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St Clements Island

Sunken Fleet of Mallow's Bay Skeletal remains of approx 70 WWI era steamships. Ordered by the navy, completed after the war, never used, towed here, and burnt.

Approaching Cole's Point Virginia

Point Lookout 100 miles downriver from Washington DC. Eight miles across to the Virginia shore. 1612 John Smith explores 1632 becomes a Govenor's Manor British raid here during the Revolution British again raid in 1812 1857 becomes a resort 1862 becomes a Civil war hospital then...

Marker Reads: "To this island in March 1634 Govenor Leonard Calvert and the first Maryland Colonists came in the vessels Ark and Dove. Here they took possession of the province of Maryland, erected a cross of Maryland wood and celebrated the holy sacrifice.Here they first brought to the new...

Matt, My boat sat from mid November '08 until mid April '09 with two half full tanks of an ethanol/gas mixture stabilized with Startron. Either I was lucky or the stuff worked cause those two half tanks have been run through the engine without incident. Mike "Levity"

Captn Dan, Just replaced my boot with the Atwood 1280-5. This is a split boot and an easy repair. Just slide it on and secure. Deploy a few extra wire ties onto the boot to ensure uniform closure. Mike "Levity"

Harper, I have two Garmin Marine Data cards that I used in my previous Garmin unit (188C). One card covers the Chesapeake Bay (MUS 006R)and the other covers the ICW from Norfolk to Florida (MUS 007R). If these can work for you email me and we'll work out the details. Regards, Mike "Levity"

Chas, The spare prop and tools are handy when you rap your prop on something solid. It is a good idea to have a spare castle nut, washer, cotter pin, and thrust washer (bearing) as it is too easy to drop one of these into the deep while stretched out over the engine changing a prop. Regards...

Does Kleen Heat have a shelf life? Does it varnish or break down like other petroleum based fuels? Last time I filled the Wallas I marked the date; May 2005. Is this stuff still good? Mike "Levity"

The Garmin 4210 will provide radar overlay without a heading sensor. The heading sensor adds collision avoidance capacity to the RADAR function of the 4210. Since the heading sensor provides a constant heading to the GPS/RADAR (even if anchored or underway but not making way) directionally...

A Garmin 4210 with radar was added to Levity last May. A KVH 1000 heading sensor has now been added to provide target aquisition in radar cruising mode. The single ended NMEA 0183 compliant device wiring instructions found in Garmin's installation documemt # 190-00779-02 Rev.D January 2008 were...

Jeff, My C-Dory 22 came with the batteries under the splash well and between the tanks. They were in boxes and secured to the deck with nylon straps. The nylon straps were secured to the deck with nylon tie down anchors. The tie down anchors were secured to the deck with stainless screws. This...

Levity has just received a major cleaning. A glass cook top cleaner was used to remove stains and other scratch marks in the gelcoat. The brand name of the cook top cleaner was "Weiman". These cook top cleaners can be found in a grocery store. It contains a slight abraisive and detergents that...

To my knowledge all states require individuals to pass a written test as well as demonstrate basic practical skills before issuing an auto drivers licence. Again, to my knowledge, all states enforce their driving rules with various degrees of vigor. Yet, despite the education and testing prior...

Les, Your comments about tieing the load onto the trailer make a lot of sense. The transom tie downs on my boat are a joke. Relying on the winch cable alone to keep the bow in place and the winch post to keep the boat from moving forward if unusual loads are intoduced does seem overly...

The pictures of the brackets and the dome mount are in the album. Mike "Levity"