Boat Forum / Boats / March 2005

A modern day cowboy has spent many days crossing the desert without water.
His horse has already died of thirst. He's crawling through the sand,
certain that he has breathed his last, when all of a sudden, he sees an
object sticking out of the sand several yards ahead of him.

Guys,
Can you bolt a briggs & stratton motor to a outboard bottom end?
Reason I ask is that you can buy 25hp four stroke briggs & stratton
motors for less than a grand.  If you could mate them to a 25-35hp

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/27/Columns/Living_will_is_the_be.shtml
Living will is the best revenge
By ROBERT FRIEDMAN, Perspective Editor
Published March 27, 2005

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html
Extract
But before the right goes too far down the road of outrage over
"judicial activists" who have ruled against Terri Schiavo's parents, it

Yikes!
Got bids last fall on paving my driveway. Bids ranged from about $2900
to $3500, but it was getting close to the end of the residential paving
season (need consistent temps at least in the upper 40s or low 50s, I

Picked up a JRC 1800CP off Ebay for Cruis'n Rulz! I got this wild-a.s
idea-always wanted an open array scanner; I think they look way cooler
than a radome. However, O/A scanners are much heavier than the Radar
Arch will safely handle in rough seas.So...

What kind of range can I expect to get on the 14" Glomex with adjustable gain?
I'm in a very open area with clear line of sight to broadcast towers.  But 40 miles away.
Bob

Ted wrote in message ...

We;ve all got DVD's we've seen and will probably never watch again. Here's a way
to help the troops out.
http://www.dvds4troops.org/

POTATO PROSTITUTES
Two little potatoes are standing
on the street corner. One is a
prostitute.

Hi.  My old Sunfish died last winter -- the transom has been patched
one time too many, finally fell off completely, so I am looking for a
new boat to replace it.  I can get another Sunfish easily enough, but
I'd like to consider other options.  The ones I have found are the

Somebody just gave me, less than ten minutes ago, a 65 horsepower
blueband Mercury outboard.  Seems it's in ok condition - a good
candidate for restoration maybe.
As I don't know a lot about these engines, is there anything I should

Hi Guys & Gals,
I'm sure you've all had experience buying boats. I'm seeking advice on
how to understand used boat prices.
The 2005 Guide to Powerboats has a listing of used boat prices showing

Apparently this crew decided to pull up and dock next to the rocks on
the jetty (according to the news). Snapped these shots coming back
Saturday pm.
http://members.cox.net/vhf1/onrocks.jpg

What's the smallest boat you've ever gone fishing in offshore which I guess
could be defined as out in the ocean out of sight of land?
Carolina Skiff J-14 for me on a calm day out of Panacea Florida into the
Gulf of Mexico.