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On Oct 15, 11:12 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
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news Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:28:29 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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JimH wrote:
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You said there is not a single car made without Chinese parts.
How
about those not manufactured by the Big 3?
You'll have to go see for yourself, but I doubt it. Why would any
manufacturer build xwidgets in country x when the Chinese will
deliver xwidgets to them for $1.80 instead of $4.25?
Hint - They're not in business to give Americans jobs.
Larry
You made the claim. Prove it.
crickets
JimH,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/business/07parts.html
Biased. What the hell do they know?
Do you know how to Google? If you want to know the "secret" about
how to use Google, let me know.
Also, if you want to know the "secret" as to how to easily dock
your boat stern first, let me know. It really is easy and makes
it much easier for your passengers to get in and out of the boat.
Spring lines?
I normally thing of using Spring lines when you are docking with the
pier on the side of the boat. I am talking about backing the boat
into a slip. With a single engine boat, the torque of the prop will
cause the boat to want to turn to the side, making it difficult for
the new boater to easily back the boat into the slip. There is a
very "secret method" that all true boaters know.
I guess JimH doesn't want to know how to easily back his boat into
the slip.
Reggie read something about boating somewhere.
What an amazing secret he discovered....................
I don't know why he's trying to make a big deal out of backing up a
boat. Some single-engine boats back up easily, some don't. You learn
what your boat can do and make the mental adjustments.
My new boat has a bit more "bow steer" than I am used to on single
engine boats. I fiddled around with engine angle, trim tab settings, et
cetera, until I found a happy medium. I'm sure our boy Reggie, the
"experienced" boater who has found the reverse slot on his imaginary
boat's controls, has a better answer.
The great thing about the wonderful secret it is works on ALL BOATS.- Hide quoted text -

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Well??


I guess JimH really doesn't want to know, so I will tell you. The
problem with most single screw boats is the prop walk. So instead of
keeping the boat in gear, you just "bump" the boat in and out of gear
(keeping it in gear for less than a second), you want to keep enough
movement to offset the wind or current. As long as you have movement
the outdrive acts as a rudder, and since you don't have continual prop
torque/walk, it is a piece of cake to back a single screw boat.

If you have a boat with a lot of surface area, it can be effected by the
wind, and you have to compensate for that with your initial approach,
but with a tiny runabout it becomes 2nd nature to spin the boat around
and back it up.