Boat Forum / Boats / December 2004

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101

Windows just screwed me.
Eisboch

In case you've not yet run across these, I submit them for your
review. (from francesucks.com)
Now forget what we think.....here are some more famous opinions on the
French from the last 100 years........

Just finished a fun novel by Clive Cussler.  Our hero,  Dirk PItt, used
a 25 ft. Parker w/ 275 Yamaha OB as a salvage vessel on Lake Michigan.
Sound familiar??
Happy boating

Here's some of my favorite John Stobart paintings for your enjoyment.
I'm very fond of this one.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/StobartJohn-MaidenLaneByGaslightIn1882-sj.jpg
My home town WAY back when.  The building on the lower right actually

I thought it might be a good time of year to share how to make this site
more enjoyable if  all the off topic stuff is ruining it for you. Here is
how I set up my message rules in MS Outlook Express. This was pretty much
eliminated all the offending posters who habitually use this ...

I have a 27' ProLine with twin 175 Evinrudes.  I have 2 batteries, 1
starting and 1 deep cycle.  How do I set the 2 battery switches?  They are
set to "both" right now but I don't think that is correct.  Also there are 2
"Ever Start" chargers, each connected to one battery.

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101

Hi,  The surveyor who inspected my boat mentioned a priority replacement of
the "fuel tank flame gauze" in his report, but I have been unable to find
out what he was referring to. The marina where my boat is isn't familiar
with that term either.

Hi all, longstanding question I have (resurfacing after I visited a
superb small steel ship): Is it true that to be truly class A
seaworthy a ship needs metal covers for (certain) windows?

A Reuters headline:
Study Shows Different Heart Effects of COX Drugs

Things just keep getting worse
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20041205/ap_on
_re_mi_ea/iraq_041205182858
Where are those good news stories JohnH??

Here's a good one that I heard the other day at a marine dealership. As I
was waiting my turn for a salesman, I overheard a customer complaining that
the boat and outboard motor he had just purchased had a problem. He said
when the salesman demoed it for him it seemed to run just ...

I was on the lake yesterday in my '93, 18ft Thompson 4.3L Mercruiser,
with carburetor and electric fuel pump.  
The engine literally locked up when coming to a 'slow down' with the
boat. I tried to restart it and it acted like a low battery. The first

Did anyone hear anything about these Sea Dragon inflatable boats? Very
similar to Zodiac dinghy boats. They have a web site
http://www.BoatsToGo.com and it seems that their prices suspiciously low for
inflatable boats.