December, 2002 Newsletter
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HOWDY and HAPPY HOLLIDAYS TO ALL
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I'm
setting the December issue to arrive at your door on the 25th; not to interrupt
your holiday, but only trying to dodge in between all the junk mail filling our
inbox during the shopping season. I've heard about enough mini RC cars, discount
tickets, and super diets to last me a lifetime! So when things quiet down later
this evening you can sit back and read something that doesn't have a set of 14
step assembly instructions, and three missing parts. You don't even need
batteries for this one!
I hope you enjoy some of the websites mentioned
here, and be sure to catch the local updates and new dealers in your area. Send
me your thoughts anytime at:
feedback@brokeboats.com
What I don't have is a decent holiday boat parade schedule
for you. I guess they don't get together on dates early enough fo me to get them
to you, but they are enjoyable to watch and even more fun to participate in.
For all of you folks who received a new truck or boat
for Christmas then here's the answer to one of your first questions right on
time for safety.
Trailer Boats magazine has made a searchable database of
vehicle tow ratings available on the Internet at:
http://www.trailerboats.com/ the
company announced on December 17.
Publisher Wiley Poole said "Every
consumer that tows or is planning to tow a trailer needs to know the trailer
weight rating of their particular tow vehicle," he said. "This tow rating is
often difficult to find and can vary for vehicles of the same make and model
based upon various engine and equipment packages. We have collected all this
data from the various manufacturers for each make and model, and now provide it
to everyone in a user-friendly and searchable format on the Internet."
In
addition to trailerboats.com, the database is also available here:
http://www.campinglife.com/
http://www.bassandwalleyeboats.com/
I want to thank all of you for inviting me into your inboxes
each month throughout the past year and with a little luck, and a lotta work,
we'll have plenty of new items and information to offer you in
2003!
See you in the new year, and as always, Stay Safe Afloat,
Wayne
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New boating TV series
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A special series of TV videos produced by the Center for
Environmental Education and Research, Inc. (CEERI) will be available to the
Florida School System beginning this fall, the center announced in a Monday,
November 25 press release.
"This TV series, targeted to teenagers, will expose students
to boating safety, environmental issues and solutions, career opportunities and
recreational opportunities," said Susan Engle, president of CEERI.
CEERI has received authorization from the Florida Department
of Education to broadcast the TV series to schools throughout the State of
Florida as part of their school curriculum. The TV series will also be available
to the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
The TV series will link students to the CEERI.org, e-Learning
website where they can obtain more marine-related education and information. The
site is scheduled to launch in January 2003.
Engle said the TV series will give students a chance to see
people in action. Content includes interviews with a competitive offshore boat
racer, fishing experts, and marine biologists.
Boat manufacturers will demonstrate new technologies to show
how the marine industry is working on ways to eliminate air and water pollution
emitted during the manufacturing process. Boating experts will demonstrate how
to operate and look for safety hazards.
The career segment will highlight numerous marine-related
career opportunities with visits to marine manufacturing facilities and aboard a
megayacht to see how the captain and crew perform their jobs.
TV series sponsors include Genmar, Brunswick, Volvo, Formula,
OMC Foundation, Marine Industries Association of South Florida, Broward County
Planning and Environmental Protection, KeyBank, INAMAR and Ashland.
"Our next step is to implement the Boater101 program
nationwide, starting this spring, with our target states of California,
Michigan, Ohio and Texas," said Engle.
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DO YOU NEED NEW KNOT KNOWLEDGE NOW ?
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Are you still tying those knife-knots? What's a
knife-knot you ask? Well, it's one of those knots I always seem to end up with
when I'm trying to lash some odd shaped piece of cargo onto my little flat
trailer without sides.... When it's time to unload the contraption the only way
I can un-tie the knots is with a good sharp knife, heh heh!
If all
those books on knot tying don't seem to quite get the point across, then maybe
what you need is a good animated show to untangle the confusion.
So now you know 'bout knots....
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ARKANSAS KILL SWITCH BILL PROPOSED
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Arkansas Rep. Shirley Borhauer, R-Bella Vista, has
introduced a bill that would require boaters to use kill switches if their boats
are equipped with a kill switch in anticipation of the regular session that
begins January 13, according to a Tuesday, December 3 report of the Times
Record.
Borhauer told the newspaper that under the new law, the fine
for not using the kill switch device would range from US$100 to
US$250.
The newspaper reported that she filed House Bill 1018 because
of fatal boating accidents on Lake Bella Vista in which boaters fell from their
craft and then were hit by it.
A similar requirement was included in a boating safety bill
introduced during the 2001 legislative session, which failed in the Senate, and
Borhauer told the newspaper she wouldn't be surprised if people oppose her bill.
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GIRLS, IT'S TIME TO SAIL AWAY !
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The Southern California Yachting Association
(SCYA) will hold its 14th Annual Women's Sailing Convention on Saturday,
February 1, 2003 at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, Corona del Mar, California, it
announced on Monday, December 2. The primary sponsor of the event is BoatU.S.,
and the workshop-intensive convention is open to all women interested in sailing
from novice/beginner to expert.
Workshop topics include: Welcome Aboard (for beginners),
Diesels for Dummies, Provisioning, The Magic of Marine AC/DC, Happy Hassel-Free
"Heads," Tactics, Docking, Weather, Grasping GPS, Racing Tactics,
Standing/Running Rigging, Sail Trim, Basic Nav 101, Local Coastal Cruising
Destinations, Life Raft Demo, Overboard Procedures, Suddenly Singlehanded,
Cruising with Kids & Pets, Knot Knowhow, Dinghy Do's & Don'ts, Collision
Avoidance, Winch Wizard, Anchoring, Docking, Spinnaker Rigging and Offshore
Cruising.
The Announcement & Registration form for the 2003 Convention
will be available on December 26, 2002 here:
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Over 10,000 protest proposed Australian marina
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Following the approval of plans for
development of a coastal marina and resort at Nangaloo Reef by the Environmental
Protection Agency last month, over 10,000 people have marched through Fremantle
to protest the development, according to a Sunday, December 1 report of ABC News
Online.
The protesters are calling on the West Australian Government
to reject plans by Coral Coast Marina Development to build boat pens,
residential lots and a caravan park at Mauds Landing, said the
report.
The site is 1,100 kilometers north of Perth, and 100 people
staged a simultaneous protest there, ABC reported.
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New marine tech-training center open in Germany
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Engine builder MTU Friedrichshafen officially
opened its new training center at Friedrichshafen on November 19. The new
premises will be used to train MTU's own customer service mechanics, service
staff working for the company's 1400 sales and service partners worldwide, and
representatives of end users. The new center is also the central training
location for the instructors leading courses at MTU's nine training facilities
in Europe, the US, Asia and Africa. The new training center has 14 experienced
instructors and is equipped for intensive training in small groups in five
languages with up to 90 participants at any given time, and has a capacity to
train a total of more than 2,000 employees every year, according to the company.
Together with its US partner Detroit Diesel Corp., MTU claims to hold 56 percent
of the worldwide market share of engines for yachts of in excess of 80 feet in
length.
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And
you thought you had an antenna problem!
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Antenna Forests
The ever-growing reliance on RF
connectivity in recent years, actually recent decades, has spawned a forest of
antennas on Navy ships for multiple communications, radar, and electronic
warfare systems, all which transmit and receive at different frequencies. The
number of antennas aboard aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, cruisers, and
destroyers delivered in the 1990s has increased more than 100 percent over the
number of antennas aboard ships delivered in the eighties.
Antenna
growth, apart from the continuously increasing procurement and maintenance costs
of individual “stovepipe” antenna types, has increased ships’ radar
cross-sections. The need for new antennas also has required extensive
modifications in ship design to manage the added weight, as well as complex
restrictions on use to minimize dangerous electronics interference. The
solution, in the emerging age of information warfare, won’t be in limiting the
use of the RF spectrum. Ships will need more bandwidth, not less.
The Office of Naval Research (USA) is sponsoring a pioneering
work to develop new multi-function radio-frequency concept (AMRF-C) antenna
apertures that use software to modify common apertures for multiple RF systems.
The AMRF-C approach, which eliminates the need for additional hardware, would
enable ship designers to pare back dramatically the microwave “antenna farms”
that have proliferated aboard ships now in service, while meeting future
requirements, expanding the effectiveness of sensor, communications, and
electronic warfare systems, and reducing RF cross section.
For
more information and pictures visit:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/media/release_display.asp?ID=122
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Jeb Bush says no dock restrictions needed!
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At the last of a series of public hearings on a US federal
manatee protection plan, marine industry representatives said yesterday that the
plan would hurt their businesses, a concern that was shared by Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush.
An aide to the governor read a letter from Bush at the Fort
Lauderdale hearing in which he said the proposed rule could lead to a moratorium
on dock building in southwest Florida, according to a Friday, December 13 report
of the Sun-Sentinel.
Bush stated that this would make it "significantly more
difficult to register vessel and operate boats," adding that the impact on
marine activities could adversely affect the region's economy to the tune of
US$85 to US$175 million over the next five years, the newspaper reported.
In the letter, Bush also asked to meet with US Interior
Secretary Gail Norton so that he could suggest other ways to protect
manatees.
If the rule were approved, the US Fish & Wildlife Service
would be required to take into account the potential impact on the manatee
population when deciding whether to approve applications to build docks, marinas
or boat ramps, the implications of which are likely to be particularly severe in
southwest Florida, where the manatee population has been declining, according to
federal officials.
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NEW US HONDA OUTBOARD DEALERS
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Many new dealers recently have signed on to carry Honda
Marine's line of 4-stroke outboards. The dealers who have joined the Honda
Marine network follows:
Boat Doctor Marine, Ocean City, Maryland
RV
World of Nokomis, Nokomis, Florida
Advantage Marine, Sachse,
Texas
Castaway Marine, Melbourne, Florida
National Marine
Sales, Peoria Heights, Illinois
Williston Honda & Chrysler Center,
Williston, North Dakota
Naples Marina Sales, Naples,
Florida
Nomad Houseboats, Monticello, Arkansas
Travel Country
Marine Center, Lake Park, Georgia
Grass Shack at Lake Lanier, Buford,
Georgia
International Marine/West Wight Potter, Inglewood,
California
Carlisle's Marine, Newark, Delaware
Shoeder's
Marine & Sport Center, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Robbins Marine South,
Port Trevorton, Pennsylvania.
Eberlin Sales & Service, Hermann,
Missouri
Parker Marine, Rocky Mount, Missouri
Paradise Cove
Marina, Hulbert, Oklahoma
Perdue Marine, Lanark,
Illinois
Pro's Choice Marine, Warsaw, Missouri
Ships Chandler
Marine, Destin, Florida
Bristow's Kawasaki & Polaris, St. Cloud,
Minnesota
Pfleuger Honda Motorcyles, Waipahu, Hawaii
Bob
Lanphere's Beaverton Marine, Beaverton, Oregon
and Billy's Outboard
Service, North Miami, Florida
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You always get the best deals from the new dealers so pay em a
visit and tell em Broke Boats sent Ya!
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Tohatsu and Nissan outboards offer new warranty
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A new 3+1 year limited warranty is effective
immediately for all 2003 and later TLDI (Two-Stroke Low-Pressure Direct
Injection) Tohatsu brand outboard motors distributed by US-based Tohatsu America
Corp. and Nissan Marine brand outboards distributed by Nissan Marine & Power
Products in the United States and Canada, the company announced.
This new warranty now gives the TLDI outboards the longest
standard factory warranty in the industry for direct fuel injected motors,
according to the companies.
"After six years of testing, the TLDI outboards were
introduced two years ago. We had great confidence in the product before we
released it to the general public, and that confidence has been justified over
the past two years," said Kurt Gardner, national sales manager of Tohatsu
America Corp. "All the anecdotal evidence from dealers and consumers and the
virtual absence of warranty claims on our TLDI product have convinced us that
extending the two-year warranty to three years and the warranty on major TLDI
components to four years was justified and would give consumers that much more
confidence in purchasing TLDI outboards."
The new limited warranty actually provides four years of
coverage, from the first date of retail sale or actual installation, stated the
companies.
The second and third years of the warranty cover the cost of
parts and labor for major components and TLDI technology-related components
including the powerhead, direct injection system, exhaust system and 16 other
major components. The fourth year covers the parts and labor for TLDI technology
components.
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Mandatory Safety Education for Pennsylvania Boaters
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Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker signed Senate Bill 463, sponsored by
Sen. Richard Kasunic with broad bipartisan support, provides that on or after
January 1, 2003, it will be illegal for a person born on or after January 1,
1982, to operate certain motorboats unless the person completes a boating safety
course and receives a boating safety certificate. Boating safety certificates,
good for a lifetime, will carry a $10 fee.
The bill passed the Senate by a 48-1 vote and the House
by a 170-24 vote. It takes effect February 7, 2003, 60 days after Governor
Schweiker signed it into law. This means that the new requirements will be
effective for the 2003 boating season in Pennsylvania.
Courses are
available on-line from the Commission's web site and through video home study
programs. In addition, the Commission and many other organizations offer
boating safety courses. The winter months are the often best time to take
these courses.
For all the details, visit here:
http://www.boat-ed.com/pa/index.htm
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18 HOLES ?
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"Armstrong," the boss bellowed, "I happen to know
that the reason you didn't come to work yesterday was that you were out playing
golf! What do you have to say for yourself?"
"That's a rotten lie!" Armstrong protested. "And I have the
fish to prove it!"
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WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR, Wayne
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