BRONZE & S.S. PORT LIGHTS !!!

For rest of December take off an additional 10% for any bronze or stainless steel port light in the store. Numerous boats are being cut up and dozens of great looking port lights are ending up at our little store. Round-oval-rectangular etc. Many used and quite a few brand new. One poor customer spent ten years building his dream boat. He lost his job, wife dumped him, couldn't find a buyer for his boat so he scrapped it. His port lights came in looking brand new except for a bit of bedding compound on them. We've got a great market for port lights. Decorator's buy them to use in doors and for shower windows, guys with campers and motor homes purchase them to add small windows for ventilation and light. I've even seen big ones shined up and used to make small coffee tables out of. I'm so enthused about port lights that I recently contracted with a large ship wrecking company to sell me all the 12"-14" and 16" diameter port lights that will be coming off a 500' ship they are presently cutting up........Call or e-mail for sizes and port lights that are presently available. Note: We are also dealers for the famed Fuller Brush Company plastic port lights. These are serious marine windows that have been extremely difficult to purchase because of the limited quantity they make. They come in two sizes and two colors. Call for more info. No discount off these quality port lights because we have cut our mark up to a bare minimum in an attempt to keep them affordable for you..........

ACCESS HATCHES........ GREAT VALUE!!!!!

Pictured is a quality access hatch that we have in two popular sizes. The cut out hole size for the big one is 9-3/4 x 19-1/2 with an overall size of 13-3/4 x 23-3/4. These hatches can be mounted flat or vertically. To be able to sell these hatches at about half the price of the big box stores, we had to purchase 400 of them. The small one is only $29.00 and the large one is $49.00. We're going through them fast so order now. One customer purchased six of them for his motor home and a contractor purchased three big ones to use on a tool box he is building for his pick up truck.

They come in two colors, light cream and gray.....

LOVE WHAT YOU DO....... "Steve Jobs"

After a delightful week hanging on a mooring in Avalon, I'm back on the "firing line" of my little store. October is always a great month for us. Instead of getting the back to school slump and decline in business, we get the annual parade of cruisers waiting out the hurricane season as they head south to Mexico and beyond. Yesterday was a totally fun and interesting day. One lively couple from Marina del Rey was doing their final outfitting of "Ima Loa", Doc Sterns 40' catamaran which they purchased and have completely re-conditioned. Soon they will be anchored in an idyllic cove in Baja sipping rum punches. Another customer had a bit of a sad tale. He rolled in with a pick-up truck full of "pure gold". I noted that the stainless port lights appeared new but had signs of bedding compound on the flanges. He stated that he had to dismantle his dream boat and scrap the hull. He didn't really want to talk about it, but I knew I was dealing with a wounded mariner. The $1500.00 check I gave him cheered him up a bit. More than the money, he appeared somewhat happy that his hardware and electronics would end up on other adventurer's boats and help them to full fill their dreams. During all of this I was trying to measure spinnakers in a brisk afternoon westerly. As I left for lunch I loaded my truck with the crews of 3 "Baja Ha-Ha" boats and delivered them back to "Viking's Port", our little staging area on Mariner's mile where cruisers can tie up their rubber boats and hoof it up to the store. After lunch, a family from Vancouver dropped in looking for a big mainsail. Sixty feet by twenty two. They are sailing aboard their 60' cutter to Panama and then on the Belieze where they are going to establish a boat yard. We pulled 3 sails from our computer list that didn't fill the bill. Then we dove in to the huge stack I was working on. The cruising family was totally into the program. With pop on one end of the measuring tape and his good looking son on the other, I read the measuring tape and wrote out the specs. We looked at some great sails, but they were all a bit on the small size. If any of you have a 60' luff by 22' foot- ten or twelve oz. dacron main you would like to sell, give the store a ring. The sails I was showing this family were all priced at $1000.00 or less. The rains are gone, I've got 500 sails to measure. Anyone want to help??? Pictured is the NEW EDITION of chart guide from San Diego to Panama. This is a great buy. $500.00 worth of charts for $99.00. Also are the USCG Navigation Rules. All boats of any size are required to have this book aboard. If you get boarded and do not have this book aboard, YOU WILL BE CITED BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD.....

LEWMAR HATCHES

This week only. All Lewmar, Bomar and other brands of marine hatches will be discounted 15% to all our faithful customers that follow our BLOG. We have several hundred to choose from. Most are aluminum a few are stainless steel and bronze..