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Teflonmom, What engine do you have that needs high test gas? I've never had an engine that was built for it. I know the BMW cars need it. And I hear the higher performance versions of the newer cars the kids are buying need it. Not sure what else. It isn't 'better' gas, it just has a higher...

Marvin, I'm not sure how you get 8 and 15 MPG on your two vehicles, but for comparison, I get 16.5 empty and 13 towing a CD22 with a 2000 Chevy Silverado 1500 gas 5.3L V-8 automatic. That's on freeway trips like San Diego to Las Vegas or to Lake Powell. Those involve a mix of level freeway and...

Is the rope slipping through the gypsy, or is the gypsy turning and letting the rope pay out? If it's turning you can probably just tighten the clutch. If the rope's slipping, then it's too small or the wrong type. I haven't looked lately, but I remember Lewmar's website as being good and...

C-Gypsy, If you just want to steer while running the kicker, the tie bar without the throttle linkage may be all you need. On the other hand, if you have the hi-thrust 9.9 and you can hook it up to the Honda twin throttle/shift lever console along with your 90, you'll have the advantage of...

I also have the new Honda 90 and 9.9 kicker combination. I have a stainless quick release steering tie bar like the one from Cabella's. Here's a picture of the bar on a little different mount. I found this picture on the C-Brat site. I don't have one handy showing my mount, but it's similar...

Rogerbum, If you're talking about AC sources then using a transformer to step things down is efficient. With solar panels and wind generators sold for boats, the specs I've seen show DC open circuit system voltages up around 15 or so, and this gets reduced inefficiently to around 12.5 or 13 at...

Hmmmmm. I'll have to do some investigating with mine. I was under the impression it wouldn't do macro. I almost never take those kinds of pictures, but perhaps I was wrong about this lens and it does something extra I hadn't bargained for. I'm sure it would be handy once in a while. Jeff

OK, some comments: Be careful to compare apples to apples. A modern outboard that would push your boat 16 mph compared to a similar sized diesel, for instance. I wonder if the fuel burn rate would be all that much different. What's the comparison of engine costs in that case? How many hours of...

I've been on moorings next to people with wind generators. I wouldn't say the sound is subtle. I'd say it's obnoxious. And it's continuous. Hour after hour after hour..... A modern, small, inverter-style Yamaha or Honda 1000W generator is pretty quiet if it's lightly loaded, as it would be...

Each person's needs are different, but a lot of people, myself included, REALLY like the 18mm end of the range. It's about as wide as you can go without getting into distortion or fisheye lens effects. Very handy indoors, or taking pictures on boats where you can't back up far enough to get the...

I have the D40x and the 18-200 VR zoom. I think the combination is excellent, although I still have a little 1 Meg Sony waterproof camera that takes many of my favorite pictures, because often that's what I have with me on the kayak or wherever. You need to think seriously about whether you...

Thanks to questioning by Bob from Thataway I went back and re-read the manual for my ACR PLB. Turns out I was somewhat wrong in my memory about testing the unit. You can do a self-test without killing the battery and without generating emergency messages. You can't test the internal GPS without...

On further thought, I don't think I understand the problem. I have a Honda VTEC 90 with the stock 15" pitch and I think it will run the boat any speed I want from darn near zero up to 30 mph. I haven't actually tried to check the idling speed, but I bet it's under 3 mph. I guess now I need to...

How about one of these, which I saw at Cabela's site: Or you could run one engine in forward and one in reverse and adjust the throttles to ..... :wink Jeff

I was replying to Steve from Dora~Jean, so that may have been part of the confusion. Two Steves (or more) going at the same time here. I saw (online) the oven gizmo with the thermometer and blanket cover scheme. It looks good, too. I was thinking of trying a Coleman sheet metal oven I have but...

Steve, I bet the alcohol stove would be fine. I got the smaller version and it works inside a 2 qt pot with a lid and an inch of water in the bottom. Not a huge thing to heat. Jeff

I, too would like to thank Anchortown Jim for pointing out the BakePacker. I just got one and tried it on the home stove last night. It seems like it's going to be VERY convenient. I found a stove setting that seems about right. How about a Wallas setting? I'll go experiment in the next couple...

To Wefings: "no appreciable hills in Florida" Understatement of the year award, there. What's the highest point in the state? 300 ft I think. Flat, flat, flat. :smile Just kidding around. No harm intended. I would have said "no noticeable hills in Florida" We have speed bumps here that are...

Karl, a couple of observations, from another GPS fan, and an inactive extra class HAM, and an iPhone fan. :smile (three points here, then on to the SPOT topic) older iPhone obsolete? no, I have the current model and don't expect to upgrade any time soon. I love this one and it does what I...

Are you sure the change in performance happened exactly when you had the torque converter changed? No other changes? Had you recently been able to handle the same load with better performance just before the new torque converter? It sounds more like a tired engine than a transmission issue I'd...