Great idea To Publish Our Personal Web Sites

To Todd and Phyllis we think it is a great idea to post our individual web site addresses. Ryen`s Quest is:

http://42vagbondryensquest.blogspot.com/

we r hear

Finally found this blog. It looks fun. We need more response though. I am sure we are all very busy messing about in our boats (V42s). Everyone should list their websites and show the progress made on our new homes.

Ours is a free website that really allows quite a bit of information, pictures and video. It is tripdiary.com

Our personal address for website is www.tripdiary.com/piratetnp/toucanshare

This will progress from our first day leaving Boise, Id. to Bradenton, Florida. The trip was half the fun, now we live onboard and deal with every day situations. (no lawn mowing though!)

We look forward to all of your journeys!

Cheers!

Todd & Phyllis Thomas
s/v Toucan Share (1989 V42)

Bow Thruster

Hi Folks,

Kris and Valaint M here - hope you are all well.

I'm just back from Seville in Spain. I have had a quickly worsening trouble with my HURTH HBW 220 gearbox as fitted to a Lehman 2200 4 cyl engine - in engaging forwards - well often she won't do it - much wailing and knashing of teeth as well as throwing emergency kedge anchors!! Big drama in the marinas - I feel I now need a bow thruster...

Anyone know why this happens? Reverse has a very positive poition, as does neutral but forward is totally loose with no positive idication of when it is in gear. I have changed all the linkages etc but thought I'd share the problem and see if you guys knew.

Also has anyone fitted a bow thruster in their boat - love to talk and share notes as being a single hander I am beginning to think I need one

Very best

Kris