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Boats like what you describe are made, and here in the PNW USA. We've had these types of boats around for quite some time, including by the company Aluminum Chambered Boats. Check out the current Passagemaker, which describes the Life Proof 35 Full Cabin...

I rode a 24 ft Aluminum Chambered Boat (company now banckrupt) from Bellingham to Eliza Island and back during some interesting weather on the return trip, which, of course Bellingham Bay is famous for. Stabicraft are similar but perhaps more refined. Eliza doesn't have a ferry, so you need to...

I know many love to hate Amazon, even my son that has worked on their robots in the Kent, WA center for several years. However, they have always done well for me. If something doesn't meet your expectations, they take it back, no questions asked, and its easy to send back. Sometimes their prices...

Drugs aside, participating in a water rescue, particularly dealing with kids in the water kicking and screaming, is likely to be very different than just swimming. I can imagine how excited everyone was, and the drowning victim likely had some health issues. A "throwable" tossed into the water...

You have to be careful about older diesels. I believe the 1995 7.3 liter turbodiesel (when new) produced a little over 200 hp and 400 ftlb torque. It likely doesn't do that any more after a few hundred thousand miles. These engines are legendary in their longevity, but a lot of that had to do...

Yes, I originally brought my father's Whaler-like center-helm crabbing boat from the Chesapeake here. Great boat for the Chesapeake's warm, shallow water, fishing, and particularly for running a crab line. We use pots here, but more deck space for stacking them was still a plus. The most telling...

It might be easier to step into than a regular RIB. Maybe? However, I'm not sure how an open bow is an advantage in most cases. It looks like it would be really "wet" in any chop, and I'd worry about every little thing falling off since there is no "inside" to it. I would be interested in...

Interestingly, we have no current major wildfires in Washington State according to our own fire agencies. https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/information/firemap.aspx That is likely to change. I've been out and things are getting tinder-dry. Current air quality doesn't indicate wildfire smoke of...

Yeah, our Loonies and Toonies want to fly north and be useful again. We :love Canada

Mercer Island is VERY nice, little of the major Seattle problems, but one of the most expensive places in the region. I've worked on land stability issues there...it is probably one of the worst places to build a home geology-wise. Nothing is really affordable there compared to just about any...

I have an old 10 ft Avon Rover R3.11 (what, 30+ years or so old now), in Hypalon. Getting into a kayak or canoe as a dinghy is getting more difficult and I'm thinking of going to an inflatable dinghy that we can just step into and easily put my Torqeedo on. This Avon has the inflatable keel...

...or spend northern winters cruising the southern hemisphere. Anyone ever read "Home is the Sailor", by Jorge Amado? One of my favorites.

Poster lived here earlier, so RAIN is in their former PNW experience. One thing that hasn't likely been is SMOKE...and during the nicest part of the summer when we want to be here. Hopefully better this year, but the forecast is not-so-good. We were the most polluted place in the world during...

Folks, please. Most of the Seattle bashing doesn't seem to come from people that actually LIVE in Seattle. I did for 30 years, and lived the best and worst. I get it. I recently sold two detached family homes in Seattle proper. Young families bought them, and one young mother wrote to me...

Everyone responding here, please read the first post. SoBelle currently lives in the DC area and is considering a job near SeaTac airport. My assumption is that they will have to physically show up at a job on a daily basis. Yes, Seattle is not what it used to be, and trash, broken-down...

I lived in Seattle for 32 years, moving there from rural Tennessee for a job...I liked Ivar's, the UW, paddling Lake Washington and the Ship Canal, viewing salmon at the "Locks", lots of other animals at the Zoo, the Blue Angels, boat opening day, fireworks on the 4th, Bumpershoot, and biking...

A 2005 Honda BF90 wouldn't be a "D". My 2003 Honda BF90 "A" outputs 20A and charges more like 15A, the Honda BF90D outputs 44A and charges up to 40A.

For most motor makers, usually a 9.9 is a full-sized, lower power version of a 15 to meet restrictions. In fact, a "9.9" cover can be bought for a Honda 15 outboard to fool the water cops. They are exactly the same sizes. There are lakes where you can use a 9.9 and not a 15. The 15 probably...

Carry = perpendicular bars attached to the parallel tubes on the roof. I've put on a show several times with the kayak, particularly at first...It is never easy, particularly if there are any waves. Very "refreshing" in PNW waters. You have to slip into it. I use the ladder and hold onto...

I've used kayaks for years, and they are great, particularly for mucking around when anchored, and sea kayaks can handle some bad conditions. One I've used has been paddled around Vancouver Island....twice!!!!, inside and outside (not me, I inherited it). I now carry a single kevlar kayak (32...