Get rid of the rusty chain. I have a 22lbs bruce on all rope-rode. Never needed chain but keep a kedge handy at all times - just in case.... George of Scaramouche1

mikem@yachtsdelivered.com writes: >BTW - This problem does not apply to those whose time zones are >different >or living in other worlds. Please, please make allowance for those living in the gamma sector - Katrina.

weidner@waterw.com writes: >A marine surveyor has determined "high moisture level" in the hull >foam >insulation. >Based on this, we will probably offer considerably less to the >present >owner The following is NOT a Joke. Bought a Hullmaster 27 (notoriously overbuilt here in Canada) from a couple that had it in dry storage for two summers. A friend who sells marine instruments for a living. walked around with his latest gadget. All the boats in the marina were dry and sound - except mine. There seemed to be a persistent roughly triangular form of moisture visible near the bow. Well it was very early spring, the cockpit had ben covered, the keel except for a few inches (which the moisture meter faithfully reported) all were dry. Something was wrong - The previous owners had forgotten to pump out the holding tank before land-storage. Big POOO! We replaced every inch of hose, flushed the tank and now four years later - not a whiff! And yes, I did negotiate a few dollars discount ;-) George of Scaramouche P.s: If one uses enough of those blue Crystals, there is no overly excessive odour even in Ontario Summers, that 's why the "error" was not detected earlier.

tobyboat@worldnet.att.net writes: > >. A friend who sells marine instruments for a living. >> walked around with his latest gadget. > > And his latest gadget was ??? That was over 5 yers ago and I've consumed way too much beer-diluted aluminum before and since. However he showed me the thing and just hokding it to the outside of the hull (on the hard) would show up correcly water left in the freshwater-bladdder, the few inches in th bilge (it's a wet-hollow bilge construction and of course the "moisture" in the holding tank. The hokding tank is about 3 inches thick and has a substantial airgap to the hull. Hi Oh, why not ask my friend what the instrument was? He sold his boat, moved away and is now in th Wine and Beer making business - Good Move!.

When I was in the photography business we used to buy a spray-on stuff from professional arts-supply stores, that would leave a film so that you could pull and reposition your artwork many times. There were two types, a permanent fixed spray and the moveable spray (the one I'm talking about) I don't remember the correct name, but it was from 3M and called "moveable photomount" or something like that. It might work for you. The spray goes on the artwork (photos), never on the backboard which was usually white or gray cardboard type stuff and never left a residue. George of Scaramouche P.s: It was NOT cheap!

rgano@mantech-pc.com writes: > It was in the middle of the night; so >maybe the fish couldn't see where they were going. They probably didn't have their running lights on - a habit of many navy vessels on maneuvers (Heard and seen that from various countries). How to you expect the poor flying fish to detect which direction your boat is going, eh?

zeekstah@ktc.com writes: >Actually no, according to Peggie Hall, the guru of marine sewage. >She says >if you do No. 2 over the side the most you may be guilty of is >indecent >exposure. In any case make sure there is a good breeze blowing and you're well upwind on the lee rail.... George of Scaramouche

schooley@keyway.net writes: >Ok, I'll admit to being an idiot if you agree to stop the pubic >linching. I >obliviously meant too use winch :-)> You made a typo, you got ribbed. Typos happen all the time to all of us but this one with wenches for winches was just too good to pass up. Sometime ago someone described his new winches as "self-tailing wenches". That caused a lot of amusement. Don't get upset and BTW, didn't I send my mail to you off-list? I usually do. George of Scaramouche P.S. Let us not forgot that the actual battery info you sent was indeed very valuable - Gg

mdgoode@bwr.eastlink.ca writes: >Our boat has a 30 amp power cord, and we have a 15 amp converter >plug; >however at a recent marina stay the power in the area where we were >berthed >was 20 amp, although the newer docks had 30 amp. When we priced the >converter plug it was almost $100, so we didn't buy one. Here on lake Ontario there are some marinas and yachtclubs with only 15 or 20 Amp outlets. Since like you, I already had a 15 to 30 plug, I bought a 20 Amp male and a 15 Amp female and wired the two together at a cost of about $30.- (Home Depot in Whitby). So now if faced with a 20 Amp outlet, I plug my homemade adapter into the 15 to 30 and the whole mess into my 30 Amp yellow power cord. Works quite well. George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada

twl@halwyman.com writes: >Be aware that if you draw more than 15 amps from the shore, you are >overloading your 15a male and female connectors, with some probably >small >risk of fire or, more likely, melting the plastic parts of the >connectors. >Better would be to wire the 20a male to a 30a female. Another way to overcome this would be to use individual plugs, a female 30, a male 20 and a male15 and wire them in a sort-of 'Y' configuration with 12 and 14 gauge. That would give you a universal connector that you could use with your normal shore power cord whether you have a 15, 20 or 30 Amp outlrt at the marina or club. Unfortunately I couldn't do this as my original 15 to 30 is all one piece plastic molded. You would need individual plugs at a cost of about total $50.- Canadian (Home Depot, Electrical Supplier) George BTW: Hal, this was originally a list question and I'm putting my answer back there - the problem is/could be of universal interest.