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THE JEWISH QUARTERBACK The coach had put together the perfect team for the Chicago Bears. The only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn't find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl win. Then one nigh...

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For some reason I can't seem to get a PM to you.. Drop me an email with a phone number and I will call you. Best to include a good time to call, since I know you fire guys work odd hours.

The other Frank

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Capt Frank...

Did you get my Personal Message?

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Thank you Captain!

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I was recently told by someone who is usually reliable that you should not mount your GPS antenna where it will get a direct hit from your radar antenna as it rotates.. that radar exposure will damage the GPS antenna.

Can anyone here verify this?

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As a once avid sailboat racer, both around the buoys and offshore (Newport, RI, and Marion, MA, to Bermuda, and Marblehead, MA, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, I once had an intense interest in America's Cup racing, but over time that waned. Today the races are fought not just on the water, in boats pretty...

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Newton's Inverse Law Of Thermodynamics

" If you don't do anything...
Nothing will happen!"

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My wife and I knew one of the passengers that were killed in one of the WTC planes.. a granddaughter of one of the elders in our church in a suburb of Boston.. she and her fiance were going to CA to visit one of his parents. Her grandmother took a long time to recover. My opinions about Muslims chan...

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Speaking of gun safety...

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Can anyone provide an address for Walter's wife? I want to send a sympathy note. If openly posting it is not advisable, please send me a PM via this site.

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Guys... Just a small glimpse in my personal life here comes to mind.. from a looong time ago... My stepfather was a chief engineer on tugboats when he married my mother.. He was on a tow bringing several cement barges from Savannah to New York City.. for reasons unknown to anyone but him he started ...

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Kevind... I had my local West Marine order them for me.. I think any of the larger marine stores could get them.. I know Defender has the older style on their web site. When I went to them a few minutes ago and input the term "Racor RK23262" their site showed three of the old products. As I said, th...

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John...

My pleasure!

BTW.. is there any truth to the rumor that you are hiding the fact that indeed you are really "The world's most interesting man"?

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I may be a hardass in this, but unless there is a mechanical failure or an "act of God" involved I believe anything that happens on a vessel in the way of "accidents" is the responsibility of the Captain... even if someone else is at the helm at the time. Ultimately, unless his superiors order somet...

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Sad news indeed!

Walter... Pass on our regards to Dave Kosh and Uncle Vic, and give Mara a hug.

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John...

Try this direct link to the new gauge kit page...

http://www.parker.com/literature/Racor/ ... ge_Kit.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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John... As part of my bad fuel problem I have posted about in another string, I have ordered two Racor T handle replacement vacuuim gauges for my Racor 500 series primary filters. In the past Racor offered a 2 part kit with an adapter with hex sides that screwed into the hole where the T handle goes...

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Some Bondo and bottom paint and she will be as good as new! Proof the boating at night requires extreme vigilance. We have a situation here in Wilmington in which a small boat running at night with 4 POB struck an unlit concrete platform sticking out about 6-8 feet above the water. This is not in th...

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Thanks Al.. I just got the last issue but have not gotten around to reading it. Good article! As far as the baffles are concerned.. I thought there were only two.. but I can't recall where I heard that. With more baffles comes more difficulty in getting the fuel to circulate between chambers.. The b...

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Bruce... Please don't think I disregarded your suggestion to have a polishing system circulate the fuel vigorously before I had it removed. I completely agree that would have been the best option.. for me it came down to what was the best option with the time I have available and the cost. When I fi...

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These are V6s.. is there enough room for a mechanic to get between the outboard sides of the engines and the hull of a B31? On my B33 with Cummins 6Bs I can barely fit in the space available.

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Thanks Kevin, Pete, and Bruce for the advice.. With the fuel smelling so strongly of "varnish" I assumed it had changed chemically, so I decided to get rid of it.. I didn't see any sense of simply polishing it, and then run clean but deteriorated fuel through the engines. Yesterday I called a small ...

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Guys... I appologize for posting this PETA news release, but I just can't help myself! http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/08/30/peta-eating-chicken-wings-during-pregnancy-could-affect-sons-penis-size/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Sorry! Please forgive me! Edited to add NSFW, Bruce

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A Wash DC police RIB hits and sinks a boat tied up at a restaurant on the Potomic River. No injuries. Video shows crash.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23312993/d ... z2dhVIWcCc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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A sportfish with 2 POB catches fire and sinks off the beach in Ocean City, MD. Both POB rescued. Several pictures in the link..

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/2013 ... ck_check=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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As the regulars here know I have been rebuilding “Phoenix” over the past few years and am finally getting to the point that I will finally be able to use her. During the rebuild I have not used her very much at all. The last time I added fuel was about 3 years ago, she was half full (260 gal tank) w...

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Is there any more news about how Walter is doing?

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Bob... The door and surrounding casing looks beautiful. The wavy grain of the casing is something I haven't seen often.. It has it's own "character". There is a hardwood supplier near here who has some 18-20" wide by 3" thick by 20' long mahogany.. just sitting on a rack because he says nobody is us...

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On my boat the sinks ("grey water") drain directly overboard.. only the head ("black water") drains to the waste holding tank, on which I have a deck pumpout fitting and a diaphragm pump for overboard discharge when at sea. Lots of excellent info above! I am getting ready to install a complete fresh...

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I guess it was just not his day!

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Video of 350# blue marlin jumping into cockpit of sportfish boat.

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/p ... into-boat/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Uncle Vic...

A friend I never met...

Maybe gone, but certainly not forgotten!

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I read a magazine article about bottom paints about a year ago, and the author said to get bottom paint to adhere to your running gear you should clean all the metal, apply a coat or two of good quality epoxy primer, and then one or two coats of bottom paint. The theory is that the epoxy adheres to ...

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Yep.. Just happened to have one laying around....

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Bob...

Harry is everybody's hero here!

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Walter...

We all are sending you our best wishes! Get back here soon!

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Luis... Very well said!

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Keep fighting the good fight, and know that you have lots of friends here who, while they might never have met you in person, are sending you their prayers and positive thoughts.

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I can vouch for Peter Haywood of Winter Island Yacht Yard.. have known him and his wife for more than 30 years.. honest and competent. I have no experience with Dion's but certainly knew of them since I lived in the eastern MA area for 25 years. They also have a very good reputation. Both yards are ...

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She really looks great! I considered your hull color when I had mine painted.. buy went conservative with Fighting Lady Yellow.. Now I sort of wish I had seen yours first! Good work!

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Bob... Charlie will be on "Refugee Probation" for the next 6 months before we here decide whether or not he can stay here.. there is a quota down here for transplanted Yankees. Until then he has a curfew and can't be out after 9:00PM unless he is with a permanent resident.. luckily I live about 3 mi...

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Somehow the guy hulding the DeWalt battery powered drill doesn't look like a threat to a huge shark!

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Lifted from a post on THT... Philadelphia private equity firm Versa Capital Management has bought the operating businesses of the Hatteras/Cabo sportfishing boat and yacht building companies, both based in New Bern, but financial terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Versa stated in a ne...

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Mike..

I don't think he died.. maybe I should have said "Darwin Award attempt"!

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I think I would have let go of the rope sooner!

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Didn't you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbWpFMXADAY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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800 HP in a B31?

Really?

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I took a quick look in my West Marine 2013 annual catalog and found the "utility control" handles and base brackets on page 653.. the cables I have seen used are standard throttle/transmission control cables found on page 652.. made by Teleflex.

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Terry.. Glad to see something from you.. it has been a while. You might want to try a set of the new Cummins impelllors.. they have a threaded piece built into the center of the outer face where you can run a bolt into the threads and back the impellor off it's shaft.. much easier than trying to pul...

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Bob... You are correct.. a beautiful varnished door is an eye popping thing on an otherwise all glass or painted boat. I wanted to have a focus point that drew the observer's eye to something that had some character. I considered having a single panel below the glass but decided it would be too plai...

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