Recent content by Karl Konecny

Thanks everyone! Bob, my plan is to do the race in a 17.5' solo canoe that I am building out of cedar strips and fiberglass. It is nearly done. I will have a VHF and tide and current charts (well studied in advance) and the other safety devices. I have a fair amount of experience in canoes...

I have 2008 22Cruiser with trim tabs and a kicker. I built a bracket for the kicker, my main issue was that the angle of the transom caused the prop of the kicker to drag in the water when it was fully raised so my bracket mounted the kicker vertically as well as set the proper height. It also...

Nowhere Fast is a slow boater as well and we plan on overnighting at Rio Vista on the 18th as well. Looking forward to it.

I'm looking to install a chart plotter app on my iPhone and am wondering which one I should try. I am preparing for a 70 mile canoe race in Puget Sound and plan on using my iPhone as my primary navigation tool. I've always liked Navionics but it has some negative reviews, iNavX looks pretty...

John and Laurie, I would like to claim a spot (if one is available) for Nowhere Fast. I loved the trip two years ago and would like to join in again. Tango and a friend would be joining me.

I have not insulated my V-berth but I did add two small round Vetus port holes just forward of the nav lights. These are openable and help keep moisture from building up while I sleep. They also let in enough light to break that crypt like feeling. Just make sure to close them before getting...

My 22' of similar age (2008) had a similar problem on the interior. I peeled off the loose stuff and painted over the exposed fiberglass -- after a good cleaning and prepping. I also had some internal tabbing that had lifted off the hull that I ground off, cleaned and prepped the hull surface...

The Fell unit is easy to test, just idle the engine at the dock and walk away from the boat. Mine shuts the engine down at about the 50' mark. I have also dunked my pendant for a test and the engine shut down, same is true when you cut the power to the Fell unit. When I wired mine into the...

On my main engine I use a MOB+ electronic lanyard from Fell Marine. If I get 50' from the engine, it turns off. I boat solo quite a bit and consider this essential equipment. On my kicker, which I operate from the cockpit, I use the engine lanyard religiously.

The main reason I fly a flag on my bow is for a wind direction and speed indicator. I chose a state of Oregon flag.

There is a great product made to protect gun barrels called Barricade by Birchwood Casey, it comes in a spray can. It has protected my old shotgun when hunting ducks in tidal flats and I have used it on sensitive instruments while dyno testing underwater motors for work. I have not tried this...

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