Here's the maintenance and upgrades I've made on my recently acquired ancient Sunfish so far. I revarnished the daggerboard and tiller (the rudder is fine). I built a dolly. I replaced the halyard fairlead block with a double-block. I didn't want to replace it with a bullseye because I am very averse to touching the deck hardware. Even if I use the one-screw-at-a-time method to save the backing from falling into the hull, it will still weaken the threads of the backing. So instead I...
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Jamie Lee Curtis is picking up the torch to play Laurie Strode once again, and she’s forming a mob to take down Michael Myers once and for all. Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for “Halloween Kills,” which serves as the direct sequel to David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” and the 12th installment in the […]
One of the surprise stories of the offseason is the cold war between the Chicago Bears and the city of Chicago suddenly going hot over the issues with Soldier Field. Though the team is under lease to that stadium for another 12 years, it seems ownership may have designs on changing that. It is the […]
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The Chicago Bears received good news on Wednesday as it was made known that defensive tackle Eddie Goldman plans to report to training camp on time. The Bears will avoid a hold-out with Goldman, who sat out last season due to COVID-19 concerns. With all the focus of training camp and the preseason to be […]
ATLANTA — Nearly all coronavirus deaths in the United States now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.
Did the drone strike on the Iranian site – conducted while Israel's army chief is in Washington – surprise the Americans?
DONALD TRUMP will start his comeback at a "major" Make America Great Again rally in Florida.
Cuiabá (Brazil) (AFP) – Edinson Cavani scored his 52nd goal for Uruguay on Thursday in a 2-0 Copa America victory over Bolivia, who became the first team eliminated from the competition. Bolivia goalkeeper Carlos Lampe...
Phoenix Suns backup guard Cameron Payne left Game 3 of the Western Conference finals with a left ankle injury late in the second quarter Thursday. The team announced before the start of the second ha
Amsterdam (AFP) – Gareth Bale and Wales may have been the neutrals’ favourites during their rousing run to the semi-finals of the last European Championship, but as they prepare to face Denmark in the last...
Kyle Schwarber clubbed two homers and drove in four runs, leading the Washington Nationals to a 7-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night. Schwarber hit a homer to lead off the game and added
DOWNTOWN SYDNEY and the city's eastern suburbs will enter into a one week lockdown from midnight on Friday.
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This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Peloton has come up with an interesting solution to its treadmill safety issues, which have been connected to a child’s death: Force owners of its $4,295 Tread+ to either return the machine […]
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A MASSACHUSETTS hamlet voted overwhelmingly to set up a fund to pay reparations to its black residents to atone for slavery, racial injustice and past misdeeds to achieve reconciliation. The Amherst Town Council convened on Monday and voted 12-1 in favor of establishing a $210,000 fund that would be used to dole out free cash […]
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 179.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.89 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
The Israeli defense establishment says that allowing the Evyatar outpost to remain in place would have serious security implications
As more brands outside the US celebrate Pride Month, some in the LGBTQIA+ community want to make sure they're putting their money where their mouth is.
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PRINCE Charles of Luxembourg has made a special appearance alongside his parents Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie.
The Birmingham, Alabama-based retailer announced on Thursday that it has changed its corporate name in order to better reflect the company’s shift towards athletic-inspired fashion.
How sweet it is: A British guy stacked a mere five of the chocolate candies. That's nothing! Or is it? A report from the field.
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Leaders of indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday that investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children — a discovery that follows last month’s report of 215 bodies found at another school.
New Jersey’s Justin Wylie slugged a three-run homer to left off Tri-City’s Francisco Jimenez with two out in the top of the ninth to put the Jackals ahead after Juan Silverio gave the ValleyCats a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth with an inside-the-park home run.
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