Recent content by Doolittle

I have fished at Neah Bay 45nm out and may times at Westport 20 - 30. Most of my fishing though is in Puget Sound and my 8hp Kicker runs 5x as many hours as my 90hp Yamaha main engine. Why put all those hours on one or the other of your twins? I bought my Tohatsu 8 as a kicker mainly because of...

I prefer the 90 with an 8 hp electric start kicker. The kicker can be pull started if the battery is dead and in no time I got enough charge to start the big engine. Any more HP than an 8 is unnecessary as you will achieve max displacement hull speed and a 10 or 15 is not going To get you on a...

I prefer the 90 with an 8 ho electric start kicker. The kicker can be pull started if the battery is dead and in no time I got enough charge to start the big engine. Any more HP than an 8 is unnecessary as you will achieve max displacement hull speed and a 10 or 15 is not going To get you on a...

I used to fly quite a bit and my aircraft mechanic used to always say the amount of problems with twin engine aircraft is not double, it is exponentially to the power of 2. Reliable engines well maintained are going to perform well and even with 95% reliability, 0.95 squared is still a very...

My 1990 22’ Cruiser is rated 90hp maximum and yet I seem to see new discussion threads where the newer boats are running more than that. I am just curious why? Did they beef up the transom or change the hull.? I still run my Yamaha 90 2 stroke and it is because my first one lasted 20 years and...

I agree with all the reply’s here and would also add this question: Where do I see my interest in 5-10 years from now? It is kind of like buying your young daughter a horse and then when She turns 16, gets a car and starts a dozen social activities, the horse is rarely ridden, becomes harder to...

I am not all that familiar with mooring buoys other than the one covered in barnacles that scratched the heck out of my boat several years ago. I am assuming the chain at the top is to keep the mooring line submerged so it does not interfere with the swing of the boat while on the buoy. Could...

I have had two 2-stroke Yamaha 90's like yours on my 22' cruiser. The original was purchased in 1990 and ran for 20 years and over 3000 hours. I bought a new 2010 model and it is almost identical to my original 1990 model. Nice to have the old one for spare parts. They never changed the design...

Replacing the C.Dory Stencils on my 1990 22 Cruiser was no easy task. I have owned the Doolittle since July 11, 1990 when I picked her up shining new at the old C Dory Fabrication & Sales facility in Des Moines, WA. Over the years I have kept her is tip top shape but unfortunately wear and tear...