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larryC
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I was using small to medium crocs with the red plastic thing on the hook
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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thomasdelsur
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nice catch!
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woody with a view
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WOW Larry!
save some fish for the rest of us/them/china's.....
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larryC
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Not to worry Woody lots of fish left. There were 4 of us fishing and we gottem like that 4 days in a row. Best fishing I have ever seen there.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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Mateo-Feo
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Those Baja Hali's love the crocs. Sweet
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BajaBlanca
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what a sad situation for these folk. any idea where they are eventually headed to ? and yes, those are some very nice fish !
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captkw
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TRI
THATS A PIVER OR A BROWNING..PLYWOOD WITH GLASS OVER LAID AND NOT A SOLID BOAT AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES....SORRY BUT THE OCEAN DOES NOT HAVE
ROOM FOR SUCH ----------- ITS A ROUGH LIFE ON THE OCEAN AND WITH KIDS YOU BETTER START WITH A SOLID BOAT AND SOME SEATIME..AND AS ALWAYS,, I HAVE NO
CLUE!!! K&T
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monoloco
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Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
THATS A PIVER OR A BROWNING..PLYWOOD WITH GLASS OVER LAID AND NOT A SOLID BOAT AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES....SORRY BUT THE OCEAN DOES NOT HAVE
ROOM FOR SUCH ----------- ITS A ROUGH LIFE ON THE OCEAN AND WITH KIDS YOU BETTER START WITH A SOLID BOAT AND SOME SEATIME..AND AS ALWAYS,, I HAVE NO
CLUE!!! K&T |
A friend of mine crossed the pacific 3 times in a Brown Sea Runner, It just depends what kind of plywood was used and how it was fastened. Marine
plywood fastened with bronze or stainless screws good, CDX fastened with galvanized nails not so good.
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woody with a view
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"CDX fastened with galvanized nails not so good"
a three hour tour!
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larryC
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I would think that if you were gonna use cdx, why would you spend the extra money on galvanized nails? Just a thought.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
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monoloco
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You'd be surprised at how some of those were constructed, I wasn't joking about using CDX, what's even more surprising is how long some of them have
remained afloat.
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surfer jim
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Five people on that boat...what a mess.
Any word on where they came from and are heading to?
To make it worse the first photo shows SURFBOARDS on the deck. Now there are some "locals"
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Mula
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"God protects fools and drunks."
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Mexitron
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Any more updates if someone is fixing the boat for them?
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Mexitron
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We had a trip planned to the Punta Blanca area last week so we loaded up extra food/water, not knowing if William and Laya were still stranded down
the coast at Punta Cono. After spending some time with Brooks Smith et al at a never to be disclosed location (hah!) we headed south along the steep
coast road instead of the inland silt beds and found that they are indeed still marooned there at Cono---on the northwest part of the bay---luckily
the safest place to be. We gave them what we could (and still be able to get back home). Bruce and Gay (from Bay of LA?) had come out and put the
boat up on a trailer so the damage could be worked on. However they did not have any fiberglass, and had returned home to try to find supplies. The
fishermen and Bill (Larry's friend) at El Marron know about the situation and are bringing some supplies occasionally. There was some talk that
William's brother was trying to bring down repair material too.
Despite everyone's help so far they will soon be low on supplies again---we got them about a week's worth of food/water----more supplies would be
greatly appreciated if anyone is in the area. Bill is doing what he can but just has so much to give.
William did say he has a Garmin GPS and had loaded it up with navigation charts but the Garmin won't recognize the charts since they're not from
Garmin. He has a CD of charts too though and says he will try to merge the two. Again, any help with charts would be greatly appreciated, of course
with the hope that they will set sail again.
William and Laya are very nice people...there was some talk that they should abandon the boat and get the kids back to LA....but the but is their
home, literally, and I think they'd like to see if they can fix it.
Will post more if I left something out---brain is still re-engaging into the rat-race.
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durrelllrobert
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Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
"CDX fastened with galvanized nails not so good"
a three hour tour! |
Back in the '60s I bought a tear drop trailer that was built that way. First time taking the kids camping I went up 9 mile canyon from hgw 395 to
Kennedy Meadows and by the time I got to the top both sides were flapping in the breeze. I left it there.
Bob Durrell
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pointdog
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absolute folly.
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Nemo55
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Thanks Mexitron,
Nice to hear some people are helping out.
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BajaBruno
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Where is the rudder on that boat?
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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desertcpl
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Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBruno
Where is the rudder on that boat? |
at the stern of the boat ( rear)
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