I read today that effective Aug. 1 GE Capital will no longer be making any new boat loans. I hope this is not a harbinger of future changes in the market. The loss of financing could be the last nail in the coffin if any other players follow suit.

Like many of you who have complained in old threads about the lack of meaningful information in just about all boating mags, I concur. However, I have found a diamond in the ruff that I recommend. Being a former sailor, who has now found the comfortable side of cruising, I subscribe to...

OK, I have a friend that is looking at a 44 Striker. The thing he likes about the boat is that it is aluminum vs fiberglass. Aside from the fact that it is not a Hatt, what are the good, bad, and ugly things about these boats. BTW, I have looked at many of the previous posts related to these...

I need to see what's going on at the sub. He should be severely reprimanded for not having internet at the boat. Instead of viewing the Strain thread, I'm sitting here loading music onto my Ipod. I hate electronic do-dads. I'm of the age that I should embrace this stuff, but I don't. I...

Recap. Boat out for bottom job, Yard gouged up the hull with travel lift. Awlgrip paint, FLY. They tried and tried to blend and match contrary to my original recommendation to repaint the whole boat as that is the only way to repair the finish. Well they messed with it all last week with...

A couple of weeks ago I read where France derives 60-70% of it's electrical energy from nuclear power plants. So I did a little research with Dept. of Energy figures and was surprised at the findings (the latest data is from 2006): About 19.4% of our electricity is generated by nuclear power. ...

Well, this is a funny (read foolish) story about replacing boat batteries and will hopefully serve as a word to the wise. About one month ago, I helped my local mechanic pull all of the 8 8v195 batteries in my 56 MY and replace them with new 8v195's. If I recall the spec sheet correctly, each...

Has anyone had experience replacing their Hatt oem tachs with Aetna's? I have been having a real go around with getting them to get working correctly with my 4-53's. Jim at Aetna gives me comb's to work with the switchs inside the tachs-and I have reduced the error from about 1500 to high to now...

For your perusal. From a local boating paper in So Cal... LOS ANGELES - The law firm of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP reported it filed a class action lawsuit on April 7 against the major oil companies that sell ethanol-blended fuel, charging that the fuel causes serious damage to marine engines...

Have some business meetings in Wrightsville Beach NC near Wilmington for a couple of days. Anyone know of any marinas or boat related points of interest worth checking out? Eric