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Bob, I recall in the past you have talked about using a tackle for recovery in a MOB. The weight limit on the Gerhauer Davit is not enough to lift a very big person. Do you think it would work for that in an emergency? Thanks!

Amen on all points!! Including sitting in front of computer at all hours -shows sanity that (had better) come with "maturity".

......and the funs not over. Looks like an interesting race for 4th- two cats and another tri. The one cat is a beach cat with only two aboard! Can't imagine trying to sleep on that! Amazing guys & gals all!! Then there's the race for 7th and on. The outrigger canoe is currently the 7th and...

This is great fun!! I'm at the tracker every 15-20 mins, plays hell with getting stuff done! A match race with a tacking duel. How cool is that?!!The edge certainly goes the tri-hard to beat a faster boat but not impossible especially if it continues to get lighter. Will tides come into play...

Good thoughts ,Bob--I was thinking 2 divisions but at least three would be better. I don't know much about tracking systems, be nice to have some commentary from entrants if and when they could though. Getting this race together was a big project- if they do another I'm sure they will do even...

Yes, thank you for the links. Bob! Now have the charts out and following the race and coments of those more knowledgable of the area than I. Good stuff and great fun, much more stoked by this than the Americas Cup last year! Wish I was younger and could be there! As a outrigger canoe racer I'm...

Thanks Wandering Sagebrush The "proper" application of RainX is good information. Even w/out using wipers RainX is a great help with salt water spray. I'm concerned about using steel wool around my boat--I can just see little rust streaks (from little pieces of steel)all over!!! Wonder if...

Boris You can get small carbide tips with shafts that will fit your Dremel tool. They will cut stainless. I have some I got years ago for my flex shaft. They're an industrial item - I think I got them at Grainger. Don't know if Dremel makes a similar item? Dremel dose make small thin cutoff...

Whoops-2 times!!

Sitting and rowing a C-Dory would be tough to get oars in the water but I think standing facing forward would work nicely. When I was a kid, around here, fisherman stood to row tenders and some big and wide lighters while hauling the end of purse-sein nets around sardine schools. Many of the...

It is very cool and the ad is cool, BUT--as Kushtaka said: Murphy will love it!!! Very cool when it works, very uncool when it doesn't and you've got to strip, get into wretchedly cold water and try to chase down a boat that is drifting down wind faster than you can swim! Maybe I'm just not a...

On my way to outrigger canoe practice this morning I spotted "Sea Cruz", a grey (I think grey - got to pay better attention !) 22 Angler heading toward the boat launch ramps in Monterey, CA. It was a beautiful morning on the bay. Good to be alive!!

I recollect that someone already did a similar extension of a 22. Don't remember the year or specifics, just that they extended the cockpit and added a bracket. I'm sure a search of the archives would turn it up. Good luck--sounds like a interesting project.

I think this boat is seriously cool! It is the same one we saw awhile back--I recognize the steering wheel, I remember it came from an old car--surely one of a kind. It would be a great project. Be a fine boat when all back together. I'd lengthen the cabin to get the head and closet like Tom's...

The Fisheries Supply ad lists four models of the M506 as 0183/2000 compatible and one as 0183 only. Looks like not all are currently in stock.

You're right-- looks like you will need a real long gaff or net and for sure a bigger slip!! A bargain but still a little rich for my budget--don't think I could afford up fire up one of the two generators for very long let alone those two 3000+ hp main engines to get out of the slip!! Would...

Good mirrors are essential for towing!! Thanks for the lead, Ken, on telescoping mirrors, I'd love to loose the clip-on's. I don't have a Frontier but they also have mirrors for my old F-150. Harvey's boat mounted back up camera was a revelation --good to be part of a group with good brains...

I have a pair of these: m.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=Folding+chair They fold flat(carry them bungeed to side of cockpit), have attached " end table" and "catch-all" side pocket, made of aluminum--they've lasted two seasons so far and appear they'll last at least two more. Fairly...

Ditto on Sunbeam's thoughts!! Great projects-wish I understood electronics better. I'm willing to give the LED conversions a try -doesn't look to difficult and will learn as I go! The use of PVC is great, can think of a few things it might work for. Dr Bob made a neat radar mast awhile back...

Thank you, Joe! I like when someone much more eriodite than me can properly and politely get my point out! Well said.