November 2008
American Rivers
Ran across a pointer to American Rivers, an organization working toward healthy rivers, for all the many reasons we would want that. Cleanup activities, regulatory work and basic waterway facts are just some of what they have. Something you might want to check out. read more »
Boat PC, how low can you go?
I’m back home, happily, and cogitating on a perennial issue: What’s a sensible compromise in terms of a compact and rugged, yet able and reasonably-priced, boat PC? A good place to start the conversation is...
New Torqeedo model
Torqeedo apparently has a new model out. I can't find it on the companies web pages yet, but others are covering it.
Geared around remote steering, the Cruise 4.0 R is spec'ed to be approximately equivalent to a 9.9 HP gas outboard.
A couple of these are getting close to what I need... hmmm...
Rear sponson storage
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2008-11-28 15:52Promoted Dane to lawn mowing class today, so while he did that, I got some done on the boat :-)
Routed out some on the framework for the rear sponson areas so that I can get an opening hatch cover mounted there. They are designed to be propane tank storage. Don't know if that's what I'll use them for, but they will definitely be good storage for something. read more »
Pictures from an exhibition - part 2
Happy Thanksgiving
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2008-11-27 23:40Just a quick note to all my U.S. based readers... hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving. Most of us have so much to be thankful for, and sometimes we don't remember it. We had a good day with family and friends and I hope you did also.
Pictures from an exhibition - part 1
Two excellent free boat calculators
QE2 finishes final cruise
The end of an era, to me...
Solar Sailor
We had an article about some of their technology before, but this is the home page of the company producing this technology. SolarSailor has contracts working in the US, Asia and UAE... neat looking hybrid technology.
