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Well I bought the Festool today from Jamestown Distributors. Worth the donation to the State of RI for the benefit of buying local.

What convinced me were the recommendations here on how the saw...

Thank you for the responses. Yes the problem is that my needs would appear to demand two different tools and a compromise is in order. Given that I don't think that there's going to be much ripping...

No room in the basement for an always-set-up workshop, no garage or shed. Immediate use will be install of pine t&g flooring (including the necessity of slicing off the tongue here and there) and...

Bayou Joe's Marina & Grill on Massalina Bayou in Panama City, Florida.

Only place I ever seen steak, eggs, and a Bud for breakfast. Walk in from the boat.

http://bayoujoes.com/

Health Care Provider CPR and current.

New studies suggest that deferring ventilation even more than AHA current guidelines would benefit mortality. Compressions far more important than...

Been thinking of some of these Navisafe lights. They have an all around white too. Anyone try them yet?

http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=2776

Not sure how an ablative paint is any more environmentally sensitive than a copper paint that (mostly) stays on the boat but willing to learn.

Our catboat wears Trinidad SR (red, highest copper...

"On July 6th, just two days ago, at least a dozen busybody Congressmen sponsored the introduction of HR 2411"

What you failed to mention is that every one of these fools is a Republican:

"Mr....

Newport is really worth the stop. All kinds of great places to scope out,: Newport Shipyard for Mar Mostro and the rest of the mega yachts, IYRS for wood and a look at Coronet under rehab, perhaps...

So John B how do you keep the halyard from traveling ("locked it off")? I'm considering the same issues on a 19 ft catboat, and was going to use a two span wire setup, with the peak halyard block...

From the linked article: "The risk of exploit is virtually nil for Mac OS X."

Thanks for the head's up anyway.

Excerpt from Ah-Choo!: The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold
By Jennifer Ackerman

"The other thing [to avoid colds] is [to try] not touching your face. This is actually easier said than done....

"...then round to Sandy Hook NJ and enter the ICW there."

Not really. You're out in the ocean from Sandy Hook to Manasquan, 20 some odd miles. And the NJ inland waterway is pretty thin. Then at...

Had a long shaft 4 hp Yamaha two stroke (1997) that ran our 3.5k lb catboat up to hull speed easy day. Unfortunately as others have written a combination of salt water corrosion and a hard push one...

There was a ferro Flicka in O'ahu for a time. Actually very nicely constructed, well detailed, with a gaff rig; she was a one-off. Navy guy bought it and shipped her to the mainland about 15 years...

We use a Kuhn Rikon, ironically found it unused (score) in a recycle bin. Too big for a little boat but they make small ones. http://kuhnrikon.com/products/pressure_cookers/

Won't get into the...

Got a Bosch convection with glass electric top. The stove works pretty well as it's got high btu electric radiant hobs, ok not as instantaneous as gas but easier to clean and its textured glass is...

Maybe the easiest way is to download a free file reader app (such as "USB Disk", they also have a "pro" (paid) version) and download the book as a .pdf. Works on my iPod Touch w/iOS 4.

You did ask specifically for wind vanes, but this past summer I put a sheet to tiller system on our 19 foot catboat that's super easy and works a champ, even though the beast of a boat is a handful...

If you're an Army Vet with a good discharge then you're likely eligible for the GI Bill, this is from the IYRS website (though Post 9/11 GI Bill eligibility may be different): "Tuition assistance is...

Both Reagan and Carter sent out "Happy Holidays" greetings according to ABC News. Why restrict your angst to Carter, who seems to be the whipping boy for certain species of conservatives?

So,...

Bilges should be clean and preferably dry, ships or boats it don't matter. I go aboard a vessel with oily bilges, or a boat that discharges meltwater from an icebox to the bilge, or where everything...

Whenever I wonder how people can actually believe this kind of thinking:

"The people of the country across the heartlands understand this and has rejected the policies of this administration,...

BZ on a getting a great engine. We've had two, the original in the boat, and the one shipped from Denmark to Hawaii to replace when she overheated and warped the head (my bad). Run forever and easy...

Shows a profound ignorance of the theory underlying stimulus spending. You might not agree with spending more to save the economy, but at least provide a coherent argument and an alternative before...

Catboat in Deltaville about to be dumpstered.

See details here, alnog with a photo: http://old.catboats.org/cats4sale/cats153.htm#ad-85

153-85. FREE (until destroyed late Nov.2010):...

Not so much. A vessel not under command earns certain privileges under the hierarchy of vessels, but note the "exceptional circumstance". In addition, she has the responsibility to show proper...

From Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road p. 102:

"The presumption of fault in favor of an anchored vessel if struck by a moving vessel was discussed in Chapter 2. A similar presumption of fault...

Called a pig stick.

Make one out of a dowel, piece of welding rod, small bronze screw and washer. The goal is to make a burgee attachment that rotates around the stick and flies over the masthead...

Uh, no. Sorry to burst your bubble but, "The company was unable to continue after the unexpected death last December of longtime general manager Dave Davignon, Boatinglocal.com reports."

see: ...

However, an alternative is to purchase fenders of similar size to the RHIB tubes and install them in place. Was a boat in here just last week with black fenders all around on a RHIB hull, looked to...

Without going to a different sort of mainsheet system (Menger outfitted his f/g cat mainsheet with Harken fiddle blocks, the one at the mainsheet horse has a cam cleat) you're stuck doing what you...

You're at risk of damaging not only your boat, but others if the setup isn't properly isolated electrically.

Somewhat laborious explanation here under "stray current corrosion".
...

Norman asked a succint and valid question, "Why vote GOP?" Why insult him and make silly recommendations in return?

pefjr et al; can you provide rational, unemotional, and persuasive reasons that...

Round oarlocks held on the oars with those rubber "leathers" that roll on to the oar.

You can still feather the oars when rowing, and we lock the oars and the tender with a twenty foot piece of...

The IYRS website says $1250 for the kit and additional for instruction if you do it with them in the class. About half way down the link:
...

Some reality for both sides of this pi##ing contest. Note the weapons on Zhen Hua, but also the unarmed security on Biscaglia.

http://www.cargolaw.com/2008nightmare_zhen-hua.html...

You may need a rope to chain splice though, instead of a spliced in thimble and shackle if you expect the rode to self-feed.

These splices can be strong, lots on them in Brion Toss's forum.

Inexpensive Porta-Potti works here. Fully compliant with RI inspection requirements, no inspection needed since it's not permanent installation.

With the caveat that here on Aquidneck Island...

She looks like a fiberglass Bristol Channel Cutter with a Navik vane on the stern.

As far as freezing, while the harbor here hasn't froze in quite a few years, in the shallows all it takes is one...

Seems like you'd have to make an appointment to tack that beautiful boat around, and/or have some sort of rig that would make the boat want to go into the wind like a yawl/ketch or some such where...

Strap wrench?

Is anyone familiar with the MA boatbuilder T. E. Wood and his cat-rigged Candy Boats? They appear to have been popular in Narragansett Bay in the middle of the last century. Please see the link...

I've always believed No. 10 was the smoking gun as to the Neocon's true motives. Here's a link to the letter:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

In a class on strategy...

Not sure I'd compare the Beetle with a Hunter, but here's modern glass cats of similar genre (all base price):

Wagner's Beccacat (old Menger 15): $13,800
Marshall Sandpiper: $19,900
Stur-Dee...

Used to use bug juice (kool aid) on the ship's bell (big ship's bell). Also hot sauce, i.e. Tabasco or a cheap facsimile.

"The number of medical trash burners nationwide has plummeted to 57, down from 2,400 a decade ago, according to the EPA. The amount of trash burned has dropped to 146,000 tons a year from 830,000...

I think IYRS concentrates mostly on the trades aspect of it, and less on the design perspective--but could be wrong as I've not taken a close look at their offerings lately.

What I can offer is...

Use of "fear" as a strategy and tactic. Seems to be losing effectiveness, the recent report on Bio Chem capabilities didn't make it two news cycles.

Folks still taking off their shoes to get on...

[QUOTE=JimD;2026363]Back to cats, I've always liked Wharram's Tahiti Wayfarer:

Beautiful craft, but £245 for plans?!