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T Scott The Chesapeake Bay manuscript is as originally written, not edited, at the site included in the post. Are you referring to the media, paper or electronic? Paper copies are nearly impossible to find, collectors items, you might be able to find one if you haunt the blogs and collectors. You mi...

I always use the fresh water deck fills, very nice to have them, fine bronze fittings. I don't like to fool around running a leaky dock hose through the hatches into the main salon risking soaking the cabin cushions.

Check out this journal from 1909 recently covered in Chesapeake Bay Magazine articles.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... uises.html

All: This site is very entertaining. It provides detailed information on vessels equipped with AIS transponders both Class A & B. We're outfitting our 1888 racing yacht ELF with a full Class B set up. Came upon this site and have found it fascinating. Be sure to check out the traffic entering th...

Thanks everyone - very helpful advice.

Happy Sailing

Bill Sonntag

I did a quick search of Board this pm, not much came up. Anyone recently dealt with North Sails for a new Cape Dory sail? Looking for good value on a new mainsail for CD 31. Thanks, Bill Sonntag SURPRISE CD31 PS As always, check out restored 1888 racing yacht ELF at www.cyrg.org ELF will be a Mystic...

What Cathy Said! Happy Sailing

Bill Sonntag

Dean: I have flown the spinnaker many times using the forward upright base of the bow pulpit, port side bale for the lead - the CQR is on the starboard side and I have an aversion to risking tangles, the anchor being lifted majestically from its roller by the spinnaker. The best rig would probably b...

After 17 years of restoration the 1888 Lawley racing yacht ELF has been rigged and made ready for sail at Philadelphia's Independence Seaport Museum. Please go to the URL below for an extensive set of photos. I crewed the shake down sailing and delivered ELF to the Chesapeake Bay week before last. S...

NO NEW PERMIT FOR BOATS REQUIRED July 22, 2008 - In support for recreational boating, both the House and Senate today passed S. 2766, "The Clean Boating Act of 2008" which will permanently restore a long-standing exemption for recreational boats from permitting requirements under the Clean...

Try a local National Association of Surface Finishers Association member metal finishing shop and request recommended process such as media blasting/cleaning or buffing/polish.

Bill Sonntag

All suggestions made are good ones but the problem I had with a DMI unit was water intrusion in the transducer. Only fix, replacement, never a false reading since other than the occassional large unidentified creature silently slipping beneath the keel!

Bill Sonntag

The public comment period is currently open for proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit coverage for recreational vessels less than 79 feet in length. USEPA has published a Notice of Proposed Permit Issuance and Public Hearing, (June 17, 2008 Federal Register)...

I would like to share the contact information for a firm that has supplied me with some helpful epoxy product. Progressive Epoxy Polymers www.epoxyproducts.com has sold me “Wet/Dry 700 Epoxy” that I have used to seal the bilge of my CD 31. Reading the posts on this Board regarding leakage from the i...

Please see my detailed description of cushion replacement that I just posted.

Bill Sonntag