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By Charles E. Taylor, as told to Robert S. Hall When Orville Wright died Jan. 30, 1948, Charles E. Taylor became the only surviving member of the three who built the first airplane. Charlie Taylor was the only employee and intimate associate of Wilbur and Orville Wright throughout the...

Pay Attention ... ... I'm going to explain this only once. LiveLeak.com - Now Hold On A Minute How Does This Work Again? - Missile Guidance System

It must have been, Nice Old Boat Nite, on Stoney Creek!

Just Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? - DONALD TRUMP: All Mexican chickens who wish to cross this road must submit to a complete background check, and full body search. BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken...

Oh, my. Nice. A Seaton design?

Racing and laser battles with drones are already a thing!

My understanding is that the Japanese considered surrender or capture dishonorable. Against the Bushido Code. So, if you were a prisoner you were considered shamed and had no rights. That's the same reason why they would fight to the death or commit suicide rather than be captured. They are not...

That's exactly the situation in which I find myself and was one of the potential courses I thought I would take when I purchased her. The idea was to learn powerboat on a trawler, see how I liked it and after 5 years or so either sell it for a comparable price and get out, put another pile of...

No, I don't. But I have one myself, in not as good shape, that's in a "Gots to go" situation! I'm thinking the same as you - donor boat.

Obviously, I wasn't there, but ... from everything I've read the Japanese were every bit as bad, if not worse, than the Nazis. This isn't generally understood in America, I think because of ethnic and pop cultural issues. For the same reasons we don't appreciate what went on at the Eastern...

A crow's nest and reverse slant windows on the N37. Man, that's cool!

I'm pretty darn far from being a mechanic. But I pulled the starter off my FL120 to have it rebuilt at the shop and then reinstalled it myself. Unless there is a problem in actually getting at the beast, it's an amazingly simple exercise. It took longer to drive to the shop & back then to...

This old girl has been cruising my creek this summer. I have to get out the binoculars and admire her every time she goes by.

You got that right. At 59 years old I've never, ever, had a medical issue more than the sniffles for a few days during even the worst of the flu seasons. Until my insurance company ponied up ~$35k to Johns Hopkins for my recent cancer surgery. Damn! I sure didn't see that coming, I plan on...

I had no idea. And the CG yard where she's gone through refit is just a few miles from here. I cruise right past on the water to my favorite waterfront dive. Why is the US still using a Nazi tall ship? - BBC News

I'm surprised that the number of boats that get towed. As a percentage of overall boating it's probably pretty small, but still, more than I would have anticipated. It makes me keep my insurance in place. From my deck I see at least 1 boat being towed back up the creek to home every weekend...

Does this go in the "What are you drinking" thread?

Are you kidding me? Damn! Wow, just ... wow!

I guess it depends on why you have a boat. When I'm out on the boat I'm already at my destination - out on the water.

Not historical fiction, but all great reads: James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series, if you're into detective stuff in the New Orleans area. Robert Crais' Elvis Cole and/or Joe Pike series if you're more into detectives in LA. Nelson DeMille's John Corey series if you're more of a NY guy...

True 'dat. I just renewed my yearly subscription to the lotto. So, maybe someday ....

FF - because of the unconventional, clever, simple and inexpensive solutions you come up with, I'm beginning to wonder if you're really a contributing editor to Mother Earth News! :D

Bahaha! Not happening in my boat!

Sometimes, you just have to write the check!

This may not be relevent to your problem, but I just stumbled across a neat trick. Use an old, inactived smartphone as a camera and connect to it using the wifi hotspot from your active smartphone. I'm looking at this as an alternative to an expensive spotting scope at the range. An app called...