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Shark or spur I have had both spurs and shark on sail and power boats over many years. Both were effective, but had several occasions at haul out when I discovered all or part of a spur was gone, necessitating replacement. Never happened with the Shark, which, as noted, are much simpler. Never...

Shark bite do work I had Spurs on my old Tiara and they worked, but often had a part break, which required a haul and costly replacement parts. On the next Tiara , I changed to shark. the shark bite has no parts, doesn't break, and works well up here in New England with the inevitable lobster...

The underlying lesson After 45 years of trying cases, many of which were between (what the jury perceived) as very wealthy people and those who sold them their luxury homes and boats, I can safely say that the juries have little sympathy for the wealthy, and often ignore the actual contract and...

Nice reminder Received the "notice" from the pseudo official USCG documentation service to renew my documentation for a "small" fee, and actually remembered the thread that it was a scam. Went on line and renewed in about one minute for the official "$26 fee. Apparently the computers are...

Boat yard time Over 45 years of owning a variety of sail and power boats, the one constant I've found is that no matter how much time you give a boatyard to finish it's work, the work is never fully completed in that time frame. And, only if you're lucky, what they did do was done right. And of...