Sailing Hardware & Gear for Sale
- Vintage galvanized yacht sailing boat double rope pulley lot of 5 items(US $55.00)
- Set of 2 vintage 3/8" merriman bros bronze turnbuckles(US $75.00)
- Brand new sealed harken 56 mm halyard crossover block 1981(US $115.00)
- 316 stainless steel cam cleat proof fairlead leading for boat 3-15mm rope(US $22.63)
- Spartite pourable resilient mast chock 2000 kit 1(US $149.99)
- Isomat deck tie-down turnbuckle w/ ng1 stemball, 12mm, rig-rite ng-12s(US $300.00)
Warning for 'morning after' drivers
Tue, 10 Dec 2013MOTORIST DON'T KNOW when it is safe to drive the morning after drinking, according to an AA/Populus survey. As many as 56% of the 21,165 surveyed were unaware of the "morning-after" dangers, with those from north east and north west the biggest culprits, the poll found. In the survey, drivers were asked that if they started drinking at 9pm and drank a total of 12 units of alcohol over three hours when they thought they would legally be allowed to drive again.
Tushek Renovatio T500 Supercar UK debut at Salon Prive
Thu, 16 Aug 2012The Tushek Renovatio T500 – a supercar from a shed in Slovenia – is to get its UK debut at next month’s Salon Prive. Eastern Europe is starting to produce its own shed supercars, the latest of which is the Tushek Renovatio T500, a decent looking offering from Slovenia. Based on the K1 Attack kit car, the Renovatio T500 is the brainchild of former racing driver Aljosa Tušek with his Tushek Supercars company planning on a very limited run of just 30 Renovatio T500s over the next four years.
GM's historic Willow Run plant closes
Fri, 24 Dec 2010After 68 years of arming the nation and putting America on wheels, the Willow Run manufacturing plant in southeast Michigan closed on Thursday. The 5-million-square-foot powertrain plant, owned by Motors Liquidation Corp., the remnants of the former General Motors Corp., has fallen victim to GM's 2009 bankruptcy and subsequent restructuring. About 300 workers left at the plant will either “retire, transfer to another campus or go on layoff,” said Chris Lee, a spokesman for the reorganized General Motors Co.