... nothing too easy is worth doing : )

Great stuff guys,

G2L

Pardon this naive question, But aquaintances of mine have mentioned a laptop program/system which enables you to connect a GPS to your machine. The systen provides downloadable charts, It lets you know where you are, and you can use your mouse to plot and save your exact position at any moment, on a...

Folks,

As an afterthought, I realized that nobody has yet addressed the issue of the loose, forward cleats, and if that might indicate water having leaked below the deck, rotting the balsa core deck that comes with all pre 1999 X models.

Any thoughts on that?

Much thanks, once again,

G2L

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