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"Amy Winehouse's struggles to quit drugs were well documented. But her family fears that sudden abstinence from alcohol might have been what led to her death last Saturday at age 27, according to a report. " We owe it to her memory to ensure we do not succumb to the dangers involved in having...

Though admittedly they can come up with some "interesting" stuff. The Lone Ranger will never be the same...(let's don't even talk about Rossini) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oau9gtG5Om8

The admiral and I are kicking around the idea of buying a 58lrc to replace our 53my. The lrc was the first Hatt we were ever aboard and we were on one several times before deciding to buy a 53. Now we are thinking that it's worth thinking about but two big issues we have is that it won't fit...

I'm about to leave the marina, driving to DC to HOPEFULLY get a new passport issued while I wait. I was supposed to go back to Mexico a week ago but the day before my flight I discovered that my passport had expired several weeks after arriving here in late April. After several panic sessions...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/japanese-scientists-creates-meat-out-of-feces/ The kids may grow up with no issue with this but not me... ;)

Yesterday I tried to start the genny and just got solenoid chatter. I figured I had a bad battery; the shore charging is a xantrax smart charger. THe NL genny has a 12v start battery. I disconnected the start batt and connected the genny start cables to the other 12V batt that I use for some...

But I admit I'm no financial or alternate fuel expert... http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/16/usa-senate-ethanol-idUSN1621375420110616

Heard a good story this morning over coffee on a friend's boat. He does a lot of work on other boats here and a few months back he was working in an engine room. He had to crawl over the engine to get to the outboard side and then "drop" into a space to do the work. He had put his tool bag on...

I am rewiring/adding wiring for my new 24HD dome radar and the Newmar 32-24v converter to power it. One of my pet peeves has been that there is no easy way to get wiring from the lower helm to the console above the lower helm. I was thinking of putting in a PVC or suitable plastic chase...

The embossed lettering on our 53's lower helm for the various switches is not readable due, I assume, to fading over the years. The helm material itself is sort of medium tan and the lettering appears to have originally been gold but now is very faded. Essentially, you can't really read any of...

and make them honorary HOF members - maybe with a lifetime monthly stipend.. http://www.elrellano.com/videos_online/4697/cruzando-el-rio.html

I made up a manifold set using PVC and 6 ball valves that I need to mount on a small piece of plywood and mount to the hull in the forward bilge area on our 53. I have made up the set (5 trips to the hardware store!) but i'm trying to figure out the best way to attach it to the interior of the...

A few days ago I was aboard a boat that has the Atlantes heads. I asked a few questions and the owner showed me the hose hookups and also demonstrated the flushing. I didn't think to ask additional questions at the time and he's not here now so I decided to ask here. I noticed that when it...

I have NEVER been able to get the wiper blades to smoothly wipe the glass. It seems they all have sections that do not bear on the glass so I end up with clear areas and areas that the blade just ignores. I have changed blades twice since owning the boat but although the particular area of...

Today was my NL M844K 16KW generator "clean the heat exchanger"/change the oil/change the coolant day. Since I have never cleaned the HE or changed the coolant since we bought the boat, I decided it was overdue. NL says the HE should be cleaned annually and we have owned the boat 6 years...;)...

A couple days ago we went down to St Michaels. The boat would not plane and top speed was 13k at 2000RPM. The engines would not rev higher. I'm used to that here (and have posted about it) and figured that the props/shafts were heavily covered with barnacles. We anchored in St Michaels...

Once again we are considering a galley "upgrade." I use the term in quotes because I'm convinced that replacing the Modern Maid range/oven with a current cooktop and convection/microwave oven will be an upgrade in appearance but a performance downgrade. However, we both agree that we want to...

Is there any sort of pressure switch that will allow the high/low cutoff/on to be somewhat closer? The standard switches I have used are essentially 20PSI apart. You can shift the entire range - go from say 20/40 to 30/50 - but you can't change it to 30/40. I would like to get it closer; any...

I know we've done this to death and that I have asked some of the questions myself but I have several more: Did the Atlantes head fit with no additional holes being made to the bulkhead for the hoses? I assume that the oem GM pump is no longer used and that the output of the master toilet...

Maybe everybody but me knew this already but I discovered that the GM FW pump will self-prime the system if the water tank is full. Previously, when de-winterizing, I would just start filling the water tank with a hose and pressurize the system as it was filling. This required a bit of priming...