:) Somebody's gonna get a fine boat when I die. :) Rich Gano CALYPSO (GB-42-295) Southport, FL (Panama City area)

mikem@yachtsdelivered.com>: > A quick look at the Local Notice to Mariners for District 13 shows that the > Coast Guard is removing many fog signals, >>>>> snip<<<<<> > Eventually the voters are going to have to raise a fuss and have the nav > aids and search and rescue operations moved out of the homeland security > department where they will die

In a nutshell, wait till the winds clock around to the south...and die. You may wait for, but will eventually get, two-footers or less with light and variable winds out of the south. Here is the web site to watch: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/shmrn.php?mz=amz670 Palm to West End is perfect...especially for your first crossing.

I am planning on taking Lac> celestial navigation and was looking about for a used sextant to be a backup if Lac> both GPS systems die. I've always been interested but never taken the time to Lac> learn. From reading Passagemaker, it seems the morning sightings were enough Lac> for sound bearings during his trip across the pond.

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 _wmchz@aol.com_ (mailto:wmchz@aol.com)

Rather than "unscrew" them, the mechanic used a cutting burr on an air die grinder to grind the inside of the mushroom flange (from outside the boat) which then allowed the flange to fall off. We, then, could easilly remove the remaining threaded shank and nut from inside the boat. This made for a quick and easy job without damage to the hull.

Line squalls which come up very quickly also die out quickly and rarely develop the fetch for big seas. Storms which do develop larger waves also signal their coming well in advance. I have been in 8 footers in Lake Huron but I also had plenty of warning and got to shelter within an hour of the conditions getting rough.

A person did die in a collision between two vessels; and a boat did run aground in another incident. I would hardly call it a conviction to say that somehow the developing situation leading to a collision or a grounding must have resulted from insufficient "looking out" or to use the more formal terminology "maintaining a look-out".

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Keith _____ "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." -Will Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Krogenguy" > Somebody on this list suggested the use of a laboratory wash bottle > to clean Racor bowls.