I have the Wallas 1300 paraffin heater (smallest one), and there is a bit of clicking when it starts up, but after that it's very occasional & I don't notice it at all. The sound of the blower I certainly notice, but I don't know how you'd avoid that with a forced air system on a small boat. Sur...

Thanks guys - this looks like a never-ending story with the wealth of information popping up. Wonderful what the minds of Mac hath wrought.

Hi - I'm thinking of using my Mac as a camper for part of the summer, and wonder any of our good members have good (workable ) ideas on the subject? Not planning on roughing it, rather using campsites with hookups where possible.

Max

Something like this, eh?!... Pretty close - but this wd be closer: http://luxuryassetnetwork.com/asset/boat/4/6/648/efa1fe353c9404421093ac7680145de8.jpg It's a Willard, 34', I think. Not the greatest sailboat, but close enough for government work, as it were. Looks right for the environment it's in...

Wow, you guys are so brave! :) Your my heros - sailing into Nanaimo and the wind is like really really strong there! and those mountains in JANUARY with the snow on them?? I only have the guts to take the big ferry into Nanaimo much less even a 27 foot boat! Don't rub it in :(. Every year I think m...

Tayana! Wow - that's a tank - Weather shouldn't bother you much in that beastie. Way to go for winter sailing - shd be no problem at all.

A T37? The only T37 I'm aware of is a Cessna https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... 9G-003.jpg, but landing in False Creek cd be tricky

So, counting on my ignorance being more or less total - what is a T37?

With conditions as expected, I'd pass on crossing the Strait - the wind wd blow you there smartly enough but it might be more exciting than comfortable, and the waves can get pretty steep. Howe Sound shd not be a problem with an offshore Low & S.E. wind, but check the local forecast @ http://wea...

Wind in the Strait is almost always NW or SE, and wave action strongest in the middle; places to watch out for during a high pressure on the mainland are the mouths of the sounds, which funnel the outflow. Howe Sound can be pretty boisterous. A westerly may give rise to strong offshore winds near Qu...

There are always deals to be had, and it's definitely worth going if you live in Vancouver; if not, depends a bit on travel costs.But if you don't ski - what else are you going to do in January?

It bears saying, that you should keep in view the relative diameters of the furling line on the spool, and the furled sail. On a brand new headsail with a sewn on UV strip, I once discovered that at one point the diameter of the furled on sail was greater than that of the spooled line being pulled -...

Probably wouldn't hurt either, to spray the bunks with silicon lubricant. Waterproof, won't transfer to the hull and will last a while.

Ah so! A boudoir!

Whoever said our Mac's aren't classy boats? Great idea... now if I cd just figure out where else to stash all that junk I've got stuffed in there...

Well, I have to ask - does anyone actually use the forward compartment on the M for sleeping? I'm pretty short and to me it looks like a torture chamber. Small kids I can imagine, but a couple of adults? And that's not even considering that if your feet are forward then your head is down, unless you...

They must have been lost or compass not working - heading the wrong way...