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For those who do have to leave and get hit, going back may be hard. You should bring a chainsaw with fuel and oil and a large pair of bolt cutters. Also bring a few of those fix-a-flat cans and a tire plugging kit. Make sure your spare tire is OK. There is no such thing as enough fuel, water...

I sat there and let Andrew hit me. As long as I have a working vehicle, no hurricane will ever hit me again. I'm not scared of a marginal cat 1, but look what happened with Charlie. Wasn't a big bad storm, and wasn't going to hit Punta Gorda, until a few hours before it did hit, when it became a...

Well, there are always other guys out there to tow you in...like the guys you came across... You don't have to be a Sea Tow or Boat US member to get a tow from them, it's just going to be expensive. I have never had to call a commercial tow boat on one of my own boats. I have called friends to...

Or, if you're not going to do all those things, at least have a Sea Tow or TowBoat US membership. I have towed lots of people home over the years, and had the Coast Guard tow us in from the Gulf Stream once, back when they still did that. These days, I have less patience with people who need a...

Glad to hear an improved Sport Pilot is coming out. It was the only autopilot that made sense on many small boats. Sure, it had problems, but it was better than nothing if you wanted an autopilot.

Can you post pictures, Bob?

Are we having fun yet? I am wondering why he didn't just clip on downline from the snubber the first time around?

Well, Jeff's DA MAN, and I'm just a sales guy, so he's probably right. I'd just point out that the HIN conventions generally call for that 4th character from the end to be a letter, not a number, and it represents the month in which the hull was laid. see: http://my.boatus.com/consumer/hin.asp...

captd, are you sure that's the number? The conventional numbering scheme would have the last four be "I809" not "1809". In that system, the "I" means "September" the "8" means built in 2008, and the "09" means it is a 2009 model. I'm not certain Ranger uses that numbering system, but most...

Thanks for expanding on that, McDipple. It makes more sense to me now.

There is a manual for the 25, but it has to undergo final editing before release. I have it. There is no manual for the 21, to my knowledge.

I think you're listening to shrimp, but not necessarily cleaning your boat. The loudest I ever heard were in the Miami Beach Marina. It sounded like fireworks when they would get going at night. We once caught some kind of mantis shrimp there that was about 6" long, with HUGE jaws. I have...

There is a product called Tef-Gel which seems to be working pretty well to control the unlike metals corrosion where stainless hardware is used on aluminum. I have used it in a few applications in the past few years, and my preliminary opinion is that it seems to help. A real test will require...

I had the same problem, but in my case it was a 15 year old paid off loan that was still showing up on the USCG documentation. After trying to sort it out for a couple of days, I just hired a documentation service. Paid them a little money, and quickly had the problem solved. You can avoid such...

How far do you want to travel, evilskier? On yachtworld.com you'll find a 2005 w/low hours out in California for only $25k. There are two more for $28,900 in New England, and an 04 in Jacksonville for $26,900. If you want it more recent, there's a 2007 in Ohio for $47,900.

That's very surprising, and shoots a big hole through my contention on this issue that if we're going to attempt to mandate competent boaters, we should REALLY attempt it, as in with on-water training and testing. If the training we put airline pilots through does not markedly affect judgment...

So I wonder: has the US done anything to give force of law to this UN resolution? Has the govt of the Bahamas? Are we soon going to have to have a boater's license just because the rest of the world is going to have it that way? How old does the UN think you have to be to boat, anyway?

Rodger, your training program is comprehensive. You will probably be the best prepared novice boater ever!

Hi Jim, I actually didn't follow you over here. When we took on Ranger Tugs, I decided to find an owner's forum and see what owners say about their boats. I truly regret our history on the other forum, and don't have any ill will toward you. The potential impact of licensing on the small...

That's one way of measuring the good (if any) done by licensing, but it ignores the harm done. Specifically, Texas, for example, requires kids 13 to 17 to possess a license to operate a boat solo. 12 and younger are not allowed solo operations. The law exempts small boats. All pretty reasonable...