On Tue, 11 May 2004 20:58:41 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

Just finished watching Nova about the probable reversal of the earth's
magnetic field. Very informative but all I could think about was if it
would happen before the warranty on my new Ritchie Globemaster ran out.
:-)

Wish I had that focus, somedays. I tool the tiller down to 400 grit,
epoxied and clamped and sanded a couple of slight delaminations and
put three coats of Cetol on it and it looks and feels great. Buddy
three docks over says he and his friend have taken the hull of their 8
meter down to 1200 grit (which is what? talcum on a Post-It Note?) and
aren't finished yet.

Personally, I like to sail now and again, so I am of the "well, it's
better than before" school rather than "Teflon's too freaking lumpy
for me" school.

But I enjoy crewing for the racing obsessives. I just can't BE those
guys. Besides, every year some ultra smooth racing sled goes down by
the bow because someone forgot to double clamp the thru-hull hose...we
all possess blind spots, it seems.

R.