In comparison, the 10 MHz outputs of the Z3801, Isotemp VCXO and LPRO-101 yielded results at 10 GHz that were quite clean. Related observations were also made by N8UR in his web page comparing various units.

____ Capt. Mike Maurice Tigard Oregon(Near Portland)

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you have to get it to the islands. Most trawlers don't have the fuel capacity to make that trip. Most don't have the heavy weather capabilities- strong windows and ballast to keep it upright in horrible conditions. Almost any sailboat can make that trip reasonably safely. Not so with trawlers. But once it gets there a trawler would be preferable to a sailboat IMHO. David

nd hopping the Bahamas chain, Turks, Spanish Virgins almost any boat has the range to make it to the Virgins quite easily. Your point about some trawlers not being seaworthy enough is valid though. Many sailboat are not either though. As far as trawlers being preferred once they are there, I think the 40:1 ratio sailboats to trawlers does not support thast theory. Certainly if there were demand for trawlers in the BVI then the charter companies would find a way to get more of them there. I surmise that many go to the islands with a more romantic notion of what chartering should be and a sailboat fits that description better. More and more, it is falling to sail catamarans. Large, stable, sleeps 8, most of the amenities of a trawler but still the romance of sail. Another reason sail is preferred by some, not necessarily the romantic types is the sheer frugality of fuel consumption. Even my ole girl with her 85hp (monster for a sail boat) sips fuel at .75 gal per hr. Add in a continuous use of genset ( I have a 55hp perkins 4-108 genny) and you are still waaaaay below 150 gallons per week. Just my .02 Joel Wilkins m/s Miss Magoo Columbia 45 Indian Rocks Beach, FL

superiority on the part of the sailors as well as mild jealousy at the difference in amenities between sailboats and the trawlers. Jonathan Haas snip... > I surmise that many go to the islands with a more romantic notion of what > chartering should be and a sailboat fits that description better. More and > more, it is falling to sail catamarans. Large, stable, sleeps 8, most of the > amenities of a trawler but still the romance of sail. Another reason sail is > preferred by some, not necessarily the romantic types is the sheer frugality > of fuel consumption. Even my ole girl with her 85hp (monster for a sail > boat) sips fuel at .75 gal per hr. Add in a continuous use of genset ( I > have a 55hp perkins 4-108 genny) and you are still waaaaay below 150 gallons > per week. > > Just my .02 > Joel Wilkins > m/s Miss Magoo > Columbia 45 > Indian Rocks Beach, FL > _

g in charter from the BVIs (owner aboard) and 50ft trawler I forgot the make. Two have already returned to the United States. We have seen hundreds if not thousands of sailboats. Last year on our way down island I was searching for some advantage the sailboats had to justify the almost exclusive presence of the sailboats. I also wrote about the fact that only a small percentage of trawlers in North American are equipped for the open ocean conditions, e.g., full displacement, wing engines (or twins over 50 ft.) water makers, reasonable generators (not to big), stabilizers, and air circulation for living without air conditioning etc. After a year I have realized the real reason sailboats are preferred over trawlers has nothing to do with the capabilities of the boats, in fact given the wind and wave patterns in the islands you would be better served with a trawler. The fact of the matter is the boat owners down here love to sail, have spent a lifetime sailing, and will avoid motoring even when motoring makes sense. These are the people for whom the dream is not just exploring, but hoisting the sails. Yes I have overstated my opinion, but there is clearly a bias toward sailing. Perhaps next year I will change my thoughts again. Marty Campanella Bay Pelican KK42 Currently St. Ann Martinique The only trawler among 200 sailboats