http://www.gurumarine.com Inside the Mind of a Marine Electronics Tech Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:38:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm a recovering clean freak.  I remember hearing at a very young age that "the last pig in the pen made the mess."  As I'm commonly the last "pig" on a vessel when the work is done, I do my best to leave my work area looking better than the ... http://www.gurumarine.com/2008/09/leave-it-better-than-you-found-it/ Tropical Storm Fay is still beating us to submission, but I chose to hit the Golden Isles Marina today anyway.  I took my wife, Leslie Brooke, along for the trip: The egrets were at play and didn't seem to mind the wind: My friend's 1999 Viking 56 sport fishing boat has the ... http://www.gurumarine.com/2008/08/giving-fay-the-finger/ The owner of an Atlanta area car dealership had rented a condo on St. Simons Island and purchased a 22 foot Sea Pro in anticipation of a nice leisurely fishing vacation with his family before school started back up.  He gave up on the fishing, what with Tropical Storm Fay ... http://www.gurumarine.com/2008/08/fay-wrecks-a-vacation/ I was called to the Brunswick Landing Marina to investigate a failed Raymarine wind transducer. What I found was an immaculate 2 year old 56 foot Oyster yacht. This boat has to be seen in person to fully appreciate her, though Oyster's website is a good start. (You ... http://www.gurumarine.com/2008/08/744-feet-in-the-air-my-new-record/