Boat Forum / Boats / February 2010

I have a Minn Kota 55 hand operated troll motor.  The DPDT rocker switch
that does the forward/reverse broke into pieces.  It is rectangular.  Has
anyone changed one of these, and do you think I can find one at NAPA, or do
I have to purchase the gold plated expen$ive one from MK?

Smaller sailboats like my 28' one still need a dinghy for the
occupants to get to shore when anchored.  I have tried inflatables and
rigid ones and neither worked well.  Inflatables require a motor
because they row so poorly and the rigid ones take up too much room on

http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/folly_beach_cleaning_up_abandone
d_boats/23046/
Like, up to $5000.00 fine and jail time for the owners

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/business/economy/17leonhardt.html?hp
Just look at the outside evaluations of the stimulus. Perhaps the
best-known economic research firms are IHS Global Insight,
Macroeconomic Advisers and Moody’s Economy.com. They all estimate that

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/feb/21/new-boating-speed-zones-going-chokolo
skee-bay-prot/
Looks like they're getting their own speed zone, now...

http://www.tonic.com/article/planetsolar-boat-first-around-the-world-solar-sail/
Looks interesting. I still think it's way to impractical to use
commercially, but it seems they're trying to do something with solar
power.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake.hawaii/
Looks like there's a tsunami headed their direction.
I wonder if this had anythig to do with the quake in Chile?  I
wouldn't think so, but I'm no expert.

http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20100226/FON03/2260351
With the computer tech. that's available now days, I  can see how
they're doing it now, to get the maximum efficiency on fuel usage. But
there's a lot of things to take into consideration like load,  plane

It's a very busy group so this is about a day late or so... but, here is the
Canada Gold Prayer...
Our father, who art in Vancouver, hockey be thy name. Thy will be
done, the gold be won, for the women, as well as the men. Give us this

...if it meets the guidelines. Something new. It makes me wish I could
go buy my old Chris craft Cavalier all over again.
http://www.silive.com/sports/advanceonsports/index.ssf/2010/02/boat_owners_might
_qualify_for.html

Concerning posting your travel blog. It's really refreshing to watch
where you go and see what you do.
I'm enjoying it.
Travel safe!

My anchor light atop my mast has always given me problems with the
bulb burning out requiring somebody go all the way up there to replace
it.  Then, you get up there and replace it only to find that it is
actually the wiring that has gone bad.  As I have gotten older, going

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/25/ethics-panel-rangel-broke_n_477467.html
Herr Krause. It looks like this 40 year drone isn't a toe-tapper, but
rather a pocket-liner. And like his colleague Murtha, those pockets
are deep!

I brought my old Autohelm 800 home because the nylon part that threads
into the push rod and then fits onto the tiller had broken off.  I
discussed making a new part from g10 with my machinist and he said it
would work.  I thought I'd come in nest week and do it but when I got