elnav@uniserve.com writes: >I would suggest looking for industrial grade fans; NOT consumer quality. >Honeywell, Johnson Controls or any other HVAC equipment suppliers. Arild: Thanks for including my favourite company name: "Honeywell". (I concur) I'm getting a lifetime pension from them. Enough to never having to work again -- so I took up boating and leasing out sailboats (had six there for a while). Did I say never having to work again? George BTW: Did you see Larry's reply to mine re muffin fans?

>Zeke Anderson wrote: > >> For the good of the order.... it's underway, not under weigh. As long as >> we're here, lose is not to win, loose is not fastened down. I'm not sure whether Zeke is complaining or being amused. I personally feel these little typos or grammar errors are often great fun and should be left alone. One of the best ones was when a sailor reported that he now had "two selftailing wenches" on his boat. Keep it up. Helps me get through the long icebound winter season... George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada

hbrink@earthlink.net writes: >I suggest that we make "personal corrections" privately. Lest we air in our >xorrection. Correct and true. Actually correcting grammar and typos is considered bad "netiquette". However, I think this thread was about the humour created (involuntarily) by specific spelling errors. When Zeke first started the thread, I was going to jump on him privately until in the last second I realized that he was creating humour and for some of us it's midwinter and a bit of humour is welcome, methinks. Gg

jalexander127@comcast.net writes: > But in looking at this >proposition I am wondering, how in the heck did they manage to get the >antenna leads fished down through this thing? Any simple solutions? One of my dock neighbours has a real electrician's 50 ft fish-tape. One of the most frequently borrowed tools around here. If he didn't have one, I'd buy one! Another trick taught to me by an old sailboat rigger: If any wires are already running where you wish to add your antaennae leads is to disconnect the existing wire/cable on one end. Securely attach a thin, smooth nylon string as a lead-line to it, smoothly tape the connection and carefully pull it out the other end. Then attach the new leads to the nylon lead line, again tape smoothly and pull the whole mess back into position. Has worked for me numerous times, even for pulling wires behind headliners and cabin panneling. George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada

mttortuga@juno.com writes: >Make sure that you pull another small nylon line back with the wire so >you will have a pull line the next time you need it. Good idea, Morley, never thought of that. Another point I didn't make is that this fishing business should be done by two people. One pulling gently and the other pushing/feeding/wiggling from the other end. This really helps getting around kinks and corners. Been there, done that and won. George of Scaramouche

jalexander127@comcast.net writes: >Well, I discovered that I couldn't budge the nut, not even with several >blows from a 5 lb hammer. FWIW: Why bother removing the old transducer? There was an extensive thread a while ago about installing a transducer inside the hull and just leaving the old one in place. If you can't find that info in the archives, I can send you a summary from memory. (I did exactly what I suggested above and it's been working fine for about 4 years now). George of Scaramouche1, Lake Ontario, Canada P.s: What material is your hull made of?

steamer@myhome.net writes: >> AT&T offers many cellular plans, at least it seems so for the ads in >> my local newspaper. I have and have had for at least 3 years one >> called "Digital One Rate". > > When I was shopping I found that this plan from AT&T was the only true >> national plan. > >We have this plan. No problems. Would you also know if and how this plan works in Mexico? A friend of mine wants to extensively travel U.S. and Mexico this summer - an she's from Canada. Appreciate any advise -- Tks, George

marty@oppenheimercamera.com writes: >OTOH, anywhere in northern WA that "Extended Coverage" or "Roaming" is >displayed on the phone means that you've been grabbed by BCTel and you will >have the wonderful experience of paying through the nose for making a call >in an AT&T coverage area. OTOH, on a beautiful day last summer, with just the right breeze for a comfortable beam reach, I was sailing from Toronto to Winston Harbour, NY. I had no cell phone coverage anywhere from 5 to 10 miles south of Canada. Nix, nothing, no roaming, nada! Sure would have been nice to be able to make a call, roaming charges or not. So, in a way, count your blessings up there on the BC border - at least you are covered. I had to tie up my boat in Winston and find a pay-phone to make an urgent call home. Yes, I know, the coast guard would have patched me through via VHF - for a not unsignificant price - but it wasn't that urgent ($$$) a call. ;-) George of Scaramouche1, Lake Ontario, Canada

In a message dated 4/7/02 12:01:08 AM, you wrote: <> Doug, There is no compression release on the Perkins 4-107. The only way to crank it without compression is to remove, or at least loosen, the injectors. Be sure to get a new set of annealed copper injector washers since they must be replaced if you pull the injectors. The whole test process should take about an hour. Larry Z

trawler-world-list@lists.samurai.com writes: I ran across something like that at Canadian Tire Stores in Toronto. Bought one and after I played with it for a while, read the instruction that said it is not sealed. It is meant to sit on the dashboard or under the rear window of a car. So, beware yours might be the same make and you want to be careful using it on a boat. I intend to seal mine with silicone around the edges. George of Scaramouche.