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Stuff happens. If it hasn't happened to you yet, just wait. It's the Nature of life. As far as "needing" a kicker, or having that "twin" engine for safety (and/or peace of mind), there are some caveats. First consider what Sea Tow posted about the most common reasons they are called: Now...

Guyz. Buy the smallest kicker engine to make your planing hulled boat go displacement speed for what? Intentional prolonged slow speed cruising; fishing, sightseeing, a sunset booze cruise, offshore carnal activity? Always go displacement speed in a planing hulled boat? You have the wrong...

Thunder and Lightening Thunder, loud and close, can be awesome, can be bone jarring and dramatic But remember, it's lightening that does the work. Sometimes, it seems one occurs without the other in your location. But thunder always occurs with lightening. It causes thunder. Between seeing...

Compared to humans, fish exhibit extraordinary reproductive fitness. Humans, maybe most humans, cannot be oviparous, viviparous or ovoviviparous with the ability to change depending on our environment. After all, being labeled as a sequential or synchronous hermaphrodite in today’s political...

There are many poets who don't even know it. But their feet show it because they are Longfellows. Aye.

I haven't gotten into Martin Heidegger much yet. There is so much. He does seem to be preoccupied, maybe to a fault, with "the primordial truth of Being", ["sein", "seiende" and such} which Rene Descartes took a stab at much earlier but was later upstaged, after some 300 years and is now...

I really didn't notice. Been reading Kirkegaard; kinda absorbing... Took a while to get it but when you do, it sticks: Aye.

The most important thing to do for winter storage of a properly lubricated OB engine is to get the water out. Fogging, tilting, plug changing and using mouse pads are all secondary, tho of concern. Mice/rodents do not chew on engine components despite my seeing birds attacking automotive...

The man wants to go fishing. I think he's already caught something. Aye.

The Swedes are doing it big time; recreational craft and small commercial. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/business ... gfooterold Have a look. As mentioned, "going green" doesn't come cheap up front but the operational costs may be reduced "90%". Mother Earth is not too impressed since most...

The hull undoubtedly has water intrusion. Get a good moisture meter for boats and prove to yourself just how much water is in the hull. I'd also weigh the boat on the trailer, subtract the trailer and motor weight (and junk on board) to see if the weight makes sense; water weighs about 8.3...

Of course, I fog. Aye.

Most people have never shot anybody, looter or otherwise. I haven't but I have been shot, twice. That's another story. The following is just one example of using deadly force and the aftermath. Not judging it, just mentioning it to give maybe one unaware cowboy a small glimpse of a grizzly...

Sadly, sometimes, bad things happen to good people. Aye.

Sorry John. What I said about hurricane avoidance, not arctic blasts (a completely different weather phenomena), was "If possible, evacuate well in advance and follow official warnings." I do not know the timing of "evacuation orders" with the hysteria of crammed highways - another reason...

Well, some prefer to be reactive to severe weather and deal with the unknown chaos that accompanies it. I prefer, as stated above, the proactive approach, again, if possible. I've not always followed Grandma's sage advice, inadvertently inflicting self caused morbidity to my regret...

The best advice is to avoid being near the projected path of a hurricane in the first place. If possible, evacuate well in advance and follow official warnings. Don't plan advanced vacations in hurricane prone areas late in the Fall. Tougher if you are on a small island like I was, twice...

Just remember, recreational dollars spent is not "real money". You deserve to get what you want since you've earned it. Everyone else has one, so I can too. The Trust Fund is paying for it so it doesn't really cost me anything. Certain things are necessary in order to relax properly...

Here are numbers that may be of interest to you. I sold my 2014 C Dory 26 Venture w/twin Honda 90s for $75K in 2018. If you want description of its particulars, as sold, PM me. Aye.

I made the sail/power boat conversion. It took several painful years; maybe a decade. At one time I owned both a powerboat and a sailboat, neither puny in size. Both suffered along with me. This pushed me to decision time. I went all power and rapidly felt better. It took about 2 weeks...