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Bill, You really are a man of a few words. 1 month on the water travelling over 2000 miles and you summed it up in 529 words (I counted). You're pictures are beautiful and I'm sure you've much to tell us if we poke hard enough. :-) Thank you for sharing. What I did read sounded both...

Greg and Chester, Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to look into the "automatic" setting to see if that helps, or the power down/ power up option. I do really like the system.

Hello All, I wrote about a recent adventure in rough seas in my blog http://theseabadger.wordpress.com/ but what I didn't write about was losing the bottom while I was travelling. Summary: I took my boat out yesterday in 30+ mph sustained winds. It was a wild ride. I was in the Puget Sound...

With every boat that replaced the previous one, I find myself scaling down 1. First boat had a drop down video player with DVD hooked up to the boat's speakers, a stereo and satellite radio 2. Second boat had a carry-on portable DVD player, stereo and satellite radio 3. current boat, just a...

Tom, Unfortunately, I don't need a marine surveyor at the moment so I can't give her any business, but I'm dying to see someone who can "ride two motorcycles." Am I wrong to assume that's at the same time? :-) Respectfully,

I am NOT a mechanic, and don't even pretend to be one on weekends, but my well seasoned boat mechanic told me something like (I can't remember exactly) the newer 4 strokes don't get hot enough to dissolve the salt in the water thus they flush much easier with plain water and suffer much less...

A charity called me earlier this year and said that they'd make money if I bought a magazine. I chose Boating World. I haven't received one in a while, does anyone know if they are still around? Thanks,

The transducer on my boat sits quite low, maybe 3/4" and it works awesome, well it did until recently when I lost the bottom at all but a dead stop. Pulled the boat out and found the transducer hanging on by the wire! I guess I ran over something. I don't remember any loud bangs. :-( As...

No gelcoat, but I got lots of safety wire if you need that! sorry, bad joke from previous thread.

I write about this in my blog http://theseabadger.wordpress.com/ but I'll share the meat of it here. $17+ dollars for 55' of safety wire and I used about 10 inches. If you need some and you're near Edmonds, WA, give me a holler. I have a lifetime supply!

I'm just offering this up as a choice, I have no recommendation. Boat U.S. has a directory of surveyors. Here is the one for the PNW: http://www.boatus.com/insurance/nwsur.asp

I too remember the comparison between the boats, but my recollection was that it was on Red Fox's site. I did some searching and this is the closest I can come to it: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallboattalk/ which is run by Larry H. Larry H, if your reading this, is my memory correct or...

I'm a big fan of aluminum boats...

The analogy to sailing is a good one, and lots of parents take their kids sailing, but for me having little kids on board and going slow just sounds uncomfortable. Maybe having a boat big enough that everyone is not on top of one another makes a difference, but small and slow with little kids...

The shoulder pads look great and professionally done. It's the kind of thing the factory might consider, even as an option.

An alternative to C-Weed's suggestion: "To hold the piece in position until the adhesive dries you can use a long 2x4 and a small bottle jack. Jack it up into position from the bottom for a test before applying adhesive. Or those long metal furniture clamps with the squeeze grip. They have nice...

tparrent stated, "Gosh, you kind of wonder what would have happened if I had been granted the vacation I earned. Maybe I would have relaxed enough to have stayed. " I'm fortunate to work in the industry I do and have the ability to keep good talent BY allowing them to take time off. One of my...

Hello Duff, The numbers you provided, CVS 4GB SDHC, only describe the TYPE of card you have. You have a 4 Gigabyte, Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card that may have been purchased at CVS. What you need to determine is what software you have on the card, possibly BlueChart g2 charts...

All I can say is, "Wow!"

Charlie, While you were posting, I did a search for boating superstitions. I thought it would be a good and fun thread... after reading it, I decided against it for your exact reasons. OMG, everything is bad luck. Better to not read the list. :-) -Sarge