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Great story (as always) but is there any (real) reason we have to use a macerator pump with all those ninja do-dads?? It seems to me that many of this type of pump are subject to burning out the impeller bit if allowed to run without passing poop. (and there is no real nice way to determine when...

Having just completed an RV "cruise" to the Eastern part of our state in order to replenish our wine cellar I have great empathy for Jim's blog about RV sites, although I must admit we have been very lucky in our choices so far. I will be interested to hear how the macerator replacement goes as...

I get real mad at seeing fish that I can't catch :lol: M

At my age it sometimes takes a while for stuff to sink into my brain but this thread caused me to have a :idea :idea :idea moment. Our canvas man recommended using Meguiars Mirror Glaze clear plastic cleaner #17 and polish #10 on the clear sections of our enclosure (works great BTW). My...

Seems that the Nauticast is now handled by a German company and they do have a local address (Seattle) to handle support. http://www.1st-relief.com/nauticast%E2%84%A2-b Merv

On the first day, God created the dog and said, sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this I will give you a life span of twenty years. The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other...

Great story, great pics, :thup :thup :thup seriously jealous but thanks for sharing. M

We also had a 17 Arima which was an excellent fishing & crabbing platform and would handle seas like a typical deep V, ie. good, until forced to slow down :-) It was adequately built but not as solid as our CD 22 and had no-where near as "liveable". I can only imagine that the 16 (Arima) would...

Same thing can happen with those nice, "touchy-feely" soft plastic cases that they sell $$ you with your shiny new smart phones. Red seems to be particularly attracted to any other contacting surface in direct relationship to the degree of difficulty in removing it. Don't ask M

Y'Know Charlie, I'm beginning to worry about Harvey. First he has this "thingy" about his propulsive efficiency on half time, and now, just because he has lurid dreams (in lieu of snoring !!) he is backing down on huge imaginary fish which he has never caught :shock: Harvey : I have this...

Rob, No. The short one I have is made by the same bandits as make the long one, Marinco. I don't have the actual part number but it looks a bit like this http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=50526 This appears to be a more recent version. Mine can be taken apart and repaired. This...

I blame Harvey :lol: M

I absolutely agree with you that if I tried to run on one engine at WOT I would not get into the 5-6000 rpm range without changing the prop, and that is quite logical. I fully understand your idea of re-propping under certain conditions where you are going to use the boat as a "single" and want...

I had a number of problems with the commercially available $$$$ 15A to 30A pigtail cable sold by you know who (and yellow in color) continually tripping the garage (or marina) GFCI because it had absorbed moisture, worked fine on sunny days !! Solved that by using the marginally less expensive...

Not wanting to hi-jack the thread but I was recently parked next to a boat that had the fresh water inlet mounted (by the manufacturer who shall remain nameless) within 1 " and slightly aft and downhill of the pump out. :disgust Maybe less spectacular but equally dangerous in my book. M

Matt, As an ex competitive bike rider, I like your analogy (and you are quite right, no way I could do it today.) You are also quite correct that if I wanted to run on one engine and get to 5,500 rpm I would have to change the prop. (gear) and the boat would go slower than with two engines at...

Let me play confucious :twisted: It seems to me the whole point about "propping" twins to both run at manufacturers rated rpm is that this is the best setting for running with twins. Why are we suggesting that on a twin engined boat, you would want to achieve WOT rpm for any extended period...

Glad to see so many of you tried out Homfray Lodge. We first spotted it in June as we left from Wildernest, and wondered what it was so we contacted them. They were very responsive, indicating that they would accomodate boaters as well as "lodgers" and asked that we pass the information along...

Jerry, You will find some pictures of one solution in the "Kingfisher" album on this site. Worked for me :lol: Merv

Jim, Sorry we missed you, we would have enjoyed watching someone actually having to work :-) You must be pretty beat. What a fustercluck with the Ferry crapping out on the dock and having to be removed by a large Foss tug. We watched several ferries sitting outside the harbor for 30 + minutes...