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Anyone have any experience with this online navigation course? http://www.boatsafe.com/navigation/index.htm I would like to get some basic instruction in coastal navigation and $70 seems like a fair price. (Other suggestions also welcome.)

I need to order some spinnaker sheets and the genoa sheets could do with replacement too. The fraying of the docklines (that was fast !) may also warrant attention. I'm only talking about a few 100 feet. Would Defender or Jamestown or one of the regular on-line chandleries be best or are...

With GPS tracking aboard all contenders, progress can be viewed at: http://charthorizon.com/races/2008_chicago_mackinac/htdocs/google_view.php Also, there's an Ericson 34 in the hunt!:egrin: Rogue 26037 Hope everyone is well, Marcus

Check out the following website - Online charts overlayed on Google Earth http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/ Use the slider bars on the upper right corner to fade the satellite and label views. Kevin

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On July 4, NOAA introduced a new public service called the Online Chart Viewer. The Viewer lets mariners display [almost] any nautical chart in the national suite using only an Internet browser. Supported charts are updated weekly for notice to Mariner corrections by NOAA cartographers. The...

The starter rope on my Evinrude 6 motor broke. I can pull out the motor and take it to a shop, but the thing is greasy, smelly, and heavy. I think maybe I can replace it myself and avoid a lot of trouble. Any instruction online? Thanks. Robert

A couple of the articles - featuring my Ericson 38 - that I have written for Good Old Boat magazine are now available on-line. The first is a discussion of the ways to go up your mast, at: http://www.boatus.com/goodoldboat/upthemast.htm (And yes that is my boat in the opening photo...