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Yes Bob my prayers for a speedy recovery. We still need to circumnavigate South America. Sea ya Jeff

Sad Gordon at least no one was injured. I hope insurance can make you whole again. I also have an angler and might be willing to sell it. If interested contact me. I keep thinking of a bigger vessel to go west and might be willing to sell my angler.

Short and steep. Looks like you pounded pretty hard on some of the steep falls followed by a steep swell. I usually try to back off when I see the condition. I have not had to go to reverse yet but if you were only going 3 knts, reverse must have been tempting. Its fun to have adventure yet...

I would be happy if I could cruise at 15 knots because most of the time our ocean just does not cooperate. Maybe your running calmer water. If my passengers are happy so am I. I know in our waters I have had conditions that top speed is 7 knts and only the fishermen are happy. As mentioned...

I was thinking how expensive to change oil. Cost me $100 for my twins. At the time of purchase the counter gal told me I could save money by purchasing the honda oil for mowers. I though great recommendation for them to get more expensive motor repairs later. I bought the good stuff. The...

I have an angler and I would not want the cruiser. No overnites, no cooking and no table. We bring brown bags and pretty much stay out fishing with only a helmsman in the cabin when trolling. Even though the angler cockpit is larger, I would not want to fish with 4. I have but my fishing...

24.7 KNOTS = 28.42 MPH I still had more but I ran out of room. Sounds like I am on par speed wise. It was a rare moment when I opened it up and the harbor to the inner jetty still has some swell and wind effect from outside. I love my little boat. Thanks for the heads up Jack on too much...

I got up to 24.7 knots coming in the harbor and there was still more. We fished around 10 miles out of the harbor yesterday. Going out was slow for such a flat looking day. We averaged around 7 knots due to the close wind slop. Coming in we averaged around 12 to 14 knots and surfed alot of...

I ordered my boat from EQ marine and Les installed a hand rail package that included hand rails on the cabin roof and a rail across the transom well. The rails on the top attach to the bolts holding the rail on the roof. They are stainless and since you mount with existing hardware, no new...

I had a trophy before the angler. What I did not like about the trophy. At slow trolling speeds the trophy wanders with every swell, every movement of passengers it wanted to do a turn. It was important to stay at the helm. In high wind conditions the trophy rode really rough going into...

I haven't been boating with lightning at the time because I get off the water when its stormy. Better yet, I don't even go when the weather is not cooperating. Windsurfing is another story as we sail when its windy. In the winter towards spring some storms have lightning and when that is...

This accident is sickening for all. Its spreading beyond comprehension and no real solution is in sight. It will take years for healing. I wonder if the underlying profit motive is part of the problem! I know that accidents happen but when you are trying to make a buck, shortcuts and cost...

I always check to make sure the plug is in the hole before I launch. Besides that I do my checkoff on the trailer at home.

Yeeaaaaaaay! Its been a while.

I flush with a salt away solution poored in a flush bag, then I run the engine till the gas is out of the carb and call it good. I do this after each time out usually within an hour of trailering the boat. I switched from rabbit ears a few years ago. I believe the immersion of the lower...

Some laws are just wrong, even if they have the best of intentions. Another example of this type of lawsuits comes from the folks who think they are doing the country a favor by sending out agents (often handicapped) to public facilities (mostly privately owned) like restaurants and motels to...

Life is good in Crescent City. Yesterday at the expected time of the tsunami, people were parked at beach front park waiting to see the wave. I thought what morons. Of all the places to hang, that area would get it the strongest impact of a tsunami. I was watching from the safety? of my...

I have at the helm a chart plotting gps, radar, depth finder, a back up gps, vhf and a backup handheld vhf. I also have a dash mounted compass and a larger compass near the throttles, charts and a line with a steel weight (anchor setup). I used to fish with just a compass and chart, now I...

Thank you for the responses. I say go west to mean go away surfing and not return until I am done. Hawaii would be nothing more than a pit stop if I even went there. I just have no clue about cruising costs on an extended voyage. Maybe an option would be to charter surfing trips once I got...

Most of us here have trailerable boats, which help keep costs down. I am considering a bigger boat to head west and I was wondering just how much more expensive are they to park and maintain? While underway are the costs even more or should you be completely self reliant to fix things and stay...