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North Channel Cruise
by htmills＠bright.net 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

I'm planning on a two week North Channel Cruise in mid June. I'll probably drive from Ohio to Tobermory, take the Chi-Cheemaun ferry over to South Baymouth (Manitoulin Island), and then drive to Little Current (Manitoulin Island) on Saturday June 5th. I might end up taking the ferry on the morning of the 6th depending on how late I hit the road. At the present time I'm thinking of making a general counter clockwise spin around the North Channel, launching at Spider Bay Marina in Little Current and going north and then west to the Bustard Islands and west and then crossing south to the west end of Manitoulin and returning east again. Of course, all plans are subject to the weather and whims of the person at the helm! Mid June will probably be a bit ahead of the crowd and still kinda nippy. There is some info on the area at: http://www.continuouswave.com/north-channel/ and here: http://www.continuouswave.com/sail-logs/ If anyone else is planning on a trip up there, perhaps we can meet up! Tod

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Re: M_Boats: more new stuff on the photo site...
by BILLAMICASR＠aol.com 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

In a message dated 1/22/2005 12:38:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, bobo4u(a)qwest.net writes: Sorry to respond to list about this, but I don't know who codes the site. Hi Bob, Funtigo does it all. It's quite easy to use their site as they made it that way. If I had to do as you suggest... it wouldn't get done as I don't posses those skills. Now about funtigo... There is a possibility they can change something to assist those with other than an MS browser. However, I'm not the person to suggest whatever is needed as again, I dont posses those skills. Maybe you could write to Funtigo on the MSOG behalf, explain what their situation is and get a technical answer. That, after translation, we could all understand. As for me, I never heard of Foxfire or Safari before. I've always used Internet Explorer and don't know any better. You would be doing the group a favor if you can get an answer. Go to their main site at www.funtigo.com and at the lower left is a "contact us" link. If you want to get an idea of how they make it for their clients. You can sign up for a free trial funtigo membership. Thanks for any help, Bill

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Photo Site Updates
by BILLAMICASR＠aol.com 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Hi All, A couple of new photos. Both are on page three of the Boats & Owners section. First is Don & Nancy Ludlow's M-15 #620 "Sweet Dream" with Nancy at the helm. Then Dick Straubel's M-17 #259 "Atta Baby". I believe I'll be able to show close ups of his kick up rudder (and more) in a couple of days. Enjoy the photos... Bill www.MSOG.funtigo.com

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more photo's
by MC Carpenter 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Hi Bill, are any of these photo's useful for purpose. http://home.earthlink.net/~southisland2/

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re: GPS
by Steve R. 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

I use two shareware programs that are not free, but are inexpensive. The first is Gartrip. www.gartrip.de Gartrip allows waypoints to be displayed on a PC. The waypoints may be overlayed on a map if you scan one in. You can also click the map to set waypoints. The second is G7toWin. www.gpsinformation.org/ronh/g7towin.htm G7toWin has lots of file conversions, so that waypoints may be transferred between a variety of file formats. In particular, it allows CSV files created by a spreadsheet to be uploaded to a GPS. I make up a waypoint list in Excel. Since the Degrees and Minutes of most of the waypoints are common, I can just copy and paste those columns. I then create a column with the DEG-MIN-SEC parameter for transfer to the GPS. It is a lot easier for me to edit the waypoint data in Excel. That works for me. Steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY ************************************************ I found a web site called Easy GPS www.easygps.com where you can download for free the software to use your computer to program waypoints into your GPS. Works great. A whole lot faster and easier than the scroll and select method on the GPS itself. You can also do a whole lot more with it, but that's the main thing I was interested in. Of course, you need a PC interface cable and they don't give those away. Larry

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Rigging question...
by BILLAMICASR＠aol.com 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hey - - - Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! For those of you who may have changed their M-17 mainsheet from a three part to a four part purchase... 1. Do you recall what size line 5/16 or 3/8? 2. Do you recall how many feet were required? Thanks, Bill M-17 #496 "Tipperary"

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Keys Charts
by Steve R. 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Although I have not seen it, there is a companion spiral-bound chart book. The charts have numbered icons for points of interest which refer to the page number in the guide. Amazon has it for $54, $21 for the guide. http://www.cruisingguide.com/flkcb.html Coastal Charts for Cruising the Florida Keys by Claiborne S. Young List Price $75.00 63 pages ISBN: 158980029X 17.4 x 12.9 inches Published May 1, 2002. steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY Saltm17(a)aol.com wrote... Note: I’m reading “Cruisng The Florida Keys” by Claiborne Young, and it looks like there is a very good chance we will see manatees and dolphins on the cruise along with a lot of other wildlife, and there are a lot of reefs to snorkel along the way.

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Florida Keys Cruise. Update 2
by Saltm17＠aol.com 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Florida Keys Cruise Update # 2 Tentative Dates May 8 – 15 Anyone who would like to join the cruise is more than welcome Signed up (as of Jan 29) Maria Jorge M17 Clarence Andrews M17 John Edwards M17 Maria has done a lot of legwork checking out places in the Keys and there are a couple of options for the itinerary: 1. Launch at Key Largo and sail one way to Key West. This will require a shuttle of trucks/trailers and a suitable place to store them while we sail. There is a place on Key Largo where we might be able to store them for $10/day. There is a good launch ramp at Pennekamp state park. This would mean about 200 miles of sailing but mostly downwind ( about 23 miles/day) 2. Launch at Long Key at Seabird Marina ( _www.seabirdmarina.com_ (http://www.seabirdmarina.com/) )and sail down to Key West on one side of the Keys and return on the other side. This would avoid having to shuttle the rigs, and we would spend our time in the lower 2/3s of the Keys which are considered the better part of the Keys. The round trip would be about 170 miles. (about 20 miles per day average for 9 days) There are numerous anchorages and Marinas on both sides of the Keys, and three places where we could cross from one side to the other. Let me know what you prefer or if you have any other ideas for an itinerary. Note: I’m reading “Cruisng The Florida Keys” by Claiborne Young, and it looks like there is a very good chance we will see manatees and dolphins on the cruise along with a lot of other wildlife, and there are a lot of reefs to snorkel along the way.

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Sail dimensions
by Wayne Yeargain 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Anybody know the dimensions of the M12 sail ? Wayne

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Re: M_Boats: Florida Keys Cruise. Update 2
by Saltm17＠aol.com 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Come on down! John

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