Boat Forum / Boats / August 2008

Boaters are happy.......
THE BOAT TOWING VETO WAS OVERTURNED 95 TO 8 IN THE HOUSE AND
UNANIMOUSLY IN THE SENATE.
If you tow your boat through or in NC.... here is the new law.....

While Gustav is running around south of Cuba, I checked some of the
modeling data - looks like over the next two weeks, we're looking at a
lot of activity in the tropics - like an explosion of tropical
depressions and storms.  Nothing horrible except for one anomaly.

Watch and listen...if you dare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
In case you didn't know, it's Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, narrated
by Gregory Peck.

Talking about telescopes and boats makes me want to plug one of my
favorite books, "Longitude" by Dava Sobel.  it is roughly 10 yrs old
and discusses the development of the first marine chronomator by a
lone mechanical genius and how powerful men in the govt tried to deny

Harry runs a tavern on the lake I fish.
Caters to a lot of rec.boat posters.
There are other places to get a beer, but some guys just like Harry's
Place best.

Progress while waiting for Fay to go away.  Finished rough grinding
yielding a focal length of 24" (this is a 100 mm diameter f 6 mirror)
and finished the #120 grit and have started on the #180.  My
magnifications will be a low of 15 X an a high of about 30X.

Even with all the controversy surrounding China favoritism,  the USA has
kicked a.s.
Well done.
Eisboch

I called my insurance man about insurance for my 1979 22 ft Starcraft.
He said anything under 175 HP was covered under the household
insurance, and 170 HP was under the limit.
Casady

I saw your comments about 'Oma's Toy'! Glad to see you liked it enough to
discuss it.
Actually, it was a pretty good deal. We were on our way to buy an Airstream
Safari Sport at $39,000 or so, and decided to look at the Funfinder

Last year I bought an old boat with a 55 hp, twin cylinder.  Idled fine but
wouldn't open up.  Rebuilt carbs and discovered that  two screws came off
the air box and were sucked into the reed valves on one carb, holding a reed
open.  Fixed that and engine ran fine.  But next week ...

There are 2 major players in keel protection out there: Keelguard, and
Keelshield. From what I can tell, they are both pretty much the same in both
quality, and protection. My experience is with Keelguard.
I beach my boat a lot. The kids like to get out on the shore and goof off,

Some of my employees want to buy a 4 axis CNC mill that they would put
in my facility.  I would have a share of this for giving them space.
They have one customer lined up to make unusual pistol grips but they
need more.  So, I have been considering things near to my heart like

OK, I have almost givng up my idea of going to Bimini on my 20'Tolman
skiff.  My entire reason for taking it was to use it to see the
norhtern Bahamas.  However, it is further from Bimini to West End than
from Miami to Bimini, two major voyages may be a little extreme.