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Jim, I don't see either event listed under event sign ups. What are the dates for the Delta Cruise. I am scheduled to go up to the Sierras for a few days the first week of May. Then a Coast Guard event the next weekend, so my May is a little tight. I am thinking forward to Catalina...

Considering a trip to Catalina from Channel Islands Harbor this summer. No gathering this year?

Sorry I missed you guys again! Coast Guard stuff got in the way. Got to fly in a CG Jayhawk helo and take pics of training exercise with our station 47' Motor Life Boat. They rigged me with the gunner's belt and I was able to hang out the door and shoot photos while they hovered over the...

CG Helo hoist training.

Reference Raymarine AP: The AP will alert you when it is time to turn onto a new heading, not making the turn until you confirm it is safe by pressing the TRACK key. The amount of drift (XTrack Error) can be controlled to a great degree by increasing the RESPONSE, making the AP work harder to...

Definetly sounds like a sticky thermostat. I've got twin 50hp Suzuki's and my port engine, after 430 hours, overheated in the same manner. Turned out to be the thermostat. They sit right on top of the engine...very easy to replace. Replaced both port and starboard, which cured the problem in...

Take big head seas at a 45 degree angle for comfort, but if they are breaking that can be disasterous, leading to being thrown over on your beam. When seas are breaking, best to take them dead head on, using the throttles to punch through, then back off so as not to get too airborne. Best...

Joel, How about putting me down for two for Sealife? If you can give them to Roger, I can get them from him, or ship 'em. Tell me how much I owe you including tax, shipping, etc. and I'll mail you a check. Thanks,

If you are working with an Epson printer, to keep it simple, use Epson papers, and select the particular paper in the printer's print dialog screen. Buy an inexpensive monitor calibrator such as the Huey (about $70). Buy Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing by Sheppard. It will explain...

Retriever, I agree with you about the difference between Canon & Nikon in color rendition......that's why I shoot with a Canon 40D. There's really nothing I can see that's obvious to edit in your waterfall shot. A slightly longer exposure might have increase the water blur effect, but that's...

CRW 5988

Retreiver, Actually, what I said is that digital can reproduce the effects of Velvia, either within the camera by increasing saturation and/or contrast, or later in the PhotoShop "darkroom" using a variety of means. I even recall a photography magazine having an article devoted to how to...

Original After PhotoShop Here's another example of how PhotoShop is used as the photographer's darkroom to replicate what film photographers dealt with in the field and darkroom with filters. Since the best light for landscapes comes at dawn and dusk, we have to deal with the high contrast...

Sabrina-basin after editing

Before editing

There are all kinds of creative things you can learn to do with PhotoShop, but I prefer to limit them to simply reproducing what I saw through the lens. The exanple of the lighthouse on Anacapa Island stretches that a bit by removing the crane, a scene ruining obstruction, but does not really...

As a photo pro, I dabble in PhotoShop constantly, using it in one manner or another in my post processing routine. Here's an example of recovery of a nice shot made on a day that totally lacked contrast. Also. as I framed the shot in my viewfinder, I knew that the crane could easily be...

Anacapa Light before editing

Anacapa Light after editing. Removed crane & overall image quality.

Don't think scuppers are a good idea. They would only work if the floor were always above the waterline (self bailing), and that is a weak point with C-Dorys. The floor is at or below the waterline. If you were to install them and a bit of debris caused them to leak, you would quickly flood...