Rich is talking about raising his dingy a little bit on the top of his aft cabin overhead, which on a Grand Banks 42 Classic is not all that high off the main deck to begin with. I suspect the difference in terms of his boat's ride will be zero.

Anyway the oil level is almost at the top of the glass bit looks quite brown. It only took a small amount to top up. SAE 90. How long should the oil last and could it be causing one of the pawl's to stick? How often should the oil be changed? Any experience would be appreciated. Michael Slater Sally Lillian Bay of La Baule France at the moment.

My can of Boot Top was not at all like normal Brightside. Perhaps because I have had it for several years (never opened) or because I mixed some Brightside white in to get the colour I wanted. Regarding the advice of the manufacturer, AkzoNobel owns Interlux, and Flood (maker of Penetrol), as well as Cetol and several others.

Also, even if the tanks were full completely, there would be about a 6" neck from deck flange to tank top. All misspelling the fault of my IPad Tom Averill

One of our favorite meals on cool days is chili fixed in a crock pot simmered all afternoon as we're cruising, then served with fresh hot corn bread from the oven! Yum!

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All their > receivers were 2xxx series (2000C, 22100F etc). > > Can you send me a photo? http://www.loran.org/ILAArchive/ILA%20Journal%20Final%20Scans/1977-Journal.pdf Top of page 63 (page 65 in PDF). You see the actual receiver on top of the PDP-8/E. The question is if you have the full set or not.

Waterfowl movements, as well as other bird activities, are showing signs of /Zugunruhe/, a term coined by German ornithologists and adopted elsewhere that can be loosely interpreted as migratory (or, more accurately, pre-migratory) restlessness.

I am >hoping you can shed light on the other side of the >coin... Single vs twin Gas. I plan to purchase a >midrange sedan cruiser with twin gas engines (Ugh!) >The reason for that is because the model I like >doesn't come with anything else. It's twin gas or look >for some other type boat.

RLG = Resident Love Goddess; Originally coined by TWListee Paul Browne because he didn't want to call his wife "the Admiral". SSB = Single Side Band; A long range marine radio. S/V = Sailing Vessel TWBS&T (or just BST) = Trawler World Buy, Sell, & Trade list; A mailing list set up expressly for the exchange of boat related goods and services.