SNIP If my PA is compromised the ONLY thing that is of ANY value to me at all is the buoyancy material I add myself. the silly bits of open foam that are supplied by Hobie are at best a token effort. I believe you have misunderstood the purpose of the "silly bits of open foam". Hobie adds...

Sadlt, annual fees of more than $175 take it out of the game for me.

One of the first bands I saw live was Little Feat, at Festival Hall in Melbourne in 1976. I was blown away! Kept my enthusiasm for them through till1997, when a guy on the fan bulletin board whinged abouy only seeing them 13 times. Bastard! So I jumped on a plane and saw them in Ft. Worth, Austin an...

On offshore trips I wear my Stormy lifejacket (inflatable, wth crutch traps) to which I attach a knife as my VHF and PLB in custom added straps near the shoulders.The rest of my safety gear, consisting of first aid kit, 120Db air horn, compass, flares. sea marker dye, multitool, masthead light, torc...

Shane, that is frikken AMAZING! Granted that my biceps reattachment happened about 30 years ago, medical procedures have advanced a bazillion times. Not only did I need to wear a castfor the six weeks, but I have a huge 25cm jagged scar on the inside of my elbow. All; the best with a great recovery,...

Unfortunately, I have experience with this injury. I did mine delivering a 16lb bowling ball. There was a loud snap, and my hand went limp,with the ball dribbling into the gutter. Worse still, my young daughter wanted to have a go at gokarting, so we drove from from Hornsby to Marrackville). It soon...

Is a swell shark the same as a Port Jackson shark? They look identical...

I wonder if the bloke is still alive fifteen months after that arrest....

Sorry, I searched using "grease injection" unsuccessfully.

That is a great mod!

Can somebody please point me to where the grease injection mod is described? Thanks