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And yet another THANK YOU to the group. My bowl was stuck. Now it isn't. Had to drill a 1/8" hole through metal casing and plastic threaded insert, and immobilize both with a little metal rod. Still awful hard to turn. Used the filter wrench on the metal body and CAREFULLY used a screwdriver on...

First Friday Harbor we've missed in years, too! Even so, staying home was clearly the right choice. Weather was sure great...Let's hear an "After Action Report" on the festivities!

Two Lucky Fish +1 will not make an appearance this year. :( Skipper's got a sore throat/head cold, so it just feels kinda overwhelming.

I've got the Group MMSI for C-Brats entered in my directory now...might play around with that on the weekend. Tristan and I used the hose and micro-fiber cloths to knock the off-season grunge off the boat. It really needs some wax, but honestly I may not get to that. We changed the oil last...

"Enough oil"?!? Sheesh! What kinda wise-acre crack is that? OK, It specifies 5 qt. I've got a note in my manual where I've handwritten "4.5 quarts". And then, below that, "No, 5 quarts". This time, I had bought 4 quarts, not remembering how many. But that's OK, I had a partial quart in the...

What did I do wrong? It runs for a bit and then the "no oil" alarm kicks on and limits idle speed and then shuts it off. I sort of assume that oil isn't passing through the new filter, somehow. Because why? Because the new filter is the only component that's different from earlier today, when...

Two Lucky Fish +1 will be there! Not sure how many lucky fish will accompany. Some teenagers have other priorities.

Wow, am I late to the party! I had the boat out last weekend, which is a small kind of miracle. Took some visitors out across the Sound. But other than that, I haven't been thinking much about boating or boats. I got a kid thinking about college, a kid selecting a high school, and little...

Not yet. I might run it out the Wallas exhaust port.

Yeah, search around here for discussions about the Webasto, Espar, or Planar diesel heaters. I'm considering one, but don't have the extra money right now. Meanwhile, we just hardly ever need one for the boating we do. If we're out in cooler months, we tend to stay at marinas with power, so we...

No promises, but Two Lucky Fish might make it up for this event.

OK, my Wallas finally stopped working, and a call to Scan Marine confirmed that it will cost too much $$$ to fix it. ESPECIALLY when you consider I almost never use it. I cook out in the cockpit on the Magma grill or the little red Coleman Fold-N-Go propane stove. Aboard Two Lucky Fish, the...

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That's about what you do. Get a bucket under it and open it up. Then steer.

Greg, Cindie, Aven: Thanks for leaving our bucket on the dock. We found it! :-) Great weekend. We went back to Deception Pass via Thatcher Pass, with a lunch stop at James Island...a very peaceful hour on the warm stone beach. All home safe now. I even backed the trailer into the Ballard ship...

James, when would you be going? We're leaving from Seattle, towing up to Deception Pass (Cornet Bay) to launch, and then heading across Rosario Strait and through Lopez Pass (between Lopez and Decatur islands). I'd be happy to cruise in company, which would make the navigation easy for you...

Progress! I've got all the plumbing hooked up, and I'm ready to charge the system with fluid, bleed out the air, and check for leaks. Got a friend coming over for that. He has a sailboat, but don't worry, he's really an OK guy. :-) Some notes on issues I encountered: There is no reasonable...