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Just pull into H Dock...got it! Thanks, Roger.

Two Lucky Fish chiming in a bit late. We are planning to be there! We missed last year because apparently First Communion is more important than boating, or something. I'm heading up Friday, from Seattle, with one child aboard. Question: Do I need to contact Port of Friday Harbor, or do I just...

Two Lucky Fish will not be in attendance, alas, despite the fact that the boat is IN THE WATER, and ON LAKE UNION about two miles from Fisherman's Terminal. She's running fine, too. I've simply got a conflict, and I had to make a choice. I'm sad. I was looking forward to having a get-together...

There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers. Here are some stupid answers... This one is puzzling, isn't it? It's all Celtic, and America is the melting pot...the west coast even more than the east coast, in terms of remembering the fastidious details of stuff a long time ago a continent...

Complete non sequitur for my C-Brats friends, but I figure some of you might ACTUALLY be interested! I would like to invite all of my fellow C-Brats in the Seattle area who also happen to be pipe band enthusiasts (Hmmm...that may be a pretty small group, come to think of it!) to our big Kirkland...

That's the ticket, Bob! Thanks. And thanks for all the other suggestions, folks. I like the product test/review idea, but I need it by Saturday. I've got a good relationship with Mustang, and with the publicist for ACR, but the time is too short.

I need to bring an immersion (survival) suit along on a ten-day offshore passage. I don't want to buy one. What are my options? Rental? Borrow? Thanks!

No, but after yesterday's experiment I'm now confident that I can do this with the boat in the water, so I might as well buy a set and bring them along. The plugs in it now were new one year and 50 hours ago...I didn't use the boat much last summer with my knee injury/surgery.

Shifter cable has been adjusted. There's quite a bit of "play" in the entire system. I took apart the throttle control head, and that lever returns to two different "neutral" positions depending upon whether you're coming from forward or reverse. About 1/8" difference. By the time the cable gets...

VERY helpful, Les. Particularly since I asked the service manager at Jacobsen's (who normally work on the boat when I can't do it myself) to watch my videos, and he came to exactly the same conclusion. This weekend, I'll try to adjust this myself. Wish me luck!

Yeah, I'm starting to think that the high-rpm "rattling" is unrelated to my transmission issue. I really appreciate all the feedback. Here's a new video that may provide more info: http://youtu.be/QtKxdK_22UI Interesting note: When the engine is shut down in neutral, if it was engaged in...

Yes I have that digital display. Seems to be working fine. Maybe start a separate thread on that, and let's discuss.

Lunch will be provided. Have dinghy, but probably easier to find a spot where we can back the boat up against a dock.

OK, I haven't had a chance to give this much attention, but today I ran the engine, I switched between the two fuel tanks and ran it at a variety of throttle settings. I heard the rattling when I ran it above about 3000 rpm, but not at lower RPMs. But now I think I have new, helpful data. Video...

I don't add any fuel-preservation additives, because NORMALLY I run the boat enough to use up the fuel. This past year has been a real challenge for me, professionally and emotionally. Plus the weather has sucked, mostly. As a result, the boat hasn't gotten much use over the winter. Right now...

The engine did not stall. I don't think the prop made any contact at all. Yes it sounds a lot like "pinging" I remember from cars in the olden days. I'll try the fuel first. Thanks!

It's got oil. And although it's been a year since I serviced the engine, I've only put about 50 hours on it. I was going to skip this year's service since the engine has been used so lightly the past year. The gasoline...is easily over six months old at this point. Possibly eight months, but...

What the what?! My Suzuki-manufactured 2004/5 Johnson 90 (EFI, 4-stroke) outboard started "rattling" or "clicking" at high RPMs. First time I noticed it was in October 2010, and today when I ran back and forth in the speed testing lane on Seattle's Lake Union, I got exactly the same thing...

One other thing: Make sure you get it adjusted so the trim/tilt hydraulics STOP PUSHING before it reaches the mechanical limit of the engine's travel, whatever that happens to be. It can put a lot of torque on things if it's still pushing when there ain't no place left to go!

ANSWER: Because the pipers were pulled from the ranks of Highland Regiments, while the drummers were pulled from the ranks of the regular British Army (the "red coats"). Apparently the Scots were too smart to go into battle wearing bright red tunics.