Recent content by divingmikeboats

We grill on an 8 pack charter boat about 5 times a week. I've been totally converted to the Magma Infrared type grills. I had a Force 10 before and swore it was the best available but it finally had to be replaced. Out of convienence we bought a Magma Monterey Infra-red from West Marine...

Good summation. It's all about the maintenance.

Volvo Penta parts aren't hard to find but the cost tend to be eye-opening. I run a D4 in my boat and love the heck out of it. Fantastic economy. The DPH series outdrives are designed for the D series. Beefier than the gas oriented drives. Very easy to remove. I can drop mine in about 20...

After 40 years in the biz the owners of Nor'westing magazine are closing the doors. It will be missed in the PNW by cruisers and sailors. http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2011/11/n ... ast-issue/

Here's a link to the NOAA weather station in Nome showing the winds for the last 48 hours. Brisk. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=nmta2

the crook is good if he is. I checked properties on the Paypal link and it goes to the legit site. He would have to have your password in order to do anything except deposit money. Possibly he deposits from insufficient fund account and picks up item before it registers as insufficient on the...

I haven't received a payment thru Paypal in a while but I think you do need the recipients email address to deposit money in their account. Not %100 sure though. May have lost a sale there.

The short boater niche. Motor well is a huge waste of space, bouyancy and complicates the build. Weird choice.

Even if you already have a chartplotter on board the iPad gives you a nice backup. On our trip to AK last summer Lori used her iPad from the passenger seat as backup to my navigation. A bit annoying but useful at times when moving along a 25kts. to have someone else watching for rocks and...

Wiper delay switches for port and starboard. Cuz it hardly ever rains hard here.