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About the gen., I put my Honda EU2000i on top of one of my big coolers, same as you Joe, exhaust pointing rearward. Only use is during the summer months anyway when everything on the boat, door/windows/bow hatch is open. Seemed like a pretty safe way to me. Those little buggers sure come...

Congratulations on the new 16' C-Dory! Ya might as well get a few cans of touch-up paint for the prop and a spare, you're going to need it boating on the Missouri. I used to live in Bismarck many years ago and did a lot of boating in that Bismarck/Mandan area. My aluminum prop looked more...

Thanks for the reply guys, ya all had some good thoughts and ideas. And as usual Joe, ya lost me on some of your just short of going nuclear ideas. While sitting on a tree stump this weekend at a beautiful 8740 ft. Sierra Nevada alpine lake waiting for Bambi to walk by, I was pondering just...

Thanks for the reply guys, and I thought about carrying a spare fuel can and the hot engine gas spill issue before. I guess I just didn't want to deal with trying to fill this little 2hp Honda engine with gas while bouncing around out in a chop. It only runs 55min. on full throttle...doesn't...

Anyone ever try to install a front mounted auxiliary fuel tank connecter on one of these little engines? I'm thinking I might buy a 2hp Honda but I want to hook it up to a 3 gallon auxiliary fuel tank and use it on my Coleman 16' flat back Scanoe. When we're RVing and not using the C-Dory...

I've been using just a single, dual purpose, starting/deep cycle Optima Blue Top battery in my C-Dory with twin Yamahas for the last year or so, and I really like it. I definitely think it has a faster recovery charge time over the dual purpose wet cell it replaced, although I don't have any...

Steve- I'm one of those Sacramento guys Ken was talking about. I was really loaded heavy with extra gas, a life raft, extra anchors, extra 300ft. of rode, two extra adults, tents, sleeping bags, and plenty of grub. I can't say I had much of a power problem with my twin 40 Yamahas as I kept...

On Saturday, after I dropped Jan off to take the dog for a walk, I proceeded to turn my C-Dory into a SAUNA. I zipped closed the V-berth curtain, turned on the two burner Wallas, fired up the Honda gen. and cranked up the 1500 Watt elect. heater. Total max. heat output, approx. 12,000 BTU...

Greetings, Another Jeep guy here, a fairly light 96' cherokee, straight 6 engine with class C rated tires, heavy duty shocks and auto with tranny cooler. Towed a 22' cruiser with tandem axle trailer from Sacramento, CA. to Lake Powell Arizona, and back with no sway problems at all. The only...

I don't know if the water pump turns or not if the engine isn't running hooked up to a flushing system. It might some if the engine is in neutral, maybe not though. Maybe there's some sort of bypass on some engines, or there's enough clearence in the water pump for inflow and outflow of water...

I also recall about a year ago I plugged up a water intake on my starboard engine with some of that green slimy moss, it set the engine alarm off and I had to shut it down I was leaving the dock in Sausolito Harbor in San Francisco Bay when it happened. The weather going across to Berkely was...

Hmmmm....ya got me courious also. I was told that on my twin Yamahas it flushed the whole system. I know water comes out of the lower unit ports/screens/prop, when I hook up the flushing system, not just the top discharge tube. Just to satisfy my own curiosity I just went out and hooked it...

Hi, Bill, Nice tow rig ya bought there, a 7.3 diesel yet. There's a Quigley 4x4 van just a few blocks from where I work, and I drool looking at it almost everyday as I drive past it. Sure would like to get my mitts on one myself....take care. Dan and Jan on Flat Iron

Joe-sounds pretty good, I'm going to mark those dates on my calender and we'll see what happens next year. We've never been up to Lake Shasta before so it would be the 1st time for us. A few guys at work have been there and talk about it quite abit. Hope to see you and Shadow maybe this...