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by LA_Admin » Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:24 pm

Most of you are familiar with ActiveCaptain - The Interactive Cruising Guidebook

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by Just a Tinch » Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:54 pm

Are we allowed to post links to sites where we can get really good prices on boat doo-dads that we all use and need?
Especially maintenance and...

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View first unread post Photos of your boat.

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Attachment(s) by tex » Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:48 pm

I'm always wondering about what kind of personality goes with what kind of boat. We don't see many people's boats here on the Forum without a...
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View first unread post Happy Holidays

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Attachment(s) by tex » Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:42 pm

Hope you all (human, animal or boat) get what you want for Christmas! Peace!

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View first unread post Greetings and Q please on towels aboard

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by CaptLui » Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:52 pm

Howdy! I am about to go back livingaboard after a break up of almost twenty years. I was in and around the Australian east coast from Melbourne to...

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View first unread post Falling off, getting back aboard.

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Attachment(s) by tex » Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:13 am

Janice mentioned the importance of planning a method of getting back aboard if one should fall overboard, so I thought it would be best to begin...

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View first unread post Marina Life

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Attachment(s) by RTB » Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:58 pm

Anything exciting happening around your marina? It has been an interesting couple of days here. A 43' catamaran got hit by lightning here with the...
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View first unread post Summer Heat

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by scallywag » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:28 pm

This is a topic for CaptForce and Ralph....How do you deal with Summer Heat. Ralph is from Texas. CaptForce traveled North. Katie and Jessie did not...

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View first unread post looking for livaboard marina in chesapeake bay

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by c37725 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:11 am

We will be moving aboard a Broadblue 42 cat soon and are looking for a marina. Right now, we are starting with those that allow livaboards and will...

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View first unread post Turkey Dinner

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Attachment(s) by scallywag » Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:16 pm

For all the liveaboards, do you cook a Thanksgiving Dinner of Ham or Turkey? :D
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by CaptForce » Thu Dec 01, 2016 7:25 pm

Yesterday I reassured Nancie that she is more the center of my life and adventure than our boat.

I worry when I watch her work hard to climb our...
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View first unread post Thinking of moving......

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Attachment(s) by Jaxfishgyd » Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:18 pm

Yup, I said it.......
This morning the admiral and I drove over to St Marys,Ga. We like the area plus she had to go buy a dress and the store she...
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View first unread post So where did you spend Christmas?

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by Jaxfishgyd » Sun Dec 25, 2016 2:26 pm

We're in Nashville Tennysea as our son and his family live here.... Luckily he listened to me as I told him I wanted warm temps and it is to hit...

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View first unread post Handling garbage.

Last post by CaptForce « Sat Dec 03, 2016 9:41 am
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by tex » Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:25 pm

Our boat came with a pretty good, reliable trash compactor. I've used various types of bags when compacting, and it seems like laying down the extra...

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View first unread post Was told this marina was "liveaboard friendly"

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by Jaxfishgyd » Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:42 pm

This is the email they sent me today.... Just the 'liveaboard fee" says they are not 'friendly"

Hi Charlie,
Thank you for your interest...

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View first unread post And water bacteria continues in S.W. Fla

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by Jaxfishgyd » Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:54 pm

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View first unread post Is the red tide ever leaving the west coast of Fla?

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by Jaxfishgyd » Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:45 pm

Got this email from the FWC today.
Tex, are you back yet or still having to rent a place?

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Patchy...
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View first unread post The invasion begins!!

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by Jaxfishgyd » Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:22 am

Once a year, my little island of Fernandina Beach,Fl goes from 12,000 to between 150,000-300,000, depending on the weather :shock: .. And this...

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View first unread post Live-aboard family still missing here

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by tex » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:23 am

A body was found off Sanibel Island yesterday but no ID as of yet. The 45 year old Father, Ace Kimberly and three children, 13,15 and 17, were...

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View first unread post I'm BAAAACK

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by Jaxfishgyd » Sat May 16, 2015 11:21 am

So after about 6 months away... I have finally made it back..... Thanks to Capt Force, who stopped in to say HI here in Fernandina Beach and helping...
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View first unread post How liveaboards get a bad name..

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by Jaxfishgyd » Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:05 pm

This is from a couple of years ago, WHY the police didn't shoot him is amazing, this is the local newspaper report
City police came close to
gunfire...

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View first unread post The best live-aboard vessel you've seen

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Attachment(s) by tex » Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:05 pm

Recently, one of our Captains here on LA delivered a Hatteras 53 to our local marina here on Longboat Key. Yeah, it's a big boat, but it has a...

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View first unread post We Need to Talk!

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by CaptForce » Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:40 pm

Every day I look for new posts here on "Life-Aboard", expecting to hear the latest news from my friends and usually it's nothing! What's...
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View first unread post Admiral and I giving it a try

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Attachment(s) by tex » Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:03 pm

Even though I've been semi-living aboard for two years while working on the boat, my Admiral is about to join me for the first time in February-March...
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View first unread post Hurricane prediction for 2016

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by Jaxfishgyd » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:35 am

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View first unread post Happy Holidays

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Attachment(s) by tex » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:59 pm

Hey folks. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

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View first unread post Delivering a Hatteras from Jacksonville to Sarasota

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by Jaxfishgyd » Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:14 pm

Was contacted last week from the owner of a 1984 Hatteras 53' ED.... Seems she was a liveaboard before getting married a few years ago and has now...
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