Since you won't, do it now before they are transferred or die. Hope to hell they know what they are talking about. If challenged because of something not done absolutely correct, plead the truth, ignorance. Use as your defence that you have used due diligence, searched high and low for the proper answers and been blindsided by the system.

OWENSINDL@aol.com wrote: >> How do you account for the fact that well over a thousand DeFever designed >> tuna boats have been fishing the Pacific fleet for years - did they all die a >> lonely death offshore? >> Ron Owens > Not ALL Defevers, silly. Just the ones with the flared bows, like the one mentioned, a 53 MY, I think.

Dick Schroder Gulfstar 43' trawler Lying St Pete Florida Great American Marina Those who live by the sword usually die from a gunshot !!

Keith __ "How soon a ship can age and die for want of the love of a human being."

Bahamians live and die around their outboards and the Enduro series is a simplified, bulletproof design made for "working" folks which makes it an ideal motor for serious cruisers. Regards.... Phil Rosch Old Harbor Consulting M/V "Curmudgeon" MT44 TC Currently lying Bond Creek, NC

They try to start--getting to 300-500 rpms and then die. Cat has no answers. Anyone have a clue?? W Macauley Lucky Dog Grand Banks 42 Europa--850 hours Vero Beach, FL Sounds like fuel delivery pressure problem probably caused by an air leak.

They do eventually die but have managed to get 2-3 years more use out of them so far. I used to just take the home laptop to and from the boat with the map software in it. Was nice cause I could work on routes at home and didn't have to transfer the waypoints and all but now I just use my USB key. Russ

We are hole up in Reedville waiting a day or two for this NE to die down, then we head south. I've just read six or seven accounts of boats that have been through the dismal canal since Aug, each describing bumping things more than once.

Russ Be Holy or Die Trying"  St Stephen 33AD "Be joyful always; Pray constantly; Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ.....Test everything.

Did I totally miss out, or did the idea just die? The reason I mention this is I recently had to move my office for a few months and I don't have any GPS access, hence all my GPSDOs' and accessories are sitting in storage until I move back.