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This only takes a minute go to google, type in Maps click "get Directions" Type in new york ( starting ) and type in London ( ending ) Scroll down to # 23 :D

What type of Fenders ( including brand ) do you use/prefer ? For example do you prefer the type where the line goes through the fender and is tied at the bottom ? How about fender covers? Also , what method do you use to secure the lines to the boat ? Is there a preferred color ? Thanx

I had been asked , and was also curious myself, about Lonseal. So I contacted the company today and spoke in detail to a factory rep about this product. I was told a few things that I do not remember being discussed here before and thought I would pass on this information. Lonseal is a vinyl...

It is my understanding that NC, along with many other states, do not have any real standards for a person to become a Marine Surveyor. One surveyor I saw today mentioned a class/books at "SAMS" ( I believe that is what he called it ) ( Not this Sams ) and also mentioned about 5k. But he was...

Don Charland and I were talking and I was showing him some of the outside work on Boss lady when we saw a small yellow jacket go under a piece of cardboard that was on a pallet. I said" I wonder if there are any others in there" as I kicked the cardboard over......... Soon as I did that, some...

This morning I went to the storage building and picked up several rolls of wire. I did an accurate inventory and pre-spooled some of these rolls. Others can be spooled into smaller quantities of 100/250/500 ft rolls. Every thing listed is Marine Grade USCG approved, Tinned Copper Primary...

My daughter has made up her mind to attend graduate school after she receives her bachelors degree this December. So I decided to start the college funding by cleaning out some things I have acquired over the years. Email me at Starcarpentry@hotmail.com , send your zip code so I can figure...

Been looking high and low, and even with my discount, still not happy with the pricing of the Sealand Toilets. We are looking for the vacu-flush series, model number 5048. This is a rear discharge unit and standard height. Or similar model. Anyone one have one " not in use " ? ;) Thanx

Recently I sent a man to see Jimmy Watts about building a new bow pulpit railing for his blow boat. Larry is very happy becuase this is the ending result. Good Job Jimmy :D

Man what a day. Been fighting this pain in two of my front teeth for over a month now. I had an abscess, and got some antibiotics for that. It calmed down, then flared up two teeth over last week. So today root canal. No Biggie, had that done before, just takes longer. Not Today. After the...

My daughter, Lauren, is a student at UNCW Wilmington, NC. She is the VP of the student body in the phys ed curriculum. She also sits on the state board, made up of 12 students from different universities in NC. Later this week in Baltimore, we will be attending an award ceremony that...

Sometime back Chris ( Boss Lady ) and I bought an aluminum box/panel to mount the battery switches in from Tom Slane. The favor we are asking is can some one post a pic of their box so we can see how it is set up with the switches inside ?

It was about May of last year when my wife and several other teachers did a cancer walk for a very well liked and loved teacher assistant at the school. But time was short and I called Steve remembering that when I was up there I saw where they did some t-shirt screen printing. Steve had me...

Thought I would put something out here that others might need to be aware of with their computers. I have a new system and an HP wireless printer/fax/copier etc....and a wireless router so my daughter can use my printer with her laptop. Everything was working fine until this past weekend when...

I know a man who has ( will have them this week ) a set of 12v71 water cooled turbos for sale. 1 of them has about 120 hours and the other I think he said about 300 hours since total rebuilds. Asking price is about 40K ............for the pair .

Well the window installation is going well and we feel like we are close enough to now show a few pics. The center window on the pilot house is a tilt-out .

On Boss lady we changed out the alternator regulators from 32V to 24 volt. We also changed out the solenoids on the starters from 32V to 24 V regulators , 75.00 for the pair solenoids, 200.00 for the pair These came off 892 turbos Will try to post pics ( this weekend ) if anyone is...

I was speaking with a man today who said he knows of a hatt that runs good, but needs some work. He said it has some 3208's with about 2900-3000 hours on them. He and another person said this is low hours for 3208's and that rebuilds usually start around 6-7000 hours. Is this true ?

Thought I would post a few pics of the Swim Platform for Boss Lady. We start with the old platform, removing all the old nuts/bolts/screws ect..... and use a grinder to smooth it out and get rid of all the loose paint/gel coat . Next I installed the front edge rail. I used several bar...

Meet Chris.........and the real " Boss Lady " !!