FloridaKeyz@aol.com writes: >Kind of snobby are we? I don't see it that way. It's a matter of economics to some of us. George of Scaramouche.

aiti@gate.net writes: > I am thinking of getting a small diesel >auxiliary engine and running a heavy duty alternator or whatever off >of a >pulley. Long time ago, I saw such an arrangement. It was installed close to the main shaft and by throwing a belt on a pulley via an idler, you could use it as a get -home engine, if your main ever failed. Little slow, but they tested it and it worked. Good idea.

gxk@interlog.com writes: >From: scaramouche@tvo.org (George Geist) >I wonder, do we have an utomatic Delete of the entire message n cas >there is a JPEG attachment >>>> > >Attachments are not possible on Trawler World List. > >If you have an attachment you would like to share, say so in a post >so that >interested Listees can email you directly to obtain the item. > >--Georgs I realized this too late and send an apology together with an offer to send the picture privately to anyone requesting it. I should read your rules more carefully - George Geist

jim.hock@autodesk.com writes: >It's constant "squeaking" (as it is turned) - drives me nuts! >Otherwise it doesn't leak, and seems to work OK, though it seems >"tight" and >isn't very easy to turn. >Does anyone have any experience with these units? It is not clear if >there >is any "easy" way to solve this problem, any info or help will be >greatly >appreciated! Sounds to me like a dry bushing in the wheel hub! Before I'd go any deeper, I would spray WD40 into and onto the hub of the wheel - repeatedly - while turning. That has freed many a tight and squeaking wheel for me. George of Scaramouche on Lake Ontario, Canada

PBrowne900@aol.com writes: >I happen to know one fellow who used to dive >with a Red Green apparatus similar to the one described below. Love this Red / Green Ductape / Vacuum-cleaner rig. Now what can we do about the near-freezing water temperature in Lake Ontario? Immersion heater maybe? Redirected engine cooling water? George of Scaramouche

r.buchner@worldnet.att.net writes: >To facilitate easy change of engine V-belt I pre-position a spare >belt = >to the front of the engine when changing belts or doing other >routine = >maint. Run the hoses through the spare belt as required for normal = >installation but tie spare clear of rotating service belt and >pulleys. = That's got to be one of the better suggestions. I shall do this on my next maintenance. Thanks, George of Scaramouche.

arider@bellsouth.net writes: >Ever heard of a noncontact thermometer? Well I haven't until I >found it at >NAPA. >It is made by Raytek. You use a built in laser to aim it and it >instantly >tells you the temperature of the object by measuring the surface >temp using >infrared thermometers. The nurses at our local hospital use something like ti. A device held into your ear gives instant body temp reading. The probe actually doesn't touch anything - it's just aimed at th inner ear. Works very well.

pgslo@juno.com writes: > I should have >said, "1000 gallons of fuel weighs about 7,300 pounds. That is a >lot of >weight to distribute around the hull." 6000 or 7300 lbs still leaves me with the impression of a possible large imbalance. What are you going to do when you eventually go for that long ocean cruise and one by one your tanks run dry (as was your plan). How do you propose to compensate then for the imbalance, perhaps in the middle of the North Atlantic? Will you fill the empty tanks with salt water or stay unbalasted and bounce around like a cork in a bathtub?

hal@halwyman.com writes: >This is more than academic, as some time ago I was maneuvering >a powerboat within a marina in a fairly narrow fairway, when a kayak >attempted to cross my bow port to starboard. Must have been a cousin of the kayak that crossed my bow starboard to port in a real narrow channel. Seems to me two rules would apply here: 1) The less maneuverable vessel is the standon vessel; and let me tell you, from an ex-white water kayak racer, kayaks are probably the most maneuverable conveyances on the water! 2) Second rule is (tongue in cheek) "Might over right". In any case your "panic-stop" looks good on you and follows the rule of: ...must do everything possible to avoid a collision...

mknott@bcpl.net writes: > Many boaters are >knowledgeable, but you don't know which ones they are and you can't >trust >anyone. I get a little bit of comfort from boaters that display the Power Squadron Burgee. You can't get it unless you are a member of the CPS and you can't become a member unless you have successfully completed the basic boating course. Those flying the CPS Burgee may not be the greatest sailors yet, but at least they have learned the rules of the road (The course is intense, but - like the Hong Kong Harbour course described elsewhere -purely theorie). My 2 bits worth - George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada.