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I'm a retired forestry teacher. I've rarely encountered $10K a log, but floating loose logs are valuable, and often captured and used. Cedar, in particular could bring a high price. My current house was built largely from logs washed from the Nisqually River into the Nisqually Reach or from...

This comparison might be helpful. https://www.mby.com/video/best-2-3hp-ou ... est-117786 Though the test is on tenders, the Suzuki 2.5 is clearly superior to the Honda 2.3, much more than the 0.2 hp difference would imply. Also, note that the Torqeedo, which says it is a 3 hp equivalent...

Rob (me) and Marcia lived nearby in Cedar Park/Lake City for 32 years, now on Oro Bay at Anderson Island. We made multiple camping trips cross-country starting before our two kids were even born. They are adults and we are now a little dispersed, but when we do get together, there is a lot of...

Interestingly, I also have a brand new (2021) Honda 100, which I am very pleased with. It replaced my Honda 90 with >2500 hrs, which worked all this time, but I am very glad I repowered. Mileage and max speed are increased. I hoped noise would be (quieter), but that doesn’t seem to be the case...

We've been out in south Sound also, and see orcas every day from our porch or boat. These are the transient Biggs orcas that eat seals and sea lions. The dramatic increase in seals (threefold since 1980's) in recent years meshes with salmon (major decreases since 1980's), since it is estimated...

Yes, you just need to get on the front, and tilting and dropping is easy. I thought I might have to cut the rail tubing, which wouldn't be that much of a problem, but I didn't. I used a removeable mounting plate. The dowside right now is that I had to remove the anchor winch. I never liked...

Part of the problem with "going really slow" for trolling is that when it is windy you need to go fast enough to maintain steerage, at least on my '22 cruiser. C-Dories really suck at going slow on a course with their flat bottoms, high cabins, and light weight. My solution for going <1 to 3...

We Have used the 5-gallon bucket with toilet lid on our CD22 and truck camper for many years. Yes for the peat moss for sure. The female boaters have trouble getting the #1 into a separate container (I use a marked 1 liter Nalgene). We have found that “Smelleze”, which is often used in hospital...

Excellent guidelines from someone that knows local conditions. Operating consistently at WOT is a good way to support repair shops, and boaters around here quickly learn their limits the hard way. I was fishing at Neah Bay (the most western point in the continental USA), last week. Good fishing...

Why a half day? It is a long ride just out and back. Coming up from CA, Westport would be closer. I've fished them all, and didn't see much difference. Certainly the largest halibut I ever caught in Washington was Westport. The largest one I've seen caught in Washington was actually Dallas Bank...

I took a re-look at an old textbook. Dictatorship: A form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations. Tug: It was fine with me to see your post, though it didn't have a lot to do with boats. The topic was our...

I travelled to Alberta last November. Pretty easy, and the ArriveCan app worked fine. Nearly everything I did (restaurants, stores) required proof of vaccination, which is straightforward for Canadians, but typically took time explaining the paper copy "proof" I had from the US. It'll be good...

Kudos to Ryan from me, too.

Probably really lost. You could start in Port Townsend and sail/paddle around Victoria Island, but it'd be quite a trip. Nearest I've been in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.

You can buy ethanol-free gasoline universally as synthetic fuel at places like Home Depot and Lowes. https://www.homedepot.com/p/TruFuel-110 ... 913140-_-N If you do, make sure and get the "4-cycle" version that doesn't contain 2-cycle oil. The only downside is that it is in gallon-size...

"Long Legs" is not necessarily a C-Dory strength. Though fuel efficiency is great, about 6 nmpg near hull speed, and about 3 on slow plane for my '22, it only holds about 50 gallons. Key West to Dry Tortugas park is about 70 statute miles, so, you would barely have enough fuel to get there and...

…Honda 90 is about 35 AMPS, not watts, so figure more like 1/12 400 hours. Still a lot of motoring.

The only "modest-sized" unit I've seen that is capable of sufficient overnight air conditioning is the one used in the Storyteller compact RV, based on the small Sprinter van. https://1rm4pw3qup7umqlqkbggk81c-wpengi ... .28.20.pdf Various units are available, but the Storyteller is usually...

Mine kind of looks like this... The only special part of this is the fuel cap. It is different, and allows fuel to be drawn from the reserve into the generator's tank. It can extend the run time of a generator indefinitely...I have a 12-gallon for my home generator. I can see no reason why the...

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