Sailing Hardware & Gear for Sale
- Harken 6296 80mm element double sailboat block , swivel pulley(US $196.70)
- High strength 4pc quick release ball pins in marine grade stainless steel(C $16.26)
- 3/8 inch bronze turnbuckle. antique. 1/4 ss barrel turnbuckle included for free(US $35.00)
- Nicro marine (now ronstan) 6730 snap shackle snatch block 3530lb swl(US $99.00)
- Lewmar tripple rope clutch 12 - 14mm brand new(US $269.00)
- Harken 75 mm midrange hi-load block 2,380# safe work load! model 1586 9/16" line(US $89.00)
2012 Mini Cooper S Coupe review notes
Tue, 09 Oct 2012EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Just when all the auto pundits thought the big-honkin' all-wheel-drive full-size (at least for Mini) Countryman was the first sign of Mini's impending demise, along comes the apocalypse, otherwise known as the Cooper Coupe. Though people of all ages venture that it “looks cool” or “interesting” or “fun,” none of them have had to drive it or live with it. Let's get out of the way that it can be as fun to drive as a Mini Cooper S, but it's not an improvement over the larger, more functional, more sanely styled model.
Plans for Smart’s three-seat sports car uncovered in patent drawings
Mon, 03 Aug 2009Mercedes-Benz is developing a three-seat sports car for Smart. Depicted here in a series of European patent-application sketches obtained by AutoWeek, the radical new sports car forms part of an extended range of new Smart models planned for introduction by the middle of the next decade, including a more conventional four-seater to be produced in cooperation with Renault. Mercedes-Benz is reacting to increased competition from Toyota in the form of the iQ and the impending arrival of similar urban-based offerings from premium-brand rivals Audi and BMW.
2013 Range Rover: Is this the end of ‘Real’ Land Rovers?
Thu, 16 Aug 2012The new Range Rover is finally here, but does its arrival herald the end of Land Rover as we know it? We’ve seen pictures of the long-overdue new Range Rover and fans of the brand will surely have breathed a sigh of relief when they clapped eyes on it. Well, certain fans will have.