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From my pest control days: Use traps and a lot of them. Also if possible exclude them. While steel wool works well sealing cracks and crevices it may not stand up to a marine environment, and rust can be a staining problem. It should not be all that difficult to seal off the cabin area...

When we lived in the country my Kubota and beater Ford 250 neither of which I used all that much needed bait stations for mice. I couldn't figure out a less lethal system. Both had so many vulnerable locations there was no chance of sealing them out. My fond hope was that the Mus died in...

Marco - Did you want to still get fancier catered appetizers? Otherwise we all could bring a small plate* of appetizers - I would be glad to bring veggies, or meats, or cheeses or something to heat up in the microwave. Wife and I are only good for a couple hours. We likely will head up to our...

LOL, I'm old enough to remember one guy in the neighborhood breaking his arm cranking the engine. And the spark timer/carberation mixture on the steering column of my mom's first car a used model A - she hate it*. No thanks! *course if I had room I'd love to have it for occasional spins.

Oddly this is connected with ongoing controversy throughout the transportation industry. I follow several. The Boeing cluster Yuk with the 737MAX, autonomous driving, and one man train crews. Beings old I bought a 2019 RAV4 a year ago, cheapest model with all of the safety features, while it...

I read that article. It is pretty damning to the Defense Department. As others have mentioned this has implication for aviation automation (and autonomous cars to boot)

Give us a heads up a week or so before you want to place the order with a caterer. I plan on attending.

Please correct this if I remember incorrectly. It was a few years ago, and keep in mind that most boat builders may have 'not so good years'. But I remember some discussions that RTs were having such a year.

A half way decent old fashion marine compass, even if not boxed, is also an essential. It makes it a lot easier to maintain a straight course, either in the fog or (for me) even if it is clear.

Haven't the Russians put their own "GPS" system in place, and the Europeans have or about to. As likely are the Chinese. I thought I read that modern GPS receivers are using more than one system.

It is always a good idea to have paper charts, AND at the right scale. AAA insists upon preparing booklets of charts each page of which only covers a few miles. At 70 mph you have to flip a page every few minutes. Use the booklet to start a fire!!!!

https://www.maritime-executive.com/arti ... per-charts This will begin mid 2020 and be complete 2025. I am curious, will phone and pads be able to download one or any of the charts at the appropriate scale (being reduce to 12 scales as I remember), and then GPS your position on it. This could...

I would be interested. And would like the idea of catered appetizers. Will not need parking.

Last week we had a rain storm that exhausted my batteries. 2-3 inches fresh water in cockpit. A neighbor living on board pumped it out, and my car jump starter got everything going again. The next day I went over to our local marine services and had them check out things. (also did a...

LOL - don't tease us, how about the longer version of those stories.

https://komonews.com/news/local/bremert ... his-2-dogs Not a C-Dory, but interesting story on a boat catching fire. The owner risked his life ensuring other boats would not be involved. I suspect we all would like more details.

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... eEzpOmhYmo Article reports, amongst other things that NTSB has said there was not any crew member aboard who was awake.

Our local Y, and this may be nationwide, is sponsoring a free fall evaluation and prevention day. If there is enough response they will offer a continuing class. Fall prevention is largely about strength, balance, and flexibility. I doubt that this would have stopped what happened to thataway...

A question, and it is controversial, and I don't have a view on it. Discussion requested. Waiting to greatly increase Chinook salmon likely means the Southern Pod will die. Has their been any exploration into feeding the Orcas with some sort of formulated food? Likely it needs to be high...