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Mikey

Pat,
Thanks, I like them.
IRguy,
Agreed. I asked this question a while back and got no answer. Probably because no one has an answer yet. Technology too new. If you figure it out (or some member of the Faithful does) share.

Mikey

Patrick,
Once again you have spurred me to action. My ceiling is not complete as I have been indecisive about several items.
Lights for one. Who, what, where, on the ceiling lights you used.

Thanks

Mikey

Got pictures this morning of yours. Nice! Two weeks 'til launch.
Bon Voyage.
We'll be up there in a couple of weeks for the dinghy run.
Like to see your boat then.

Mikey

PM'd you for your snail mail address and got nothing. Help!
Need it to send WW II video.
Thanks

Mikey

Telling the truth is not slander.

Mikey

Bet Capt Pat jumps in here, but I'd bet that the sealer would have the same effect as the water except permanent.

Mikey

That will make Hinckley jealous. WOW!

Mikey

Good point Patrick. Have terminal covers as a result of a courtesy inspection by the authorities. Also have nothing connected directly to the batteries except the terminals. All other connections are made remotely as pointed out by brother Bruce.
Keep'em safe! I tickles the insurance bookies.

Mikey

Don't believe sealed batteries require a box, they're smaller and lighter too.
No box - less weight = two knots.

Mikey

I have what looks like the Attwood 8" on Dreamsicle because I got tired of broken toes. Found them on the internet (probably Ebay) and they are truly flush. One of the small but great changes made. They do require a drain, mine drain into Capt. Pat's induction air boxes. Pictures on request.

Mikey

Guess we caught you guys Sunday afternoon, after a looooong show and the one free touch was no longer an option.
Good luck with the shows.

Mikey

Went the Smith show last year and the best part, other than getting to see the boss, was watching people as they closed in on his booth. Until you got close enough to touch, which would garner you a sharp rebuke from his bride, there was no way of telling that this was anything more than an exhibit ...

Mikey

Patrick,
Not sure who controls them since Rawleigh was recently married for the first time. I thought at this late date that he may have avoided the plunge all together.
How about you, Panama?

Mikey

Rawleigh,
Like the fundraisers say, "give 'til it hurts."
Well maybe not that bad.
Whatever you can, its for Capt. Pat's heroic efforts.

Mikey

Vic,
Born in Houston. Left at two months old. That was enough.
Mother always said that hell was being pregnant in Houston in August in 1943,
no A.C.

Mikey

Walt,
Many thanks. Tom lurks here on occasion and will be honored and humbled.

Mikey

RAwleigh,
Loosen those purse strings (metaphorically) and let's go to Panama.
One drink, one drunk. It matters?

Mikey

Walt, One ad man to another: My brother's agency has the Virginia War Memorial as a client. For the past ten years they have been video taping interviews with the Virginia veterans of all wars. One WW I. About a thousand from WW II. Brother Tom did all the interviews. Many of the vets had never spok...

Mikey

For those who didn't read the "Crazy Al Walker" post: Been thinking more and more about the UVI's at Port Eades and think that before the oil companies destroy the Gulf and consequently the rest of the oceans we should go fishing (no I'm not a liberal). If the Aztecs and Nostradamus are correct the ...

Mikey

Been thinking more and more about the UVI's at Port Eades and think that before the oil companies destroy the Gulf and consequently the rest of the oceans we should go fishing (no I'm not a liberal). If the Aztecs and Nostradamus are correct the world comes to an end in 2012. Certainly we don't want...

Mikey

Randall, I had Rawleigh above me. Comforting, huh?

Mikey

Randall,
Outstanding!
If I didn't piss away all my discretionary on a boat I would have your work in my home.

Mikey

Uncle Vic, If the world holds together for a bit longer and the economy doesn't totally collapse I am going to try to make this one. Having not done this before the logistics are foreign. Will need your guiding hand to get in and out of Panama, etc, etc. Who else is interested. Screw the world probl...

Mikey

Randall,
The storage box saved my butt. Had to share with Rawleigh, which meant going outside to change your mind. Let's do it again, but I'm with Ric, Tropic Star!

Mikey

Painkiller??? Talk about your environmental disaster!
Tropic Star!

Mikey

I'll take a pair, even though I don't need them now, bet I will soon.

Mikey

Our West coast connection, Tony, did this exhaust for my 300 Cummins. All five inch and with mufflers. Fits snugly, no change to the Cabrera engine boxes. Engines run well and Tony made the whole process seamless. This is the way to go. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/Exhaust/...

Mikey

John,
Not sure you have room for 2" foam. You still want to be able to remove the box. Maybe on the bottom and one side, I'd choose the side with the exhaust for insulation and buy more ice.

Mikey

What time is din-din? I'm on the way.

Mikey

90% complete and 50% to go!
I know the feeling.
Good luck, Pal. How about some current pix.

Mikey

Whew!
On my way to da sto'

Mikey

Getting to this point this summer. New interior lighting. Want to use LED's but can't figure out what is what. Being one of the older guys I understand incandescent from years of use, but when I read the stuff on LED's I don't understand how bright the different items are and are they all dimmable? ...

Mikey

Andre,
Still using the 5 gal. bucket too. Add a plastic bag and some kitty litter and kills all smell. Easy to empty as well.

Mikey

Walt, Tractor farts don't compare to Uncle Vic on orange juice. Vic, assume you were talking about orange juice and not grovelers causing your volcanic gastric eruptions. Hate to think that all that literary work for UVI's was causing Miss E to leave the room. Iced tea gives it to me worse than beer...

Mikey

My shameless email to Minute Maid : While watching American Idol the other night I was elated to see at the center of a Minute Maid spot a Bertram 31. As the owner of one of these fine old beauties and a huge Minute Maid fan for eons I salivated. When I went to the bulletin board of http://bertram31...

Mikey

Chicken and waffles? Could be worse, could have been boudoin!

Mikey

Damn, Bruce, who knew? u da man! Clay, having had a bunch of surgeries over the last several years there are two things I tell everyone contemplating or awaiting. First, get the best you can find to do it, regardless of what you have previously arranged. Second, recovery is not a straight line. One ...

Mikey

Jay Those first pictures brought back some very uncomfortable memories. Glad I did it but would I do it again??? Masochism reigns. Agree with Bob on the batteries. Put my in the salon forward of the water holding tank. Weight low and forward. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1...

Mikey

Met the owner of the Bertram here and the story is more than I have time for now. Very interesting. Flying in a couple of hours.
Damn, cold is coming.

Mikey

Eighty-six degrees here in St. John's USVI. Sorry, had to.
Saw a very pretty sportfish with an added bulk head. Will try to send pix when I remember my camera.

Rawleigh, be back in time for the impending blizzard.
Damn!

Mikey

Hello, I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you.

or

No good deed goes unpunished.

Maybe in the future you need to trump up a few minor incidence to get yourself in the center of the curve.

Mikey

There was a guy on our dock like this A.C. crowd. Either too rough or not enough wind. Boat sat in it's slip for four years until it nearly sank because the zincs went and then a through hull blew out. His was an old Charlie Morgan design, fabulous sailing boat. What a waste, kind of like the curren...

Mikey

Brewster,
Sysco services out Club. Name those three items so I can direct our Steward to them.
U da man.

Mikey

Eddy, When I was living on my blow boat in Ft. Ladida we ate at Carlos and Pepe's. It was four star so not too often. They had a bar about a mile long. Big copper dry sink about four inches deep the full length. Had every beer known to man. This is how we found it. Hadn't really ever planned to eat ...

Mikey

UV
It will be obsolete when delivered. That's how they own us.

Mikey

Olympus SP-500uz with Macro. The big deal with the macro is a small, table-top tripod to steady the shot. Makes all the difference.

Mikey

Looked out this morning and saw the most incredible sunrise. Couldn't get my boots on fast enough and by the time I got a shot it was about gone. In my haste I didn't notice Emmy making her own statement about the current weather. Lower left corner. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesi...

Mikey

Gee, are those Blackfin guys afraid we'll steal secrets like they did when designing their mimic boat?

Mikey

If you only watch one game a year, this was that game.
WOW!

Mikey

Rained all last night. Cleared ninety percent of the snow.
Now snowing. Has been for about an hour and already two inches.
Think we're in deep white doo-doo.

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