I was wondering if anyone would say it out loud. It does prove the point that far too often in this business it isn't what you can do but who...
It was great to see a Blanik here! It brought back some great memories and sent me digging through the old pics. I got my glider rating in a...
"If at first you don't succeed ..." http://www.yachtsolutions.com/eflyers/110623/index.html
I just wish everyone would stop calling these outdrive things "pods" because they are not a "podded propulsor." They are Z drives or azimuthing...
46CFR28.120 Survival craft. You might find the tables interesting. That famous GPS oops you recall might have been the Royal Majesty, off...
Hey! I earned this desk. :D I still get oil and grease under my fingernails and crawl around under the floor plates more than (unfortunately)...
Only vessels >1600 gross tons and towing vessels >12m in length are required to carry a radar. Applicable regs: 33CFR164.53 Deviations from...
Nothing theoretical about it, I guess you could call them PRAIRIE dog holes.
Think about that for a while and get back to us.
It sounds more like a case of miscommunication between the cops and the lifeboat folks. If it was, as stated, a police report of the location of...
Absolutely! The CG uses VHF DF for SAR missions. The units can DF VHF marine bands, aircraft VHF and UHF, and EPIRBS. When you see one of those...
That is what I was wondering as well. It's that time of the year again.
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Since paint jobs are fair game the first boat might be a "winner" on both counts. It looks like a nice hull design got saddled with a...
"There was no salt in it whatsoever" You might be surprised at how much salt is in that water. A comparison between RO water and the distillate...
Yeah, be ready to replace a fitting in about 300 years.
I bought it in L.A. and left the wreck in the EAA hangar in Auburn, California. Last I checked, someone had bought it and it is flying again. It...
That was one of the happiest landings I ever made! I would have bounced onto the pavement if there hadn't been a barbed wire fence in the way, it...
Starduster Too It was my second Duster, bought in California and flew it to East Coast. Here's the first one: Followed by what some...
Oh well, since someone started this ... Here's the one I miss the most. Sold it and shipped to the UK. Sunset through the bird strainers.