http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

May also want to give Steve some tips on spray painting.

Nice scrub land. Wonder where the nearest water is...

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's
it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be
better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm
usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and
location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint
with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

May also want to give Steve some tips on spray painting.

Nice scrub land. Wonder where the nearest water is...

Lots of water in Southern Utah. Rivers and very large lakes. Mead, Powell,
and probably a few smaller lakes.

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's
it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be
better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm
usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and
location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint
with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

May also want to give Steve some tips on spray painting.

Nice scrub land. Wonder where the nearest water is...

Lots of water in Southern Utah. Rivers and very large lakes. Mead,
Powell, and probably a few smaller lakes.

Quail Hollow Lake is about six miles from my house. The state largemouth
and crappie records were from there, last I heard. Both keepers and catch
and release. I caught a limit of trout in half an hour yesterday afternoon.
The trip before that, I caught a 20" and two 18"ers in about an hour.

Mead sucks. I grew up in Henderson, Nevada. Lake Mead used to be
largemouth bass and crappie heaven. In the old days, the bass limit was 10
fish or 50#. Crappie were caught by the ice chest full. Then they put in
the stripers. To me, a striper is one step above a carp.

Then in 1984, the lake overflowed into the Colorado River system below
Hoover Dam, and the stripers ate all the trout.

Lake Powell ................... eh. I'd rather go up to some small mountain
lake or set of lakes and go float tubing or kayaking, or stream fishing
instead of going down there and listening to a bunch of drunks play hip hop
at loud levels, or buzz you with their PWC while you're trying to troll
motor fish along the bank.

Mead used to get 250,000 people on 4th of July. Not my idea of getting away
from it all for a few days.

Steve

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:34:01 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's
it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be
better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm
usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and
location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint
with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

May also want to give Steve some tips on spray painting.

Nice scrub land. Wonder where the nearest water is...

Lots of water in Southern Utah. Rivers and very large lakes. Mead, Powell,
and probably a few smaller lakes.

Isn't Mead a pond now?

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:34:01 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's
it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be
better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm
usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and
location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint
with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

May also want to give Steve some tips on spray painting.

Nice scrub land. Wonder where the nearest water is...

Lots of water in Southern Utah. Rivers and very large lakes. Mead,
Powell,
and probably a few smaller lakes.

Isn't Mead a pond now?

A really big pond.

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:34:01 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is
to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and
what's
it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be
better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm
usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and
location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above
the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint
with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

May also want to give Steve some tips on spray painting.

Nice scrub land. Wonder where the nearest water is...

Lots of water in Southern Utah. Rivers and very large lakes. Mead,
Powell,
and probably a few smaller lakes.

Isn't Mead a pond now?

A really big pond.

I haven't been down there in a long time, but I'd like to. I have memories
going back to the 50's regarding beaches and water lines, and "stuff".

Steve

Isn't Mead a pond now?

A really big pond.

I was on the lake a few weeks ago. The lake is down significantly, at 42%
of capacity. Even at that level, the lake is holding 11 million acre-feet
of water. Really big pond, indeed.

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:16:19 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a mooring line to keep it in place. What's it called, and what's it
used for.

It's called a chock and it's used as a lead fairway for dock lines or
fenders.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. I think it would be better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. Total reconfiguration and location,
but not a problem. Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Below - that's a fairly standard configration as your want the reel
and line to be as straight as possible to the bow. From the picture,
it's perfect at it is.

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. How to treat? Sand it off, and repaint with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

That's a tough one. I'd suggest just a quick sand, prime and paint.
I'm not sure that's even a real problem other than being a minor
annoyance in terms of cosmetics.

On Nov 8, 3:16�pm, "SteveB" wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/

Three pics here. �One is of a cleat like thing that I would assume is to
guide a �mooring line to keep it in place. �What's it called, and what's it
used for.

Second pic, of the configuration of my bow reel. �I think it would be better
if the vee landing would be below the d ring, as when I come in, I'm usually
floating higher than the rubber pulley. �Total reconfiguration and location,
but not a problem. �Should the bow eye on the boat be below or above the
receiving vee?

Last thing, oxidized aluminum. �How to treat? �Sand it off, and repaint with
what, and seal with Sharkhide, I would ass-u-me.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to take you all away from your politics.

Steve

Steve, I'd suggest that you invest about $40.00 in a copy of "Chapman
Piloting & Seamanship 66th Edition (Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and
Small Boat Handling)". It may not tell you about painting but it will
answer any number of boating questions, some of which you may not have
even thought of yet! Welcome to the never-ending education about
boats! Learn all you can while ashore, you won't have time for
research on the water!

Mike