Activity really seemed to die after 10am, and picked back up around 5pm. I had a total of 90 species over the two days - not too bad considering the weather, duration of stay, and time of year. I didn't have anything really unexpected, though it was a pleasant 'jaunt' in an area I rarely get to go to.

Olivier Barden of Quebec City reported "Food was scarce due to high water temperatures, causing adults to travel far from the colonies, often leaving the young to die. Apparently, the mortality rate of young at the nest was over 90% this summer at Bonaventure Island." As of 17 October Olivier has seen no juvenile gannets near Quebec City.

Before hauling Miss Muffet, I would do something to remove the > sea cocks from the cooling circuit and see if the engines overheat and > the impellers die. Is there another sea cock of sufficient size that you > could use to obtain cooling water, so that you could run long enough to > take a trip to test the impellers?

Subsequently >any journey of an hour or less produces the surge with increasing >regularity. ...but I would have thought it would die if fuel starved or >ingesting air not surge ahead.

For > really heavy grinding I find an air driven die grinder much better. They are > in expensive (about $19) run cool and have lots of power. Mine air grinder > has colletts for 1/8 and 1/4 bits. Also the air grinder speed is > controlable. Only problem is you need a decent compressor and tank.

I did install a racor vacuum > gauge as I report here on the list and it barely rose of the peg...but still > the engine would die from air in the injector.

As they die they create glop on the bottom of the tank. The asphaltines in the fuel also settle out over time. The water will also rust your tanks if you, like me, have black iron tanks.

The one thing I have found on coating systems (as well as every other aspect of this boat that I have sought advice on) is that if you talk to ten different professionals or vendors--you will get at least 20 different "do it this way or die" opinions.

My computer could completely die and it wouldn't effect the normal function of the alarm system at all. That's not to say that alarms can't be based on computers. Under the covers, there is a computer there some place. They are solid state embedded devices that are meant to run forever without intervention.

Sometimes I crimp it in the next smaller die to get a firm fit. Anyway I find the ratcheting crimper easier to use than the inexpensive "plier" type. For big wire lugs, I use the Ancor "hammer on" crimper. Its inexpensive and works well. With Ancor lugs, I can use a big pair of pump plier to sqeeze it rather than hammer on it.