smelly shoes
There was a thread a while back about what to do with smelly topsiders.B I
may have stumbled upon an answer.B I was working with epoxy last week, and
tacking with denatured alcohol.B My topsiders had been "banned from the
house".B I poured half a cup of alcohol in each one, sloushed it around and
let them dry.B It really seems to work.B The real test will be if it can
affect my son's track shoes.B
Jeff
Supposedly, the odor is due to a chemical reaction between a particular
chemical used in making the shoes and the perspiration in some people's
feet. Switching shoe brands or the material the shoes are made from can
eliminate the problem. Nuclear radiation also works.
Ron Rogers
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From: jeffsneed@comcast.net
There was a thread a while back about what to do with smelly topsiders.B I
may have stumbled upon an answer.B I was working with epoxy last week, and
tacking with denatured alcohol.B My topsiders had been "banned from the
house".B I poured half a cup of alcohol in each one, sloushed it around and
let them dry.B It really seems to work.B The real test will be if it can
affect my son's track shoes.B
Jeff
jeffsneed@comcast.net wrote:
There was a thread a while back about what to do with smelly topsiders.B I
may have stumbled upon an answer.B I was working with epoxy last week, and
tacking with denatured alcohol.B My topsiders had been "banned from the
house".B I poured half a cup of alcohol in each one, sloushed it around and
I set them outside for a night, and then had an idea that an overnight
in the bilge close to the "bilge buster" may help. It did. I suppose the
ozone was effective on whatever bugs were making the smell, for they're
now odor-free.
Steve Sipe
I just tried out Active Captain's new user interface and chart capabilities.
I really like it.
Jeff has has added NOAA charts so we now have three different charts or
images to choose from: NOAA, Map and Satellite. The map and satellite images
are provided by Microsoft and look as good as Google (hey isn't it
interesting how Google sets the standard).
The NOAA charts are particularly well implemented. When you zoom down, the
image immediately redraws, but slightly fuzzy as if in the lower resolution.
Then (with a fast cable interface) it quickly redraws across the page and
sharpens.
The user interface now leaves more room for the chart but still displays
marinas, anchorages and the like on the left.
The one thing I wish that Jeff would implement, then I would stop using any
other product for cruise planning, is a ruler or path measuring facility.
You can get a rough idea of distances by scrolling straight up down and
using the built in lat/long display to see how many minutes (nautical miles)
have scrolled by. But for passage planning I still bring up Google Earth
(here we go again ;-) to use its ruler/path feature.
Great job, Jeff.
David
I agree this would be good addition. Not just for cruise planning but to help
estimate distance between anchorages etc.
The one thing I wish that Jeff would implement, then I would stop using any
other product for cruise planning, is a ruler or path measuring facility.
You can get a rough idea of distances by scrolling straight up down and
using the built in lat/long display to see how many minutes (nautical miles)
have scrolled by. But for passage planning I still bring up Google Earth
(here we go again ;-) to use its ruler/path feature.
Great job, Jeff.
David
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Distances could also be a user driven part of A/C.
Jeff could add a database box to the reviews
Something like "approximate distances to nearby
markers/anchorages/marina's/cities, etc"
The charts sure make a difference!
Thanks Jeff!
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From: "David Marchand" djmarchand@cox.net
To: "trawlers-and-trawlering" trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 1:17 PM
Subject: T&T: New Active Captain user interface and charts
I just tried out Active Captain's new user interface and chart
capabilities. I really like it.
Jeff has has added NOAA charts so we now have three different charts or
images to choose from: NOAA, Map and Satellite. The map and satellite
images are provided by Microsoft and look as good as Google (hey isn't it
interesting how Google sets the standard).
The NOAA charts are particularly well implemented. When you zoom down, the
image immediately redraws, but slightly fuzzy as if in the lower
resolution. Then (with a fast cable interface) it quickly redraws across
the page and sharpens.
The user interface now leaves more room for the chart but still displays
marinas, anchorages and the like on the left.
The one thing I wish that Jeff would implement, then I would stop using
any other product for cruise planning, is a ruler or path measuring
facility. You can get a rough idea of distances by scrolling straight up
down and using the built in lat/long display to see how many minutes
(nautical miles) have scrolled by. But for passage planning I still bring
up Google Earth (here we go again ;-) to use its ruler/path feature.
Great job, Jeff.
David