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Additional info: I got one of the blade assemblies apart, and the name "ANCO" appears there. So my blades are apparently from Anco. Anyone?

Apparently, my boat has completely unique wiper arms/blades, even though the motor assembly looks pretty standard. I can't find a blade refill, or even a blade assembly, that looks the same. I've searched the threads here, and if the information is already on the site, I can't find it. It's...

I don't claim to be an expert, but I did go through Deception and/or Canoe Passes more than 70 times last season! I was a tour guide for Deception Pass Tours, and on my days off I literally "played" in the passes aboard Two Lucky Fish. My favorite is going dead-in-the-water and letting the...

It isn't about C-Dory, but the word "C-Dory" is mentioned in the article: It's in the story about sea lions: Tribes help haze sea lions to save salmon on Columbia

I could take delivery of those and distribute them. I live in north Seattle, and commute out to Bellevue.

I plug my Class B AIS into my laptop using a Kayspane serial-to-USB converter, and that provides my own location plus AIS data. No radar, no depth sounder, no engine instrumentation. That's all on the installed Raymarine plotter. Despite the admittedly rinky-dink installation I've got going...

Lyle, I want to see this in operation! You going to be at Friday Harbor?

Coastal Explorer. Even if the charts weren't quite as good as some other app, the extremely intuitive UI would still be a winner. The fact that the chart presentations also happen to be among the best makes this a very simple choice. Full disclosure: I'm not paid by Rose Point, but I do count...

Very helpful, Larry. It helps me feel confident with my own choice :-)

Joel, sign me up for a pair, if you please. I'm SICK of having everything soaking wet in there. Plus it'll fit one of the commercially available propane tanks, unlike the stock hatches.

At the risk of seeming to self-promote, my write-up is available here: Standard Horizon’s new VHF radios with AIS integration

I feel that the Fujinon Mariners I've had for over a decade are about the best ~$200 pair of binoculars on the market.They've spoiled me for crappy binoculars, and I'm too much of a cheapskate to buy $500+ binoculars that I would never dare let my kids use. I love having a pair of "very good"...

Rose Point offers radar. If I understand correctly, they're reselling the Koden radar sensors.

I've been using Rose Point's Coastal Explorer 2009 for a year or so, and I love it. I run it in parallel with my Raymarine C-80. Since the C-80 is already installed on the boat, it's my primary chartplotter/radar/depth/autopilot tool. But I run the laptop at the same time, either on the...

I cut away a section of the black rubber in order to install a speed knob, and although this was a few years ago, my recollection is that the shiny metal underneath was identical to the shiny metal that isn't normally covered with rubber.

The crew of Two Lucky Fish weren't able to make any of the official C-Brats events, but we did run into lots of C-Brats at the show! I guess that's one of the hazards of being a "distinguished representative of the world press"; you know...a blogger? Anyway, nice to see those of you we saw...

Good article over at Three Sheets Northwest: Port of Everett closes state’s largest boat launch for dredging

So I've been reading the owners manual for these new Standard Horizon "Matrix" models (GX2000 & GX2100), and I'm a little concerned. I've got an email in to S-H for clarification. Here's my question for S-H: My Raymarine C-80 chartplotter has only one NMEA port, which can be set to 38400 or...

Or you can do like I did when I bought Two Lucky Fish from Mac and Linda: CALL BoatUS and have them update the record for the existing MMSI number. Then you maintain the info right on the website as usual. It's a hassle, but less of a hassle than demounting your VHF and shipping it to the...

Sorry, it's a Ray49. I have a 54 too. Alls I know is that if I were buying a VHF today, I'd get one of the Standard-Horizon models with a built-in AIS receiver: http://www.navagear.com/2009/11/standard-horizon-gx2100-vhf-and-ais-all-in-one/ Oops, did I accidentally just plug one of my blogs?!? :)