Boat Forum / Boats / July 2008

Too early to tell for sure, but ShortWave's prediction may be coming true.
He had the month right too .....  July.
Hope the trend holds up.  Good for everybody.
Eisboch

This isn't a response to anyone, I just volunteer it for searchers
like me. I recently bought an old 40 horse Johnson outboard. The
wiring was all removed and that usual separately-mounted junction box
was gone. I went into it cold, thinking like it was a car engine that

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=519027&catid=2
Be careful out there.
--Vic

Hope. And a desire for Change.

Capital One, one of the nation's largest credit card companies, said
yesterday that profit in the second quarter fell by 40 percent and it
warned that more customers are defaulting on their loans.
The McLean financial giant, which in recent years has diversified

In these days of high fuel prices and being "green", I love it when people
smugly comment about how my 911 TT  must be "terrible"
in terms of gas mileage.
Today, for kicks, I reset the car computer that calculates MPG as I entered

Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Quarter Century
By Howard Schneider and Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 16, 2008; 11:42 AM

...and bank-related businesses will fail in the next few months?
Wachovia Securities was raided today.
Bank of American is teetering.
Several other massive financial organizations are on a sharp downward slide.

I got returned the Ranger home with the new T-Top skin.
This is not the final version - it's a prototype.  My dealer is
getting into vacuum forming hard tops (he used to make them by hand)
and used my boat as an experiment in building the exterior skins for

EPA document ties public health problems to global warming; White House
tried to bury analysis
By DINA CAPPIELLO , Associated Press
July 14, 2008

Pssst - don't show this to Harry - he won't get it.
http://xkcd.com/451/

I have been lurking awhile but am new to this site. I'm thinking of
upgrading my 17' Gregor (hull wt 925#) from a 40hp Nissan 2-stroke.
Max mfg. hp rating is 70. The boats sports a 6hp 4-stroke kicker.
Minimizing engine weight is a top consideration. Thinking of using a

http://tinyurl.com/6kfxub
Eisboch

http://www.theqor.com/survey/video_Charles_Lewis_Domino.php
Yes Harry - we all know you prefer Mahler, Shostakovich or
Schoenberg...
Just saving you the time.  :>)