Bronte marina is easy to find, and the grebes are back again! We were here viewing and photographing, and I was witness to a cool "event" of mating attempt. Hope you enjoy this small series on my website....

By that time we have made the run and are all buttoned up. I've found the tools of the trade have to be handy and easy to use otherwise they stay in the tool box. The motor always stays on the Whaler. Check this site for dingy Pics. http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain/pics.html .

Oops, meant to write 4/26 (Sunday) ____________________________________ From: ClutchZat To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Sent: 4/26/2009 5:18:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Grosbeak, Towhee >From Andy Thiede 4/27 - Berlin Yard Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak, first of the year, eating black oil sunflower seeds about 5:00 PM. Mrs.

Good Luck, Terry Etapa ex-Detroiter in Seattle http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tetapa --- Gayle Roudabush wrote: > Now, all you plastic boaters can move on--this > question is for us die hard > "woodie" owners.We have stripped all the paint off > the bottom of Classy Lady > (did it last fall), and now are preparing to recaulk > seams

If the VCO >>> control terminal current is low enough, you might be able to quickly >> solve >>> this problem by putting 1 or 2 Lithium Ion Coin cells in series with the >>> control lead.

> My Panasonic VIC100 antenna had a few screws to hold the bottom to the > plastic cone top. The bottom had an o-ring seal that stuck a little > but was still pretty easy to slide the bottom from the top half. > Inside was a patch antenna on top of a pcb. Thanks. I tried again and it came apart easily. There is an O-ring but no glue.

Hal Murray wrote: >> My Panasonic VIC100 antenna had a few screws to hold the bottom to the >> plastic cone top. The bottom had an o-ring seal that stuck a little >> but was still pretty easy to slide the bottom from the top half. >> Inside was a patch antenna on top of a pcb. >> > > Thanks. I tried again and it came apart easily.

I have never been able to confidently cope with this problem, I just keep hacking the system and sooner or later I get the COM port right with the right settings and all is well. There seem to be up to 3 layers to get right.

Given the contours of a typical bow, the bottom of the tank is a smaller footprint than the top of the tank, as I took advantage of the hull flairing out as it rises, to make this holding tank larger (50-60gals!) So, its quite easy to secure the fore and aft sections of the tank as well as 2 aluminum rails on top of the tank to keep it secured down.

If, as in this area, the bulk of the buoy line is actually line with only the top ten or twelve feet being chain, it can be very easy to suck the slack buoy line into a prop or get it around a rudder, particularly with a twin engine boat.