NJDiver

I went on Thursday to the Atlantic City in water boat show, If the ticket is free it was still over priced. The big tent only had four or five vendors in it. The first dock the boats were spread out and the back 40% were private boats. The second dock was big boats 35' and above and was not filled up. This show looks like it is dying. The weather was poor so the was no one there. A couple of the vendors I know feel they are not getting a return for the money the are spending to display at the in water. It is nothing compared to 3 or 4 years ago. The local dealers are going to put on a boat show and charge only $2.00 and free parking. This maybe the new type of boat show cheap for the vendor and the attendee.

Run out of Lanoka Harbor area on the Barnegat Bay

1954 or 55 Thompson runabout 13 foot with a 40 hp Johnson green in color purchased in 61. A cabinet maker owned it before me and would refinish it for fun. I was to young to appreciate how beautiful it was . I can not even find a picture of it to put up on my boat wall

I have taken most USCG Aux and USPS courses and have taken USCG Master course at Chapman's in Stuart FL. Have taught the boating Safety course. I feel I always pick up a couple of pointers to keep my boating skills up to date. It is a good idea to keep your skills up before you get into trouble. Training training training makes a better boat driver

After the winter is it a good idea to turn over the engine without the plugs in to blown out any oil put in the cylinders. Then put new plugs in or just run the engine with same plugs for a couple of hours then change plugs.

Yes I see the plan. I agree the government is trying to control every section of our life’s. “We the people”has become “We the servants to the government”. We need to vote the present officials out and put term limits in. It has come to the pint that the citizen is wrong and must prove that the government is wrong. But they will try and financial break the individual

The security that the TWIC program provides is that our elected officials will continue to receive contributions to their election funds. Lockheed Martin has issued almost 1 MILLION TWIC cards at $132.50. If they gave only 1% to the campaign funds (BRIBE) that is $1.3 million to elected officials who do not trust US citizens. What a great cost return. We spend billions to buy officials in small countries but you can buy a US Congressman for a couple of thousand. Keep make regulations which always come with a cost and they are driving the small operator out of business