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It all depends on your lifestyle and the details of your living arrangement. The most important factor is debt. If you don't have any, you can live very cheaply particularly if you own your house...

I am with Todd Bradshaw. My sailboat had hard bottom paint on it when I bought it. I removed it and switched to ablative paint. I have no significant paint build up after 17 years. I have been...

I have two cast iron items in my kitchen, a 12" fry pan and a mortar and pestle. My great grandfather took both with him when he went to the Klondike gold rush. He carried both over the Chilkoot...

Go over it with a medium scotchbrite pad. You can get into the indentations with that. It will rough the surface up well enough to give good adhesion of your paint.

Happy birthday! I don't even remember what is was like to be 60. That comes with being over 60 :D

I would go with Washington aw #1. If you live on the west side of the mountains there is no real winter and the summers are comfortably cool. It does rain a bit and there are too many people now. ...

Sorry to hear that. 70 is too young. As far as the event goes, to me it would depend on how close you are to the remaining family. That said, I wouldn't walk across the room to attend an event for...

I spent a couple of hours tracing mine on-line earlier this year. On my Father's side of the family I was able to trace the partiarchial line back to his father who was born i Pennsylvania in 1886....

On a boat of that type, foam is used to provide flotation. Normally it would be put inside the seats, assuming they are enclosed boxes. I use the two part closed cell pour in foam.

No epoxy was used. It is all butt blocks. Tangusso, there are interior pics at: http://www.todddunnmicroyachts.com/tortuga/rebuilding_tortuga.html I shaped the planks using "modern means". ...

The decks are laid yellow cedar. They aren't rotted. They simply leak badly. The deck beams are sound. I will remove the cedar planking and put on a leyer of plywood and then glass over that with...

Tortuga was built in 1936 by Nunes Brothers in Sausalito, CA. The boat stayed in the bay area until 2002 when a fellow from Maine bought it and shipped it to Maine. I bought Tortuga in 2007 and...

Actually carbon is really easy to cut compared to S- or e-glass. Carbon is also MUCH harder to wet out properly than normal glass. Unless you really need the extra stiffness it would be a waste of...

Last fall I found some rot in several topsides planks beneath a spot where my deck was leaking. This spring my fisrt boat project was to replace the rotted planking. I started work on April 1. As...

I am always amazed at people that get surprised by taxes they owe. Heck, I have already calculated my 2013 taxes to within $50. If things change in my income I will update the files. On top of...

I have Nook for PC on my netbook. Since I first tried it out about a year ago, I have downloaded and read about 160 books. So far I have only been reading free downloads, mostly from project...

The coast Guard helicopter from Cape Cod flies by close enough that we can hear it once or twice a year on its way to or from Southwest Harbor. Other than that we don't have local police. I do see...

I wonder if she can be extradited since under US law once you have been acquitted you can't be retried for the same offence.

Actually it is amazing how crude you can be and still do a good job of vacuum bagging a part. When we vacuum bagged core into a 26' hull last December we used plastic sheet from the hardware store...

I have a DeWalt. It cost about $70 and seems to be very durable and to work very well.

Here in Maine all I had to do was give then the application for title, proof of insurance and pay a fee. They never asked my name since it was on the forms. Of course, we do all that at the town...

Actually Keith, I have to admit that my first computers weren't used for heavy computing (I used the main frame for that). The first computers I bought were used to control various bits of lab...

After reading this thread I have to ask - Does anyone use their device for actual computing? By that I mean do you write programs to solve problems? I would also consider using a canned system like...

I have a 10" netbook that I am very happy with. I use wifi for connectivity and it works very well. I use a 4Gb SD card for transferring data to my desktop or laptop (Dell 17"). My netbook has a 6...

Last fall I drew up a set of plans for a 28' cold molded sailboat. Materials alone for the hull would come to about $3,600 and that doesn't include the cost of building molds or the thousands of...

Cost is extremely dependent on material quality and interior build detail level. When I rebuilt my 32 foot power boat I used relatively cheap plywood (MDO) for the interior build. Had I used BS1099...

You are kind of a low end nerd Norman. Back when I was running a research lab I built my own electron beam welder to weld noble metal capsules for hight PT experiments. Now that is being a nerd.

You can also use a layer of 1.5 oz mat set in epoxy. Mat will conform to the surfaces well (better than cloth). Once you have the mat in place, use an air roller to get it down and to remove as...

They are also good for spreading resin over cloth on small projects. I generally use the nice cards AARP sends me every couple of months.

Yup Nanni is french and they are Kubota engines. Nice engines. However, service is a bit limited. The importer is in the Chesapeake area.

One other possible issue is your fuel tank. IF it is in good shape you can reuse it. Put a few gallons of diesel in it and then pump it out to remove any residual gas. You will have to install a...

You have a couple of options. 1) you can replace the entire bulkhead with new marine ply. Teak face 3/4" ply is expensive, so you would be looking at $400-$500 for materials for the bulkhead itself...

I repowered my powerboat with a Volvo-Penta D2-40 40 hp diesel in 2011. That engine cost $9,400 in Maine in June 2011 including the transmission. It is a 4 cylinder and is relatively quiet for a...

I haven't decided if I am going to drive down or not. It will depend on weather. If I drive own, I will come to the EBS. Could you send me the address and directions again. I will let you know if...

He was a decent man. Plus he had a cool beard :D

Now and then you see some wood for free along side the road. It is always spruce, pine or tamarack. I have collected about a cord over the years. When split and properly dried tamarack burns...

You need a bigger cat. My kitty, Spike, quite enjoys keeping the foxes out of his territory. Of course he is nearly 20 lbs of muscle and the fox around here run 7-10 lbs. I have seen Spike attack...

Good quality douglas fir will do the job very nicely. It is plenty strong for the framing. Do switch to stainless or bronze fasteners though.

Since you mentioned the taller rigs on later Hinckley Bermuda 40s, you should also be aware that Hinckley increased the balast on the Mark III B-40s to compensate for the taller rig. That said, I...

What is the existing mast made from?

I know a number of people that make less than $35K and they get by OK and don't get any government aid. Here on the coast of Maine $35K is pretty good money. In fact, my expenses are less that $35K...

Sam Adams Boston Lager is OK beer, but hardly world class. Their chocolate bock is fantastic though. If you want a nicely hopped product, try almost anything from Sierra Nevada. Their beers are...

This, That, but what about "The Other Thing"?

Mother Jones and Ms. My wife views every other publication/outlet as far right.

I just spent the last week doing interior painting for a new build. I am painting the interior plywood furniture. The new plywood had lots of small dings in it. I have used two different products...

As others have said, the minimum livable wage is strongly dependent on where you live. The cost of housing varies by a factor of at least five and perhaps more. Food is a relatively constant cost...

A more appropriate title would be "Benedict XVI to resign Papacy. SO WHAT!"

Most epoxy hardeners are water soluable. Wipe it up with paper towels then use water for the final cleanup. If you want to get fancy use alchohol.

We got about 15" of snow, but had hurricane force winds for about 4 hours. Didn't lose power at all. It took about 30 minutes to clear all the snow off my driveway and our road (1/4 mile). I did...

It started about 3 hours ago here. We must have nearly half an inch of snow so far. The temperature is rising rapidly though. 10 at 7 AM and 16 now. On the plus side, most of it is supposed to...