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My father had a very effective set of tools for cleaning the hull: his sons.

"Wire Rope" is a term often used in nautical circles.

If you're even luckier, the two days are consecutive!

Big lure, big fish!

Pretty well describes many of the cruising sailors I've known....

Why only one axle assy? Doesn't the other one have just as many miles on it?

Having gotten the shifter of The Brick fixed, it's time for the next project! Last time I took that rifle shooting, I experienced a couple of FTFs and FTEs (Failure To Fire and Failure To Eject, for those who don't speak gun). Can't have that--my rifles normally run like Swiss watches. Both...

I have a bucket organizer for plumbing and one for carpentry hand tools. My go-bag in the rig has most every tool I need for roadside repairs on both my rigs. My electrical tools are in a belt. Otherwise, no, I don't organize by job--just fill a bucket with the tools I think I'll need for any...

Now that I have it figured out, I can probably do it in ten minutes, including laying out and putting away tools. The 23mm block plus the quarter and the camlock ******** the vise-grips are the ticket! Of course, next time I need to do this, I'll have completely forgotten....

Hey! My BXGHRRDF lights perform just fine!

There used to be Sunday regattas of those on the casting pool of Westmoreland Park in Portland, OR. Always fun to watch. Skipperless, uncrewed boat racing--what could possibly go wrong?

Well, it never cooled off enough yesterday afternoon to feel like crawling under a rig--not to mention, the young ladies out front needed supervision and the shade, breeze and beer were pleasantly cool. Got back on it this AM. The shifter box under the shifter lever, from the rear: I'm...

Approach a mashed fingernail with a red-hot nail or paper clip and tell me which is worse. Dremel and burr is pretty peaceful and calm by comparison. PS: Fingernails don't melt like plastic--they burn. Heat on a mashed fingernail? Nope. Just nope.

Dremel with a ball-tip burr. Hundreds of mashed nails relieved that way. When the blood squirts out and the pressure is off, the relief is almost orgasmic.

Gave up on getting anything more done on the Brick today--nigh onto six PM and still in the mid-90s. I'll do it in the morning.