Cruising forum

Okay dude I dont know what your doing but your earlier post says ...

'' I've just moved to Australia and I would like to know some things, since I come from Europe and do not have a clue about any sailing "business" over here ;)''

Now you say you are not in Australia ... so what gives ???

I am new to this forum and am always willing to help out like I did by answering your questions to the best of my abilities but at least you could be honest. Get of your arse and do your own research.

Questions I am happy to answer if I can but spending my time researching for you isnt going to happen.

You will find lots of Aussie sailors, friendly and willing to help but be genuine and be real.

yep you're right... i was (still am) at work and didn't have the time to write that much. I already have a house in australia and it's all set (if you say it like this when everything's finished)... however the most important thing is still in Europe: ME I'll move within the next few months, can't tell when exactly right now, cause I got lots of work to do here.

anyhow, you helped a lot! thanks for that, your job is done

oh yes, the tone goes up, the tone goes down, just like a certain woman's mindset LOL!!

Working on an article at this very moment about Keppel/Woppaburra...know it's not your favourite place but the perspective from which i'm writing is new.......want a sneak peak???

Glad to be back amongst it
Trace

what do you mean by self insured

@ rodward - lots of cruising people dont carry boat insurance for a variety of reasons so accept that anything that happens comes out of their own pocket hence the term 'self insured'. I didnt coin the phrase but have seen it used quite a bit over the past year or two and I fit into that category. Mind you some marinas' and slipways wont allow you to use their facilities unless you can show a current certificate of insurance but I havent found that to be a problem.

@ Disralei - Whats your problem dude?

@ JimmieD - Cruising Helmsman magazine maintain a web site at - mysailing.com.au Its free and you can subscribe to their free weekly e-newsletter on the site as well.

@ hangtime & Cisco - yep a cruising forum would be great.

Thanks Cisco i was going up the inside of Hinchinbrook but might try Zoe bay, Thanks to your suggestion.

@ JimmieD - You picked it well ... the issue was March 2011.

You will also find an article in that issue titled The Day My Life Changed Forever - (battler loses everything on a sandbar), I wrote that article, its my story about the loss of my catamaran last August off the mouth of the Burdekin River in North Queensland. I lost my boat just 6 days after rescuing 2 guys whose boat had sunk off Brampton Island in bad weather.

I have had lots of experiences on the water off the Queensland coast, some good, some great and some downright bad and ugly but damn I love the cruising lifestyle and although I am doing it real tough at the moment, it shouldn't be too long before I get back on the water once again.

fair winds and smooth seas,

Lex Adams

Hi guys - sorry we can't be onto things a bit quicker, doing the best we can.

As the traffic in this forum is pretty slight, and I'd imagine cruising posts even slighter, maybe just give it a go for a while & see how it goes?

Not sure there is enough topics to warrant a whole new category just yet .. maybe prefix your topic with "Cruising:" and see how it all pans out. If lots of traction, can start a new forum.

I think that we do have a cruising forum. Its just titled sailing. Have a look at the Sailing topics on page 1. More than 90% are what could be called cruising specific. If you make the Cruising Forum post a sticky then all the specific questions as threads will be lost cause people will think that is where to post them. eg best haulout yards, could be stuck in with recomendations to flush an outboard with seaclear navigation advise. Lets just keep the cruising forum thread to pictures of hangtimes crew. When someone has another interesting cruising story or anecdote let them start a new thread, otherwise it all eventually gets too jumbled. And if someone wants to ask a quetion about 18 foot skiffs in Adelaide let them do it on "our" cruising/sailing forum.

This forum is good and seems to be growing.
Let's see what happens.