Recent content by Gord Bell

Having had a monitor wind vane on my last boat, E35-2, I would say go and get yourself the windvane. Uses no electricty, almost mantance free, and will keep you on course relative to the wind. cheers Gord:egrin:

While enjoying the good times in Sydney this year with the gathering of the vikings, I was giving a sample of what was called Apple Pie Drink. I would like to get that recipe for this drink, so who ever it was that brought it up to sydney, could you please pass along this recipe so that I and...

I have a 1970 35-2 and at cruise speed under power I am doing about 6 - 6.25 knots. At full throtle I can get the boat up to just over 7. This is done with a 27hp diesel turning a 3 blade Max Prop. At cruise I am burning about 1/2 gallon per hour and at full throtle it is close to 1 gallon per...

You can try Hotel Sidney which is only 1 block away from the marina. The price starts at $79.00 and goes to $255.00 per night. This place is located on the water. You can check their site at http://www.hotelsidney.com/. cheers Gord sv Huckleberry

Every one is talking about checking their turn bucles, wire, eyes, ect but when you do your check, how many do a detailed check of their spreaders. I checked mine last summer when I had the mast down for a rebuild and found that there was some areas of the spreaders, not fisable on normal...

Still have the banner from last year Port Townsend rendezvous and it will be at the Sydney rendezvous this year. cheers Gord Huckleberry

Stuart, yes I will be happy to work on the blind dingy races. If we have a catagory for the wettest crew I think that Heather would get that based on her prefomace last year. For the t-shirts, put me down for a package, size xl. cheers Gord Huckleberry

I think that trying to spot the beer cans in the water from a distance could be a little challenging. cheers Gord Huckleberry

Some thing for our southern freinds is Port of Sydney is a entrance point with costoms. cheers Gord Huckleberry

June 18 at Port Hudson is already marked on my calender. cheers Gord Huckleberry 35-2

The price is in canadian$. This past aug. I did about 120 hrs nonstop with the vane steering for about 99% of that time with no problems. cheers Gord

Selling Huckleberry. 1970 e 35-2. New this year, shrouds, spreaders, spreader bases, tangs, mast wiring, mast head vhf antena and cable, combo mast head tri light anchor light, mast mount for radome, deck level nav lights. 5 sails -main with 3 reef points -110 -150...

Yes, Huckleberry is for sale. cheers Gord

Have a 35-2 for sail if your freind is interested. Gord Bell

Radar mount The radar mount on my boat is a fixed mount at the chart table and then there is a second mounting bracket on the underside of the companion hatch. I like this set up as you can see tha display from any posion in the cockpit and the display is protected from the eliments. cheers...