Recent content by Bardo

Interest Hi, Where are you keeping your boat? And do you have any pics available? I live in Southern Maryland. Thanks, Freeman

More info? Do you have more compelte info and hopefully some more pics of your beautiful E31 I? Thanks very much, Freeman

Still for sale? Is she still for sale? I am still looking for my E boat.

Maritime Domain Awareness MDA is the new watchword in the military for the goal of knowing where every surface contact in the world is at all times. It sounds funny, but its true. AIS is a small but significant part of this domain awareness. It is cool. And very useful if you are a terrorist...

I'm not giving up! All that you each say is true. I am caught in the 40 something, too much to do and not enough time/money for the boat thing. On the up-side, We live in a place where I can (and do) kick the kids out the door on Saturday morning, telling them to return when they hungry...

An interesting note of caution: a good friend of mine has a place inFt. Myers beach, FL. There is a large sailboat scuttled in shallow water nearby, and my friend went to check it out. Nice hardware in good shape. There was a marine police boat out there too, and the cop told him "if you take...

Seems like a lot of Ericsons on eBay lately. There is a 32 with no reserve as well. it has a funky aluminum superstructure astern for the radar. Still, it could be a bargain.

I don't know if any of you have had the pleasure of sailing an Alerion 28, but I have. It is nicest sailor I have ever sailed in that size range. They typically run 40k plus (80k new). There is one on eBAY now, with a delaminating hull. Its balsa core and wet over probably half of the hull...

I re-did my Bristol 29 with Cetol Natural. Very nice color, easy application. I figure it took me half the time varnish would have based on the prep and application times required. No worries about bubbles etc. I enjoyed sailing the boat and not doing several more coats of varnish. And the...

Yes, I think you all (and the little guy in my head) have a point. Maybe I will just sail on the boat this summer and let him spend all the money and be the boss. Anyway, hard to justify the purchase at this point in time. Thanks for the good advice. On Sailnet I would have been cussed out and...

All, I have been looking for my E34 for some time now, with no luck. As luck would have it, a good friend of mine has one, which has been the basis of my lust for this boat. Now he is signalling interest in selling me a half share in the boat. I owned my last boat with another sailor, and it...

Well, Its good to hear all of the different views on this topic, and I have a bit of hope based on your input. This year is more gentle sailing, a lot of day sailing and maybe a couple of overnighters. Then either it becomes a dad and kids thing or we move on to the next step. As an aside, my...

Great feedback. Ellen has only sailed a few times really. She sailed occasionally on our Bristol 29, and took the helm occasionally when it was quiet. We went for ten day to the BVI last winter and chartered a cat. We sailed with another family, which pretty muched took the fun out of it for...

I'm sure this is a perennial posting topic, but I would be very interested in hearing your feedback. I married a non-sailor some twenty years ago. And while I have made some progress in getting her to enjoy it, she still summarizes her feelings about sailing like this: "I love to sail. Just...

Loren, Coming from the ChesBay, light airs in summer will feel normal!