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Aww, c'mon, FT!! By that logic, every kid who sees rally racing on TV will go out and rip up every dirt road in the region in Mom's Subaru, NASCAR on TV must result in 'trading paint' on the QEW, and...

Yup, it is; but that is not the topic of this discussion. I firmly believe that graduated licenses for beginning drivers is the way to go: if you don't have the seat time,you don't get to have a...

I'll let someone else who is more interested in ferretting out statistics to wrestle with the assertion that motorcycle racing is more dangerous/deadly now than it was in days of yore (I don't think...

I'd like to suggest to Full Tilt that bike racers (all racers, I suspect) don't race for the adulation of the fans, though I don't doubt that there are a few who appreciate them a bit too fully....

That's great news for the BC fishermen, Tad (gawd, I hate that politically-correct term "fishers"; it sounds like a species of bird). I'll spread the FishSafe website around to the industry-related...

When I studied the pic of her bottom in post #48 I thought that she might be a bit too shallow-vee'd to have a good grip on the water laterally. Fortunately, it doesn't take much to give her...

Sadly, a situation that is brought to similar fatal conclusions much too frequently. Here in Canada our federal agency that looks after such stuff - Transport Canada Marine Safety Division - is...

One of the real injustices in situations like this is that most small-boat designers don't have the financial and legal resources available to conduct a lengthy court battle with large,...

Looks good, Erster, but I had no doubts that it would under your good hands. How does it track at speed, nice and straight or does it side-slip a bit in a cross-sea or breeze?

All good additions to the boat, but please bear in mind that all the extra wood and added foam floatation will add weight, which is not the best to do to a low-powered planing hull. It will also...

I have a '96 Cabrio that I bought for my daughter's use. Yes, it is built by Karmann. The automatic transmission of that era is garbage, but the 5-speed is quite nice. I have heard (but thankfully do...

My daughter was presenting her honours thesis at the Science Atlantic Student Conference at Acadia University this past weekend. On Friday night she and a few of her fellow students went out to a...

The marine railway that the Bluenose II is shown hauled out on is the Lunenburg Foundry Plant No. 2, so yes, they are still in business. The boatshop that Lifer was photographing around is the Dory...

Hullo, Andrew and Jerry; nice to see you. If ever I am in the neighbourhood, I'll drop in for a wee dram. Always up for some live jazz. A bit outside of my usual territory, though...

Lookin' good, Erster.

Gettin' close to time for a bit of moanin' chair time to ponder a paint scheme... <grin> Any thoughts yet, if you're not planning to keep us in suspense?

Hi, Shane; nice to "see" you back in these parts. Things do change with time,don't they? Sorry to hear that some of the hoons have closed down communications - that sucks. However, things change...

Doesn't it, though...

Off to bed now, but I've bookmarked the site. Thanks, Tad.

Hi, Erster. Nice to see you building another boat. The flared bow looks pretty salty. I will be curious to hear how easily the top two or three planks hang. Will they twist in place without pre-set...

Mr.Greer,you have piqued my curiosity: If I am not being too forward,how was Catriona "sold out from under" you? I have a rather intimate connection to her, and am curious about her history since...

My brother & I used to build aerial cable TV systems. The usual crew is three people - two climbers and one ground man. The contracting company usually provided the ground man because they wanted one...

Nope, no Elly on the stocks, but a reproduction of an L.F. Herreshoff design might be in the wind...

Interesting radome location...

Buy Dave Gerr's book about propellers from our sponsors and do a bit of cipherin'...

The bugger of it is that it isn't all hard engineering - there is a modicum of "black art" about it that is...

Hi, Roger. Nice to see you back in these parts again.

Good eye, Joe. The Knot is a fine little pub - I had a lunch meeting there a couple of weeks ago. Propeller Bitter and a Lunenburger, with a side of boat talk. Let me know when you are planning to...

A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours, Mike. Congrats and g'luck with the schooling - returning to the classroom decades after high school presents challenges that the...

Just a brief comment on the sight glass in fuel tanks questions: Yes, sight glasses in diesel fuel tanks are permitted, if from an approved manufacturer, according to American Bureau of Shipping...

An older gentleman from Halifax calls his son in Yarmouth on the day before Christmas Eve: "Son, I'm sorry to bring you bad news so close to Christmas, but your mother and I are going to divorce."
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My sailboat is called GEM, which are my daughter's initials.

So, it seems that in some quarters it is believed that the famous are, if not wholly responsible for the nasty events that transpire around them, are at least deserving of them because of their fame....

Welcome to the Forum, Lifer. Nice boat. Forgive me for being forward and offering advice when we've only just met, but...

I would suggest that you install a couple of ventilators (clamshell or...

Hi, Jamie. Sorry to hear of your health woes. Getting old certainly does suck. Statistics indicate that cranky old bastids live longer than pleasant souls, so get ornery and get well!

Hi, folks. Just to let you know that all of our blarney and blasphemy here on the Forum doesn't go unnoticed, I received a phone call recently from a person closely associated with the BII rebuild -...

As nice as the WBPub is, it ain't exactly the venue for a private chat amongst friends...

tigerregis, I can only confirm that I have heard rumours that there has been strife in the boardroom over the decisions made during the reconstruction of the vessel. Some very competent people with...

Hi, folks. I'm just about to leave the house for the 2-1/2 hour drive back to the shipyard (vacation is over, boo-hoo), so can't stay long, but maybe I can clear up a couple of things.

The wooden...

I can believe that...

That is a very well-kept bike, Steven.

No need to toss insults if you disagree with my disagreement with your opinion. As you probably know, opinions are like... well, you know...we both have 'em.

I drove my '78 Honda 750 for over...

Don't buy a bike in anyplace with rain & snow that is not currently road-legal, running, and stored indoors. Put your unused stuff on E-bay, put the monies raised into a pckle jar in the workshop...

Bump.

Just wanted to bring this to the top of the heap so that we can help this fellow...

Looks like the vanes on the spinner are contra-rotating to the main prop - possibly an attempt to increase thrust of the prop?

Willin', d'you mean travelling along the North Shore to Natashquan and then ferry on the coastal boat to Blanc Sablon to catch the ferry to Newfoundland; or take the Trans-Labrador Highway through...

Ian is a wise man; heed his words.

If you are an experienced small boat builder and sailor, then you will have a pretty good idea of the impact a wholesale scaling-up of a design will have on the...

Sorry.

I think that, as the next four years unfold, you will see quite a bit of back-pedalling by the Harper gov't (God, how I hate that term! It is the Canadian government, formed by the...

The lines of communication between Fisheries Science, Coast Guard, Fed financial and the ship design agents are so badly ruptured at this time that I suspect that nobody will get anything they want...

Yes, she was launched without a rudder. The shipyard that I work at was approached to bid on machining the steering gear less than a month ago; not nearly enough time to get it all machined and...

So will there be any Forumites attending the grand soiree?

I'm sorry to hear of Jamie's and Airlie's troubles. I didn't know...

Give 'em heck, Roger!

Nice rant...