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If you think the 3.7 oz dacron would be too fragile, you could always cover it with 8 oz. nylon (possibly the most popular fabric for SOF kayaks) from Dyson, Baidarka & Co.

Ah, I misunderstood. From your initial comments about the looking at the biggest percentage losers list, I thought you were keying on the dramatic drops.

re last 5 days: Nicely done....

Buying any H&R Block this morning?

I know that in light of your other thread ( Speaking of investing... H&R Block fraud? ) this sounds like a "gotcha" question, but it really isn't. For an...

Do not underestimate the importance of what ljb5 said regarding the overall market rising during your test. Even though you are trying to trade the noise, I suspect you will find it works only in a...

Norman,

Good luck, but a word of advice: start as small as you can. If you make money, increase your size gradually. There is no hurry, the markets will still be there. Do not be surprised,...

No, no, and probably not.

There is definitely "signal" in intraday moves, although the signal on an intraday basis is probably noise on a weekly basis.

Commissions, even for active professional...

Obviously they didn't know where to look.
Those who talk don't know and those who know don't talk.

Disagree. They shouldn't look back. We're there. How we got there is less important than what they think we should do going forward. If "Bush Lied, People Died" would win an election, Kerry would be...

THE FAO boat is not a planing design, however, and its recommended max horsepower is 8 or 9 as I recall.

Sounds about like Atkin's Rescue Minor to me.

http://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Utilities/RescueMino r.html

There's also an article on Rescue Minor in the current WB (#189). It wasn't designed...

To my admittedly untrained eye, Mist looks a lot like a CMD Redwing 18 with sails. See WB 179-182 for building the Redwing 18.

Peace on earth to men of good will.
Hellfire and damnation to boat thieves.

Take a look at Redmond's Whisp, which is lapstrake and built in essentially the same way as the Uncle John's skiff.

http://www.sredmond.com/index_boat.htm

Quoting from the Whisp page "Three...

A good artists' supply shop will have much wider bolts. For example, Pearl Paint sells unprimed #10 cotton duck up to 120 inches wide, and #12 at up to 144 inches wide. Both weights are used for wood...

And be sure to mention that you are planning to use it on the Great Lakes.

Chris Stewart

The Titanic was 882.75'.

Guess he'd been watching too much of The Donald.

Available at DN Goodchild for $5.95.

http://www.dngoodchild.com/5371.jpg

http://www.dngoodchild.com/5371pic.jpg

http://www.dngoodchild.com/divide_for_power_boats.htm
(scroll down)

Best just let it pass, but if someday you seriously need a comeback, you might mention that a tri is like a real sailboat with training wheels, and a cat is, well, just training wheels.

Yes, but when you start taking your vacations up on Lake Superior, the seaworthiness factor will be right up there with the trailerability and only a little below her good looks and nice manners.

Sadly, no.

Chuck Leinweber of Duckworks is building one. His latest update is here:
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/projects/rifleman/3/free.cfm

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There is enough on-line support available that you needn't build something that has "beginner" written all over it. You can build the Simmons, but even if you decide for whatever reason that you...

The Devlin Dipper won't satisfy all your criteria, but might be worth a look.

http://www.devlinboat.com/dcdipper.htm

16'8" x 7'2" (1'5" draft)
10 hp (7 knots)
1300 lbs

...

Check out the canoe at http://www.capefalconkayak.com/canoe.html

It weighs 30#, which is actually 2# lighter than the advertised weight of the same length Geodesic Aerolite canoe. The website does...

If you want a stronger skin, you have three options: add a second layer of Monfort's 3.7 oz Dacron, add a layer of Mylar (both of which are mentioned in Monfort's website), or use an 8 oz Nylon skin...

If you don't use adhesives, you won't need the kevlar.

Notice that on the Aleut kayak below, the ribs and stringers are as light as in Monfort's designs (about 5/16"), but once the kayak is...

Consider a scow. Fits all your criteria (particularly the later, more important ones).

http://www.brycemuir.com/graphics/Logpix/log116pix/Y2Toad.jpg

If you have time to spare, the story...

A license is not required for PWC's.
(Not sure about the bag limit, though.)

PWC are used in Hawaii for ocean rescue. Ever see programs on monster wave surfing?

http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/jski2.jpg

http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/wrunner.html

Well if that's what you want, you don't want Bolger's Superbrick, you want his Illinois (kind of a short-hop shantyboat with style).

http://hallman.org/bolger/Illinois/Illinois_sm.gif

Read...

The 20 year warranty is nice, but it was a 40 year old pram, and the runabout looks to be well over 20 years old as well. Potential for delamination is still an issue if you think your grandkids...

They're not likely to be happy on City Island, then. (You can't get there from heah.)

There is rowing in Central Park, but not worthwhile rowing. You cannot launch your own boat, and my recollection (sketchy at best) is that the rental "rowboats" are just small motorboats without...

1. Compared to the total cost of the entire project (boat, motor, trailer) the difference in price between premium marine plywood and whatever else you might use is not that large.

2. No voids in...

The rowing will keep you young. ;)

Government is sure to be involved, providing tax breaks for both producers and buyers of alternative technologies, added tax burden to users of carbon-based energy, and grants supporting research in...

That fact always seems to get lost in the political rhetoric

And guess what? The US accounts for about 20 percent of the global GDP. Significantly reducing greenhouse gas output over the short...

Contact the new owner and congratulate him(her) on the purchase. Say that you had tried to buy the boat yourself, and ask him to contact you if his plans ever change. You never know.

SWMBO and I have been talking about moving out of NYC, and for some time I've thought that Burlington (or maybe Portland, ME) might be a nice place to live. I'm not sure, though, whether she'd put up...

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2005/07/28/image712547l.jpg

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/28/national/main712548.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories

While I welcome the Fiqh Council of...

Take a look at Tom Yost's website
http://yostwerks.com/MainMenu.html
He is a biker as well as a designer of folding kayaks, and his site used to have a photo of one of his kayaks on the back of his...

First, you must call the police. The pipe hooked up to 120v certainly isn't safe and probably isn't legal. If some neighborhood kid grabs it and is electrocuted, and the grieving parents find out you...

Because one can attach the rim to the cockpit without using glue. Morris states that pegging and varnish is sufficient. I suspect that he has built enough kayaks to know, and enough people have built...

A suspect fleeing into a tube tunnel does not offer the same immediate risk to dozens of innocents as one fleeing into a crowded subway car. Had the man who was shot been cornered in a tunnel I...

Based on what has been reported so far, I believe the police acted appropriately. The man who was shot was followed from an apartment that had been under surveillance because of the recent tube...

Suggest you post your questions here:
http://www.qajaqusa.org/cgi-bin/GreenlandTechniqueForum_config.pl
It is the most active skin kayak forum.

Many people on the forum have built kayaks from...

Marion Michael Morrison

http://www.celebrityalmanac.com/real.shtml

How John Wayne Saved the Marines (C&P)

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=48;t=000460;p=1

Today is John Wayne's 98th birthday. He was born on May 26, 1907 in...

No matter what knot you decide to use, retie often. With 4 lb test line, even the slightest nick in the line can cause you to lose a nice fish. Check the line near your lure after each fish caught,...

CS,

I much prefer the palomar knot to a loop knot. It is easier to tie and is at least as strong.

http://www.northstarlakeresort.com/images/palomar_knot.gif

What lure to use depends a lot...