歓迎 - Welcome!
For you epicmariners....
I stumbled across this group of Epic owners in Japan last week while doing the occasional Epic search. The hot ticket is to go to babelfish.altavista.com, which is the only language translator on the web that I am familiar with.
Once there, you can enter a web address in the "Translate a Web Page" (like
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Samos/6519/ ) and then select "from Japanese to English". This particular page didn't translate very well, but other related searches have in the past.
The other thing you can use on the Babelfish page is the text converter, where you enter some info and then select convert english-to-japanese. So when I visisted their site, and found their forum, and saw they were asking questions about oil pressure warnings (you gotta love it), I tried to leave word with them to visit our site.
Tried this morning to go back and am having all kinds of problems. Your mileage will vary.
The good news is that there's a few real Epics in Japan, not just the low-budget Cleaver imitation. Made some posts about Cleaver a while back; it's an Epic hull bottom-half, with a, shall we say, austere hull top half. Don't think there's a cushion in the boat. But it's got the M1UZ, so, hey, can't be all bad, right?
Remember that the Epic is 'made in America'. Tell your redneck friends about the fact that the Japanese had to IMPORT the Epic. I don't believe this is just a matter of shipping costs, I also believe it encounters any trade tarrifs, etc. that American goods of this nature are taxed with on their way over. In other words, our friend's S22 is worth a pretty penny over there.
Finally, Pete & Lesman, it looks like our past threads have lost all their images. Did you guys know? Is there a way to get them back in-line?
