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I personally don't understand all the concern about 50 pounds of weight between some motors hanging on the transom. That is 8 gallons of gas equivalent weight. I can't tell any difference in performance or handling between a full tank or after burning 50 gallons let alone six gallons. I just...

I'm under the impression that the water recedes before the tsunami wave hits. You might not be able to even go out to sea if you are tied up to the dock and the marina is shallow. If the marina is deep you might just be hanging sideways if the finger pier doesn't move all the way down to the...

C-Dorys and Cape Cruisers are a wet ride compared to a deep-v. Instead of slicing through a wave they tend to plow through a wave. That said, if you are in the open ocean and facing a headwind with 2-4 foot wind waves, it will be just like someone throwing a 5 gallon bucket of saltwater in your...

You shouldn't have let the naysayers talk you out of it. Add a 15-25 HP motor and you would have had a nice fishing boat for small and medium sized lakes. It's the wave action that makes it tippy and you wouldn't have that on a small lake.

http://proseriesfishing.com/video/?video=21 Du-Bro rod holders work really well. You can see them in use in my album if you wish. They are adjustable for different sized reels if you need more space for halibut rods.

Buy as many vertical pixels as you can afford. Horizontal pixels are unimportant as they are just history. Example: if you have a 320 pixel display and are fishing in 300 feet of water, you have one pixel representing one foot of water. It will take a darn big fish to get much of a return. Get...

oops, double post. Finger must have quivered.

I only posted the cat litter method as tongue in cheek. A couple of years ago a vendor at the Puyallup Sportsman Show was selling a product called "Kleer Vu". It works better than dish soap or fans. http://www.kleervuproducts.com/ His booth was on the second floor of the pavilion.

Try this link http://www.buzzfeed.com/abagg/cat-litter-can-help-you-combat-steamy-car-windows

Video on removing moisture from car windows. I have no idea if it works or if it would work on a boat. Video on removing moisture from car window

September 17, 2014 Contact: Doug Milward, (360) 902-2739 Salmon fishing to close early off Westport and Ilwaco OLYMPIA - Salmon fishing will close at the end of the day Friday off Westport and at the end of the day Sunday off Ilwaco, state fisheries managers announced today. Marine areas 3...

I have always had problems with my boat's stern being pushed around by confused seas and following seas when crossing a bar on a strong flood tide. What do you fellow C-Brats do in that situation to correct the instability in our flat bottom boats?

Holy cow! After reading Roger's story I'm wishing I had never posted about the slot. There was a lot of interest in where the slot was last fall on this web site so I thought I would help out my fellow boaters. The water around the sunken jetty can turn ugly very quickly. That is why the...

I'm not saying that this is the best place to go through. I'm not saying you won't ground out. I pushed the waypoint button on both sides where I go through. These are the first waypoints that I have taken down while passing through. I have always gone through by dead reckoning and have never...

Wow, I hardly ever use my trim tabs and I only fill the water tank half full so I don't dig into a wave and bow steer while crossing the bar at Westport. About the only time I use trim tabs (the 9x12 that you described) is in 2 foot chop in Puget Sound or out in the ocean in 2 foot chop with...

One additional advantage of the Cape Cruisers is the full height motor well. This prevents wind waves from coming into the boat when backing into the wind while bottom fishing (so your line hangs straight down).

Gratitude, Use your white marker for the darkest red color (the bottom). Bottom fish including halibut will show up as a slightly less red color (on 16 shade color monitor, not sure on the 8 shade) laying against the white bottom.

jmcknight00, I have an Airmar TM260, 1000 watt transducer. I have put some pictures in my photo album of how I mounted it. I used a piece of starboard between the angle wedge and the stainless bracket to take up some of the screw length. The factory provided screws were 1/4" x 2" long. I used...

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