Comments on: FAQ http://www.condesa.org I'm Sailing !! Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:09:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Kim Odekirk http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Kim Odekirk Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:58 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-2606 What awesome pictures, and quite an adventure. Did you take all the shots? Really amazing. -Kim What awesome pictures, and quite an adventure. Did you take all the shots? Really amazing.
-Kim

]]> By: Maureen http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Maureen Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:48:09 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-2435 Hi Sandra You might like to join our Salar 40 internet club at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/salar40/. We have 57 Salar 40 owners as members and many more who are interested in the design. Cheers Maureen Sinbad (Salar 40) Sydney Hi Sandra

You might like to join our Salar 40 internet club at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/salar40/. We have 57 Salar 40 owners as members and many more who are interested in the design.

Cheers

Maureen
Sinbad (Salar 40)
Sydney

]]> By: Clark http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Clark Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:18:25 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-2433 Hello Sandra, Of course I recommend the Salar 40 wholeheartedly. I saw a lot of them around Australia, but I never made it as far south as Melbourne. While I was in Sydney the governor of the National Maritime Museum made a special trip over to see my boat, and told me that he'd circumnavigated in a Salar 40. His only mishap was that the wheelhouse windows got smashed in, the broken glass blocked the cockpit drains, and the cockpit filled. I'd hate to see the kind of conditions that smashed in those windows. Salar 40s have been built in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, and some builders have tweaked the design of the aft cabin. Mine was built in England and is very thick and strong. I assume other builders followed the same layup schedule, but you never know. Cheers, Clark Hello Sandra,

Of course I recommend the Salar 40 wholeheartedly. I saw a lot of them around Australia, but I never made it as far south as Melbourne. While I was in Sydney the governor of the National Maritime Museum made a special trip over to see my boat, and told me that he’d circumnavigated in a Salar 40. His only mishap was that the wheelhouse windows got smashed in, the broken glass blocked the cockpit drains, and the cockpit filled. I’d hate to see the kind of conditions that smashed in those windows. Salar 40s have been built in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, and some builders have tweaked the design of the aft cabin. Mine was built in England and is very thick and strong. I assume other builders followed the same layup schedule, but you never know.

Cheers,
Clark

]]> By: Sandra http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 Sandra Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:04:18 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-2432 Hello Clark I found your story very interesting. Thank you for sharing it. We found your site becuse my husband and I are part of Royal Geelong yacht club, a club located 1hr south of Melbourne, Australia. There is a Salar 40 that is part of our club and we had viewed this boat as a possible design to investigate. I believe there are now 5 Salar 40's on Port Phillip Bay(the body of water Melbourne and Geelong is located on). You're enthusiasm for the Salar 40 and obvious hands on experience over 10 years has opened our eyes further to this design. It is our intention to venture of on an extended cruise within 2 years so we are presently searching for a suitable offshore cruiser to replace our present yacht. The Salar 40 is now on our shopping list Thanks for the wonderful insights contained within your website. Sandra Hello Clark
I found your story very interesting. Thank you for sharing it. We found your site becuse my husband and I are part of Royal Geelong yacht club, a club located 1hr south of Melbourne, Australia. There is a Salar 40 that is part of our club and we had viewed this boat as a possible design to investigate. I believe there are now 5 Salar 40’s on Port Phillip Bay(the body of water Melbourne and Geelong is located on). You’re enthusiasm for the Salar 40 and obvious hands on experience over 10 years has opened our eyes further to this design. It is our intention to venture of on an extended cruise within 2 years so we are presently searching for a suitable offshore cruiser to replace our present yacht. The Salar 40 is now on our shopping list Thanks for the wonderful insights contained within your website. Sandra

]]> By: Tris http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 Tris Mon, 19 May 2008 19:06:07 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-2355 Clark - Have you considered putting your story into book form? I am an avid sailor - and happen to be a literary agent. You have a great story to tell. Get in touch if you're interest in discussing this in more detail. Regards, -Tris Clark –

Have you considered putting your story into book form?

I am an avid sailor – and happen to be a literary agent. You have a great story to tell.

Get in touch if you’re interest in discussing this in more detail.

Regards,

-Tris

]]> By: Clark http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 Clark Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:52:44 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-1928 Hello Iain, I give Lima my highest recommendation. The Yacht Club Peruano in Callao is very friendly and welcoming to foreign yachts. There are very secure and cheap moorings with excellent security, so you can safely leave your boat. There is free 24-hour shoreboat service. Jaime Ackerman, the facilities manager, can help you navigate the checking in process. In Callao it's fairly straightforward (a day or two) and cheap, but supposedly other ports in Peru are a little behind the times when it comes to foreign yachts. As to the birdshit problem, just look at what all the other boats do and copy them: streamers, banging bottles, bags, etc. If you don't and you leave your boat for a while you'll meet my fate, which was horrible! This will definitely happen, some say in as little as a few days, if you don't take precautions. Peru made a fortune in guano a century ago, and this is why: lots of seabirds. From the yacht club you're about a 20 minute cab ride from the center of Lima, but luckily Lima has the cheapest taxis in the world and this will only set you back $4-5 each way...usually 10-15 soles, never pay more than 20, even at night. Enjoy! It's a great base for exploring Peru by land. The coast from the Ecuadorian border to Lima has lots of great places too, but you have to cast your lot (or risk not checking in) with the northern ports of entry. Cheers, Clark Hello Iain,

I give Lima my highest recommendation. The Yacht Club Peruano in Callao is very friendly and welcoming to foreign yachts. There are very secure and cheap moorings with excellent security, so you can safely leave your boat. There is free 24-hour shoreboat service. Jaime Ackerman, the facilities manager, can help you navigate the checking in process. In Callao it’s fairly straightforward (a day or two) and cheap, but supposedly other ports in Peru are a little behind the times when it comes to foreign yachts. As to the birdshit problem, just look at what all the other boats do and copy them: streamers, banging bottles, bags, etc. If you don’t and you leave your boat for a while you’ll meet my fate, which was horrible! This will definitely happen, some say in as little as a few days, if you don’t take precautions. Peru made a fortune in guano a century ago, and this is why: lots of seabirds.

From the yacht club you’re about a 20 minute cab ride from the center of Lima, but luckily Lima has the cheapest taxis in the world and this will only set you back $4-5 each way…usually 10-15 soles, never pay more than 20, even at night.

Enjoy! It’s a great base for exploring Peru by land. The coast from the Ecuadorian border to Lima has lots of great places too, but you have to cast your lot (or risk not checking in) with the northern ports of entry.

Cheers,
Clark

]]> By: iaian leckie http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 iaian leckie Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:18:33 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-1914 hi clark great site. we are a couple in ecuador thinking of heading to lima so were very interested in see your guano floating barge. man i feel for you. is this a common occurance or were you just unlucky. any comments on this or other points about the lima area and the club would be great. keep upop the adventure. cheers iain hi clark great site. we are a couple in ecuador thinking of heading to lima so were very interested in see your guano floating barge. man i feel for you. is this a common occurance or were you just unlucky. any comments on this or other points about the lima area and the club would be great. keep upop the adventure. cheers iain

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Kimberly Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:47:20 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-1212 Greg, Please e-mail me if you have a family connection to the sailor Carl M. J. Von Zielinski. I have some genealogy-related questions about Johnson's Island which was owned by my ancestors in the late 1800's. kmfdesigns@comcast.net Greg,

Please e-mail me if you have a family connection to the sailor Carl M. J. Von Zielinski. I have some genealogy-related questions about Johnson’s Island which was owned by my ancestors in the late 1800’s.

kmfdesigns@comcast.net

]]> By: John West http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-880 John West Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:39:31 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-880 Dear Clark, I am in British Columbia and have Essex Salar number 20, a ketch. I am putting heat on board,(also insulating). I would be most interested in the placement of your Dickenson, I have lived aboard with them for many years, they are great. The rule of thumb for a convection system I am told, is that there needs to be an inch of rise for every foot of run, and that the rise is off the coil, (to a hot water tank, the high point), and then it returns down hill through the rads. I am at a bit of a loss as to how to deal with that. I enjoy your web site very much, keep it comeing. John West Dear Clark,
I am in British Columbia and have Essex Salar number 20, a ketch. I am putting heat on board,(also insulating). I would be most interested in the placement of your Dickenson, I have lived aboard with them for many years, they are great. The rule of thumb for a convection system I am told, is that there needs to be an inch of rise for every foot of run, and that the rise is off the coil, (to a hot water tank, the high point), and then it returns down hill through the rads. I am at a bit of a loss as to how to deal with that.
I enjoy your web site very much, keep it comeing.
John West

]]> By: Bert http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Bert Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:10:43 +0000 http://www.condesa.org/frequently-asked-questions/#comment-627 Dear Valerie, Its quite refreshing to see a strong woman like you going in such big sailing trips, and also to see how well she can work together with her dad doing so. I wonder, can you tell me anything about your past voyages?? Ok well :) I dont have much time to sail anymore these days, my business takes up to much of my time sooo well thats it :). I wont be on here much sooo if you want to respond then you can respond here if you want to but it would be much more easy for me to get your responce if you email me at deviator@hotmail.com Thanks!! and hope to hear from your sailing experiences! Greetings from Bert, Sarasota, Florida, USA Dear Valerie,

Its quite refreshing to see a strong woman like you going in such big sailing trips, and also to see how well she can work together with her dad doing so.

I wonder, can you tell me anything about your past voyages??

Ok well :) I dont have much time to sail anymore these days, my business takes up to much of my time sooo well thats it :) .

I wont be on here much sooo if you want to respond then you can respond here if you want to but it would be much more easy for me to get your responce if you email me at deviator@hotmail.com

Thanks!! and hope to hear from your sailing experiences!

Greetings from Bert, Sarasota, Florida, USA

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