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Congrats Capt'n David! Mac

Holy Potatoes... 55? A youngster still! Mac

Tim - I did it quite a few times on that engine, let me know if you run into anything. Mac

Wait a minute - yep, the crab pots are collecting dust - as are the fishing rods,downriggers,lines and lures - but only one of us has converted to green stuff only...

And it looks like you wil have a beautiful day here in the Pacific Northwest for your first ride today! Wish I could run down to see you. Congratulations on your second Ranger Tug. You must be the first to buy two! Mac

When we started cruising, we went 2 days (nights) without trouble - we thought. When we tried to stretch to 3 days - we had dead house batteries (Wallas wouldn't work!). Always had the separate engine battery to start the diesel, so no problem. But, the batteries started to get weaker -...

Yep - I forgot about that part. I really like having the rudder indicator on my C-120 display that comes from the rudder feedback unit on the autopilot. In the Ranger 25, I still don't see the benefit of a remote. Unlike an autopilot that turns an outboard motor (with its' very quick turning...

We went with the ST6002 / S1G in Island Ranger - same as we had in Two Lucky Fish - (our C-Dory 22). It was more expensive, but I wanted the flux gate compass. Too many times running in places where the current is strong and the GPS course doesn't match the ships heading. You cannot heard in...

We've tried (Linda I mean), but without success. We tried the folding oven, with diffuser. Couldn't get it to work. In addition, the Wallas manual says you must always keep a pot on the stove, or keep the lid down(my guess is that the surface overheats?) Mac

Here's my guess at this point. The factory install was two house batteries on Island Ranger - each at 105 amp hour. If we only want to use a max of 50%, we have 105 amps to work with. I was guessing we use something in the 50 AH per day - running the fridge all day and night. 'course it is not...

Hope Island / Skagit County is included in the Deception Pass State Park system. It is completely primitive - the only thing we found was a few picnic tables. There were a couple of paths - pretty overgrown. We were told they lead to the other side - not a great hiking island. The Island...

Mine sits past full for a long time. By the time it moves to "F", I've burned 15 gallons. When it is at 3/4, I have about a half a tank. I've thought about trying to recalibrate, but never got around to it. Mac

We're back. We had an incredibly great trip - 4 weeks, a little over 600 miles, 111 engine hours up to the Broughtons and back home to South Whidbey. Great cruising at 1700 rpm, 6 kts - under 1 gph. (we did "zip" up the first couple of days to get through the Straight of Georgia, but the rest...

OK. I am not so happy with Fed Ex - again. My replacement panels didn't leave Redding all day, and now they won't be here until Friday. Not bad huh, schedule for today, then reschedule for two days later. Guess that's part of the price for living on an Island. Humm.. what to do.... I took some...