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That made Midland a cool place in perpetuity.

When you are deep frying big stuff outdoors you don't want your beer held - think of the potential disasters.

I absolutely hate throwing books away - even broken paperbacks with loose pages. It feels immoral.

When a bought a boat with a non-running 4-107 I dealt with a guy in San Rafael who called himself an"Obsolete marine engine specialist". He said he had seen them running water pumps in wine country - continuous steady state operation, only shut down for oil changes and the like - with 40,000...

We (or at least I) were talking about 30 years ago and earlier. Getting 400 RW HP out of an early small block made it almost unlivable on the street - needed a cam so lumpy it wouldn't produce enough vacuum to run power brakes.. And it would have gotten about 8 MPG and produced huge pollution...

Remember when the Valiant 40 was condemned as dangerously light and unseaworthy offshore because of the fin & skeg?

None of that gets you over 400 HP and over 20 MPG out of a pushrod small block. There have been major advances in every aspect of car design over the past 30 years. Well, except weight that is - Keeriste have cars gotten heavy.

True. Well, maybe keel attachments from BITD could be studied.

It also ensured rich guys building new boats every year or two. :D It also started the careers of numberless designers to feed that demand. It was a true golden age of sailboat racing. IOR boats were much better performing than their predecessors. The fact that boats are better now is hardly...

I liken the IOR period to the Muscle car wars - the designs left something to be desired in many areas but they had style and participation that just doesn't exist anymore. A Peterson One Tonner compared to a '66 Shelby Mustang - think about it.

Sorry to hear that Ish. It was a few years ago for us. One of the things we noticed is that there is no longer anyone to ask "family" questions.

Yeah, it's the illiterates that keep English alive. One of God's cosmic jokes.

And we do. And have.

Then they were wrong. Hove to is a very specific thing, not an opinion.