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I saw a post on the C-Dory Facebook page announcing an electric 22' cruiser coming in 2024. It may be a spoof - Facebook gets its share of those - but it looked legitimate. Why in the world they choose to use that platform for their social interactions I don't know. The C-Brats have sold more...

The old saying about the two best days in a boater's life is pretty much false for the second part. That isn't my truck and it isn't me driving. Congratulations Da Nag Will! I know you'll treat her good.

Me, after my first ocean fishing trip with my grandfather in 1961: My great grandson after his first ocean fishing trip with his great grandfather today:

The first pot up had 26 legal crab.. Problem is, the limit for the two of us is 24. We tossed back at least 50 keepers and kept 24 that were all bigger than the gauge.

I just went through the C-Dory Boats For Sale By Owner forum and cleaned it up. There are less than twenty for sale right now and that's the fewest I can remember seeing. I moved the ads for boats that are known to be sold to the reference forum and took out a couple of real old ads. All the...

Lois is a keeper and so is her fish.

Back in the water after a few weeks on the trailer and ready for sturgeon fishing May 10.

I saw a news blurb about an interesting new safety app from the USCG. I haven't used it yet other than to enter my vessel info, but it looks handy. Is is available for free for both Android and iPhone. Here is an iPhone screenshot of the main display page.

It might be time to remove the No Rules tagline from the front page. From here on out, any political commentary goes straight to the trash. I learned my lesson about pointless arguments on here quite a few years ago and have been able to refrain from posting that crap ever since. We have been...

Did a little crabbing in the fog today on the Columbia River with another C-Brat couple who trailered down from Portland. Tom and Rene on Primative: Lois and me on TyBoo: And TyBoo's catch - about 9 pounds (after we ate some while cracking it) or $260 worth at Costco's fresh price.

All of the topics related to the Covid-19 discussion, along with the recently started topic that has turned into a gun rights debate, have been moved to the That's Life forum. This way they do not show up on the front page and are not visible to people who are not logged on. While we have a...

Harvey asked me to set up a poll inquiring about Friday Harbor plans. He hopes to determine the interest in keeping the current schedule in place on the chance that the situation with Covid-19 will allow it by then. Barring that, he is wanting to see if rescheduling it is something to be...

It was just too nice to stay home today so we went out on the river and dropped some crab pots. On the way over to anchor up to cook breakfast while we waited we saw a gentleman and his wife waving at us so we motored over to chat. They were having some motor trouble and had dropped his anchor...

I am looking for something to glue or tape the drive coupler to the glass turntable plate in the boat's microwave. The thing bounces off the wheels and disengages from the coupler when the boat is underway. The oven is mounted too high for short little Lois to see inside to fix it, and I am...

The sun was shining and the wind quit for a day so we made a short run to Astoria to tie up for lunch and try out the new induction cooker. It worked great. Lois fixed up toasted cheese sandwiches on the stovetop and tomato soup in the microwave. You know the water is smooth when you can...

I have a 1500 watt Cobra branded inverter onboard that I use mainly to run a Keurig coffee maker and a small microwave. Today I tried to power a new induction cooktop and found that until a load is placed on the AC side of the inverter the output voltage just sitting there is about 70vac and...

It’s going to be a beautiful day on the river. Got the pots baited and the boat heater fired up. Taking Lois, one granddaughter, one grandson, and one great grandson out for some Columbia crustaceans today! The forecast looks good for pulling pots at high noon. Fair winds and slack tides to...

The other day the 1996 vintage Wallas 95D shut down on its own and when I tried to restart it smelled like electronic parts burning and went right into shutdown mode. I pulled the stove out an turned it over to look at things. There was no visible sign of burning or shorting. I cleaned all the...