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As many of your know the site was down for way too long and it was only due to the help of Craig Brenizer (Member P69) that the site is back up and running.  He has agreed to also be a volunteer admin to help keep the site from crashing again. I couldn't figure it out...and the internet host wasn't helping.  So Craig did the dirty work of figuring out what was wrong and made the fix.

Special thanks to Craig!

Download the Spec Page:
www.cruiserowaterandpower.com/uploads/Pearson_36_Pilot_House_Specifications.docx

Download the Sales Brochure:
www.cruiserowaterandpower.com/uploads/PEARSON_36_Pilothouse_Brochure.doc

Info compliments of John Ballinger

Outfitting an older boat is expensie so I have a standing Spacial for Pearson owners who are members of the Pearson 365 Yacht Club.  I will pass along our Dealer Discount for the product lines I carry:

Cruise RO Water Water Makers
CoolBlue Ice Box Conversion Units by Technautics
High Output alternators (80A to 160A)
Sterling Power Products: Battery Chargers, Smart Regulators, etc

You can check everything out on our website at: www.CruiseROWater.com

Rich
SV THIRD DAY

Sea Dragon forwarded me this email and I'm glad he did so I can say that this is a SCAM!  So if any of you get this email: delete it, ignore it, and also ignore any other type of emails from the Pearson365 site asking for any type of information!

Sorry about this folks!

Take care

Rich
SV THIRD DAY



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As a way to keep the viagra spammers out, if you are interested in joining the Pearson 365 Yacht Club, send me an email at svthirdday@yahoo.com along with what Username you want me to use and I will create you an account and email you your password.  Once logged in, you can change your password to what ever you want.

Sorry for the head ache...but this will keep the board free from Spam

Thanks

Rich
SV THIRD DAY
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So here I am updating the "For Sale" notices I have posted around on the various sailing and cruising websites and a thought hit me: Why not rent THIRD DAY rather than sell her? Oh I know...there are boat insurance issues with renting and I've already called my insurance company to have them give me a price quote (and they didn't laugh me off the phone).

The questions then become:

Is there someone out there that would want to rent a fully outfitted cruising boat for a month or for the summer in the Sea of Cortez during the prime cruising season?

Is there someone out there looking for a summer vacation of their lives?

Is there someone out there that wants to try out the "cruising lifestyle" without having to buy and ready a boat?

My gut tells me that there is and that I could be better off financially in renting THIRD DAY rather than selling her. [Important note: this is my gut talking here and it has not been calibrated by the all so important Admiral yet]

This type of thinking outside the box either makes you a genius if it works out or gets you committed to a nut house and since many of our friends are checking into vacancies at many of the leading mental health facilities for me after our bigger boat buy, why not give them the evidence to go all the way!

So if you are interested, shoot me an email at svthirdday@yahoo.com, let's talk!

While out here cruising, we met the owner of Island Planet Sails, Dave.  In addition to being a great guy, he really knows his stuff about sails, and can make some great sails (for racing or Cruising) at some of the best prices I've seen.

Any Pearson owner out there looking for some new sails, it would be well worth your time to vist Dave's website and have him give you a quote. 

http://www.islandplanetsails.com

In celebration of me finally getting a short DVD trailer up on youtube for our new DVD, A Cruisers Christmas, it's time to give away a DVD.  The trailer can be viewed at the below link.

YouTube Video Trailer

A hot off the press copy of A Cruisers Christmas will be mailed out to the first person who can answer the following two part trivia question:

1. What is the Specific Derivtion of the name THIRD DAY?
2. What are two alternate meanings for the name?

Ok you cheap boaters, you may not pony up $23 for the DVD (with free shipping) but at least click on a few of our websites Google Ads will ya....sheesh...what's a guy gotta do to fund his cruise these days? :wink:

Rich

It's been quite a long time in the making, but our first DVD Production is now ready for sale, having just received word from the publisher that the completed DVD have been mailed this morning. 

A Cruisers Christmas is a compilation of the best sunrise, sunset and anchorage video and photos taken during our last year of cruising Mexico and set to classic Christmas music instrumentals.  This isn't a fast pace action thriller, however, if you would like to pop in a 50 minute DVD during the holiday season and listen to relaxing Christmas music while images of what the cruising lifestyle is all about fill your big screen T.V., then A Cruisers Christmas is for you. 

The cost including USPS standard shipping is $23, with the proceeds going to help the crew of THIRD DAY keep their cruising kitty in the black.  Ordering is simple, by making a $23 payment to the following PayPal account: CharleeMP@aol.com

Fair winds and Flowing Seas.

365 Days ago we cast off on our current cruise here's a few image of that day!

What a ride!

Well they say, "When in Mexico", so we took a trip on a huge party barge that docks on the same marina finger as THIRD DAY.  We befrinded some of the crew, so they invited us aboard.  It was an interesting experience to say the least...and we had a great time.

The Next two photos are of my new Diesel deck fills.  When I replaced my rusted out original fuel tank, I put in two 23gals and decided to keep the two tanks seperate.  I have always Hated the location of the diesel fill...every tried filling the tank from a jerry can in rought seas?  So I moved them to the cockpit, as seen below.





Now....ignore the temporary electrical wires and unfinished Watermaker/Generator installation but this is my new Racor filter and manafold to select between the port and starboard fuel tank.




Here are a few photos of the new tanks (pay no attention to the lose piece of wook block in the photo or the loose stuff everywhere....everythings a work in progress while getting ready to go Cruising!)  You can see the seperate fuel fills for both tanks.





The pump you see is the raw water pump for my water maker...more on that later!  You can also see how the original fuel tank boards had to be trimmed to allow for installation of the new tanks.



The vent line for the two tanks was tied together.  Each tank has a seperate return and lift tube.



This is somewhat of a messy photo, but you guys know how it can start to look when you cut all the zip-ties and support starps lose!  You can see the original cut off fuel fill hose, the new (yet to be wrapped) exhaust pipe, and some other messy stuff, just begging to be organized!

Well we are just one new Pearson 365/367 owner away from 200!

Thanks guys for making this a great site to get information about our beloved boats!

Regards

Hoty from Wayward Angel sent me these Photos of his Bimini cockpit cover.












Special Thanks to Hoyt out on a Cruising Adventure for sending in these photos....if you have a Bimini on your ketch...posts some photos to help us Bimini Dreamers get ideas!

My home build watermaker/generator is finally ready for install on THIRD DAY.







I'll post project details and more install photos as we make progress in the next few weeks.

Regards

http://www.youtube.com/haddison2

Cool Video clips.

I've been getting several emails and PMs from members asking general questions about our Pearson365.com website.  I use the term "our website" because I don't look at it as something I "own", but more like something that I have the privilege to play a small part in the operation.  First some basics, the site costs $95/yr to operate which if I remember correctly includes the yearly registration fee for the domain name and hosting on the http://www.lunarpages.com web server.  So we are not talking about high yearly costs that will cut into our small cruising kitty when we cast off on October 27th.  Yes, our monthly budget will be small and yes it's true, that on October 27th we will be heading South from San Diego and Lord willing, stay out Cruising for 4-5yrs.  During that time, I'm sure I'll have plenty of web access to check up on the site for some standard Administration type stuff: backing up the database, activating new members, deleting spam, etc, but when I leave Garner (SailingSeaDragon) has graciously agreed to have the account activation emails sent to his address and I will give him the "secrete code" that unlocks the maze of Administration functions, many of which I have NO Idea how to operate or what they do.  Honestly, the site pretty much runs itself.

So don't panic, http://www.pearson365.com  won't vanish when we cast off and as I've said before, even if the unthinkable day comes and we sell our Pearson 356 for....oh....maybe a larger boat....a Pearson 424 maybe... the site will be passed on for the enjoyment of the active members.

On just a little personal note, I want to thank you guys for all the great advice and help you have given me as I have been undergoing the refit on THIRD DAY.  I've enjoyed the great community of knowledgeable people here with the desire to share their information with people that don't have a clue....like me.  THIRD DAY is almost as ready as she can be for the trip although the Admiral still wants a quarter berth for our family of 4, but that's not going to happen....every boat is a compromise...right.

Some might already be aware that we are planning on producing a series of Cruising DVD's while we are out.  Our first will be of the Baja Ha ha Cruisers Rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas.  We then plan to focus on all aspects of Cruising with a family, from boat selection and preparation to what it is really like as we cruise down Mexico and Central America dealing with boat repair and maintenance, provisioning and interacting with the locals.  We have many reasons for being excited about Third Day Productions.  First it will give us the opportunity to raise some money not only for our cruising kitty, but for the missionary and aid work we are planning on doing with the locals.  From the first day I dreamed about cruising and shared the though with my wife Lori, we knew that we had to somehow do it in a way that would give us the opportunity to talk about and take action on what we consider the most important thing in our lives....our relationship with Jesus Christ.  Our boat name THIRD DAY was dreamed up by Lori one night, as a way to remember the day the Oceans were created in the Biblical account of Creation, on the "Third Day".  The film project will also be a great activity for our two kids to get evolved with and create a great memory for them.  Most of the camera and gear has been bought and tested.....yet another expense that has blown our budget right out of the water....and we can't wait to start the project.

I've rambled on long enough, now back to my to-do-list....move aboard on July 4th and cast off on Oct 27th....they will be here before we know it!


God Bless

It's not officially on my "to-do-list" but I want to set up a very simple website before we cast off at the end of October. A basic home page, with a few tabs for selling our Cruising DVD's, and other various info like listing our monthly cruising costs, and posting some cruising articles but nothing too fancy. Is there anyone out there that can point me in the right directions to set such a site up and them maybe provide some updating assistance from time to time, maybe once/month. We will use our sail blog for more frequent updates.

Thanks

As the "cast off" get closer and after much back-n-forth we have decided to install a roller reefing system on THIRD DAY, currently leaning towards Profurl.  Any thoughts or things to look for and watch as we have the system installed and have a new sail made?  

I know...I know...I'm risking "certain death and the loss of the boat in a storm" if the sail opens up, but we are over that...or should I say Lori is over that, so on we march!

Can anyone help me with the forstay length of the P365 Ketch?  



Thanks