bvcom@mac.com writes: >Does the emergency bottle to fix a flat tire works? I never tried it but heard from many boaters that is a good fix - beware though you need many cans to cover the whole inside of a rubber dinghy.

>Joe & Margaret I bought my current boat with the inheritance from my godmother. Her name was "ANNA GEIST". Thoght it would be appropriate to rename the boat in my godmother's honour "ANNA G". This would be pronounced "anna-gee". Tried this on some of my friends and they thought I was calling my boat "ANARCHY". This might reflect the usual state of affairs on board but was not what I intended. So, for the time being, I left her with the previous name (Scaramouche1). Moral: Sound out a new boat name and try it on your friends BEFORE you commit. (Cost of a name change for a registered boat in Canada is $300.- plus the cost of the search for duplicate names - about $60.- , I think) George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario - Canada

#245 > >in a pint bottle for about $4. Thanks Larry, must check this out. At $4 a pint that's less than $20 for a "Gin Bottle" (however much that is? We here in Canada don't drink too much Gin - Rum is our preferred beverage and it comes in 40 oz bottles. Now where is that darn calculator?) George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada P.s: Yes, we have Walmart stores up here in snow-shoe country.... Very civilized and our "greeters" even wipe the slush from our mukluks....

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.

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

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

scaramouche@tvo.org writes: >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. CAUTION This would of course necessitate insulating the unused male plug as you otherwise would have a real good shock hazard. I therefore withdraw this suggestion as not a good idea - George The other solution of male 20 to female 15; male 15 to female 30 works as long as you do not intend to draw more than 15 Amp. It is indeed what I have been using for years. - Gg