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There is a new member here, that is requesting private email contacts.  I suspect that he is scamming.  I looked at his profile, and all it says is that he is from Ghana.  I hope that this is not a money scam, but for the sake of the members, BUYER BEWARE.. 

Here is the text in the body of the message, for all to see:

FRANK KWABENA added a comment to your profile on SeaKnots



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How is everything…

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ok...so we took the injector pump and lift pump and the  tranny oil heat exchanger to the shop today-  600 pesos  round trip---that is a lot of dough to   lug a part for rebuild. it is also   140 miles round trip--

 javier--the awesomest pump rebuilder in   mexico. mebbe also in western…

Does anyone know how to print blog posts. I only want to print the posts that I have made. When I click print, the printer only prints the outer columns but not the center where the actually blogs are......

It is a small space, but I never thought of it that way.  Paneled in rich dark honey colored teak the interior of my sailboat seems soothing to me.  The largest “room” on the boat is the solon and it’s about eleven feet wide by eleven feet long.  Of course within the solon are the settees which borders the port side of the solon area from beneath the companion way ladder thwart ship to the port side of the area then forward to the bulkhead and where it makes a right angled turn to extend all…

 I haven't had a computer for about 3 months so I haven't been able to blog.  And then there was that pesky writer's block I have suffered from for the past year.  Back in the saddle again with a refurbished Dell laptop that I am finding AWESOME for the money.

I continue in my attempts to single-hand the Owl.  I am still practicing manuvering into my slip at the end of an afternoon sail, but I just need more confidence through practice.  Still earning my Captain's hat, but…

After struggling with this we are selling our Beneteau 405M  OC400.  You can see her listed with Whitaker Yacht Sales at this link:

http://www.whiteakeryachtsales.com/bl-2420-Brianne.aspx

Anyone who knows of someone looking for a great boat can contact the broker.  Your help is greatly appreciated.

Brian

sv.brianne@gmail.com

Can anyone share any tips on how best to install a centering clamp on a jib furling system? Thanks!

Hello everybody,

My name is Oriol Soler, and I'm working for EUROPEAN YACHTING NETWORK (www.e-y-n.com) as the exclusive representative in Spain for yacht brokerage.

If any of you are interested in buying, or selling you yacht, or need my assitance, please contact me:

osolerp@gmail.com

o.soler@e-y-n.com

phone: +34 627080308

Also I'm running my online…

there i sa bit of my engine that has been missing for over 2000 miles--and i donot remember ever seeing it in place.  isnt something one would look for--is the  plug or cap to the  hole which is used to  adjust the engine.  could be for timing adjustments--i never had to have timing adjusted so i didnt think about the problem being something so simple.

  this is a small  plug or cap that covers a   little adjustment port on the…

Before heading off to work on Friday I packed my stuff for a weekend on the boat and stowed it in the car; gym bag, toiletries and laptop.  At 5:30 I check out of the office and headed east towards New Bern, stopping briefly to fuel up at Sam’s Club.  Arriving at the dock it was still light out as I loaded my gear in a dock cart and proceeded to the boat.  Climbing aboard I settled in after a quick check of the bilges and other routine tasks such as opening the thru hull valves for the…

It has been more like Seattle than North Carolina for the past several weeks. Clouds masking the sun and the occasional rainy day might be well for the farmers but not for those of us who NEED some sunshine to feel normal. I am so tired of overcast that I’m beginning to think, “Forget waiting for retirement, I’m leaving for the tropics now!!” At any rate it was dark…

January 11, 2013 seems like eons ago. The frenetic pace that moved me from a comfortably numb existence to living the dream is overwhelming. Where have I been these past three months, where am I now, and where am I going are the questions I am learning to answer in the present tense. Following the philosophy of Eckhart Toll in his books about the "Power of Now" it is clear that doing so empowers one to enjoy the roses along life's twists and turns.

Weaving philosophy throughout my…

She was irreplaceable, we "world-wide" will never have such a stronger allied, so acquainted with politics on a world scale.  Blue collar raised, and she applied it towards her position, she did amazing things. She was not only part of history, she made history! No one will ever replace her, or her skill set.