Boat Forum / Boats / March 2006

..........a 77~78~79 year old man to be exact.  I never asked him his exact
age.  We became friends when we had our 32 foot boat and docked near each
other, even though I am young enough to be his son (actually his grandson).
He is a remarkable man....but more on that later.

I have found two 1989 Sea Ray 220 DA boats that are pretty much the
same price (within budget)  and thay pass the other test which is that
the Admiral likes the look of them.  Let's not talk about the ones I
actually like.....  Anyway, they look nice, tick all the boxes for the

I am shopping for a used pontoon boat and while I'm finding several, I
am also finding out I will need to change out the motor with anything I
buy.  We live in Memphis in an area with a private lake restricted to
15 HP.  There are several pontoons on the water, so I know it will

I've mostly held back from most of the "slinging" that goes on around
here and noticed that the "slinging" goes on anyway.
Gee, am I surprised?
No.

Help !
What chemical products seem to work the best for removing
that sticky white salt/moisture corrosion from aluminum
parts ? If I could get it off then I could coat the parts

Has anyone ever hooked up an AIS AI80 TO A FURUNO FP 2110 radar? Any
suggestion s would be great.
Thanks
Chris

If you want to see why fish costs so much, check out the photo about
1/3 of the way from the top on this yacht broker's web page:
http://www.yachtworld.com/fairwinds/
Now, of course, please don't even think of clicking on that link if you

Apple has released a software update for the newer iPODS that let you go
into "settings" and establish a maximum volume setting. There appear to
be several other refinements in the update.
Available on the Apple site.

Gunman kills 7 including himself at Seattle party
Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:29 PM ET
By Daisuke Wakabayashi
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A man fatally shot six people at a party in a

A water bridge for boats built over a river.  Pretty amazing!
http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/223/31/
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,990878,00.html

I've been getting realy interested in a pontoon boat. WOW! are they
expensive!, but the used market, especially in off-season isn't too
bad.
I've been looking for at 25-28 ft. pontoons, and jsut passed a fairly

I have decided against removing the AM/FM/Cassette stereo from my boat and
will instead buy a 6GB Ipod Nano with an attachment to play it over the
stereo.
My son and daughter both use those radio signal attachments (wireless) and

Sounds of silence.
Unless you were speaking Spanish.
RCE

Be careful out there!
http://tinyurl.com/kfl3p
;-)

.... or was it "Warlord"?    :-)
If you be around your radio at 8pm I'll try for you.
27.365 MHz primary
27.385 MHz  if primary is busy.