
mat and woven roving fiberglass cloth and
polyester resin. Above the waterline, a 3/8”
balsa wood core is used between fiberglass
laminates for stiffness and lighter weight.
Decks are a composite of fiberglass and
plywood core except aluminum plates
replace the plywood in the way of
hardware attachments. The deck
and hull are joined with an outturned flange, bolted on six-inch
centers, sealed with 3M 5200
and covered with a heavy
duty vinyl extrusion.
I had a firsthand
opportunity several
years ago to see how
well this construction
method stood up to
punishment when I
inspected the damage to a Hunter that
had an unfortunate
encounter with a
day marker at six
knots. Though
battered and
bruised, the
fiberglass layup
proved to be very
well done, and other
than at the point of
impact, there was no delamination or separation of the balsa core.
The cockpit of the Hunter 410 is very
comfortable with deep seats, high seat
backs, good storage in the seat lockers
and additional storage in lockers on the
sugar-scoop transom swim platform. The
mainsheet and traveler is attached to the
arch over the cockpit and there is no backstay with this rig so these normal cockpit
obstructions are removed. There are 24inch-high double lifelines and stainless steel
stanchions along the side decks, a welded
stainless steel bow rail and an anchor locker
and windless on the foredeck. There are
no fewer than 11 opening ports and deck
hatches which provide excellent cabin ventilation and there are six large fixed port lights
allowing light below.
All the ports and windows make for
cheery, bright interiors on both arrangement
plans of the Hunter 410. The main saloon
features a starboard galley at the base of
the companionway and port head and shower. Moving forward there is a large U-shaped
dinette to starboard opposite a settee and
navigation table. Forward of the main saloon
is a cabin with a Pullman berth to starboard
and hanging locker and bench seat to port.
This cabin is pushed far enough forward that
the Pullman berth is necessarily narrow and
not ideal for an adult couple. The second
head is all the way forward. Aft and tucked
under the cockpit is either a master stateroom with an athwartships queen berth or
mirror image quarter berth cabins with fore
and aft double berths. Standard equipment
includes 145-gallon fresh water supply which
certainly comes in handy. On the downside,
storage is rather limited for a 41-footer.
Auxiliary power is provided by a 50-hp
Yanmar diesel engine with excellent 270degree access for service and useful 50-gallon fuel supply.
I have not actually had an opportunity to
go sailing for any length of time on a Hunter
410, and the reports from those who have
range from fantastic to marginal. As is often
the case, performance evaluations depend
a great deal on the sailor’s expectations.
Generally, owners seem well pleased with
performance reaching and running in moderate conditions although reports are less
glowing in light air and sailing to weather.
Hunter reports the sail area/displacement
ratio as 18.2 which I suspect includes the
mainsail roach area. My own calculations
suggest the number is closer to 17. The displacement length ratio is quite light at 165
which may account for reported rough rides
when beating into rough weather.
This was a popular model for Hunter
and there are usually quite a few offered
for sale at reasonable prices. This summer,
more than 40 were on boatworld.com and
hunterowners.com at asking prices ranging from $79,000 to $190,000, while
23 reported sales over the last year have
ranged from $95,000 to $175,000. There
are still Hunter 410s available for charter
which affords interested purchasers a unique
opportunity for a very thorough test sail
before deciding if it is the right boat for you.
Jack Hornor, N.A. is the principal surveyor and senior designer for the Annapolisbased Marine Survey & Design Co.
BoatU.S. Magazine November 2006
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seaworthy
Damage Avoidance
Why Outboard-Powered Boats Sink at the Dock
Any boat can, theoretically, sink in a
heavy rain storm. But a recent Seaworthy
study found that this is the most common
reason outboard-powered boats sink at the
dock, accounting for 47% of sinkings.
Here’s why: Most outboard-powered
boats typically have low freeboard (distance
from the gunwales to the waterline), large
cockpits and just a couple of drains aft to
carry water overboard. In a heavy rainstorm,
water can quickly back up and flood the
cockpit, especially when drains are full of
gunk. The additional weight then shoves the
stern down and water begins to flood back
through the drains.
What can you do to stop your boat
from sinking in a heavy rain, besides moving
to Arizona? For one thing, drains should routinely be cleared of debris (use a water hose
with a lot of pressure). The best defense,
however, if you think your boat is vulnerable, is to keep water from getting into the
cockpit in the first place. Keep a cover over
the cockpit so that rainwater (or snow) is
directed overboard.
Another 20% of dock sinkings were
caused by failed underwater through-hull
fittings, the majority of which were plastic.
(The latter do not meet the American Boat
& Yacht Council standards and were likely
added by dealers or do-it-yourself owners.
Only bronze or Marelon fittings meet the
standards for use below the waterline.) A
recent marine insurance claim involved a
plastic fitting on a 23-foot fiberglass fishing boat that, according to the surveyor,
became brittle and broke. The boat itself
had been well maintained. The through-hull
leaked into a small area of the bilge until
the weight of the extra water forced the
cockpit scuppers under and the boat sank.
Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish. Plastic through-hulls are easily broken
and should be replaced with bronze or
Marelon fittings. The latter are much sturdier and the difference in cost is only a few
dollars.
A significant number of boats also sank
at the dock due to problems with live wells,
which are a common feature in fishing
boats. Live wells are often plumbed to an
underwater through-hull fitting to bring water
into the box and sometimes have drains
that empty into the bilge (a poor arrangement, as anyone with a nose can attest).
All it takes is a leaking fitting, loose hose
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clamp, or a cross-threaded seacock for the live
well to allow seawater into
the bilge. At this point, it’s
only a matter of time until
the bilge pump quits and
the boat sinks.
Other potential
problems occur with hardware-store PVC valves,
through-hulls with no seacocks, and installations
that allow back-siphoning
into the live well. A couple
of sinkings were embarrassing — forgotten drain
plugs. Tying your drain
plug to your boat’s key
is an easy way to avoid
being red-faced at the
launch ramp.
Above-waterline fittings accounted for 10%
of dock sinkings. Many
owners install new fourstroke engines to replace
the two-stroke engines
that came with the boat,
but four-stroke engines
Water from the sky—not from below—is the most common reason outare heavier and will force
board boats sink at the dock. A partially clogged drain is all it takes to make
a stern down further into
a boat’s stern heavy enough to allow water to backflow through scupper
the water — maybe far
drains. The best defense (aside from hauling out) is a close fitting cover
enough that the self-bailthat directs water overboard.
ing cockpit scuppers are
and stern lines can help. So too can moorat the waterline. Rain or a forgotten cooler
ing whips (flexible fiberglass poles that hold
could be just enough to force the scuppers
under and sink the boat. Other sinkings were a boat away from the dock). There are also
devices on lines or pilings that allow lines to
attributed to a leaking jack plate, a missing
remain taut through rising and falling tides.
rigging boot that allowed rain to enter the
Chronic docking headaches can almost
bilge, and a cracked and leaking scupper.
always be remedied by moving the boat to a
Also, the white plastic transom fittings used
for scuppers become brittle and crack in the larger slip.
Finally, boats that were overexposed to
sun — and cracks in a fitting have the same
waves at the dock accounted for another 9%
effect as a small hole in the boat. Bronze or
of sinkings. Most were being kept at private
Marelon fittings are immune to the weather
docks, which are often far more exposed to
and are an easy replacement.
waves than marina docks. If the boat must
Nine percent of all dock sinkings were
be kept at an exposed dock, the bow should
caused by poor docking arrangements. In
be facing open water. An even better alterareas with significant tidal ranges and fixed
native, especially if your boat has low freedocks, loosely tied boats can get the gunboard, is a trailer or storage rack.
wale or transom stuck under a dock as the
— By Chuck Fort
tide rises; the boat is pinned down and the
cockpit drains backfill into the boat. Lines
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From Capt. Robert Estrada of TowBoatU.S.
Lake Lanier:
“The more people who know when you are
supposed to return, the better, so filing a float
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Another good tip is to know where you are
at all times. This is especially true if you are
on an unfamiliar lake or renting a boat for the
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On Lake Lanier, we routinely get requests
for assistance from boaters who try to give us
their location by saying, ‘I can see the water
tower,” or, ‘I can see the condos on the hill’.’
Unfortunately for them, the water tower can
be seen from about half of the lake and the
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main reason why delays in assistance occur.”
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SALE OR TRADE - POWER
10’2’’ LEISURE LIFE Bass Tender 1996. Minn Kota 35a motor,
Venture trailer, model vb700. Asking $595. Glen Mills, PA. (302)7983150, call for add’l details
14’ WOLVERINE (by Wagemaker) runabout 1956. 100% restored,
ACBS show winner, ideal ‘’tender’’ to large classic yacht, newly
varnished inside & out, unused (stored indoors), seats 5, lightweight
(bow & stern handles), watertight double mahogany cold-molded
epoxy hull, electric horn, bowlight, sternlight, Wolverine burgee
& staff, 25hp Johnson & trailer incl. $6,800. NJ(610)277-2121,
(610)296-4878
19’ SEA-PRO 1996. 115 Evinrude w/ss prop, GPS, fish finder, trickle
charger, dual batteries, custom T-top, custom trailer. 101 original
hrs. Garage kept. $13,000/obo. Conroe, TX, Bryan,(281)363-2110,
(281)543-2676, [email protected]
19’6’’ YAMAHA jet boat & trailer LS2000 1999. New canvas cover,
bimini & bow cover. Dealer serviced, twin 135hp Yamaha’s. $9,500.
Marco Island, FL(973)418-6869, [email protected]
20’ PLAYCRAFT deckboat 1995. Force 90hp, four fishing chairs
& a l l e q u i p m e n t . A s k i n g $ 6,0 0 0. O c e a n C i t y, M D,
[email protected]
20’ PRO-LINE center console 1992. Includes trailer & 130 Yamaha
1992. Very good cond. In storage. $5,000. Bradenton, FL(978)8875164, (941)778-7349 after 12/13, [email protected]
21’ AQUASPORT 215 Explorer 2002. Yamaha 200hp radar
arch/jrc color radar/GPS plotter, Raytheon l750 fishfinder, outriggers, Kenwood AM/FM/CD Pioneer speakers, spreader lights,
Venture trailer. $28,000. Staten Island, NY(917)447-7845,
[email protected]
21’ CROWNLINE 210 cuddy 1996. Fresh water only, 5.7 liter
Mercruiser I/O, 109 hrs. LoadRite tandem trrailer, boat &
trailer like new. $16,300/obo. Hop Bottom, PA(570)289-1070,
[email protected]
21’ MASTERCRAFT Maristar 2003. Bow rider w/wakeboard tower,
seats 9 comfortably (11 rated capacity). I/B (V drive) 350hp Vortec
MCX 5.7L EFI engine (132 hrs). Bimini top, storage cover, cockpit&
tonneau mooring covers, swim platform, digital depth finder, CD
player w/4 speakers, cockpit table, Perfect Pass speed control.
Mastercraft galvanized single axle bunk trailer w/brakes & spare tire.
Used mostly in fresh water & is in excellent cond. $42,000. Located
in Vineland, NJ(856)696-0729, [email protected]
21’ ROBALO 2120 1999. Bimini top, depth sounder, GPS, bait tank,
storage tackle center, fish box, batteries-dual, O/B. Power tilt/trim,
propeller/stainless steel, swim step w/fold down ladder. Always keep
in dry storage. $17,000. Amelia Island Yacht Basin, FL(904)3212450, [email protected]
22’ BOSTON WHALER Revenge 1980. Rare 185hp Mercruiser I/O,
much wood, 740 hrs, good cond, never painted. Tandem axle trailer,
many extras. $15,900. Middlesex, NJ(732)469-2232
22’ FOUR WINNS 210 Horizon 2005. 5.7 Volvo 280hp SS prop 93
hrs, warranty extended option. White w/blue boot. Sirius satellite,
water toys. $27,999. MD(410)924-3045, [email protected]
22’ SEA-PRO 220WA 2004. 225hp Yamaha 4 stroke, GPS, VHF, stereo, full canvas enclosure, tandem axle trailer. $29,900. Hertford,
NC(410)889-4863, [email protected]
23’ 4’’ SEA HUNT 2005. Coupled with a Verado 225, this Sea
Hunt craft is an outstanding ride. $39,700. TX(361)485-9834,
[email protected]
23’ SPORTCRAFT 232 Fishmaster 1995. Mint: Dad’s boat, hardly
used, only 200hrs. Stored indoors. New 2006 trailer, cuddy, sink,
stove, windlass, GPS, depth, VHS, stereo. $16,000. Sherborn,
MA(978)815-0127, anytime
23’ YAMAHA SX230HO jet boat 2005. Immaculate, less than 20
hrs, many extras. $29,500. St. Petersburg, FL(727)871-4447,
[email protected]
23’3’’ WELLCRAFT Eclipse 223 1992. Trailer included. $9,500.
Columbus, OH(614)571-6553, [email protected]
23’5’’ BAYLINER Ciera 1998. Less than 100 hrs. New motor, new
trailer w/surge brakes. 5.0 motor. Kitchen never used, stand up
bathroom. $18,000. MD(301)855-3054
23’5’’ RINKER Captiva Liberty Edition 2003. 5.0MPI 260hp Merc
warranty 2008. Fully loaded, full canvas, cockpit bim, 5yr hull warranty. Showroom cond, must see, in water ready to test. $26,000.
NY(516)662-3968
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24’ BAYLINER 2452 1995. New engine & reconditioned I/O make
this a like-new boat. Makes a great cruiser/fishing boat w/trailer to
go anywhere. $15,000. Shadyside, MD, [email protected]
28’ MARINETTE Express 1970. Repowered 2001, 5.0L Mercruiser,
<30hrs, elec head, galley, slps 4. Ready to hit the water. $9,995.
Pasadena, MD(301)570-0039, [email protected]
24’ CHRIS CRAFT 240 cuddy 1998. Excellent cond, great for
watersports or overnights! 310hp Volvo Duoprop, lift-kept, frig,
color chartplotter, fishfinder, etc. $23,000/obo. Priced below NADA.
MD(301)529-1186
28’ OWENS Baroness flagship 1964. 225hp gas, full delta canvas,
2006 new zippers & bottom paint. Frig, gen, depth/fish finder, BBQ.
Comes w/slip. $17,900. Oxbow Marina, CA(775)359-6427
24’ MAXUM 2400 bowrider 1997. 120 hrs fresh water used
only, VHF radio, porta-potti, 350 Mercury w/Alpha 1, tandem
axle trailer. 16,500/obo. Philadelphia, PA(215)778-5298,
[email protected] for more info or pictures
24’ RAMPAGE Express 1990. Exc cond. New: trimtabs, isinglas,
hardtop, canvas, manifolds, risers. Low hrs, Rupps, a/pilot, frsh/salt
wshdowns. Steal @ $17,000/obo. Stuart, FL(772)530-1650
24’ SPLENDOR Platinum Cat bowrider 1998. Merc 5.71 engine, 147
hrs, maintenance records, brochures. Kept on lift. $17,000. Cape
Coral, FL, [email protected]
24’ WELLCRAFT hardtop walkaround 2000. 200 hours max, 225hp
Ocean Pro, fixed head, electric anchor, etc. Tandem trailer included!
$28,500. Tampa, FL, Frank,(813)918-2691 days, (813)877-8781,
evenings
24’6’’ CROWNLINE 260EX 2004. Custom tow cover, Rolco trailer,
swim platform, bow, stern ladders, head, depth gauge, AM/FM CD,
bim, wired remote, flip up arm rests on bow lounges & more. Inland
lake use only, under 100 hrs. Kids moved away & too much boat
for the 2 of us. Was $66,500 new. Asking $49,000. Carl Junction,
MO(417)768-1172, [email protected]
25’ PRO-LINE walk 2003. Hard top, twin 150 Mercury motors, kept
inside, 100 hrs. Deluxe electronics, chart plotter, outriggers, stove,
potty. $49,000. Jupiter, FL, [email protected]
25’ REGAL 242 Commodore 1999. $26,900/neg. Hudson, FL
(727)819-9717, [email protected]
25’ TIARA 1978. Flybridge cabin cruiser. Fully loaded, only 500
running hrs. Fresh water only. Slps 4. Flawless. Asking $18,000.
Bend, OR(541)385-9350
26’ 7’’ BAYLINER Ciera 2655 SD 2002. Wide beam 9’ 6’’ low hrs,
loaded! Mag. 350/300hp MPI, Bravo III drive ss props. Slps 4. Full
galley, head & shower, engine & trailer perko flush sys, dealer maintained! $44,000. Boat in water at Cape May, NJ(610)269-5133,
[email protected]
26’ MAKO 261 1988. 2002 C/R Bombadaire 200s, newer elecs,
2004 tlr, O/Rs, a/pilot, hdtop, great cond. $32,000. Leonardo,
NJ(732)708-1351
26’ SEA RAY 260 Sundancer 2001. Bought new July, 2002. Full
canvas, SS prop, GPS/fish finder, dry stored. $59,500. Panama
City, FL(850)769-3313
26’ SEA RAY SRV268 Sundancer 1987. Very good condition. Camper
covers, GE 110v a/c, SS prop, 482 hrs, 454 cu in Mercruiser Alpha
One. $9,995. Delran, NJ, [email protected]
27’ CHAPARRAL SIG 270 2004. Fully loaded, mint cond. 160 hrs
Volvo twin 225’s. Must see. $89,999. Lantana, FL(561)641-7877,
[email protected]
27’ CHAPARRAL Signature Series 1991. One owner. Aft cabin. Full
galley. No bottom paint. Trailer included. Excellent cond. Like new
enclosures. Many extras. Slps six. $32,000. CA(951)688-3491,
[email protected]
27’ GRADY WHITE sailfish 1999. Yamaha 225’s, Raymarine color
radar/GPS, Furuno color 1850 GPS, 582 Furuno color fishfinder,
a/pilot, 3 axle trailer, low hrs, many extras, off-shore equipped,
excellent condition. $69,900. Va Beach, VA(757)486-5454,
[email protected]
27’ TIARA 2700 open 1988. Twin 270hp Crusader engines, I/B,
1000 hrs, VHF radio, depth sounder, GPS, new cabin headliner, new
cockpit seat & bolster vinyl, new canvas. Asking $54,900. Algonac,
MI(810)326-4147, [email protected]
28’ ALBIN tournament express 1999. 300hp Yanmar diesel, range
182 gal fuel, electrncs, full galley, slps 4, aft cabin, windlass, hardtop, full canvas, bow thruster, white hull, grey non skid. $98,000.
NJ, [email protected]
28’ CHAPARRAL Signature 280 2002. Low hrs, twin V8’s,
many extras, kept in covered boat lift, tri-axle trailer,
warrranty on engines & generator. $74,800. Brandon, MS,
bruce _ [email protected]
28’ ELLIS lobster yacht 1988. 230 Yanmar diesel, low hrs, fully
equipped for comfortable & extended cruising. Excellent condition.
Wonderful boat. $96,500. Kittery, ME(603)433-4445
28’ SEA RAY 280DA Sundancer 2004. New in 2005 twin 4.3
Mercruisers, 40hrs, loaded, heat/ac, camper canvas. Zodiac/6hp
Merc mounted on swim platform, slps 5, TV/DVD, blue hull.
$80,000. MI(248)446-9822
28’ THUNDERBIRD Formula Sun Sport 1996. New work mech.
She’s in great shape! $35,000. Charlestown, MD(610)857-3211,
[email protected]
28’3’’ FORMULA 27 PC 2003. Like new, only 80 hrs, twin Merc 350
Mags, lift kept. Loaded w/options, transferable 5 year limited warranty. $101,500. Joppa, MD(410)679-4948, [email protected]
29’ PHOENIX convertible 1984. 5.7 MerCruisers, head, shower,
stove. Slps 6. Fully enclosed flybridge. $25,000. Danvers, MA,
[email protected]
29’ PHOENIX sportfisher 1996. T-350’s, radar, plotter, a/pilot,
windlass, genset, tv, stereo, micrwv, flybridge enclosure, new
cover. $69,500. A very clean boat located in Galesville, MD, Jim,
(304)725-3239, evenings
29’ REGAL 2760 Commodore 1999. No bottom paint, lift kept, twin
Volvo 4.3GL I/O. Great shape. Asking $41,000. Boat kept in Tampa,
FL, Richard, (813)765-8231
29’ SEA RAY 290 Sundancer 1997. 520hrs, reblt 7.4L Mercr, new
Bravo3 w/Duopro, new starter & alternator, full electronics, slps 6,
windlass, other extras. $49,000/obo. Hudgins, VA(804)725-9343,
[email protected]
29’ SHAMROCK walkaround 2000. 2-4 cyl Yanmar diesel engines,
300 hrs on engines, many extras. $95,000. Orange Beach,
AL(601)271-7358, (601)606-7777, [email protected]
30’ CARVER Santego 1989. Twin 350 Mercs w/Alpha One outdrives.
Runs great. New interior. Roomy open cabin. Slps 5. Fuel efficient &
fast. $39,900. Marblehead, OH(740)262-0508
30’ MAINSHIP Pilot 30 II 2004. 240hp Yanmar diesel, bowthruster, heat/ac, inverter, windlass, Garmin 182C chartplotter, depth,
VHF, loaded, mint. $104,900. Bayshore, NY(631)587-0196,
[email protected]
30’ PROLINE 2950 walkaround 1996. Twin 225 O/B, electronics,
full head, fore/aft cabin, many extras. $40,000. Newburyport,
MA(603)560-3755
31’ AWESOME catamaran 2002. True tunnel, T496’s, full external hydraulic steering, gaffrig gauges, bezels, controls, graphics
by Mitcher T. Manning, 3 axle trailer. $125,000/obo. Peoria,
IL(309)692-5218
31’ BERTRAM S.F. 1966. Twin 7.4 Mer I/B, low hrs. GPS, radar,
depth finder. 2 radios. $40,000. Freeport, NY(516) 378-6065
31’ CARVER Santego 1996. Asking $59,900. Located in Annapolis,
MD(410)269-6650, [email protected]
31’ CHRIS CRAFT 1960. Originally owned by the Budweiser family.
Great cond, steel hull, mahogany interior, newly restored. Marine
V8, gasoline, Chris Craft (GM) 283, 185hp engines. Beam 11’4’’,
draft 2’5’’. HIN #ROX-31-179. Loved by my father for 10 years
on both Lake Minnetonka & St. Croix. Market value $32,500,
replacement cost $100,000. Best offer considered. MN, Katherine
(952)217-1176
31’ CHRIS CRAFT Commander 1966. Fiberglass, t/Chevy 327’s,
only 900 hrs, will send full list & pictures. $15,000. Wilmington,
IL(815)476-6462, [email protected]
31’ CHRIS CRAFT flybridge commander 1972. All F/G construction.
New epoxy barrier & bottom paint, new struts & cutless bearings.
Propane stove, frig-freezer, dual controls, bimini, Lectra-San Type I
head, VHF-FM radio, 2 D/F plus spare. One of Chris Craft’s prettiest, most rugged & most popular designs. $19,900. Marco Island,
FL (239)394-0430
31’ CONTENDER 2002. T225 Yamaha 4 stroke, ext warranty
till 2008. Many extras! $91,500. Miami, FL(305)467-8669,
[email protected]
31’ FORMULA PC 1998. Excel cond, new a/c & covers, deluxe
mattress. Includes all equipment plus most factory options.
Retiring from boating. $93,000. Rock Hall, MD(302)999-7321,
[email protected]
31’ TIARA Continental 1983. A well cared for family cruising, fishing
machine. Twin Crusader 350hp 454s w/1300 hrs of light service.
Make offer. MD, [email protected]
32’ ALBIN 2001. This vessel defines ‘’Bristol’’. Yanmar 350hp, gen,
a/c, a/pilot. Custom int cabinetry, ‘’top shelf electronics’’, sunpad,
St. Croix davits, too many custom additions to list. Priced to sell.
$198,000. FL(772)342-1214
32’ LUHRS open sportfish 1994. 1100 hrs, top condition, twin
454’s, all electronics, air/gen, fully equipped. $99,000. Hertford,
NC, [email protected]
32’ MARINETTE flybridge sedan 1986. One owner since new:
delivered January 1987. Twin 240hp Chrysler 318 cid V-8’s
w/approximately 975 hrs, 6.5 kw Onan generator w/approximately
500 hrs. 16,000 BTU reverse cycle a/c, 150 gal fuel, 35 gal water,
12 gal combination electric/engine heated hot water tank, cockpit
bimini new August 2005. Bottom paint new July 2005. Three bank,
30A battery charger new July 2005. Two gel cell batteries new July
2004. AM/FM/CD radio new July 2004. Dual VHF radios, halon,
depthsounder, fuel flowmeter, trim tabs. Two spare props, one
spare shaft. Complete maintenance & operating logbook. $42,000.
TN(901)761-3428 home, (901) 647-2052 cell
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sound incl CD changer, micrwv, TV, extras. New bim & seats.
Well maintained. $45,750. Louisville, KY(502)239-1715,
[email protected]
32’ MARINETTE sedan/bridge 1987. This is an extremely well
equipped & well-cared for boat. Has always been a freshwater, Great
Lakes boat. $48,600. Port Clinton, OH(440)773-9821
32’ SEA RAY 320 Sundancer 2003. 110 hrs on 350MPI FWC
I/B. All std equip plus radar/GPS/plotter, generator & much more.
This boat is like new! $135,000. Kingston, NY (718)852-8900,
[email protected]
32’ SILVERTON 312 1995. Excellent cond, twin 5 ltr. MerCruiser
Alfa-One. Slps 6, a/c, radar, GPS, VHS. Fully equipped, 375 hours,
winterized, storage paid. $57,000. IL, [email protected]
32’ TROJAN sedan bridge 1978. Very good cond, low hrs, recent
interior, slps 6, P.W.C lift. Too many options to list. $28,000.
Belmont Harbor, Chicago, IL(630)495-8600, (630)247-4140
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32’6’’ STAMAS 310 Express 1994. Merc 225’s, Kohler gen, a/c,
head, shower, Furuno, a/pilot, windlass, slps 5, excellent cond. Must
sell. $49,000/obo. Will sell w/o engines. Miami, FL(786)253-3152
33’ CHRIS CRAFT 332 Commander 1985. 454 engs, great cond,
new canvas, GPS, a/pilot, teak swim platform, totally restored.
$29,900. MI(317)241-1111
33’ EGG HARBOR flybridge 1972. Fiberglass hull w/ wood/epoxy
house. 350 hrs on 351’s SMOH. All new props, shafts, rudders &
brgs. $22,750. Salem, MA(978)345-7012, [email protected]
for full details
33’ SILVERTON 330 sports bridge 2001. Excellent cond inside
& out. Crusader 5.7L engines. $135,900. Warwick, RI(401)5390092, [email protected]
33’3’’ MAINSHIP 31 sedan bridge 1994. Fully equipped w/genset,
reverse-cycle air, dinghy, etc. $75,000. Waterford, CT. See BoatUS
online listing for photos & details, or email [email protected]
34’ DONZI 3250 XLC 1998. Excellent family cruising, much more
than a weekender. Higher quality & speed than anything in its class.
Loaded. Always maintained. $65,000. Manasquan, NJ(201)5230640, [email protected]
34’ FORMULA 34PC 2000. Excellent cond, lift kept, T-7.4 310hp
Mercs, all canvas, options, TV, heat/ac, Garmin chartplotter, VHF,
stereo, new manifolds & risers, only 330 hrs. $123,900. Edgewater,
MD(301)873-0071
34’ HATTERAS double cabin 1967. All fiberglass. Leaving boating,
everything goes w/boat. Professionally cared for. Rebuilt Chryslers
290hp, 0 hrs. Beautiful boat. $49,000. Wehrlen Bros Marina, Brick,
NJ(908)233-9536, (908)419-7833, cell
34’ SEA RAY express cruiser 1989. ONLY 350 HRS! Many options
& upgrades. Excellent condition! $49,800. Brochure available.
Wild Dunes Yacht Harbor, Isle of Palms, SC(704)846-3752,
[email protected]
34’ SEA RAY Sundancer 2001. Fresh water, 110 engine hrs,
Raytheon electronics, twin 380 Merc Horizons, generator 10 hrs.
$148,000. Ithaca, NY(607)280-4500, [email protected]
34’ THUNDERBIRD Formula PC 1995. Twin I/O 454 Merc Bravo 3’s,
600hp, 187hrs. Freshwater only, includes trailer. Excellent condition, used twice a year. Stored dry, under cover. Hate to part with.
$100,000. Page, AZ, Bud (505)290-7263, [email protected]
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34’ TOLLYCRAFT Sundeck 1988. Aft cabin, T/454 Crusaders, 550
hrs, FWC, heat/ac, 6.5k gen, GPS, bridge enclosure, bridge cover,
aft deck bimini, Interprotect bottom, $85,000. MI(734)676-6813,
[email protected].
35’ CRUISERS YACHTS model 3275 2002. Twin 5.0 MPI engines,
trim tabs, VHF, GPS, aluminum radar arch, walk-thru windshield,
double wide helm seat, forward stateroom, sofa/sleeper, micrwv,
coffee maker, dinette w/cherry table, extended swim platform, heat/
ac, head w/stand up shower, electric stove & sink. $125,000/obo.
Woodbridge, VA, [email protected]
35’ CRUISERS, INC 3575 1998. Express, 13’ wide, 7.4L Mercs,
heat/ac, gen, 400 hrs, fresh water, excellent. $125,000.
Detroit,MI(248)646-0512, [email protected]
35’6’’ CARVER 355 aft cabin motor yacht 1995. Twin 454s, 590
hrs, heat/ac, gen. Slps 8, fiberglass steps, teak interior, very clean,
$118,000. Sandusky, OH(440)237-3372
36’ AMERICAN MARINE Grand Banks 1969. Twin Lehman 120hp
diesel, 5500hr, radar, Loran, VHF,(2)Northern Lights generators,
modern salon, two vacuflush heads, Elegant condition. $89,950.
Port Ludlow, WA, [email protected]
36’ TIARA Sovran 2005. Great price!!! Beautiful boat with all the
upgrades. Blue hull, T/480HP Cummins with only 100 hrs, h-top
with full enclosure, generator, heat/ac, anchor windlass, teak cabin,
TV/DVD. Asking $389,000. Scituate, MA, Mike Deveney, (781)8582124, [email protected]
37’ EGG HARBOR flybrige convertible 1970. Wood hull, slps 6,
twin 265 Palmers, Onan gen, a/c, full kitchen/head, motivated
sellers. MAKE OFFER! Baltimore, MD, Mike,(717)566-0408,
[email protected]
37’ NOVA CRUISER 1961. John Deveau designer/builder. Downeast
style custom trawler, wood, single 120hp Lehman diesel (1975).
2600hrs, Balmar 7kw genset/Kabota diesel (2001) 78hrs, heat/
ac, windlass. Turnkey liveaboard, seaworthy, economical. Major
restoration 1994, replanked, decks/cabintop fiberglassed, system
upgrades 2000-2001. Unique vessel, must see to appreciate. Good
condition. $39,000. VA(757)787-4720
37’ SEA RAY Sundancer 370 1996. T 7.4 Mercruisers 310hp, 600
hrs, professionally maintained, new 7 kw Westerbeke, dual a/c, new
canvas, new frig. $99,500. Stuart, FL(215)264-3797
37’ SILVERTON Convert 1988. T-454 Crusaders 770h, floscan,
depthfinder, 2-GPS, synch, arch, plus extras, 7kw Kohler. Excellent
cond, ready to go! $69,000. Mays Landing, NJ (609)476-0740
37’5’’ EGG HARBOR sport fish 1988. Absolutely in pristine condition! Completely refurbished in 2001. New paint, interior, complete
electronics, live well, 2 staterooms, 14’5’’ beam. $119,000.
Bradenton, FL(941)720-0092
37’6’’ SEA RAY 2005. Factory fishing package w/live bait tank. Twin
370hp Mercruisers w/120hrs. Kohler gen, 2 LCD TV’s, Raymarine
fishfinder, GPS radar. Full warranty. New cond. Meticulously maintained. $199,000. CA(619)985-7253
38’ BAYLINER 3888 motoryacht 1989. Twin Hino 175’s. Low engine
hrs. Gen only 5 years old. Priced below market at $79,500 for quick
sale. MS, [email protected]
38’ CHRIS CRAFT Challenger 1964. Documented, updated infrastructure, restored exterior, new galley, 2006 USCG VSC, survey,
hardtop bridge, davits, swim platform, maint records. USPS owner
downsizing. $33,900. Gilford, NH, [email protected]
38’ SEA RAY 370 aft cabin 1997. T7.4l/EFI Merc, 210hrs, 9kw gen,
3 staterooms, heat/ac, 2 TV/VCR, 2 vac/hds, Raymarine/electrncs,
new canvas, like new. $147,500. Haverstraw, NY(973)772-7170
38’ SEA RAY 380 Sundancer 2001. W/swim platform, 42’. Lake
Michigan boat, 2 T-370 php TVD-8.1s gas Mercruiser, under 150
hrs 6/01/06, extended warranties, Sea Ray dealership maintained,
‘’subject to change without notice’’. $229,000. Michigan City, IN,
[email protected]
39’ 9’’ (LOA) MAINSHIP 350/390 1997. Fully equipped & ready
to cruise. Great RIB dinghy. Radar, chartplotter, bow thruster.
LCD TV. $166,900. Melbourne, FL, Brian Goode,(727)709-1159,
[email protected]
39’ SEA RAY 390 Express 1988. New Mercruiser 8.1 370hp
Horizons, warranties to 2011. 8.5 Westerbeke, dual a/c, huge
salon, centerline queen, walk-in shower. Very, very clean. $99,000.
FL(561)744-9753, [email protected]
40’ ALBIN 40 trawler 1981. 120 Lehman, diesel gen, galley down,
new bottom & canvas, ice maker, less than 50 hrs since overhaul.
Lying Essex, MD, Dennis, (410)574-7915
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40’ CRUISERS 3750 2003. Fantastic cruising boat for two or
the entire family; the master state room even has a bathtub.
Comfortable, stable, dry & economical ride. This diesel boat averages 15 gph. Completely outfitted w/a Zodiac 310 RIB dinghy
w/a Tohatsu 9.8hp O/B, all carried on a St. Croix cantilevered davit
system. This boat is in excellent condition. $250,000. MD(703)2867402, [email protected]
40’ EGG HARBOR motoryacht 1984. This yacht must sell. It is
in excellent condition. Low hrs. Looks & runs terrific. Baltimore,
MD(215)704-1089, [email protected]
40’ FORMULA 40 PC 2005. New boat w/90 hrs on twin 440 Yanmar
diesels, full electronic package, hydraulic swim platform & much
more. $329,000. NJ, [email protected]
40’ MAINSHIP sedan bridge 1996. T/454 marine power engines,
Kohler gen, full factory electronics, Caribe inflatable w/15hp eng,
Nautical Structures elec davit, excellent condition. $125,000.
Hampton, NH(603)883-7191, [email protected]
40’ REGAL Commodore 3860 2006. W/60 hrs, hardtop w/custom
mast, sat TV, Volvo 400 IPS twin diesels, Raymarine E-120 GPS,
a/pilot, bow thrusters & much more! $340,000. Williamsburg,
VA(757)258-8723, (757)784-2879, [email protected]
40’ SILVERTON aft cabin 1990. Many updates, low hrs, great condition. $79,900. Whitehall, MI(616)240-1560
41’ VIKING Sportfish 1985. Low hours, well maintained, two stateroom model! T671 Detroit diesels, ship to shore, generator, Loran,
GPS, radar, a/pilot, SSB, two fishfinders, Plus! Recent interior. Easy
to show! Reduced to $175,000. Baltimore, MD(410)252-4407
42’ FAIRLINE Phantom 2000. CAT diesels, two staterooms, two
heads, a/c, gen, full electronics. Beautifully maintained & ready to
cruise. Finest quality European craftsmanship for only $299,000.
Virginia Beach, VA(703)929-3333, [email protected]
42’ GRAND BANKS Classic 1981. Beam 13’ 7’’, draft 4’2’’. 2
staterooms & 2 heads, 3 ac/heater units, huge galley & salon.
Great liveaboard, beautiful blue hull, #738. New fiberglass decks,
fresh varnish. Twin 120 Ford Lehman, 9 kw gen, 600 gal diesel
tanks, 316 fresh water capacity. Captain maintained, constantly
updated. All furnishings stay. $155,000. Sarasota, FL(850)8325396, [email protected]
42’ KROGEN widebody 1992. Huckleberry, a two stateroom single
head model, is equipped for cruising. Features include: 135hp
Perkins, genset, stabilizers, a/pilot, GPS, radar, a/c. $395,500.
Houston, TX, [email protected]
42’ OCEAN Sunliner 1981. Twin Detroit diesels 471TI, ss turbos, two
strms w/heads, washer/dryer. $95,000. Merritt Island FL(321)6370298, [email protected], www.mattasai.com/yacht
42’ SABRE hardtop express 2004. 500hp Yanmars, 28 knot cruise,
400 hrs, Northern Lights gen, extensively equipped, beautiful cond.
Best price on market. $535,000. Call owner’s captain, Fritz Grell,
FL(772)285-9226, [email protected]
43’ HATTERAS DC MY 1981. DD671TI, Northern Light genset 8kw,
aft stateroom w/centerline queen, a must see for turnkey cruising
and/or liveraboard. Numerous custom upgrades, she sparkles.
$149,000/obo. Lake Pontchartrain, LA(504)554-5951
44’ DEFEVER 1987. Radar, a/pilot, dual VHF, dual GPS, HF, watermaker, 10kw genset, 3kw Freedom inverter/battery charger, Link
2000, 11’ Novurana RIB/25hp Yamaha, $260,000. Chattanooga,
TN(770)967-0850, [email protected]
44’ DEFEVER Sundeck 1984. Bristol cond, state-of-art electronics,
twin Perkins 135hp, 8kw Onan genset, 10’ RIB w/15hp elec start
Yamaha O/B. $249,500. Palmetto, FL, [email protected]
44’ ENDEAVOUR trawler catamaran 2003. OdySea. Showboat at
Newport & Annapolis. Custom joinery. Ex cond. Fully equipped for
safe, comfortable liveaboard cruising. $395,000. Darien, GA. Ron
Zeppieri, (860)367-7549, ron _ [email protected]
44’ REGAL 4160 2001. Merc 8.1 HO, 160 hrs. Bristol cond. Every
factory option, plus bowthruster, FloScan, 2005 helmseat. Full
Raychart electronics. Asking $249,500. Sandusky, OH(216)9248185, [email protected]
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45’ BAYLINER 4588 pilothouse 1990. Twin 220 turbos, 2300 hrs,
12.5 Onan, 3 a/c, freshwater kept, 3 cabins, 2 heads, mechanical
9+, cosmetics 7, 9.5 dinghy & motor. $155,000. NY(518)7981389, [email protected]
800-888-4869
45’ SEA RAY Sundancer 1998. Cherry wood interior, washer/dryer,
3126 Cats, gen, icemaker, inverter, Sat TV & phone. RIB 10’8’’ dinghy, 9.8 Tohotsu, davit, spare props, sea map. $250,000. Naples,
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46’ OCEAN YACHTS Sunliner 1986. Radar, Marquip dingy lift,
3 a/c’s, 2 staterooms, galley down, 2 Detroit’s, 1 & 1/4 mpg
at 19kts, genset. $175,000. Garden City, SC(843)651-5492,
[email protected]
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46’ TROJAN/BERTRAM 1988. 14 meter international sport fish.
Twin 8-92’s wet turbos, 750hrs, 900 eng hrs, 1600 12.5 Onan
gen hrs. Full specs: www.valbelle.us Health forces sale. $249,500.
FL(813)641-8886
47’ BAYLINER 4788 pilothouse motor yacht 1998. Twin 330
Cummins, all electronics, GPS, radar, heated storage, Great Lakes
boat. 11’ Avon, 15 Honda. Asking $279,000, includes storage.
Dinghy optional. MI(906)484-3105, [email protected]
50’ SEA RAY Dancer 1999. Cats, 425 hrs, loaded, new electronics,
exceptionally clean. $399,000. Fort Lauderdale, FL(954)779-7223
51’ KONG AND HALVORSEN Island Gypsy trawler 1983. Updated,
photos & details at www.logicalwebworks.com/islandgypsy.
$295,000. FL(954)294-9592, [email protected]
55’ HAMPTON 558 pilothouse 2005. Over $100,000 in options.
Stabilizers, bow & stern thrusters, watermaker, latest electronics. $250,000 below replacement cost. $772,000. Fort Myers,
FL(218)310-2200, [email protected]
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60’ STABILITY YACHTS 60 2006. 20’ beam swath doesn’t rock
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14’ CAPE DORY 1984. Bristol, shed storage, gunter rig, trailer, oars,
motor. Also kayaks. $3,500. Beaufort, NC(252)728-4240, susu@
barney.starfishnet.com, Chesapeake book: www.susanschmidt.net
15’ BOSTON WHALER Harpoon 1979. Sailboat with trailer. $2,200.
Gulliver, MI(906)283-3282
17’ MONTGOMERY pocket cruiser 1992. Fixed keel 4hp Mariner, 4
sails, trailer, custom full cover, bottomsider cuhsions,bimini, galley,
VHF depth finder, stereo. Very stable, great boat. $10,000. Fort
Worth, TX(817)781-4238, [email protected]
18’ MARSHALL catboat 2004. Freshwater boat w/trailer, 4hp
Yamaha O/B, bimini & many teak options. White hull & bone decks.
$35,000. SC(828)698-1556
22’ CATALINA 1972. $2,000. Louisville, CO, Craig, (303)888-1064,
[email protected]
22’ MARSHALL cat boat 1985. Fully equipped, beautifully
maintained bottom, hull repainted 5/06. View pictures @ www.
towndock.net/ballcreekhouse. Click on ‘’Marshall cat boat for
sale’’. $37,000. Merritt, NC (near Oriental) (252)745-5045,
[email protected]
24’ J-BOATS J-24 1985. Good condition, includes Triad trailer,
newer 150 & spinnaker. Boat is ready to race. $12,000. Boyne
Falls, MI(231)535-2861
25’ CAPE DORY Greenwich sloop 1969. New 9.9hp motor &
instruments. $6,800. Mantoloking, NJ, Don, (516)424-2396,
[email protected]
26’ CATALINA Capri 1992. In very good cond, new 130 Genny,
VHF, hot water, radio, 237 hrs on engine. $21,000. Michigan City,
IN(317)407-5278, [email protected]
26’ CHRYSLER C-26 sailboat 1980. 9.9 O/B, tiller, trailer, project
boat needs TLC, has everything. OA cond is ‘’good’’. Asking $6,500.
Consider reasonable offer. Ft. Wayne, IN, [email protected]
26’ MACGREGOR 26X sloop 1997. 50hp Nissan, 3 sails, GPS sonar
fishfinder. $21,000. Holiday, FL(574)276-7576 cell, (727)9430071
26’ TAYLOR Contessa 26 1978. 9.9 Johnson, new cushions, new
trailer, main, 80 percent, 110 percent, 150 percent, 165 percent
drifter depth gage, lines aft, 6 clutches. $14,000. Denver, CO,
[email protected]
26’5’’ HUNTER 260 1999. Lightly used. Winged keel. 3’ 5’’
draft. Yanmar 9 I/B diesel. Wheel, head. $28,000. West Islip,
NY(631)321-8320, [email protected]
26’7’’ HUNTER 1987. Nissan 9.9hp O/B & controls, 2001 model
engine. Bimini, anchor & rode, sail, radio, etc. Sailboat in good
condition. $8,900. Based at Wolfeboro Corithian Yacht Club, NH.
Bruce Wright, (603)524-6661, (603)527-6165, Irvin Marine, he
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28’ CORSAIR MARINE F28R tri 1997. Rotating carbon mast, lg
cockpit, new sails & nets, 8hp, Nexus electronics, a/helm, VHF,
trailer (ss disc brakes) + extras. $65,000. NY/NJ(917)533-2244,
[email protected]
33’ PEARSON 90-91 WK 1991. Cruiser sloop, Bristol, one owner,
slps 7, 9 sails, RF, AH, radar, Loran, plotter, Yanmar diesel, 6
winches, more. $60,000. Long Beach Island, NJ(201) 262-7074
28’ LEAR SIEGLER MARINE CAL 28-2 1987. Westerbeke diesel
I/B, new covers, new cabin sole. Sailed this season. Lots more!
$29,000. Coltons Pt, MD, [email protected]
34’ ISLANDER 1969. Beautifully restored, upgraded, 100 percent mahogany interior, 3/4’’ teak hatches & trim, diesel power,
fully equipped, mint condition boat. Must be seen. Annapolis,
MD(410)823-5293, [email protected]
28’ MORGAN Out Island 1973. Any reasonable offer. Erie, PA,
Gary Thompson, (814)671-1160 cell, (814)432-5450 home,
[email protected]
35’ CORONADO center cockpit sloop 1974. Great SO CAL cruiser,
fully equipped incl. Avon & O/B. $26,000. San Diego, CA(858)4597286
28’ SABRE 1976. Very good cond. Many upgrades, bimini, grill,
a/pilot. Just bought another boat. $12,500. Newport News,
VA(757)881-9579, [email protected]
29’ CAPITAL YACHTS Gulf 1980. Beam 9’4’’, interior headroom 6’.
I/B 11hp Universal diesel, full sails, furling jib, galley, head, slps 5.
$31,000. Heber Springs, AR(501)825-8603, [email protected]
30’ CATALINA MKII 1991. Wing keel, ultimate cruiser, dodger/bimini,
genset, a/c, watermaker, icemaker, electric frig, micrwv, inverter,
radar, fully integrated Raymarine electronics, stereo/cd, dink/OB.
$49,900. Niceville, FL (850)699-2717, [email protected]
30’ CATALINA sloop 1982. Beautiful cond - needs nothing. New
electrics, plumbing & cushions. Asking $20,500. Boat located in
central NJ. Email for more info/pics [email protected]
30’ GEMINI 3000 1987. Highly liveable catamaran, FG foredeck,
Capts. cabin & 2 guest cabins, drifter & 3 sails, loads of extras.
$54,950(negotiable). Washington, DC(703)356-3207
30’ HUNTER sloop 1981. Tall new rigging 2000. $25,000/obo.
Nyack, NJ(201)529-8171
30’ SEIDELMANN sloop 1981. 2 GM 20 fresh water-cooled, 50
hrs, 110 & 155 w/new head foil. $5,000. Cooper River Marina,
Charleston, SC(803)640-7143, cell
31’7’’ PDQ 1995. 2 dbls + Capt’s coffin. Main salon converts. 12V
ref w/keel cooler, gas stove/oven, water filter. Depth-sounder, VHF,
Garmin chartplotter. 2003 Yamaha 9.9 4-stroke. $95,000. Key
West, FL, [email protected]
33’ HANS CHRISTIAN cutter 33T 1984. All amenities, many
upgrades, old world charm, beautiful features, legendary strength,
rich interior, professionally maintained. $99,500. Sarasota,
FL(941)302-3604, [email protected]
35’ NICHOLSON 1983. Classic, well built English world cruiser. Exquisite. Much renewed in 2004. $69,500. Lying TBM in
MI(734)279-2331, [email protected]
35’6’’ J-BOATS J35 1987. Wheel conversion, shore power, full
wood interior, deep draft, new NorthMarathon 3DL 150 percent
genoa, Harken furler, 2003 Kappa main w/Strong track. Raymarine
wheel pilot, Navman speed, depth, wind, chartplotter. $45,000.
DE(203)257-4215, [email protected]
36’ CATALINA cruiser 1989. Tall rig, wing keel, super condition,
new electronics, a/c, frig, North sails, Harken furling, windlass,
dodger, dinghy davits, much more. $68,000. Green Cove Springs,
FL(904)284-4809
36’ CATALINA MKII 1997. Tall rig, wing keel, heat/ac, VHS, GPS,
depth, wind, a/p, windlass, wash down. Excellent cond. $95,000.
MD(215)435-6277
37’ BENETEAU 1993. VHF, GPS, a/helm 4000, radar, wind,
speed, depth, davits, 15hp O/B, dingy, O/B lift crane, mast
furling, jib furler. $71,OOO. Ft. Lauderdale, FL(843)768-9395,
[email protected]
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37’ JOHN HANNA CAROL ketch 1988. Double-ended wooden
circumnavigator w/3 Atlantic crossings & ready for more.
Copper fastenings, bronze fittings, 4 anchors, new chain,
57hp Westerbeke diesel, liferaft. $43,900. RI(401)556-3573,
[email protected]
37’ PROUT Snow Goose Elite 1987. Single-owner custom-built furling sails for single handling, twin diesel engines for maneuverability, 3 private staterooms, 2 heads, large salon, protected cockpit.
$119,000. MA(508)785-3105
39’ CAL tri cabin 1980. Two head, completely refit & cruised. Great
fast, family cruiser in sail-away condition. $79,900. Fort Pierce,
FL(772)631-1495, [email protected], www.athletesguide.net
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38’ IRWIN sloop 1970. Raytheon ST4000+ a/pilot, Garmin
GPSMAP 225. Sur veyed August, 2006. Bottom paint
August, 2006. $28,000/obo. Palm Coast, FL(386)4468024, [email protected]
40’ ENDEAVOUR 40 center cockpit 1984. Aft stateroom
sailboat. Loads of gear, well maintained. Best one on the
market. Great liveaboard/cruiser. $69,500. Please see website: wwwgeocities.com/spellboundforsale
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40’ HUNTER 40.5 1994. W/50hp diesel Yanmar, 715hrs, dodger,
bimini, radar, GPS, wind instruments, electronic battery charger,
4 house batteries, 1 engine battery, slps 7 max in 2 staterooms.
Excellent condition. $110,000. Laying Greenport, NY(631)3388392 (leave message), www.svheartbeat.com for full specs &
pictures
41’ FORMOSA ketch 1979. Comfortable cruiser in exc cond for
coastal & blue water sailing, roomy, slps 7. 6’3’’ headroom, separate
stall shower, new fuel tank, new hot water, prettiest boat in harbor.
$79,000. MA(978)394-6711
41’ MORGAN Classic CC sloop 1987. Bim & dodger, 44hp Yanmar
diesel, 3900 hrs. Never chartered. $75,000. Nanny Cay Marina,
Tortola, BVI(973)728-8278, [email protected]
41’8’’ PASSPORT 2000. Offshore performance cruiser, Yanmar 62
(15 hrs), Raytheon color radar, a/pilot, SSB, ac/heat, inverter, Ultrasuede, Corian, SeaFrost, North sails, winter cover. Flawless, unused
condition. Trades considered. PA(610)399-8309
42’ MANTA catamaran sailboat 2000. Immaculate, set for self-reliant ocean cruising. SSB+Pactor 3Pro, watermaker, sea anchor,
liferaft, EPIRB, genset, a/c, RIB+O/B, more. $318,000. Punta
Gorda, FL(941)505-5053
43’ HAMPTON pilothouse cutter 1997. Beautifully maintained. Teak
joinery throughout. Classic lines. Two steering stations. Three double
berth plus convertible dinnette. Two heads w/showers. Electronics.
$237,750. Clear Lake, TX, [email protected]
43’ TASWELL all-seasons raised saloon 1992. One owner yacht.
Designed to cruise & liveaboard. $295,000. New Bern, NC. Email
owner at [email protected], photos & details at website:
taswellallseasons.com
44’ ISLAND PACKET 44 1995. In excellent cond. $209,000.
Lying Hopetown, Bahamas & ready to cruise. (208)347-2569,
[email protected], see details at: www.schrimsher.com
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48’ OYSTER 485 1995. Ti Amo, two owner, fully found, cruise
ready sloop rig, current sails, complete package ready to
cruise now. $495,000. Newport Beach, CA(949)500-7261,
[email protected]
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loaded, 3 staterooms, 2 heads, separate showers, walk-in engine
room. Easily handled by 2. Beautiful. $219,000. BVI(414)3508505, [email protected]
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I recently made a new addition to
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I guess I should first explain that
among the staff here at BoatU.S there
are two things for which I am infamous.
One is adding to my fleet of boats and
two, I never pass up a new toy.
As a kid I tried my hardest to get
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Or at least I should be able to; my
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I was becoming frustrated and
about to relegate my new toy to becoming a hanger queen when fate stepped
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who was flying an electric RC plane.
After watching him for some time and
realizing he was pretty good I got the
courage to strike up a conversation.
We finally got around to my plight
and he invited me to bring my plane
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I still crash, although not as much.
But this experience got me past the
toughest part of learning this new skill.
It also got me thinking about how this
parallels the experience of many new
boaters. They buy the boat, read the
books and magazines, even take the
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boating experiences are sometimes less
than successful.
Some people will need a mentor
to make the transition into becoming a
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recreation that I enjoy so much.
Maybe you would want to do the
same. Who knows — maybe you will
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— By Jim Ellis
Jim Ellis is president of BoatU.S.
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