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Viking

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  1. On 7/4/2022 at 5:58 PM, Txslnghrns said:

    Need a ruling: Do these things at Joe T Garcia’s count as nachos? These “nachos”, the skinny margaritas and the outside dining area are really the only reason I’ll go to JTGs.
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    That's Joe T Garcia's just straight up trolling surly. Nachos or Tostados? Stacked or not stacked?

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  2. On 6/22/2022 at 8:18 PM, troph said:

    What’s you boat and what will it do… how boring is it actually under sail  ? 

    Manta 42. It's a cruising boat so not fast like an HH or Outremer or the like. We did get up to 12kts this year sailing up the lee of Eleuthera in 18-20kts of wind but that's a rarity. I plan for 6-7kts under sail when passage planning.

    On 6/23/2022 at 7:06 AM, G650 said:

    What yard are you guys in?

    Zimmerman Marine in Mathews. I heard nothing but good things about them (online and a lagoon owner that was there last year) and so far they've been great.

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  3. Back to dirt life until next year.

    We hauled the boat last week in Virginia and spent three and a half days prepping for storage. Cleaning the inside, removing food, sails, lines, winterizing the water system and engines, dropping the dinghy, throwing away a shitload of crap, etc, etc. We're in a yard that caters to catamarans and they've got us stacked 3-4 deep.

    I've been off the boat for a week and I'm ready to go back. The wife feels the same... "Why are we in Texas again?"

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  4. 3 hours ago, troph said:

    30-60 and 120-150 are touch and go. Inside 30 and down wind are dumb.

    120-150 should be awesome in a cat.. was it an issue with the headsail? I assume they don't have good sails and certainly not downwind sails on a charter boat so maybe that's it.

    Kinetics look nice. Like a gunboat but a bit more affordable? Have you looked at Balance catamarans? If I had the money a Balance is one of my actually obtainable dream boats.

  5. On 6/12/2022 at 1:54 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

    Random question Viking. Do you can’t a lot of your own food or is it mostly provisions from port?

     

    Almost all provisions from port. I try to fish but haven't had much luck having only caught 2 blackfin tuna and 1 mahi this season. Both of those we shared with friends (sushi for the blackfin.. so wonderful eating it just a few hours after it is caught) so they didn't last long. Otherwise we provision from whatever grocery store is nearby. In the Bahamas most of the grocery stores are fairly small but some of the larger islands (Spanish Wells, Marsh Harbor Abacos) have US sized grocery stores. Prior to going to the Bahamas we spend a few grand provisioning particularly for frozen meats and bulky items that are a lot more expensive in the Bahamas, eg chips, crackers, etc.

     

    5 hours ago, G650 said:

    Oh man, y'all were out in that? My sympathies. I was out on my bike here in Va Beach and saw the line coming and hauled ass home. Almost made it too before the bottom fell out and crushed me.

     

    I don't know if anyone remembers the wiki spoof called Dickipedia, but my buddy and I always said we need to put an entry for summer squalls. I've gone though more in my life than I care to count.

    Yeah it sucked but thankfully we didn't get struck by lightning so no harm done. Actually I was happy to have a great fresh water rinse on the boat. Less work for me to do when we haul out!

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  6. His son has a separate channel https://youtube.com/c/JetBentLee where he's done lots of videos with his dad cooking. Usually the theme is he bring his dad a bag of fast food and he turns it into something gourmet.

    They're pretty entertaining as his dad evidently has never set foot in a single fast food restaurant and is generally disgusted with what his son brings him, ala "people like this shit?"

    https://youtu.be/RiTH2ekj5g8

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  7. 25 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

    Wow, sleepwalking can be dangerous.

     

    He's ready to return to his crew!? Like maybe if he handcuffs himself to the bed at night sure. Crazy that he was found.

  8. Monday:

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    Thursday:

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    We left the Bahamas on Tuesday and hauled ass (by Viking slow boat standards, not G650 rocket ship standards) up the gulf stream until we got to Charleston, SC.

    I find the color and clarity of this water to be unappealing.

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  9. We spent the last 3 weeks in the Raggeds which is a remote part of the Bahamas that's just 100 miles north of Cuba. There's not much down here. No restaurants, no bars, no grocery stores, nada. Well except for the fishing which is .. amazing:

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    Me and a friend have caught at least a hundred lobster the last 3 years and the guy 2nd from the right was way bigger than any previous one. Just a monster. The crew threatened mutiny due to too much lobster so I gave most of these and a bunch more away to other boaters.  

    We've now turned north and are heading back up the islands and then back to the US. We've been here for 3 months and have just a month and a half left. Time flies way to fucking fast.

    Our last anchorage in the Raggeds at Water Cay:

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    Heading northeast to Long Island:

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  10. That's a badass boat. You don't need a starter boat as that is the perfect size to learn on. You just need the equivalent of a basic keelboat course which takes just a few days. The local authorities might say otherwise however but in the US no courses are required.

    Sailing is the easy part of sailboat ownership btw.  The difficult parts are maintenance. Things like "why does the deck feel squishy when I walk on it" or "the keel bolts look really rusty".

     

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  11. We've been in the southern Exumas and Raggeds (part of Bahamas that's remote and just 60mi north of Cuba) for the last month.

    The calm before the storm. This was a fun front to come through as it happened just after sunrise. The winds were calm and quiet and then suddenly the monohull's wind generator starts making a loud weezing sound is it spins up. One by one the boats spun around 120 degrees as the wind went from nada to 15-20kts.

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    Here's a picture for your monohull lovers @G650 @Sbbruin @troph. We took a friends Leopard 48 out fishing and fuel and this machine was docked. I can't find anything about it online but it was ~60ft and looks fast as hell. The color doesn't come through in these photos but it was olive green that looked amazing. No crew around otherwise I'd have gotten myself onboard for more pics.

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  12. You're finally on the right track Troph! If you have the money a performance oriented cat is 100% the way to go. Hopefully your wife finds the motion of the cat while sailing to be more to her liking. I've met some people that handle monos just fine but get sick on cats.

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  13. On 2/12/2022 at 9:20 PM, Texzilla58 said:


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    That's a pretty kick ass setup and looks fool proof. I'm into aquariums and ponds and would be tempted to put guppies or japanese rice fish in there. Thanks for sharing; I'll have to try this sometime.

  14. On 1/12/2022 at 11:16 AM, troph said:

    @Viking what are you sailing these days?

    It's a Manta 42 catamaran. Here's a picture of one (not ours):

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    Well made boats built in Florida for owners and not charter. They're a bit small on the inside compared to modern Lagoon/Leopard/Fountaine-Pajot but it's perfect size for us and has decent performance.

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  15. Whoopsie. Would love the know the story of how this happened. Drunk? Asleep? Christmas blowjob?

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    "Maritime Management LLC, based here, has reported that a ship under the company's management, the M/T Tropic Breeze, was struck last night at 22:03 p.m. by the super yacht M/Y Utopia IV approximately 15 miles NNW of New Providence Island, The Bahamas. The 160-foot tanker was traveling on its proper watch en route to Great Stirrup Cay when it was rear-ended by the 207-foot super yacht. The catastrophic force of the collision pierced the stern of the tanker causing the tanker to sink to the ocean floor at an estimated depth of 2000 feet.

    Fortunately, the crew of the Tropic Breeze were uninjured, have been rescued and safely returned to a company-owned facility on shore."

    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mt-tropic-breeze-struck-by-mega-yacht-utopia-iv-and-sinks-off-the-coast-of-new-providence-island-301450791.html?fbclid=IwAR3maHBGARbpf1Rwj-I4WlkI402PrBuxdId34wZLWSFYRH0DBlHv9UdTbAw

     

  16. That looks fast. What speed are you doing?

    Do your crew fly home after the race or do you bring the boat back to the states with them?

    I need to arrange to be in Miami early November next year so I can get a ride during the shake down sail before the race. 😀

     

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