[Oceansport Request for Tavana]

PowerYacht,

Good detective work. Liguria is one of my favorite parts of the world.

I am glad to see I was not the only one at Genova.

[BOE Marine]

I order with BOE once and I must say I was extremely satisfied with their level of service, the prompt answers I got when I contacted them by phone and the flexibility they showed.

[Cobia]

Hi folks.

Down in Brazil they have some monster Cobias - they call them Bijupirà in Portuguese- along the southeast coast.

A skipper in particular- a guy from the town of Ubatuba- catches them- and releases most of them- jigging on top of a certain bottom formation he calls affectionately ' the cobia's nest'.

I know he sometimes will use a live bluefish- one pounder or so, but mostly he jigs.

I personally fish about 90 miles northeast of him and have never caught one of these monsters but one day I will give it a serious shot.

[That is a bunch of bait]

I remember seeing something similar,on a huge scale, when I lived in South Africa.

Down there they call it the SARDINE RUN, huge schools of sardines move up the coast on the indian ocean side, with predators after them in the water - during the sardine run the local authorities lift the shark nets that protect the entire coastline.

Then there are the birds and finally, lots of people on the beaches with buckets!

[Fort Lauderdale International Bost Show Photos]

Ludicrous, once more you will be my eyes at this boat show.Looking forward to your exhibit as always and thank you in advance.

[When are there too many lights above the waterline]

I sometimes navigate with a yellow strobe...that should make me a hovercraft or a submarine ( amber light) , right?

[RIP Beachnut]

Sorry for your loss, Wiley

[West Marine]

We all have our preferences .Mine is not WestMarine but I shop there sometimes anyway and I must say that, with a few notable exceptions, their customer service is good.

[WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!]

It feels good to be back with the same crowd of boaters who shared so much useful information on an old forum.

Wiley, good luck. You are doing a great job as always.

I am now boating and fishing in the mediterranean ( Italy and Greece) and occasionally back in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ( Still doing most of my boat supply shopping in South Florida and Texas, though).