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I have a Wilson Amp, with Yagi directional antenna. Works great. I can use in the boat, or car.

2007 CD22, Wallas, C80 and Raymarine electronics suite. No worries with anything from day one. Find a quiet day, don't have anyone else on the boat, leave all weapons ashore, and play with your C80 and work through the manual for a few hours from front to back. In several years, it may make...

In our work lives, all of us generate some kind of "work product". For some of us, that may be in the form of music, or pictures, or written or spoken words. For others, it may be something you can touch, or pick up, or operate. Just because you cannot actually lay hands on someones work...

That's what I was looking for. THanks!

I want to replace the aluminum bows that came with my original canvas. While they work, I am looking for greater strength. Can anyone suggest a source?

Time for tighter gun control laws??

If you have an automatic transmission, it is important to tow your boat in the manner indicated in your manual. Some vehicles must be in a specific gear for towing, which will usually result in slightly higher engine RPM. If you don't have it in the correct gear, the torque converter will not...

I have about 350 hours on our boat, all of the hours being on Lake Superior. Typically my first trip is early may, when lake temps are still in the 30's, and the Wallas heater is wonderful. My theory is that it is a diesel fuel heater, so each year if any is left in the heater tank, I put it...

I don't think you can be too careful when it comes to gasoline and the inherent dangers that go along with using it to fuel our fun. Sometimes, when thirty miles from shore, I ponder just how big an explosion the 40+ gallons of gasoline 10 feet behind me might create. But then I reassure...

Didn't Clark Kent(aka Superman), Lois and Jimmy ride around in a rambler with the top down and the windows up?

Year round, the open surface waters of Lake Superior are colder than the coldest ideal drinking temperature for most beers(45F). You can make jello in Lake Surperior, even in the middle of the warmest summer days. Only fools and children, and moose swim in water you can make jello in.

I don't think we have to accept periodic losses of nearly a half million gallons of Bunker C and the environmental impacts of these losses, to conduct business in this world. It isn't bad reporting to bring these spills to light, it is the facts.

As of 2006 Bombardier/OMC Johnson and Evinrude Under both builders, from the powerhead down, the major differences in Johnson and Evinrude are the cowls and paint color. Until 2006, Suzuki manufactured the Johnson four strokes up to 225 HP. For 2006 Suzuki only makes the Johnson four strokes...

Many outboards have two water pickups. The upper one must be taped over when running on muffs. Be sure your engine is peeing.

I guess it somewhat depends how you use your boat, on which way you come down on this discussion. I cross Lake Superior several times a year, lose sight of land, am more than 25 miles from any landfall, and have GPS, backup GPS, and backup to my backup GPS. Radar and depth sounder round out...

If you leave the dock without compass, charts, dividers, parallel rule, and the basic ablities to use them, it won't make any difference how many chartplotters and backups you have when all else fails. If you are a responsible boater, you will use "all available means" to complete a safe trip...

How did you know you had trapped water? I have tried rocking my 2007, and listening carefully, but hear nothing. What kind of hatch did you use? Any advice on installing, besides drilling a 4.5 inch hole at the start?

Most of us operate car(s), or planes, or RVs, or boats, or a combination of all of these oil burning vehicles. This drives our country's insatiable demand for oil....cheap oil. While I don't feel directly responsible for the spill, I think we all share in the creation of the demand, which in...

Will a directional yagi type of antenna avoid interference of this type?

I ran a 45 Merc for 10 years, using the Quicksilver brand of TCW3 rated oil. When I removed the lower unit to replace the water pump impeller, I looked at the exhaust tube and there was very little carbon built up. About a year later, my brother ran the motor for one summer on WM TCW3 and the...