Neil and Jeanette sailing the Bahamas in their Beneteau 473. Snorkeling Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island.

This video by Linda Johnston gives a good impression of how much fun can be had on a trip with the Seven Seas... http://www.thesevenseas.net

While moored near Wayil (Raja Ampat), we were entertained for over an hour by a pod of inshore bottlenose dolphins, or was it they who were entertained by us, with their game of chasing around and around the tender boat, diving under it, blowing bubbles and peering at us with curious eyes. How we wished we could understand their whistles and clicks! As the sun set and the stars & planets appeared, they escorted us back to the Seven Seas, while guests started to make plans for future cruises... thesevenseas.net

Japan! Japan!

In this episode we finish off the day by taking a fun bus ride up to the pub! www.lifeislikesailing.com www.facebook.com/lifeislikesailing

Yes, maybe not for everyone. But I prefer no dodger or bimini or connection of the two. In a gale I want only boat, not barn siding. Is an umbrella ridiculous? I see your point. But it can be put up or down in a moment, and aside from the merry-go-round look, is efficient. More at Thelonious Blog: http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/entry.php?242-Table-of-Contents-for-Thelonious-Blog

What a day for Team New York Yacht Club as they had a 2nd and two 4ths on the penult day of the 2015 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. The conditions sent the teams up the Bay so the conditions were quite different than the last few days and included a narrow course, an ebbing tide, and dying breeze.

Select aerials from Friday morning in Narragansett Bay.

Seal Beach Yacht Club Pop Tops - 2015 Series 5, Race 4 September 17, 2015

A conversation with Terry McLaughlin of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and Paul Zabetakis of the New York Yacht Club covering a variety of subjects.

Coppa Italia Finn 2015, 7a tappa Porto San Giorgio, 12-13 Settembre Music Hyperfun - Kevin Mac Leod (creativecommons.org) Rags2Riches rag - Audionautics ( creativecommons.org)

Here are highlights from Thursday, September 17, Day 3 at the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup

During the Plumbing project on DreamChaser, we installed a water distribution manifold for all the plumbing lines and located it right under the cabinet floor panels in the upper salon/galley. It was a added bonus that the floor panels were not screwed down to the floor beams, and it made it easy to store or hide items under the floor. There is enough room to store a few cases of soft drinks or beer easily between the tankage and the sides of the hull. During this water plumbing project, we noticed some water on the floor and I assumed it was where the old plumbing lines went from copper to poly tubing, however after checking them, I noticed that the actual hot water heater tank was leaking. That was not part of the plan as it instantly made us focus on this items to resolve and have to put the rest of the plumbing project on hold to get this done. (We will create another post on the Hot Water Heater another day so I won’t go into detail here) After removing the hot water heater and putting it up on deck to start to inspect it, I realized just how bad the floor panels looked under the cabinets. This was a good distraction, I was not exactly moving as quickly as I was hoping I would have on the plumbing replacements. The lines are all in and new faucets, however with the hot water heater leaking, I was at a standstill until it was replaced. I pulled out the floor panels so that I could use them as templates to mark, measure and cut the new panels. This is the first project I have done where I was setting up and cutting pretty decent sized pieces of wood. When we were in Kemah, I would take the parts over to a wood shop I had setup in a rented space, but we are a little over 6 hours away by car from that setup, so…. it was time to just setup something temporary. My temporary workshop consisted of a fold-up 6 foot table, an extension cord running from the boat up to the little spit of grass at the end of the dock, and my cell phone blasting out some Bob Marley on Pandora. I used the old panels as patterns and cut out the panels for a good tight fit back in the cabinet floors and then sanded each piece to 220 grit. I also cut a small hardwood block that I will epoxy to the bottom of the hull in the forward bilge and mount the shower sump to it rather than the hull directly. Lastly, I also cut out the forward head substrate for the granite countertop. Once everything way cut, dry fit tested and then sanded to 220, it was time to load it all up on the car and take everything over to the storage shed to paint, glue and clamp where it could be left overnight to dry. I started with the small hardwood block and used a forester bit to make small indentations for the attachment feet on the sump allowing it to sit flush and solid on that block of wood. The next step was to paint that block of wood as well as the two floor panels. We opted to paint these with “topsides” paint so that it would have a boats exterior paint job making it easier to clean in the event something spills in there. Making the new panels will also allow me to mount the new hot water heater in a different orientation to provide more room for storing kitchen supplies. The last thing that we did was glued the new granite counter-top to the substrate that we cut so that it can be mounted in place with screws from the underside of the counter. When finished there will be a fiddle rail mounted all the way around countertop as well to keep things from falling off of the counter in a sea-way. I must admit, the cooler weather, the ability to setup our small working area and to get some new wooden panels, cut, sanded and finished, felt really good. We have not been making the progress on this boat like we did on the last one and it felt good to get some large items take care of. A few weeks ago, I put up a small video on the Youtube channel letting everyone know that we are working on a 4 part series on replacing the plumbing lines within the boat. We have the footage, and I have some of the blog content written, however It is taking longer than I expected so please be patient for a couple of weeks while the editing process and writing continues. Wishing you safe travels and fair winds. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "How to repair a wooden mast, boom, spar or Bulkhead (Step by Step) " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nxr-yxUjvQ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

St. Francis Yacht Club September 17th. The first day of the series ended up as everything you would expect on San Francisco Bay. Big breeze, a big fleet, and big results.

Die SK2 ist zwar nur gute fünf Meter lang, bietet aber Technik wie die Großen: der Neigekiel sorgt für noch mehr Geschwindigkeit.

Sorry my daughter isnt so great at taking videos. She is getting a little better however than she used to be.

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Boating Laws in America! Florida boating laws, Texas boating laws, California boating laws...If you are sailing anywhere in U.S. waters this series is just for you! This episode goes into all the specific things you need to have on your vessel in order to pass a Coast Guard inspection. Please email these 'boating law' videos to your sailing friends! Future episodes will cover DUI boating laws, liability issues for the captain, and others that boaters need to know. Please click the 'thumbs up' icon and leave a comment and forward these 'Boating Law in U.S. Water' videos to all your sailing friends! for more 'Sailing Nervous' episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnxRImTebk&list=PL1Y0cgRWR6U4AyJMy8qiu3BklzIRL5fms Stock Media footage provided by RetroKLIPS/Pond 5 'sailors scambling..used by Pond5 agreement and authorized- music: 'Cool Blast- Disco Ultralounge' by Kevin McLeod licensed under a creative commons attribution license

With some of our mates aboard we headed out to the floating pizza restaurant for a super fun day in the most magic of settings. Crystal clear water, great food and a really fun setting made for a day of halyard drops, great food and fun times ; )

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