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    need to install a cable gland

    West system epoxy does not have a 1:1 mix ratio. From West Systems web site> Using the pump Pump one full pump stroke of resin for each one full pump stroke of hardener. Depress each pump head fully and allow the head to come completely back to the top before beginning the next stroke...
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    I want a POWERFUL LED Flashlight

    https://www.dremel.com/us/en/p/hsfl-01-f013fl01aa this is an impressive little flashlight. Three brightness settings and has wide to narrow beam adjustment. Available at Home Depot.
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    Travelling from a Canadian port to another Canadian port through US waters

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Innocent passage
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    Buying bolts without getting screwed

    Mcmaster Carr is where I go for items unavailable locally, https://www.mcmaster.com/
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    First Commercial Electric Airplane set to fly

    Foss has hybrid harbor tugs. https://www.foss.com/foss-innovation/the-hybrid-tug/
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    Traffic on reciprocal course

    Can you provide which section of the COLREGS specifies the terminology to be used when making passing arraignments via radio?
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    Fuel Tank Manometers

    I do not agree with the diesel does not burn statement, Diesel is safer than gasoline but believe me diesel will burn. Basing my statement on both the shipboard fire fighting training where diesel was used as the fuel and the actual maritime diesel fires I responded to in my 28 years with the...
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    Gov shutdown and Documentation

    The Coast Guard is indeed a branch of the Military. They have operated under Treasury, Transportation, and now Homeland Security always as a branch of he Military. Just because the funding for the Coast Guard does not come from the Department of Defense does not mean they are not a branch of...
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    HELP! Dipstick fell into transmission

    I use my 12 inch Ear Polypus forceps to retrieve items with small access. https://www.micromark.com/Ear-Polypus-12-Inch
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    Lobster Pots in the middle of a channel

    Are you sure that the Coast Guard is responsible? I believe the Army Corps of Engineers are responsible.
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    Sea going Hybrids are here like it or not

    hybrid FYI Foss Marine operates hybrid tugs. Foss’s second hybrid tugboat employs new, more-powerful lithium polymer batteries - Professional Mariner - September 2012
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    Garbage disposal in the galley?

    It is both 3 miles and 12 miles depending on what is being discharged. Her is a simple chart for reference. http://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/PollutionPrevention/Garbage/Documents/2014%20revision/Annex%20V%20discharge%20requirements%2007-2013.pdf MARPOL Annex V...
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    A safe passing, port to port...

    Why would the Iwo Jima LPH 2 have LHD 2 painted on the bow?
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    A safe passing, port to port...

    What do you mean by "end of days"? If you are talking about CV-16 she became a Museum in Corpus Christi Tx . https://www.usslexington.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=uss%20lexington%20museum&utm_campaign=General
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    Day Mark Confusion

    Private Aids to Navigation need to comply with IALA (International Association of Lighthouse Authorities) region B standards and will have the same shape and numbering as Federal aids. U.S. Coast Guard permits the private aids to navigation. https://www.uscg.mil/d11/DP/PatonOne.asp If you...
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    That will buff right out - boat hits ferry

    FYI the requirement to monitor CH16 is waived when operating under a VTS.
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