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Now that's a funny typo!

Bleach is smelly and harmful and will bleach things you might not have intended to bleach. Another way to kill it is with a very diluted solution of vinegar in a spray bottle. Your boat will smell like a deli, which is not quite as bad as smelling like a laundry room. ;)

I see you have already been offered a dock in our area, and you're still welcome to park the trailer and tow vehicle at my place if you come to Punta Gorda.

Roger, JimB's answer above explains this pretty well. I have seen 26M's with 70 hp and one 26X with a 90 hp Honda. Although that boat was pretty funny, I think they're all better off with a 50, as designed. We sold MacGregors at the dealership where I work for a while. I think we're still on...

owned in the past: Small inflatable rowing dinghy Optimist pram 12' Feather Craft aluminum skiff 15' Boston Whaler 18' Hydra Sports cc 44' CSY 11' Boston Whaler 14' Sea Doo twin jetboat 27' Corsair F-27 currently own: 15' Boston Whaler (a different one...I've regressed) Sea Doo PWC 12' Feather...

Yes, all three Ranger models will be at Miami. :thup

The Nordic is small, but not all that trailerable. It's 9'6" wide, which will require a permit in every state. It also draws 3'3", which will usually mean a tongue extension of some kind is required if you want to launch the boat and not the truck.

I suppose it's possible to build it that light using high tech materials and vacuum bagging, but at that price?

I guess we'll have to wait until someone sees one in the wild and measures it. ;) 7,000 dry weight seems awfully light if it is indeed a 28' hull. The R-25 weighs that much with full tanks. The designer estimates the weight at 11,000, which would make more sense for a 28' boat. That's not going...

No, that's not correct. The new Rangers come with no chartplotter/sounder/radar as standard equipment. The R-25 option is for a Garmin 5212 system now, and it's really nice. It's $7,500.

Yes, the stats look very close to a Ranger 25. Some of these boats make me long for an industry standard on just how we measure the darn things. Ranger 25 is 24'7" of boat, but it's 28'5" overall if you include the pulpit and swim platform. Based on industry standards, that might be called...

I doubt that bumping down the road would do more than momentarily activate the float switch. I have run these pumps dry plenty of times, and it doesn't seem to hurt anything or blow fuses. I could see how constantly flicking the float switch on and off as you bump down the road would be very...

Thanks, Sea Wolf. I figured that situation had to end with the boat on the beach. Glad it was OK and no one hurt trying to save it.

captd, What happened after this?

That original setup picture does not look like an anti-siphon loop to me. Anti-siphon loops go up well above water level, and have a vent fitting in them. I think that one is set up that way so that the hose can be connected and disconnected from the hose barbs. Think about the difficulty of...

Thanks for your comments! :) I'll pass them along.

Try not to go swimming while the boat is driving itself! ;)

I think we saw that plane land, IdleUp, and it was a heck of a nice landing! Just wasn't a real plane. I still can't figure out why it would spin the wrong way after the wing came off. Maybe just a really powerful engine for the airframe, and when the wing came off the rc pilot gunned it. I...

Something strange about that fake video, and I wonder if someone can explain it. When the wing comes off, the plane starts spinning. OK, that's expected. But it starts spinning TOWARD the intact wing, as if somehow the OTHER side of the plane had a great deal more lift. Weird.

You might be surprised. I sell 20 and 30 year old boats all the time, and many have lots of original equipment (or 15 year old upgrades) installed. How do you think we know that solid wires break from vibration over time? ;) Went to list an old C&C 30 today. Nice boat, in great shape. Has solid...