Sailing Hardware & Gear for Sale
- Pulley rope clamp cam automatic rope for board sailing sailboat kayak canoe(US $32.99)
- Duttөn-lainsөn 2000 lbs. 2-speed horizontal pulling winch with ratchet(US $125.20)
- Plastimo compatible 17645 blocking cone for 7mm parafil guardrail(US $5.00)
- J100 jib sail doyle(US $450.00)
- Bob stay fitting monel(US $35.00)
- Rutgerson quick reef solution qrs25(US $66.86)
Early cars, fashion on display at the Petersen
Thu, 16 Sep 2010Automotivated, a new exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, traces the evolution of clothes worn in cars--from the bulky circus-tent stuff people had to wear to keep from freezing to death in the jangly, open-topped conveyances of 100 years ago, up to the height of the European Concours in the 1920s and '30s, when what you and your date wore was just as important to winning best of show as the styling of your Delahaye/Delage/Talbot Lago. “In the earliest days of the automobile, you were sitting on the car, you weren't sitting in it,” said Leslie Kendall, curator at the Petersen. So the first section of the exhibit shows people (mannequins dressed as people) in heavy, practical overcoats, scarves and goggles.
BYD F3 Plus to feature radio-control capability
Fri, 20 Apr 2012Roll over, America. It's finished. Fold up your tents.
Autoweek Design Forum 2007
Wed, 28 Feb 2007The North American International Auto Show press days were followed again this year by the AutoWeek Design Forum. For this 14th edition of the Forum, the organizers picked 'Design for Success' as a theme for the conferences. And this theme was quite relevant given the gloomy forecasts made by some about the financial health of the Detroit-based car manufacturers.