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    260' Sea Ray

    Yours for the ridiculously low price of $28,000! Bet you didn't know Sea Ray ever made a 260 footer. Well here it is. http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/2000/Sea-Ray-Sundancer-2240098/Charleston/SC/United-States
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    BOAT/US "rights" survey

    Received an email from Boat/US today. They're doing a survey about "boater's rights." This is yet another pile of bovine dung from them. Everyone wants their "rights." Rights to every damned thing under the sun. ...and where the sun don't shine, too probably. A right to "products that do not...
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    The Ultimate Game

    This is probably a bad idea just before a holiday weekend, but here goes... "Irrational markets: people reject free money out of anger The Ultimatum Game, in which test subjects respond to take-it-or-leave-it offers, has allowed psychologists to explore how humans handle issues like fairness...
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    Fuses in the converter wiring harness

    Sea Ray installed 30 ampere fuses in the wiring between the converter and batteries. On occasion, despite the charger being rated for only 30 amps, I have found these fuses burned out. Since the fuses are a weird size, they're not common. It's also a pain when the stupid fuse burns out that I...
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    What used spark plugs should look like

    One can tell a lot about the general state of an engine by looking that the old, used spark plugs when they are removed. Additive fouling, overheating, detonation, oil consumption, and other things can be deduced from the condition of old spark plugs. You can find examples in most shop manuals...
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    The end of football?

    Dead athletes' brains show damage from concussions [U]sing tissue from retired NFL athletes culled posthumously, the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) is shedding light on what concussions look like in the brain. The findings are stunning. Far from innocuous, invisible...
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    Inauguration Day January 20, 2009

    To commemorate this momentous day, here's an award for us all. Best regards, Frank
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    New advertiser

    Right here on CSR you can find new snap-in carpets, electronics and a mail-order bride. I'm guessing the Chinese versions are less expensive than than American made? But how is the quality? Best regards, Frank
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    FDR "didn't spend enough"

    These guys must be reading a different history than I did. Sailors on their only shore leave for a year don't spend like FDR did. Have they not paid attention to economics the last 20 years that clearly and definitively prove that keynesian economics does not work...
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    Hybrid boat

    Well, someone was bound to do this. Looks like an erector set project. Appears that they did the manufacturing in China. If ugly, slow, probably buggy, but with very low fuel consumption turn you on, then here's your boat.
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    Cost of Government Day

    Americans for Tax Reform recently posted the cost of government day for 2008. Congratulations! We work more than half the year just to pay for government! BTW, Osama thinks that's not enough. Back to work, serfs! Article introduction follows with URL. Definition Cost of Government Day (COGD)...
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    WikiHow: Construct an Overnight Pontoon Boat

    Didn't feel like driving down to the boat today. I do too much driving. Poking around the web, I found wikihow. Found this to be very funny. If any of you have been holding back from becoming canboters because it's too expensive, your ship, or should I say, you canbote has come in. Best...
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    Chipmunk

    Did you ever wonder where chipmunks go to die? No? Me neither. So I'm cutting the grass this evening, not really wondering about that question, either. Then I step into something soft and mushy. "Great!" I thought. "Someone's dog left a present in the yard." So I look down and see this former...
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    Secret Spot

    Hope this is not the Secret Spot. Best regards, Frank
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    Boat collision resulting in death(s)

    Early this morning, my wife and I were sleeping aboard Just Ducky when we were awakened by a loud noise. After first thinking that the A/C was failing horribly or a pump or something else broke, I realized that we were hearing helicopters. I looked outside and sure enough there was a helicopter...
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    Video and the Mac

    Finally had some time to fool around with the Mac and video today. I wanted to see how difficult is is to download video to the Mac in both SD and HD, play back the video, and copy it to other media. Download the Firewire SDK from Apple's developer web site. The download is free, the only...
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    Hanson Marine - Westerbeke distributor customer support

    I had to rebuild the the generator's engine two years ago. I ordered parts from Hanson Marine. I ordered extra parts when it was not readily discernible if a set was per unit or per engine. I ended up, for example, with three sets of piston rings when a set was all the rings for the engine...
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