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Another really important thing... If you're talking slalom ski instead of double, the selection of a ski makes a world of difference. A narrow competition ski probably won't get up unless your technique is flawless. A medium width ski might work best. I had a really underpowered old Glastron...

Mine worked out well. I can leave it connected even when tilted. I can get you a picture but it might be a couple days from now.

I've been watching the weather and wondering if I'm thinking about going too early in the year. Also, collecting information and thinking a little. Steve, from Sea Spray brought up a good point about spring water levels. I'll keep digging and perhaps I'll wait another month or so before going...

Thanks for the tips. I ordered a new map from a Delta Chamber of Commerce website. I'll probably find my ancient one, too, eventually. My chart plotter has the chip for that area, but I like having paper, too. I've heard that C-Brat cruise going down toward S.F. is fun, but I want to go the...

I did a little searching on C-Brats for Delta information and this thread looks about the closest and most recent. I've been there in the past with a ski boat up around Rio Vista and exploring from there. I'm now planning to trailer up from San Diego in May and do some C-Dory cruising and...

I've been looking at Flagstaff as a retirement possibility and I just found this railroading event coming up in the days leading up to our gathering at Oak Canyon. http://www.psrconvention.org/flagstaff11/index.html It's a model railroad event mostly, but they plan tours of some local...

Funny this came up here, as I was just looking at the local West Marine today for a jack like this. I bought it (Fulton 1412000173 jack) and put in on the side rail about as far forward as it would go. It easily lifts the boat enough to compensate for my slight down slope and I get great cockpit...

Bossa Nova will almost surely be there. Thanks Chris for keeping it going. Interesting thought about the water level and possible lack of room at Oak Canyon. One option might be for more boats to anchor out and dinghy in to shore for visiting and cooking. Let's call the park service and...

The lights I got from the eBay vendor, 24 LED version: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 726wt_1167 and the 63 LED version also were both from China in the original two-bulb packaging. I thought both types worked about the same and were just about the same brightness as the...

I bought a taller Universal Fit anchor light post for my boat because I often have the kayak up there and I needed the extra height. The new "Universal Fit" post is made by the same manufacturer as the standard post and guess what... The threads didn't match. I had to machine a custom collar to...

OK, I got two of these http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/12V-63-L ... 1e5ed8eb5b and two of the same thing but with 24 of the newer SMD LED style ones he sells also http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/24-SMD-H ... 726wt_1167 Both types are working great and are equal in light output and color as...

Hey, flrockytop, hi there... I also ordered the wrong bulbs from that vendor because of reading one of the original posts and then not being careful enough to check my newer boat for the same fixture type. The vendor is being very good about swapping out the bulbs for the ones he sells that...

Pat, The 1004 equivalent bulb he sells is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/12V-63-L ... 694wt_1167 He's being very nice about exchanging the bulbs for me. It will take a little while for the round trip shipping and then I can report on how they work out. While I have your attention I...

I see that vendor, jbillings1 on ebay, sells the 1004 version of that bulb. I'll see if I can exchange them. I like the looks of the bulb with LEDs all around instead of just pointing off the end, like some LED conversions. It should work better in our cabin fixtures. Also, the light is supposed...

Oops. Be careful of the year of your boat. I ordered four of the bulbs Adeline recommended and I now see that my 2008 boat uses the 1004 bulb and not whatever was in the older boats. There goes $52 and the bulbs aren't even here yet. Perhaps I can find the single contact sockets and solder them...

We had another fine week at Lake Powell. The weather was perfect again, like last year, and the water level was just about the same. Fish were tougher to find than last year, but with a fish finder and some local knowledge from reading and asking questions I got plenty for me. I've still got a...

It took days of on and off messing around but I finally got my brakes working. I think the final trick was turning my excess brake hose storage loops horizontal to minimize the amount of up and down wandering of the hose going through the whole system. There's still up and down, but much more...

I found the concert news to be very scary and I was thinking about trying to show up by Thursday morning and get out of the Wahweap area then. I also considered going way north and around to Bullfrog, but coming from SoCal that's a lot further, although I'd see some new territory. Not sure where...

In summary: I'm now connecting a positive pressure fluid tank to the stainless bleed fitting at the wheel and pushing fluid all the way through the reservoir and out a custom cap I machined to mount a hose going to a catch tank. The hose is suspended over the tank so I can see a solid stream of...

Oh. Sitting here watching a movie I was thinking and realized the valve is simply a "Y" valve. In the normal position the wheel cylinders are connected to the master cylinder and when the solenoid activates, the wheel cylinders are fed back to the reservoir instead. Duh. Very simple. I just...