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Al Baris

Wed, Mar 31, 2004 6:22 AM

I use Verizon Wireless to access both e-mail and to surf the web. The plan I
have is called "America's Choice". It is $39.99 per month, and with that I
get 400 anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekend minutes and what they
call "National Access -Minutes of Use". That is their name for the Internet
connection. It comes with the plan at no additional charge, but it does use
up your minutes if you use it during business hours Monday through Friday.

I use a LG VX4400 phone (G3 enabled) which I got from Verizon for $149.00,
BEFORE their $100 mail in rebate, and I purchased their Mobile Office Kit
for that phone for $63.00. The Mobile Office Kit gave me the cable to
connect the phone to the laptop (USB cable), and their dialing and
compression software. So for a total of $112.00 and 40 bucks a month, I can
get online from just about anywhere within cell coverage, and check e-mail
and surf the web to my hearts content because I use it mostly between 9PM
and 6AM, and all day weekends. The speed is about twice as fast as 56K
modem service, and so far I have no complaints with it.

Al & Dottie Baris
Lucky Find II, Silverton 34C
Sodus Bay, NY
Email: luckyfind2@hotmail.com
Web Site located at: http://www.baris.net/boat/index.html

I use Verizon Wireless to access both e-mail and to surf the web. The plan I have is called "America's Choice". It is $39.99 per month, and with that I get 400 anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekend minutes and what they call "National Access -Minutes of Use". That is their name for the Internet connection. It comes with the plan at no additional charge, but it does use up your minutes if you use it during business hours Monday through Friday. I use a LG VX4400 phone (G3 enabled) which I got from Verizon for $149.00, BEFORE their $100 mail in rebate, and I purchased their Mobile Office Kit for that phone for $63.00. The Mobile Office Kit gave me the cable to connect the phone to the laptop (USB cable), and their dialing and compression software. So for a total of $112.00 and 40 bucks a month, I can get online from just about anywhere within cell coverage, and check e-mail and surf the web to my hearts content because I use it mostly between 9PM and 6AM, and all day weekends. The speed is about twice as fast as 56K modem service, and so far I have no complaints with it. Al & Dottie Baris Lucky Find II, Silverton 34C Sodus Bay, NY Email: luckyfind2@hotmail.com Web Site located at: http://www.baris.net/boat/index.html

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Mark Richter

Wed, Mar 31, 2004 7:17 PM

I have the same Verizon plan with a Kyocera phone. I'm very
pleased with the system's performance after a year of use. I
have noticed, though, that the system speed can be reduced to
that of a snail in weak signal areas (fairly rare). When the
phone shows 1 or no bar (out of 5 bars), functioning of the
Venturi compression software seems problematic, slowing
everything down.

Mark Richter, Winnie the Pooh

I have the same Verizon plan with a Kyocera phone. I'm very pleased with the system's performance after a year of use. I have noticed, though, that the system speed can be reduced to that of a snail in weak signal areas (fairly rare). When the phone shows 1 or no bar (out of 5 bars), functioning of the Venturi compression software seems problematic, slowing everything down. Mark Richter, Winnie the Pooh

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Brent Hodges

Wed, Mar 31, 2004 7:24 PM

Hey Mark!
Glad to see you made it back safe & sound, albeit without a few problems. I
wish you luck with the prop & rudder thing.

I was wondering about a report on your new Tigress Windlass?
Did it perform as expected?
Did it lift your "beast" Supermax OK?

Brent Hodges
43 Albin equipped with
72lb Supermax & p##s-poor windlass

Hey Mark! Glad to see you made it back safe & sound, albeit without a few problems. I wish you luck with the prop & rudder thing. I was wondering about a report on your new Tigress Windlass? Did it perform as expected? Did it lift your "beast" Supermax OK? Brent Hodges 43 Albin equipped with 72lb Supermax & p##s-poor windlass

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Mark Richter

Wed, Mar 31, 2004 7:44 PM

Brent,
Just before shoving off for the Bahamas (end of Jan), we
installed a new Lofrans "Tigres" windlass, replacing the old
Simpson Lawrence "Sea Tiger" 2-spd manual. The Tigres has a 1200
watt motor, a horizontal spindle, a chain/rope gypsy on one side
and a rope drum on the other. It came complete with 2 foot
switches and the solenoid box to enable powering up or down, for
a cost of $1500 including shipping from Sailnet.com in S.
Carolina. A 100 amp circuit breaker and some long lengths of
#2/0 battery cable were needed but not included. The Tigres
includes a SST handle for use in manually retrieving the anchor
if the electrics quit; an important feature to me.

I'm completely happy with my new windlass, and have named him,
appropriately enough, "Tigger". He has no problem raising the 72
lb Supermax with an attached cubic yard or so of mud, grass, and
silt. Installation is straight forward. Finding the place to
run the power cables and feeding them through intervening
bulkheads, etc. is the only part which is likely to be difficult.
Your mileage may vary.

Mark Richter, Winnie the Poh
Stuart, FL

Brent, Just before shoving off for the Bahamas (end of Jan), we installed a new Lofrans "Tigres" windlass, replacing the old Simpson Lawrence "Sea Tiger" 2-spd manual. The Tigres has a 1200 watt motor, a horizontal spindle, a chain/rope gypsy on one side and a rope drum on the other. It came complete with 2 foot switches and the solenoid box to enable powering up or down, for a cost of $1500 including shipping from Sailnet.com in S. Carolina. A 100 amp circuit breaker and some long lengths of #2/0 battery cable were needed but not included. The Tigres includes a SST handle for use in manually retrieving the anchor if the electrics quit; an important feature to me. I'm completely happy with my new windlass, and have named him, appropriately enough, "Tigger". He has no problem raising the 72 lb Supermax with an attached cubic yard or so of mud, grass, and silt. Installation is straight forward. Finding the place to run the power cables and feeding them through intervening bulkheads, etc. is the only part which is likely to be difficult. Your mileage may vary. Mark Richter, Winnie the Poh Stuart, FL

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Brent Hodges

Wed, Mar 31, 2004 8:26 PM

Mark wrote:

I'm completely happy with my new windlass, and have named him,

appropriately enough, "Tigger". He has no problem raising the 72
lb Supermax with an attached cubic yard or so of mud, grass, and
silt. (endsnip)

Thanks Mark!
That's just what I wanted to hear. I've had my eye on that windlass for a
couple of years now & am more convinced than ever it's the one I want.

Thanks again.

Brent

> Mark wrote: I'm completely happy with my new windlass, and have named him, > appropriately enough, "Tigger". He has no problem raising the 72 > lb Supermax with an attached cubic yard or so of mud, grass, and > silt. (endsnip) Thanks Mark! That's just what I wanted to hear. I've had my eye on that windlass for a couple of years now & am more convinced than ever it's the one I want. Thanks again. Brent

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Peter Bennett

Thu, Apr 1, 2004 1:09 AM

Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12:26:58 PM, Brent wrote:

Mark wrote:

I'm completely happy with my new windlass, and have named him,

appropriately enough, "Tigger". He has no problem raising the 72
lb Supermax with an attached cubic yard or so of mud, grass, and
silt. (endsnip)

Thanks Mark!
That's just what I wanted to hear. I've had my eye on that windlass for a
couple of years now & am more convinced than ever it's the one I want.

Thanks again.

Brent

I had a Tigress on a previous boat, and found that, presumably because
of the manual operation capability, it was sometimes unable to pull
chain out of the chain locker when starting to lower the anchor - I would
often have to go to the foredeck and kick then anchor overboard to get
things started. On bad days, when the pile of chain in the locker
fell over the wrong way, I would have to help it pull out some chain,
until I had enough weight of chain and anchor overboard.

Otherwise, it worked well, but was probably overkill for my 26 ft
boat.

--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps

Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12:26:58 PM, Brent wrote: >> > Mark wrote: > I'm completely happy with my new windlass, and have named him, >> appropriately enough, "Tigger". He has no problem raising the 72 >> lb Supermax with an attached cubic yard or so of mud, grass, and >> silt. (endsnip) > Thanks Mark! > That's just what I wanted to hear. I've had my eye on that windlass for a > couple of years now & am more convinced than ever it's the one I want. > Thanks again. > Brent I had a Tigress on a previous boat, and found that, presumably because of the manual operation capability, it was sometimes unable to pull chain out of the chain locker when starting to lower the anchor - I would often have to go to the foredeck and kick then anchor overboard to get things started. On bad days, when the pile of chain in the locker fell over the wrong way, I would have to help it pull out some chain, until I had enough weight of chain and anchor overboard. Otherwise, it worked well, but was probably overkill for my 26 ft boat. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps

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