the frames are all spoken for. thanks for the great response. alexis -- Alexis St. John blog: http://alexisstjohn.blogspot.com/ website: www.alexisstjohn.com

Jim Hughes Subject: Re: [PUP] Any suggestion - or PPM should die ? Hello, could we ask all the sailors on here to look at not the top 600K trawler but put their experience to making a good seaworthy small passagemaker, and what a small passagemaker would need.

Best, Frank Mantlik ________________________________ From: Frank Mantlik To: Birds CT Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 5:56:16 AM Subject: [CT Birds] Survey Results - TOP 10 CT BIRDS in 2010 Hi all, As you may know, I kept track of all the bird species, by month, reported in CT in 2010.

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Additionally, it is available in a variety of shades (avoiding >the orange cast, I suppose), and two different levels of top coat, >depending on desired wear and abrasion resistance. Does anyone have >experience with this side of things?

If you go to: http://tinyurl.com/yong77 You will find they have a CD with US Boating Charts with Tides and Currents, and while this CD will likely duplicate a lot of what you already have, for the $99 cost you will have the Tennessee River charts and also the Tenn-Tom Charts all the way to Mobile bay.

We're > designing the new Bimini for Cigano and are interested to know what the > average deck clearance to the top of the top is. I'm 5'10" tall and what is > comfortable to me might not be comfortable to a 6'6" guest. Any > recommendations? > > Larry > Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck > Lying Covington, LA

I'm going to need new canvas in a few years and was wondering about a hard top bimini. My thoughts are fiberglass or starboard. Pros or cons? How hard is starboard to work, form, bend? Are there sources for surplus, salvage, or over-run products? I'd like something strong enough to stand on, but not excessively heavy. Thanks for any wisdom.

More importantly, don't forget to honor the ancient tradition of placing a coin under the mast in the mast step. Use something with a bit of panache, not a common quarter. A Bahamian coin, a Canadian Loonie or Toonie or perhaps a $20 gold piece would do nicely! Regards, Randy Pickelmann Morning Star lying Marathon, FL www.CruisingMorningStar.com

The cited website belongs to an Indian company which does not claim to manufacture SS mortise locks. http://tinyurl.com/36gcrr is a page from the Canadian, Rekford website showing Perko imitations in 316 SS. Likely from China as Marin said.