noah wrote:
On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 15:22:33 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Hi,
I know nobody wants to talk boats here, but here goes...

Took Far Cove out today to see if adjusting the stop lever solved the low-rpm
problem. Got just outside the marina, opened it up a bit, and noticed I was
going slower. Long story short: Forward gear is hosed. I ended up backing all
the way back to my slip (fortunately there was absulutely no wind or tide, so I
could crawl).

So, I guess Far Cove has decided for me: it's a New Engine (with Trans) as
soon as I can get it. The dealer (Atomic Four Engine Service) said he will take
the old engine in trade - donno if he wants to see it running. If not, I'll
probably pull the old engine over the holidays so I can get started on
rebuilding the stringers.

So...anybody need a handyman looking for a Few Bux in Vancouver? (I'd sell my
body, but that would only get me about $1.95...)

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36


$1.95 Canadian? How much is that in real money?
Merry Solstice, Lloyd.

Kudos where kudos are due: Harry, you are the Master at steering On- topic to
Off-topic. I was keeping count, somewhere around 1,500, but then I got bored...

'prop's offered.

Happy Holidays.

Is the Parker in the slings, or is she wet?
Regards,
noah

At least I do it with a gentle smile, Noah. Besides, I was only working
off the line Lloyd offered.

Yo Ho is sitting on her bunk trailer in a locked boat storage lot,
covered in shrink wrap from cabin top to gunnels. I have to pick up the
batteries, which I had yanked from the hold. I tried to do that last
week, but the dealer had just gotten to Yo Ho, even though the boat has
been there for weeks. Strictly first-come, first-served.

I'm now prowling for a deal on a radar set for Yo Ho. I was going to go
with a Furuno 1712 LCD, but there's been a price cut on the 1731 Mark
III, and that's a CRT set. To my eyes, the CRT sets seem to resolve
smaller targets better. But the move definitely is towards LCD radar,
especially LCDs with chartplotters built-in. I still prefer separates,
though.

If you look at this photo:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hak...s+in+Cabin.jpg

you can see that to the right of the chartplotter cover there's a space
for a radar. Though a friend says to pull the Furuno fishfinder off the
cabin roof (to the left of the pilothouse wheel), put *it* in the dash
and stuck the radar screen up where the fishfinder was.

I certainly have time to think about it.

Cheers.



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