After all our recent chatter about cicadas, here's the group of NYTimes articles about our Brood II and the 15 remaining broods. Nice graphics & maps. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/a-century-of-cicadas.html A Century of Cicadas Periodical cicadas live underground for 17 or 13 years before emerging to sing, mate and die.

We all benefit from these efforts. Back to filter we have dissected a FRK and a M100 and are convinced that there is a room for a filter, in case of the FRK, very easy. Corby used a M100, in my opinion more of a challenge. Will not try it.

For a list of marinas organized by rivers on the Chesapeake Bay go to the D/5 USPS website and click on the river name: And, if you are here on a Friday through Sunday or Monday mornings, the Two J's (Slip E-26) will take you to where ever you need to go - liquor warehouse, drug store, hardware store, etc.

Charles Cullota has a good write-up on his website covering his fix for leaking tanks. http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/1024index.html I faced the same situation last fall and ended up replacing all four tanks with new aluminum tanks. I can now sleep well knowing the fuel is in the tanks rather than the bilge.

I have a then top of the line Icom IC-M127 VHF that is probably 15 years old. It works fine but does not have any of today's improvements. It does not even have a DSC "distress" button. The reason I have never purchased a new VHF is because all radios since then have been smaller.

> > If you're planning to 3d print this you may want to use the > teardrop option to the outer cuboid, because circular roundings > are often problematic without support. > > Note to Jay:  BOSL2's cuboid() can round individual edges, but > also can round by groupings, so edges=TOP rounds all the top edges > without the need to enumerate

Also when we have a little caulk left over in the 10 oz cartridge, 5200, 4200, Teak Deck Cal it all goes in the freezer and you can use it at a later date. You do not have to discard what you didn't use. Safe Cruising. Bob Kovach KJ4UGE Chief Engr Bob, Onboard ALLEZ!

"All the passengers were ejected on impact," said U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Barbara Patton.One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others died at area hospitals, the Nassau County police said.

Website is www.canmet.com. They do manufacture a line of zincs. CAMP zincs are manufactured by Camp Company of St. Petersburg, FL. Website is www.campcompany.com.

YachtBiz@aol.com wrote: > I think the other side of the coin Judy, is if Brokers would "uniformly" stop > taking low Ball offers of clients who just want to "steal" product. I > represent SELLERS with my listings and have to "SELL" the "value" of what I > represent.