u/SuperGr00valistic

My first trip to the marine wood Mecca did not disappoint.

The team is great.

Extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

They are not interested in just selling you the wood.

They went deep with me on my project, viewed pics and guided me on solid next steps

They could’ve just sold me $500 in teak — but after their guidance and advice, I will be doing a little more prep work to ensure the ultimate success of the project — which may also mean that they sell less $$ on this project.

After over 100 years in business, looks like they adhere to the traditional model for success — customer loyalty.

Even if you can’t visit, I would absolutely trust them to work over the phone and ship.

I wish I had known about them before my first project 3 years ago — so wanted to share (www.boulterplywood.com)

Large variety of exotic hardwoods as well.

Happy 4th of July everyone — good luck with all your projects this weekend.

Twin Peaks, opened in 2012, closed with no notice.

https://williamsonsource.com/twin-peaks-in-franklin-closes/

This little game forced me to learn positions in basketball.

That and reroll strategy…

Since I got roasted for not understanding a used impeller photo question was a sarcastic joke — here’s one of the impellers I pulled during my first spring maintenance on my dual CATs.

This was 6 months and ~200 miles after purchase.

No wonder why she ran a little hot….

10 km offshore from Shanghai

Planned capacity = 24 megawatts (20k households)

The small size does not discount the significance — it’s a successful POC demonstrating real-world feasibility of the location.

Using seawater for cooling reduces electricity consumption by 22.8 percent, eliminates freshwater use entirely and cuts land use by more than 90 percent.

The undersea location has efficiency, environmental and social benefits.

When real environmental, public resource and quality-of-life concerns drive protests against data centers in Utah, rural Michigan, etc — many here responded dismissively saying things like:

- Where else are we going to put them?

- Better Utah with less people…

This demonstrates a viable alternative — superior as a sustainable long term strategy — especially considering the U.S. vast coastal regions, naval capabilities and the potential advantage further north in Alaska or, dare I say, Greenland.

Look forward to the discussion here

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/01/WS6a1cde48a310d6866eb4bb64.html

In the fore bilge area of my 36’ 1984 Egg Harbor

The sole electrical cord running to it was cut by previous owner

There’s nothing referenced in the manual that I can find

My Internet searches failed.

My dad and a couple other guys at the marina also have no ideas.

Any insights or guesses here?