Some of the equipment included is two 2-kW Heart inverters, SSB, a TNC for email, 12 golf cart batts, 8 kW Phasor genset, full upper and lower helm electronics, Raymarine autopilot, real queen size bed, all windows reframed/sealed, teak decks removed, ceramic top stove and so on.

If this was true we would all increase our propeller size to top out at our cruising RPM. Methinks they would also call you SMOKEY. What say all????? .

Most birds do not survive the strikes, even birds who have some flight ability and seem to be okay can go on to die later. The most common cause of death is a fractured skull.

That drives the temperatures of all the parts up. MTBF on them is very “temperature of use” dependent. They fail for a range of reasons as the parts in them die of “hot old age”. Efratom had some pretty good data on MTBF vs temperature in the LPRO data sheets.

LB> Regarding flash/no-flash bootleg versions - mask ROM firmware LB> residing on the die does not support FTS functions (there is not LB> enough space for extra features and increasing the die size would LB> increase base product cost) so if you have FTS product then it LB> must have flash inside to run the code from.

I obviously have way too much time on my hands while we sit in Reedsville and wait for the winds to die down! Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA Reedsville VA

bird=Bobolink Tina Green Westport Tina & Peter Green PH 203 226 9674 FX 203 226 7285 Website: www.renaissancestudios.com Mailing address: Renaissance Studio 188 Imperial Avenue, Westport, CT 06880

I top off here and then I top off in Nassau, 19 hour run at 8 KTS. Have done it over 20 times with a variation of 5 gallons. Probably current or wind. At 07:37 AM 10/22/02 -0500, you wrote: >Do you mean 3 gph total or 3 gph per side ============================================================ >How do you measure your fuel flow?

I took a good suggestion and started a gmail account where the website looks a lot like BellSouth's but gives you the ability to import addresses and to create address groups. Since that time, I have been working at getting better mobile connectivity starting with dumping Nextel (contract ended in November) and getting Verizon phones.

(I have no idea if that figure is realistic) > >In all of my re-power from gasoline to diesel calculations, I have assumed >20,000 hours and still the cost to re-power with diesel doesn't come even >close to being economic. But at 5,000 hours, even die-hard diesel guys >would choke. > >I hope Paul pops up with some comments on this thread.