Well, I just finished installation of a wifi antenna and hookup so that I can get free internet while on the boat. I mounted the antenna on the davits and ran the coax to the chart table. Now I can get the internet while on the boat and don't have to lug the laptop ashore to an internet cafe. I tried out the system back in May while cruising and only used a temporary antenna setup and it worked perfect, now with the permanent installation it will be eaiser to just plug and play. If you would like more information on this type of setup just drop me an email.
Fairwinds & Following Seas
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
GOGGLE ADSENSE A SCAM ????
As all you viewers to my page have noticed that their were google ads posted for your convience and now they are not there, well in the beginning I was told that if I had google put some ads on my page that I would get paid for the clicks to the ads. Sounds good doesn't it well, I was informed that it was a scam and google after awhile wouldn't pay, but I did it anyway. Over time I acummulated a few dollars about $150 or so. See google makes money from the advertisers and was to pay me a small %. After I reached the min. $100 I would recieve a check, I did and got one check and I said ok this is for real so I had more google ads put on my page and I acummulated more than $200 and thats when google decided not to pay up and pull the ads for whatever reason they make up. I think that is not fair that they make money using the viewers to your page then decided to cut you off so they do not have to pay you. It is like taking advantage of my page and those viewers that visit. Like they don't have enough $$ anyway. Just remember that every time you click on a google ad on the internet you are making Google that much more money. And what are you getting for of it ? So that's what happened and is why you see no ads anymore. So you be the judge, is it a SCAM OR NOT. YOU HAVE MY OPNION...............BUT ANYWAY,
THANKS FOR VIEWING MY BLOG, I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP ALL YOU CRUISERS UP TO DATE ON MY TRAVELS AND PROGRESS, WE DON'T NEED THE GOOGLE ADS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS THEY PROGRESS.
THANKS FOR VIEWING MY BLOG, I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP ALL YOU CRUISERS UP TO DATE ON MY TRAVELS AND PROGRESS, WE DON'T NEED THE GOOGLE ADS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS THEY PROGRESS.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
PVC PIPE FOR PLUMBING
PVC PIPE FOR HOLDING TANK PLUMBING
I am always amazed that more boats are not plumbed with ordinary PVC pipe, but then again we never thought of using it either until I had to replace me holding tank and all its plumbing. During the installation I added PVC sch. 40. I feel some of the benefits are:
1. Economy:. PVC pipe ist cheap. The total at the cash register after you buy several lengths of pipe, together with the fittings and glue to go with it, comes as a surprise—a pleasant one; a lot cheaper than the sanitation hose you find in the marine stores. Availability: Even a small corner hardware store has enough PVC plumbing fittings in stock for most jobs and the bounty in the bins of a large building supply store will let you build almost anything.
2. Flexibility : PVC does not bend, or at least not much, but the variety of PVC pipe fittings allows you to solve some very vexing problems surprisingly easily. Want to connect a 2” line to a 1/2” line and then T off a 1” line? A quick trip to a hardware store and a bit of ingenuity and you are done.
3. Fast Assembly. With a little practice and a pipe cutter you can assemble a plumbing system amazingly quickly using PVC pipe. (You can cut the pipe with a saw or a pipe cutter. It us long lasting. Even good quality hose only seems to last five years or so, but PVC pipe will last decades.
4. Impervious to Most Chemicals:. You can flush a PVC pipe system out with muriatic (hydrochloric) acid; the quickest and, as far as I know, only effective way to get rid of the scale that builds up in head discharge lines. Don’t try that with hose.
5. Impervious to Odors: You can spend a fortune on sanitation grade hose and your holding tank system will still stink, but it won’t if you use PVC pipe.
One caution: I do not recommend PVC pipe for piping that is open to the ocean and below the water line where a crack could sink you.
I am always amazed that more boats are not plumbed with ordinary PVC pipe, but then again we never thought of using it either until I had to replace me holding tank and all its plumbing. During the installation I added PVC sch. 40. I feel some of the benefits are:
1. Economy:. PVC pipe ist cheap. The total at the cash register after you buy several lengths of pipe, together with the fittings and glue to go with it, comes as a surprise—a pleasant one; a lot cheaper than the sanitation hose you find in the marine stores. Availability: Even a small corner hardware store has enough PVC plumbing fittings in stock for most jobs and the bounty in the bins of a large building supply store will let you build almost anything.
2. Flexibility : PVC does not bend, or at least not much, but the variety of PVC pipe fittings allows you to solve some very vexing problems surprisingly easily. Want to connect a 2” line to a 1/2” line and then T off a 1” line? A quick trip to a hardware store and a bit of ingenuity and you are done.
3. Fast Assembly. With a little practice and a pipe cutter you can assemble a plumbing system amazingly quickly using PVC pipe. (You can cut the pipe with a saw or a pipe cutter. It us long lasting. Even good quality hose only seems to last five years or so, but PVC pipe will last decades.
4. Impervious to Most Chemicals:. You can flush a PVC pipe system out with muriatic (hydrochloric) acid; the quickest and, as far as I know, only effective way to get rid of the scale that builds up in head discharge lines. Don’t try that with hose.
5. Impervious to Odors: You can spend a fortune on sanitation grade hose and your holding tank system will still stink, but it won’t if you use PVC pipe.
One caution: I do not recommend PVC pipe for piping that is open to the ocean and below the water line where a crack could sink you.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
TOP TEN REASONS TO BUY A BOAT
1. Financial Consultant advised you that hemorrhaging a fortune into a depreciating asset was a sound financial strategy.
2. You want to become intimately acquainted with every single working part of an engine.
3. You find constant scraping, painting and waxing to be very therapeutic.
4. You feel a moral obligation to help support OPEC.
5. Instead of sitting on shore not catching any fish, you prefer to sit on a boat, not catching any fish.
6. You want complete strangers to call you, “Captain.”
7. If you drink all day in a bar, you are a “lush.” If you drink all day on a boat, you are “enjoying life to its fullest potential.”
8. Aren’t some of those knots really cool?
9. You enjoy using a toilet the size of a saucepan.
10. A million skippers can’t be wrong.
2. You want to become intimately acquainted with every single working part of an engine.
3. You find constant scraping, painting and waxing to be very therapeutic.
4. You feel a moral obligation to help support OPEC.
5. Instead of sitting on shore not catching any fish, you prefer to sit on a boat, not catching any fish.
6. You want complete strangers to call you, “Captain.”
7. If you drink all day in a bar, you are a “lush.” If you drink all day on a boat, you are “enjoying life to its fullest potential.”
8. Aren’t some of those knots really cool?
9. You enjoy using a toilet the size of a saucepan.
10. A million skippers can’t be wrong.
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