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*I had an airplane for several year which I back-leased to a flight school. Up until 9/11 it was a break even or better deal, since I was based near metropolitan area, my home airport airspace was shut down for months after 9/11 which killed it. What requirements are there of the boats in...

btw amplepower has some interesting options for battery charging and also high output alternators and regulators. http://www.amplepower.com/products/index.html

you might be able to use this materias http://info.acoustiblok.com/acoustiblok-products/l

i seem to recall reading somewhere that the person leasing or chartering a boat must have a captain license or employ a captain to operate the vessel?

I delivered my Rib Nouvorania to the specialist repair guy. hopefully no need for new tubes....hola. cant wait to get it back though, it is really a very diverse "dinghy", it is fast, fun and comfortable. i use it for shoreboating, fishing, getting around the Long Beach harbours and marinas.

damn i am impressed.. in awe. well done!

*There is at least one out there that does alerts...probably 4-5 I have seen through the years but can't say they are all still around.* One of the expensive ones was able to hook into ignition/electronic devices to shut down your engine too I'm pretty sure. *that would be a decent solve of...

RE: 3208 n.a. coolant leak *love this part, how stuff is done between friends and friends of friends. dont see much of that in the big urban cities tough, thats really too bad.

I need a mechanic to go look at a northern lights generator for me. Nothing too complicated, just a prebuy inspection, makes sure both sides work.

i wonder if anyone makes a device, say a transmitter type chip which you carry, perhaps attached on or part of your inflatable PFD which is activated by contact with water? similar to an ELT for airplane but this one is a personal device. i think i have seen folks on commercial airlines with...

if this was your second time, what was the first one?

*congrats with the grand child! i am with you, prefer to get there faily quick so i typically run it at 2000 rpm which is 13KTS, sometimes at 2400 which gives me 17KTS. Yes it burns fuel, around 10 gal/hr but if that was a main concern of mine I guess i should have had some sort of sailboat...

RE: 3208 n.a. coolant leak i am really impressed, huge job and you seem to breeze right through it. which book are you referring to? and also which places on the web have you found to be best resources?

*one time i was recovering a towed dinghy while underway, had to reach ropes in the water etc, so i had to get on the swimdeck, there were some medium size swells and definitively can say it would not be easy at all to climb up the ladder (i did not fall in), and another huge consideration would...

i recently noticed adds about E-paint, also some other types of "copper paints" just recently having been approved for use in california. they claim it has a 10 year duration, and prevents growth as well.. wonder if anyone has tried this type bottom paint? http://www.epaint.net/news.shtm#s8

MP: you never cease to amaze me with the "perfected down to the small details" boat you got your hands on. hopefully you make some commission on the sales generated based on your positive, ok lets call it "gentle boasting".

does that mean RV style faucets @45 PSI would work ok?

Just wondering if anyone know what is the water pressure in most boat fresh water systems as far as the regular plumbing? kitchen faucet, bathroom faucets etc?

does a kelp island count? other than that i try to stay afloat. that being said in port of Long Beach, near the Queen Mary, there are shoals, you got to be careful.. my parents had a retrofitted fishing boat, made into a true trawler.. with a full hull. he ran that aground once inside a fjord...

RE: 3208 n.a. coolant leak oh MAN, thats some undertaking you have going there.. but look at it this way, with rebuild injectors and fresh heat exchangers, you are gonna have a well performing engine after. i would love to get my injectors rebuild, but its costly unless you do DIY..

good for you, i have to say i admire your determination to deal with this. lot of folks would rather sit on their boat and be miserable and not face the fact that boating is no longer "fun" to them. *

i gotta say first of all Marin is spot on as far as the sensible thing to do. hands down, you cant go wrong with his recommendation here. now, we have a RIB with a console and I think a 40 HP o/b, and i gotta say it is a joy to ride. easy to drive, has a nice deep V hull so plows well through a...

nice floor Chris and I like the idea of laying the alu strut across the floor hatch to support. In reality, when you first get into your boat, it seems you need to get into the ER a few times each day but once you got things under control, it really is not that often you need access through the...

good to see you are getting your mojo back. and yes Al does get around, but he didnt buy me dinner; what did you have to do for that

*it almost looks specialty made, a friend of mine works for a stainless mfg up in Seattle, i was gonna ask him for price.