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    Pressure cooker

    pressure cookers raise the atmopherice pressure hence use less fuel and faster cooking time. I have seen to serious injuries resulting from people taking the lid off to soon. Once there was a whole group burned making clam chowder. I have never been burned, I like and use them….but be careful...
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    WA Brats - Grad student needs help! (Also, new boat toys)

    Hey. You guys are awesome. Thanks for taking the survey. He said that anyone in the house over 18 can take it, regardless of the number of accounts. It's really hard to get people to take surveys, so this is great.
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    WA Brats - Grad student needs help! (Also, new boat toys)

    I put in a new fuse block, new scotty electric downriggers and a new garelick outboard kicker bracket w/ 15.5 inches of travel onto the Margaret Ann. Photos to come. On another note, I bet my son $50 that he wouldn't wax the boat. So, for $50 I got my boat waxed. I also have a way for you...
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    C-Dory Sightings

    How fun to see the Margaret Ann.....she's a Kingston boat now just haven't redone the call sign.....who would have thought that the boat would actually be seen here! FKA C-Major Chris
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    Value of an Autopilot

    CABLE STEERING AUTOPILOT I Installed a raymarine spx-5r auto pilot. The install was simple. I use it constantly especially for fishing. I keep a close lookout for boats and flotsam but the AP lets the boat troll while I tend lines. You have to keep a head up all the time but its very...
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    Insurance nightmare....please help!

    Bingo! A. The adjuster is not qualified to render an opinion on suitability for commercial purposes. B. The boats have a history of commercial use. C. The policy was insurance for the intended use D. Even if there was a for profit-exclusion it probably would not apply as the claim does not arise...
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    Stereo install recap

    Very nice job. My wife fixed me up with an iPad with loads of music. Then she bought a Shubox speaker. Its wireless and the audio is unbelievable. So, I have tons of music. I keep it charged with the cell phone charger that is 12v...sweet. The speaker is very durable. At night i bring it...
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    Insurance nightmare....please help!

    OK I,m a lawyer and proud to be one. Lawyers are far more generous than doctors as a rule so be careful of your conception. I like doctors too. Lawyers do a lot of good in there lives overall. That said, the issue does revolve around the what the policy says it is a controlling document and...
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    07/27 - 07/29 - Comox, Vancouver Island, BC Gathering

    I did try to make it. I was east of Tuxada Island on friday. I got beat up in the chop for hours crossing from East Point over to Quarry Bay. I was glad just to get out after hours of pounding white caps. On saturday the 20 knot wind had not subsided but I a crossed over to Pender harbor...
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    09/03 - 09/18 - Desolation Sound 2005

    Thankyou Ron and Tom. This will be our first trip to desolation so once we get our feet wet we'll have a better feel for it. Johnstone Strait seems like most places and good and bad but has a reputation for being quite bad when it wants to be. Desolation should be better. ...any fish out...
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    09/03 - 09/18 - Desolation Sound 2005

    We are leaving tomorrow AM. What is very strange is that I still have not made the decision on how to get to desolation sound / princess louisa / Broughtens yet. My co-pilot and ultra fair weather sailer has decided to go along on the first few days of the journey. So, calm waters for the...
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    Mounting kicker at dock?

    is there a sling hoist at the marina??? ....just pull it out, pop the kicker into the pickup while it hangs in the sling then relaunch the boat Chris
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    Remontron-lp heater installation begins- Photo heavy!

    The world does catch up to us sometimes. Ok, so the final set was a bit daunting. The problem was that the little fitting for the propane is metric and swedish. The guys at tacoma screw and home of all good fittings acknowledged that they had never seen such a fitting and that it was...
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    Help with upgradeing gps/fishfinder.

    The Gen2 has a side scan sonar accessory and is a little faster but I'm told the deference is not noticeable. I am a fisherman but i'm told by a sponsored fisherman that he never uses the side scan sonar. He says side scan is not useful others of course may like it but he did not. chris
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    Help with upgradeing gps/fishfinder.

    Also....there are some good deal right now on the hds 10 at cabellas....for the small price its a lot more screen for the money So, I Have the hds 10, the lowrance 3G radar and the ray marine autopilot spx-r5. All new this month plus I replaces the cable steering helm...in progress. Heading...
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    Help with upgradeing gps/fishfinder.

    I am upgrading from the lowrance LCX 111hd to the hds 10. The LCX Will not take my new g3 digital radar The screens on both are crisp and bright I built a custom mount on my older Cdory so the fit for me is perfect....good for older eyes too. If your interested in the LCx...10" plotter I will...
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    Lowrance G3 Broadband Radar Opinions/Feedback

    I don't know if you have updated yet but I have the g3 radar installed on a tower on the boat. I have not completed the final connections...NEMA2000 still daunting but I am still hopefull. Trying to wire to the steering consul for the new autopilot and I found that 2 of the 3 bolts had broken...
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    SS PROP

    stainless performs a little better If you have a prop strike stainless may blow your bottom end If you have a prop strike with aluminum you will loose the prop Chris
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    replacement fuel tanks

    The problem as I see it with big tanks as I see it is that you have to use the fuel or it gets old. Sometimes with big tanks this is an issue especially when putting her away for winter. Yes, there is additives and there is fuel management. I try to use the oldest fuel first. What I have...
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    Westport Report

    A post like that is heroin to a fishing addict......I will be in the water soon new autopilot Raymarine spx-5r arrived last night. Chris
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