Recent content by brooks&judy

We had light tan Sunbrella snap-on covers made for each of the camper-back windows on The Ticket (22 Cruiser) that worked really well. The covers allowed complete cockpit privacy for showering, partial privacy when snapped in on the dock side leaving a view out the other side, and they were a...

Apologies folks, for leaving this ad unattended. The Ticket indeed has a new owner. Best wishes in your search! ~ Brooks

BEAUTIFUL BOAT! Glad to see you're underway and good on ya (as they say down under)! I'm envious and wish you a lot of fine voyaging! ~ Brooks

The Ticket's planning to be there. Brooks & Judy

2006 22’ Cruiser EXCELLENT, EXTREMELY WELL EQUIPPED, $44k in Port Townsend, WA: High-top 2006 model, ready to cruise to Alaska & back ~ just put aboard your food, bear-spray & fresh underwear. Equipment: Aluminum EZLoader double-axle trailer w/4 brand-new disc brakes, bearings & master...

Our boat has a Wabasto diesel furnace ducted to two outlets, one just inside the bilge pump sump through the panel just below the under-counter galley doors; the other duct runs forward through the panel under the helm seat into the under-foot locker near the side of the boat, then down against...

Thanks for the good detailed report, Harvey! You're definitely a good, experienced friend to learn from. You make us envious while giving good tips. Neat trip! ~ Brooks

`Never had a microbus nor Westfailya (as I call my buddy's VW) but I did drive 200,000 miles in the `74 Volvo wagon I bought new and slept many nights in. A lot of my trips were for work. When I didn't need to be spiffy in the morning, I'd save my per-diem and camp comfortably in the wagon...

Tough question to answer. I've known about semi-dorys and Oregon dorys since the `70s when I was an editor on the National Fisherman magazine and learned those were used by smart commercial fishermen in all kinds of weather. A C-Dory is a semi-dory. If it were flat bottomed the whole...

I've another 22 Cruiser I'll trade for a 16 Cruiser (plus lucre)! Quite a few minds think alike here. I've got my 22 cruiser listed for sale too and have also thought a 16 (abet a cruiser) might be the ticket for this decrepit old sailor - a middle ground between boat and no boat. I'm...

Thank you friends! The grease in there isn't burned - it's fairly fresh and just black - or green. Thanks for mentioning that possibility, Bob - it could well be dark green and I'll look at it in the sunlight tomorrow. If it is green, it's perhaps what a local boatyard uses for the shipsaw...

Anybody know if marine bearing grease comes in black? A friend is loaning me his motorcycle trailer for a 2,000 mile trip. He says it has marine grease in its bearings, and the Bearing Buddies indicate it needs more grease. I've never seen black marine grease, but then I've not seen a lot of...

On the other hand, you may be fine flushing your Yamaha while tilted-up as that's how a park ranger here does his after every trip in the boat - he uses Salt-Away and lets the hose run four or five minutes. His main concern is the water pressure is so good the tell-tale stream shoots over the...

Many thanks, Greg! My sciatica thanks you (or would if it could)! `Hope to have one bolted aboard in time for our Broughton cruise beginning mid-June. Thanks again & again to you&yours for a fine time in Fr'd'y Haba! ~ Brooks

If you've got one to spare in the greater Puget Sound-Portland area, please holler. Thanks, Brooks (22 Cruiser The Ticket) email: btboat@olympus.net