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I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to replace the pickup tube without moving the tank because the splashwell is right over top. It might be possible to jostle the tank slightly into the cockpit without removing the main gas intake hose, just enough to remove the tube. If you try that be as...

I didn't have to do anything special to get the tubes off though it was on pretty tight--I Just put a big old adjustable wrench on the square aluminum head and twisted er off. Good luck with it.

I cleaned the tank by sloshing around gas and pouring it out the intake into a glass jar to inspect. A little bit of small grit came out but nothing too dramatic that made me think further cleaning was needed. The pickup tubes--at least the polyethylene variety--are widely available and not...

I recently diagnosed and fixed a fuel system problem that might be of interest to others with 15+ year old boats. The problem started with 4 beep alarms on the 90 hp Mercury (2007) that left me dead in the water a couple times and eventually I isolated to just the starboard tank. The 4 beep...

close up rotted pickup tube

rotted fuel tank pickup tube

remove fuel hose from tank with blow dryer and leverage

Good idea to compare note on this. My policy is through Coast Underwriters. Covered for $50K on hull, motors, trailer plus $2 million protection and indemnity the annual premium last year was $843 CDN.

I don't know if I would recommend using that Budge cover while towing--I've certainly never done that. It stays on nicely sitting still in my driveway during a wind storm, but it is not tight fitting and not sure what the results would be on a long road trip.

Also have to mention the lower priced option that doesn't have a contoured fit to a C-Dory but has served me well for 7 seasons now and holding up very well so far. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00KG13M4E

Nathan, that is a fantastic offer, I would love to take that off your hands! I'm sure I could get it to fit my boat. I'd to offer you some bucks for it. I'll PM you later. Thanks! Blair

So I'm going to being mooring my boat a 6 hours away from home this year. I can't really have any friendly phone calls from the marina to come check my boat because a pump failed and the rain is filling up the cockpit. I think the smart way to go is a sloping cockpit cover. There has been a...

Wow, that was pretty shocking to see the damage lightning can do to a boat. The electrical damage seemed what I would expect but a hole blown in the transom was not. Feel for that fellow right about now--of all the bad things one could imagine happening to a boat, a lightning strike was not...

Now wait a sec either Clay or myself is color blind--and maybe it is me, my wife still tells me the dark grey pickup truck I bought year ago is actually navy blue. I didn't think that was an all black hull, but more of a cabernet red?

Looking fantastic! Thanks for the thread so some of us can follow along. The white Suzuki was a good choice. I figured I would one day upgrade my 22 to a 25 but I think the 26 Venture is the way.

Looks great! So this is not the typical hull color--is that something that they do for Ventures, but not so much on Cruisers? Seems to me that the only other time I've seen a fully colored hull it's been a dark blue Venture. I was curious, what is the time frame from when you put in the order...

We spent 15 days this year and saw the orcas on 5 of those days. The orcas are always moving around QCS / Johnstone Strait / Blackfish Sound. A good tip I received is you can monitor channel 7 in this area to listen to the whale watching boats if you're looking to locate them. And of course...