ak the fabric. You should respray the cover with 303 for fabric (there are several 303"s) Bob Austin

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tem than my filters. Just my two cents- Todd Portland, OR

throwing away so many of the advantages on the PC side. REPLY For a power user like yourself that argument is valid. But what about the countless others who never go beyond having the little boat icon crawl across the raster display? I have seen several market surveys that indicate many if not the majority of consumer seldom use more than about 10% of the total feature set of the major navigation software packages. Even the argument about updating the charts themselves has holes in it. Not every chart on a CD or chip set changes from year to year. And of those changes which might affect your particular area, how many are significant to your particular boating? When the commercial ship channel markers are realigned to ensure safe passage for a vessel drawing 35 or 40 feet, does it necessarily affect your safety? The majority of NTM concern artificial nav aids in commercial shipping channels and in commercial harbors. Recreational boaters tend to stay away from such places if they can help it. Most secluded anchorages do not have a buoyed channel defining the entrance way. Shorelines and bottom contours seldom change that rapidly, except perhaps in hurricane prone Florida and Gulf area. But when they do, how long does it take for NOAA to resurvey and issue corrected charts? regards Arild --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.735 / Virus Database: 489 - Release Date: 8/6/2004

structure that holds it. Are you saying you put the caulking gun tip under the stitching and "force the silicone through the stitching? Do you wipe it off on the other side or just let it bead up? What brand/type of clear silicone do you use that doesn't yellow over time? Thanks in advance for the tip. John Esch Fet-Esch,a 48' Chung Hwa Seamaster Currently lying in the rainy harbor of Milwaukee, WI. www.Fet-Esch.com

n in the marina is minimally exposed to seagull poo. A boat back east where industrial fallout or soot might be heavier, or down south where it's sunny much of the time, or moored somewhere that gets heavily bombed by the gulls probably poses different challenges to prolonging the life of the covers. And perhaps we should be washing our covers more than once a year. But it does seem to help. We wash them in a large washing machine. I would think scrubbing them hard by hand with strong detergent might not be so good for the fabric, but I'm just speculating at this point. ______________________________ C. Marin Faure GB36-403 "La Perouse" Bellingham, Washington

ll and tip and the necessity for two people working together? Thanks Dave Hart 32' Island Gypsy Lake Ontario -

ars is 303 Fabric Guard. Made for those purposes, and does a great job. My bimini is 10 years old, and I've treated it twice. Doesn't leak a drop. (I am in a covered slip, so it hasn't gotten the beating from the sun like most do) All of the 303 products I've used have been great products. No connection........... By the way, you'll wear your finger out with the small squirt bottles. I buy the gallon size and use a garder sprayer. Brent Hodges Albin 43 Seabrook, Tx