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I had the Kenyon that came with the Ranger 21 and although I understand why the factory uses it I found it was not for me and removed it from the boat. Its problem was the tanks froze and took several to get a pot of coffee brewed and then they would sit there and leak till they were empty took...

Well not a C Dory or a Ranger but the genuine Livingston Dinghy truck with a Livingston on the back of the flat bed heading down the freeway in Tacoma Wa. Hey I was impressed anyway! Bob Heselberg Eatonville Wa

Bob is right the boat is what it is and only goes so fast and not faster. Changing the prop will produce lots of black smoke and mess up the smog parts of the motor and the oil will get thin and wear the bearings at a rapid pace. At higher rpms it will wear more. Put a stack on a CD22 and go...

That is pretty close to what I have with my boat, Once in a while I get the house battery on the low side after using the ham equipment but I have to try real hard to get it below 10.5. I put the switch on off when not on the boat or when not needing power for something. I use a lot of AA...

I think Mr Kim had the boat up for sale last year and may have moved on. Bob Heselberg Eatonville Wa

I always took my canvas down with the exception of launching in my local lake just a few slow miles away but any thing more than that it came off. I did this from day one. I leave the frames in place but they are tied together with bungies and had no problems that way. However one thing I...

Just a simple safety thought working on the batteries in our boats. Use safety glasses every time and dont even skip it once. Yes I have screwed up and blown up a battery in my youth but was protected by a car hood (the 56 Chev died). I saw a friend loose a eye over something real stupid by...

Like Dr Bob said the Teak Parket squares are not easy to find however I never did find enough for a project so if you find any keep in mind I have 13 squares of one foot across and I got it from someone who did not find any more either. Finished it is pure class just hard to find. Bob...

I thought someone near Seattle repowered with like 40hp last year and not long after that the boat was for sale. That is if I remember right. It may be in the Ranger archives somewhere. Myself I don't use the 30hp most of the time but if I wanted to go fast I surely would got a CD22. The...

I have two top speeds! First one is on a flat lake under what I would call ideal conditions and took a while but hit ten knots on the gps. Second top speed was coming out of Bonneville Dam and current was really running and I got it up to 19kts and it was a hand full and I do not recommend...

I used a computer fan mounted on standoffs made from a tv antenna to get the fan away from the woodwork that holds the radio in my little tug. Ran a 12 volt line down to the power plug and now at least one window will not be steamed up from my coffee in the morning. I kept it simple in case it...

I have one gps antenna outside on a mast and one inside the boat looking through the fiberglass. Each picks up signal in a close time frame. Inside antenna is away from as much metal as it can be and works fine. Its used with my ham radio aprs. Make it easy you can always change it later. Bob...

Just a note here to be sure to mount the knob on the inside of the wheel if you can. In a panic that wheel can come around and hit you in a place where it would hurt. As I remember some tractor outfits have them that fold out of the way as well and think they were painted wood. Bob Heselberg...

Because it takes up so much room for the tank and you will loose storage space. Because it costs a bunch Because dumping a porta potty is pretty easy it is a better way to go in the R21. Just don't forget to winterize it. Yes I thought about it and looked at a R21 with the holding tank and was...

I did not realize others had done this. I made mine last year out of a piece of firewood that was fiddleback maple. Just has wavy lines in it. First one was alder and was ok but ended up in the stove. Bob Heselberg Eatonville Wa

Pretty much the same thing. You get all the light list information on lights and bouys off station. You also get overdue boat reports, and information on events of interest to folks on the water. The weather information can cover a rather large area. On the left coast I can pick up...

I am sure many of have radio equipment on our boats that will pick up other than standard broadcast bands. A simple way to get nav broadcasts is to tune in 518 khz on a longwave radio, set the radio to usb and feed the speaker output into the mike input of the computer. All else that is needed...

Had no idea when I started the book it would be about a trip on a C Dory but it was. The boat was well used before its retirement. As was the many propellers he changed out. Good reading but plan of some time as its 500 pages long. Bob Heselberg Eatonville Wa

I did that on a ships registry some time ago and found I shared the name with a tug in Alaska that was built not far from where I live. Al Gore did a great thing inventing the internet as it has all kinds of great info. Bob Heselberg near Eatonville Wa

I lost the power about six am this morning and its almost five pm now. My one cylinder diesel is doing a great job huffing and puffing at 650 rpm keeping the freezer cold. Laptop works good on batteries as well. Power guy said before evening we would be back online. If I were on the water I...