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Marc, it is good that you recognise your lack of experience. Many folk have some sort of idea of buying a boat and sailing the seven seas and think that it will be just a magic adventure. Years ago there was a Kiwi who built himself a yacht to sail to Australia. His idea of navigation was that...

As an enviro wacko tree hugging leftie loonie I reckon all bottom painting is good.... .. .. .. *

Statistics! Statistics show that in China a woman is having a baby every 53 seconds!!! . . . Guys, we gotta find that woman and STOP her!

Of course I'm stoopid and dumb, got a boat ain't I! My wife used to have a T shirt with a big arrow that said "I'm with stupid". She said she always wanted me to be by her right side so she felt safe. Well how DUMB was I! The arrow pointed at ME!! Took me years to find out. Anyhow, anyone who...

Well said SeaHorse! Succint and to the point. Marin also wrote: "I've had a few books published and I'm working on another one, but I try to write those in a such a way that people will want to buy them. But that's a WAY different kind of writing than the typical "my cruise" post to a...

You might want to have a look at Flexiteek. It is a cheaper alternative to teak and holly and looks quite good. Also easy to do yourself. see their web site for distributor http://www.flexiteek.no/

Jim, you could use a "connecting link" as shown. I have never been confident about using these but know others who do. Depending on the age of your existing chain you might want to renew the whole lot but that would depend on your boat budget. I always prefer to use all chain rode but again it...

I agree with everyone here.**Some folk just like to lurk around and absorb the good stuff and chortle over the funny stuff and roll their eyes at the REALLY weird stuff. *There are lots of members reading who don't sign on every day,*but just wait to pounce.* Eric sounds at a bit of a loss with...

Well, golleeeee. I jst thought this thread was about "electric boat engines" instead we have the biggest collection of polly waffle and misinformation I have ever read. We even got to talk about airplanes, which is no surprise as one contributor who flies a small float plane is an expert on...

Marin you are wrong wrong. It wasn't Britney Spears. It was Paris Hilton and she said I was in Detroit with Vin Diesel and he was crap.

Dead right Marin. Mr 2Bucks you saw right thru my subterfuge asking about money, who gets it, whats it for, audit trails etc etc. It's just about me not having any bucks. If I hadn't wasted all my dough on PMM, Playboy (bit tame) etc then I'd be right to give Frode and Bob some of the hard...

There is no question that BOTH forums are a great resource, but it is fairly easy for members to post documents onto a site. I therefore can't see what the money is for except to reimburse someone for their time. I understand that Frode runs a software company - maybe he's the one getting the...

What I do know is that the original board was set up by Bob Lowe through the Oxford Yacht Agency when Lowe was running a yard. There was a huge poo fight between Lowe and Livingstone from GB yachts with a number of very abusive emails coming from Lowe (check with Mike Negley for details). No...

Anyone know what's hap'n on the GB Owners forum? It seems that Bob Lowe who runs it now wants to recover all his costs and is looking to raise around $20,000 from members who then get to call themselves "supporting members"!!??? The gullible have already sent off $6,500 or thereabouts. I thought...

European Trends I agree that it depends on the manufacturer as to the entegrity of FG or steel in a hull. Nordhavn and Grand Banks have great thickness and strength and are arguably stronger than many steel hulls. Steel boats can still get holed of course, look at the HMS Nottingham, a British...