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Point well taken Mitchell, although I wouldn't exactly characterize any of this as much of an argument. That was my "nonsense" comment in regard to the previous post about global warming. I was just planning on taking a quick look at the new posts for the day and hadn't signed in when I sh...

Another new guy question... I'm in the final stages of getting my typhoon and trailer cleaned up and put back together for her maiden voyage (with me), and starting to go through the rigging. My question is about how the boom is fitted to the mast. I.e., how is the boom kept from riding up or down o...

I just finished cleaning up the portlights on my typhoon. I painted the old chrome rims with Rustoleum hammered finish bronze, and replaced the old plexiglass (if that’s what it was) with new. A local place that does custom work with plexiglass cut the new ones while I waited. The whole process was ...

I have some 3M 4200, so I think I'll go ahead and use that. Thanks Tim.

When I took the trim piece off the base of the rudder shaft in the cockpit, there was a bunch of mostly dried up goo packed in between the shaft and the trim piece. Can someone tell me what I need to replace this with? Thanks.

Richard, I took I90 from Seattle to Billings, Montana, where I switched to I94, which looked like a more direct route to Minneapolis. However, if I were to do it again, I would stay on I90 all the way. There will always be construction going on somewhere, but I ran into more if it on I94, and there ...

Hi Richard, Last fall I put a trailer hitch on my 4Runner and headed back to Minneapolis to collect my first sailboat. Based on all the good advice offered in earlier postings, I can see now how ill-prepared I was for the trip. However, I was fortunate, and ended up back here in Seattle with everyth...