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July Silver first of the year

Which is why I had 4" scuppers put in, if I can keep forward momentum going should be able to evacuate a full cockpit is about 90 seconds stevej

Boris pretty well nailed it. In seven years of halibut, tuna and salmon fishing out of newport the only times I have shipped water over the transom is when backing down into the drift while halibut fishing. We have shut down and made drifts in some very sloppy seas and its never been an issue...

Was so looking forward to this but have to cancel out on the trip. Someone take lots of pictures and be sure to post on the adventure. stevej

My Furuno DGPS uses a combination of loran and GPS to determine position. Works beautifully and is generally able to determine my position within 3 feet or less. Have not kept up with WAAS transmitting locations but I believe that here on the left coast it was not an active service until...

Joel, you might tate a look at the Wallas Tom has for sale. http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?p=131970&highlight=#131970 I beleive Tom purchased a new Wallas and know he has a pretty complete history of maintance done to his old stove. stevej

Looks like I will be able to make it this year. Looking forward to to meeting the new folks, seeing the old ones and getting in some fishing. Most likely launch at Scapoose on Friday and motor down, will see if I can talk Tom and Rene into making the trip with me. Always a good time and looking...

Went from a Yamaha 115 2-stroke to a 200 e-tec on my 25’ last year I have been so impressed with the 200 e-tec. Was only able to log a little over 25 hours on it but it is like owning a new boat. Made a few runs out halibut fishing last season and my fuel usage for an average trip (90 miles)...

Brought the boat back from Newport this last weekend with new brakes and bearings on my trailer so I watched the tire and hub temps pretty close. Outside temp was around 48 degrees and my IR temp gauge showed the hubs between 72 and 80 degrees with tire temps between 80 and 90. In the middle of...

Eric, I have a 200 hp etec on Shearwater and looked at the Suzuki also. I believe that etec has a slightly higher final drive ratio (numerically lower) than the suzuki. There are two schools of thought on this 1) you can swing a prop with a larger pitch or... 2) it helps to make up for the...

The covered moorage is a problem in this area when we get heavy snow or ice. In December 2004 the moorage at Rockypointe went down, sank one boat and damaged Shearwater. Luckily my dock line snapped and the covering tilted as it went under water dumping the snow load then popped back up. I...

I have been using a laptop for about 8 years with Captn SW and have not found the hardware/laptop to be an issue. However I have had more than my share of driver issues with the GPS interface. Enough that I would never consider it my primary navigation tool. Love the large screen and...

Steve I am so sorry to hear this, I truly enjoyed the conversations we had at Newport, it only takes a few minutes with Caty to realize how special she was. She will live on in my memory with a smile. stevej

I ran Shearwater for 8 years with a 115 Yamaha 2-stroke and there are a number of 25's with 130 Hondas. The 115 hp did everything I wanted but it was underpowered. The 130/135 is about as small as you would want to go with a four stroke. Cost depends on East/West coast couple grand cheaper in...

Steve, don’t think the permatrim would help in this situation. Still getting used to the handling but as an example if I back out of my slip getting going straight back no problem, I then crank the aft hard to starboard and the boat tends to turn a little and slide to port. When the bow has...

I have never used one but I hear that these pads work well http://www.mytoolstore.com/astro/astmat06.html stevej

Made two runs out to the chicken ranch last weekend. Ocean was pretty good both days we ran 15 yo 17 mph on the way out, enough chop that you had to keep a hand on the throttle and watch the wave sets pretty close at that speed. Outbound is against the current and swell, three people, 100 gal...

Rick, I have a 15hp Yamaha 4-stroke and had close to the same problem this weekend. Long story short we pulled the carb, removed the jets and blew spray cleaner through the passages. Never found a hard plug in the idle jet but it started and ran fine the next day. Best we could reason was that a...

Charlie, sounds like the park wire is attached to the wiper wire. As Joe said the park is always hot so the wiper will run continuously. Pull the motor (after removing the wiper arm) and flip the two wires that are not black(black should be ground). Should be a set screw on the arm, best way to...

John, the reduced maintenance schedule was a big appeal for me. I think the cost of expensive 2-stroke oil will negate the maintenance savings but I don't need to haul the boat across Portland nearly as often so I will save on time and gas. stevej