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bschell, A C-Brat's boat named Plan C had this same problem. It turned out to be a problem with the drain in the anchor locker. The locker floor and the hull are two separate parts, bonded together. The drain hole was drilled too low and went thru both parts where they were not bonded...

That is a great video of how to clear Canada Customs! The best line is "If in doubt, declare!"

Rubber hub... Propellers are made of three parts. The outer aluminum or stainless steel part with the blades, a bronze or stainless hub that has the splines and fits to the prop shaft, and a rubber sleeve that goes between the hub and the outer part with the blades. If a prop hits something...

The rubber hub in the prop on that engine could be slipping under the extra load of climbing the swell. Try a different prop or have a prop shop check the props for bad hubs.

Walt C, I have lived at Port Susan Camping Club for 10 years. It would be a good place to keep a trailer boat and a travel trailer. If you haven't found the PSCC site already, here is a link: http://portsusancamping.org/default.aspx You can send me a Private Message or Email using...

Congratulations to both Mark and Roger! The Sensei has sold, long live the new Sensei!

For installing a rigid panel I was referred to this company. http://amsolar.com/ They have a mounting system they developed for RVs. See the mounts here http://amsolar.com/rv-solar-panel-kit/mounting-accessories For mounting instructions and YouTube video instructions, see here...

The problem in BC waters is that many places do not have the sewage systems to deal with the pumped-out sewage. A lot of small towns still have a long pipe that goes out into the water to discharge the towns sewage with no or minimal treatment. A small marina on an island will only have a...

For BC waters, Rose Point makes and sells both vector and raster charts for Coastal Explorer. They buy the data from Canada, and process it into the charts. The cost is about $100 per year for each kind of chart. That is an annual subscription, which allows the user to get updates, in the...

Pat, Look in the menus available from the upper left hand corner of CE. Look for 'alerts'. You can set the parameters for alerts or turn them off.

Boris, The price for the Coastal Explorer Canadian charts is considerably less than the CHS price. I looked up pricing at Fugawi. The CHS vector chart package for BC Is $1200 and the Raster package is $300. The CE price is $200 for each. When I purchased the CHS digital raster charts...

Another plus for Coastal Explorer is charts updating. Rose Point (who makes CE) has all the NOAA (and their own version of Canadian charts) on their own servers. One click on the update button, and CE goes and gets all the new charts from the Rose Point servers. CE also uses the Rose Point...

Yes, Coastal Explorer only works on Windows operating systems. It works on W7 up thru W10. CE is not available for Mac OS, iOS or Android. It is reported to work on touch screen Windows systems. You can go to http://rosepoint.com/coastal-explorer/ for more information.

I have been using Coastal Explorer for 7 years or so. I would recommend a backup computer. Buy another $140 laptop and put CE and all your charts on that computer also. CE allows three installs on one license. I have an ASUS 12 inch laptop running W7 as a backup. Remember, Any...

You can look at RV storage yards. Some have covered stalls.

It takes about 12 lbs of fish when fed to farm salmon to produce ONE pound of farm salmon. The fish farms take fish that are edible to humans, and bait fish, to make their salmon. Wild salmon eat krill and catch their own bait fish in the mid Pacific oceans to grow. The wild fish feed...

A belated sighting report. We saw SleepyC piloted by Harvey at Port Harvey Marina in early August. He was on the last day of his Broughton Islands cruise. Harvey, I am sorry that we did not have longer to talk that afternoon. I was exhausted from lack of sleep and several days travel.

Just spent a few days visiting with Gene and Margaret on Reef Madness, a Tom Cat. They came into Sullivan Bay Marina in the Broughtons, BC, Canada while we were there. They had just made a three day transit from Ketchikan, AK to Sullivan Bay. For anyone considering a Tom Cat, that indicates...

The difference is that the CD 22 was designed in 1987 as a lightweight fishing boat, carrying a 70hp two stroke (lightweight) motor. The Cape Cruiser/Venture was designed in 2005 by the son of the original designer, to have a more modern hull form, and to carry modern higher hp, heavier...

thataway, Thanks for the info. So who is making a profit on ethanol?