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Bruce

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:29:26 -0700, wrote:

Hello Shawn,

Thanks for your advice. We are in southern Mexico - just came back up
from Guatamala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
Ecuador, Galapagos and Peru. Is that international enough for you?
Where have you cruised lately?

There are no yellow pages here - except useless internet ****. We have
been cruising outside the USA for 17 years. So your advice is not
actually worth much to me or anybody who is cruising outside the US.

Five years ago this NG was inhabited by folks who knew something about
something - now it seems full of empty wanna-be whiners. I suggest you
drink less and cruise more. You could turn out to be a fine fellow -
at least you can spell.

Well, I reckon I do know where to get most things, at least the things
I need. Picked up enough 3/8" English made stainless 1 X 19 to re-rig
a 40' sloop in Singapore. I did the guy a favor and he gave me the
wire....

It sounds as though you are down in S. America, I'm in S.E. Asia. You
want me to recommend a shop that will sell you commercial quantities
of stainless cable in Jakarta, Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand then
let me know. I'll be glad to tell you, e-mail, fax, phone or street
address..

But if it were me I'd have a look around where I am to see what is
available there.

BTW, I didn't ask anyone to "look it up" - I thought there might be
cruisers here who worked on the own boa
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:05:16 GMT, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:

But seriously though....
How hard is it to pull out the yellow pages? I would first be calling
around before i ask other people to basically find out names of businesses
and prices for me. thats simple laziness. Its a different matter if
dealing with something that is quite specialised, but for simple things like
wire rope, you could find out more in 15 minutes of your own time on the
phone than you could by asking other people. Further to this, this is
actually a *cruising* NG, with people not only all over the country, but all
over the world. So be considerate and reasonable; call harbour freight for
a start, even west marine's prices are apparently not too bad... then break
out your local yellow pages and comparison shop. This is a *news* group,
not a walmart.

Best regards,
Shaun

wrote in message
. ..
This NG has become basically useless.

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:42:38 GMT, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:

If looking for an industrial price rather than a yacht price, call some
industrial supply stores rather than chandlers....

Shaun

wrote in message
m...
I need to get about 400' of 304 stainless 3/8" 1x19 to rerig my boat.
Looking for some "industrial" price place rather than a "yacht" price
place. Have all StaLok's so don't need any services. Any
suggestions.

Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)

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