Recent content by RichardAK

Thanks Dr. Bob, I had only loaded the App and not any charts. The 11.5MB was probably the size of the App. Loaded the chart of Prince William Sound and now its available on my iPad. Looks like a pretty neat App.

I had trouble finding the Navionics App for the USA Marine & Lakes several days ago. This evening it did appear in a search in the iTunes store. I purchased and downloaded Marine & Lakes HD for $34.95. It covers Alaska, the lower 48 states, & Hawaii. I didn't need any Canadian charts. The...

I concur in "The Sea Runners" by Ivan Doig. A really enjoyable read is the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin series about the British Navy in the Napoleonic era. It's best to read the series in the order in which they were written. O'Brian does a great job in developing the characters. Also, it...

Will the IPad 64G, WiFi, 3G, 1st Gen work just like a GPS with the above discussed aps? Does it depend on the 3G network to work as a GPS? My boating is done in Prince William Sound where cell coverage is almost non-existant. The IPad screen looks much better than my 12 year old Furuno...

I have one of these Port-a-Botes that I carried on a floatplane struts for use on remote lakes in Alaska. Takes about 20 minutes to assemble but would be a real hassle to assemble on board a C-dory..... but could be done. I never used it on my C-dory. Richard in Fairbanks, AK

Richard, did you try this place? FAIRBANKS PROP & IMPELLER REPAIR AK, 99701 FAIRBANKS, Charlie Charlie, No such place exists in Fairbanks(telephone book search), but when I Googled there is a prop shop in Anchorage and I will call tomorrow. The fact that I now have 5 slipped props in my...

Had a recent failure of the prop on one of my Honda BFA40 motors. The rubber bushing between the splined shaft sleeve and the actual prop blade assembly started slipping at about 2000 RPM. There was nothing in the water that I might have hit?? I replaced it with the new spare. When I...

If anyone is interested I can look at the boat when he is back in Fairbanks in late August. Possibly the price is a misprint?? Richard

Check out this CD-22 on Craigslist in Fairbanks. http://fairbanks.craigslist.org/boa/1887345226.html Richard in Fairbanks

Thanks for the link Astoria Dave. That's the one. Also thanks to all for the good info.

After reading all the good comments from others recently I purchased an Ancor Double Crimp Ratchet Tool. Looks like a quality product. The instructions with the tool are somewhat lacking in detail as exactly how to make a proper crimp. Some time ago one of the members posted a link to a site...

My 22 cruiser, C-Spirit on an EZ Loader trailer with rollers (not bunks) measured last summer was 8' 9" on the trailer. That was from ground to top of cabin. Don't have a width for it. Richard in Fairbanks

Just received two of the same stainless handrails AFI 74012 to install on the forward part of the roof of my CD-22. Got them from Amazon.com $34.23 and free shipping. Richard in Fairbanks

You guys are great. Thanks for all the help. Problem definitely is the magnets in the wiper motor. I knew I couldn't compensate out 60 degrees of error. Dr. Bob's idea of an electronic compass may be the best idea rather than relocating the wiper motor. Meanwhile I will temporarily locate...

I checked the distance from the compass to the windshield wiper motor is 7" and as the compass is moved closer to the the motor the compass really reacts. This may be the main problem. The speaker from the radio/CD player is 22" from the compass. The GPS and Radar receivers are mounted over...