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Bob, I share your issues on the hammered dulcimer, except it is a tenor sax... I did not inflict it on the gang during the first sunshine state tug rally... Anyway, we are going back down to Florida in mid March, or so... I think I am going to rent a soprano sax during that time so I can...

LS just missed a 58 million dollar payment to Inmarsat and has been declared to be in default... Falcones hedge fund has dropped from 17 billion to 5 billion... The fat lady is warming up...

The best equipment is that which does not need a repairman...

And if you give up boats and save all that money, are they going to put it in your coffin?

Polishing of fuel is done routinely... No one can afford to throw away $4 fuel on a regular basis Here is one resource http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/ho ... tnwil.html You can spend thousands on a system - or you can be thrifty and sensible You need 1. pump 2. filter 3. some fittings...

Jeez, don't do that to me... You guys started talking about having BENTLEY making you a custom seat and I nearly had a heart attack - until I finally figured out you did not mean THAT Bentley...

Golly Tybo, but think of all the environmental pollution we have reduced by giving up all those #2 Yellow Pencils for a: 1. Smart Phone 2 Ipad 3. Laptop 4. And a PC for back up... 5. Not too mention the MFD/sonar/radar/GPS I just installed Coastal Explorer on a laptop 2 days ago... Supposedly...

arggghhh, I'm struggling to restrain myself - but - I can't do it... I have expressed my reservations on another boat group, over the direction that Ranger is taking - but hey, what do I know... The Livingstons have started more boat companies than I ever will... Anyway, Ranger has done...

Hmmm, that looks like an unhappy bird... We were driving down our long driveway one snowy night and there was a full grown rabbit that leaped from the snow bank into the wheel track right in front of us... I instinctively let off the gas pedal to give him time to jump across as my wife...

Ummm, sure looks to me like the Avatar name should be (wait for it) StarCrossedTom Anyway, that is why it is called the Fickle Finger of Fate... Hey, at least you have power now - and you got some exercise - and you now know you need to rebuild the...

There are truisms one should heed... In the early 1800's it was, "54 - 40 or fight." (we should have fought) After the Civil War it was, "Go West young man." Today it is, "THINK Golf Cart batteries." Most bang for the buck... Vibration tolerant... What's not to like? I have added a secondary...

The killing of these magnificent fish should be a criminal offense... But then, plundering, destruction, and leaving a contaminated stinking waste land behind is the mark of our species... I firmly expect there to be a total collapse of the fisheries within a decade... Many species have...

Harry, as an airplane owner I tend to agree with you about maintenance induced failures (from experience)- except on boat trailer bearings that get dunked while hot into cold water... They need an annual cleaning and an inspection for corrosion... denny-o

Ken, I didn't see your post until after I hit send on my little diatribe... My assumption is that perhaps you backed warm hubs into cold water and the hubs sucked the water past the seal when they shock cooled... While it is hard to do in real life my only suggestion is to start with new...

More boat trailer wheel bearings are ruined by a loose nut on the grease gun than by neglect... Unless it is visibly leaking grease why would you think you need to put more grease in? And where do you expect it to go if it has not been coming out? (hint: grease does not compress so expect...

Well, I could make tongue in cheek comments about doing the same thing over and lunaCY - but I won't... (snork) denny-o <the debbil made me do it!>

I set out in 2010 - after reading this forum for some years - to buy a new or nearly new C-Dory in preparation for retiring someday (someday came suddenly and without an appointment shortly after that)... The factory was out of business so new boats were not available and the closest to new...

Good choice....

Take the mount to an auto bodyshop and have it sandblasted... Then at home coat it with an epoxy paint from the hardware... It will outlast the boat...

When I bought my boat I went looking for the antenna for the Garmin MFD... Hunted all over the tower, roof, cabin, etc... Traced every cable I could find, no joy... Finally found it when I took the top off the instrument panel to trace the coaxial cable right from the back of the MFD... It had...