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You may want to check the carburetor drain screws to make sure one of them is not dripping some fuel. There is one on each float bowl and the bottom one has a drain hose which passes through the lower cowl. You might want to check the lower unit drain and vent screws as well. Good luck, Randy.

Hi Mark, Actually the station at Plum Island was abandoned a number of years ago and moved to Washington Island by the ferry dock in Detroit Harbor. These northern life saving stations have been seasonal SAR stations for many years and are manned almost exclusively by reservists. I am sure...

Hi Mark, Thank you for the detailed review of you trip. I have done a lot of reading on Lake Michigan as well as two adventures in the last two and a half years. I spent a summer back in 1984 on the Coast Guard station at Plum Island. I saw it again for the first time in over twenty years...

Hi Nick, We are by no means a large dealer and we sell at least 5 Tige's for every C-Dory we sell. I have been in the retail boat business for more than 20 years and I have never been as "sold" on a boat line as I am on C-Dory. I have been around a bunch too. (good and bad) These boats are...

For those interested in looking at new C-Dorys Stateamind in St. Louis has 5 new boats in stock both 22s and 25s. We just came out of the St. Louis boat show. I cannot imagine not taking a C-Dory to one's hometown show. People just swarm around the boats because there is nothing else like...

Hi El and Bill, Here is my two bits on repowering. Take a look at the Mercury 4 stroke 50 hp with the Bigfoot lower unit. Yes I may be biased because we sell them, but they are a wonderful engine. There is some shared powerhead arcitecture with the Yamaha (joint venture) but the rest of the...

Hi Bill, I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I find a picture of the loved pet is perfectly appropriate and gives all of us pet owners a moment to dwell on our own companions and how limited their time is with us. Sincerely, Randy Sheehy.

I hate to bring news to the contrary, but there are new recommendations coming from both Honda and Mercury on fuel left in the tanks over the winter. I have been to both manufacturers service training in the last 6 weeks and both are recommending not burning fuel that has sat all winter. I...

Hi El and Bill, I have no experience with the Garmin Hot Spots version and I do not know the cost. The Fishing Hot Spots paper charts are very nice and not a lot of money(about $11 each I think). You will need two charts for Lake of the Ozarks and at least one for every other lake you plan to...

Hi folks, You might consider getting a rail mount and mounting the antenna on the cabin top. It works well for me because it keeps the walk way around the cabin clear which is very helpful in poor weather and night ops. One less thing to trip you or catch a PFD on. The rail is already sturdy...

Hi El and Bill, I can give you a little insight on the Missouri lakes. Lake of the Ozarks has gotten very commercialized but would probably be quite nice in the fall months. Much of the boating there runs from May to September. There are a lot of "go fast" boats there with some skippers who...

Hi all, I was looking at Minnow's pictures and the marks on the keel are consistant with what I saw on one of our boats. I believe these to be mold marks or something that was done to the boat at the factory, in transit, or at the dealer. It is hard to tell from a photo, but I doubt the...

Hi all, I just got finished getting our stock 22 ready for water demos. When I started adding gas to the tanks I stopped at about one gallon. Just for fun I syphoned out the fuel I just put in through the fuel supply line. There is maybe a quart or two of fuel left behind when the pick up...

Hi all, One nice thing about the Lenco tabs is there is no pump taking up space on the transom! I want to install them on one of our stock boats if it does not sell too soon. I have seen a large number of new boats in the midwest going to the Lenco system and so far heard no complaints. I do...

Good evening everyone, I just wanted to add one very important tidbit to Les' great essay. The alternator on an EFI engine is larger because you have to run one or more fuel pumps, injectors, ignition, and microprocessor. The remaining energy is there for battery charging and whatever toys...

Hi All, As a former OMC technician and as a current Mercury tech I can share some info on what E-Tec is based on. What used to be known as Ficht fuel injection is the basis for the Bombardier system now. I'm sure there have been many improvements in combustion strategy and many more...

Since I have had the duty of boarding vessels for the aforementioned inspections the above information is very accurate. In this day and age the Boarding Officer can be pretty jumpy at times depending on how the crew of the boarded vessel is behaving. He/she has the right to cuff or restrain...

Hi Les, what a great idea. When I was a teenager I wanted to do a school bus conversion and the idea kind of faded with age. I've been reminded first by my son who keeps looking at school buses on e-bay, and now you with your recent aquisition. There used to be a neat book at the public...

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