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Charlie, Do you mean you removed the factory through-hulls for the bilge & macerator pumps, etc. glassed them over, and put them in again at a location higher up from the waterline? (I am assuming that what you are calling overboards I am calling through-hulls.) I tried the trick of drilling...

Hmmm. Tom, I think your goals are admirable. I would love to get to that point, too. I drilled holes in the lip of the fishboxes and drained them into the bilges but it did not help much, if at all. Wondering if hatches similar to the Bowmar you installed for the rear compartment would also...

Thanks, Tom -- but why not just let the fishboxes drain into the sponsons and then pump out with the bilge pumps? Warren

Tom Little reports in this thread about a fishbox mod that he (and several other people) have made. There is a related modification that I would like to make in the cockpit, and that is to make the big hatch in the stern watertight. It is a major conduit for water into the compartment...

Tom, do the 2 photos of the Marelon through-hulls have anything to do with the fishbox mods? If not, what are you directing our attention to in those 2 photos? Thanks, Warren

I left some items with him for resale and they got "lost". I might buy stuff from him but probably will not sell through him again. Warren

OK, i finally got it. I thought you were talking about the sponson storage but you are talking about the chain locker forward and the two other compartments flanking it. I agree, a better solution and one I may implement on my TC as well. Warren

Lots of cookbooks out there written mostly for sailors that should give you plenty of ideas. HERE is one that I have. Warren

I am not visualizing this -- can you post photos? Thanks! Warren

I did my first project in my woodshop just before going to the Broughtons -- a shelf for the toaster oven and microwave out of Decraguard and teak trim to cover the ends of the Decraguard and a teak fiddle (I think that is the term) around the top to provide a lip. The fiddle looks pretty good...

We're back from the Broughtons and will be at the Bellingham CBGT! Feels so good to be in the sunshine again... Warren

For your work, aren't you taught to put 3 rapid shots in the center of the body mass? I seem to remember that from something I read. Warren

I bought a Torqueedo and now regret it. Would listen to the voice of experience (the folks I am cruising the Broughtons with now) and would join all of them in buying a 2 hp Honda. May still do so eventually. Warren

This must be a new trend. George Hone, from Nanaimo, is going on hiatus from West Marine and taking off for several months + on a similar trip. Hopefully he will see this and comment... Warren

...can be found HERE. Many of these will already be familiar to you. I don't think I really want to know the total cost of ownership of my boat, though. Do you? :lol: Warren

Jim, is that a utility trailer hooked to the back of your 5th wheel? Backing up must be fun with that setup, not to mention hooking up! AFAIK the Mountain States (& Texas) are the only places that kind of rig is allowed. Certainly not in OR/WA. Missing you and Joan here in the Broughtons, but...

I've been keeping a blog of this cruise, mostly with automatically-generated SPOT posts, but with some commentary for the benefit of non-boating friends and family. If you are interested, you can check it out at www.c-doryman.blogspot.com Warren

Makes perfect sense. Chinese crap generator in the parking lot of the Chinese crap store. :lol: But I am amazed that Wal-Mart lets campers run generators in their parking lots. Warren

Canada still requires paper charts on boats navigating in its waters. One wonders if this is more to enhance revenue than anything else... Warren

Well said, Lyle! One other thing that has not been mentioned thus far WRT how people vote is that far too often candidates and parties bundle cultural issues together with economic issues. I would probably vote for Republican economic policies at least part of the time if that were not the...