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Hey CW, at 75years of age I don't have that much time left!

I'm pretty sure it's 25 degrees. If Dan think's it is as well I believe your safe. Dan, may have pulled a couple of winks since he did his, but you know how them damn engineers are.....they never forget a thing. Besides it's dark as hell outside right now, colder than a wedge, and I'm...

Hey Dave, The rack is made out of the plastic lumber that Home Depot sells 1" x 4" stock). It makes for a very lightweight and durable rack. The stainless steel support I got at a local shop and had them cut it to the right angle and length on the spot. The pockets for the support are made...

OK, now that I've finally stopped chuckling I'll get down to business. Since Pat got a fairly definitive written response on the acceptable parameters regard the cleaning of halibut on the boat or away from port it would behoove anyone fishing in Alaskan waters to carry a copy of that epistle...

Hey Roger my man, yep, the traps are light. I cut 2 pieces of rebar for each trap, about 12" long. I'm guessing 5/8", at any rate they weigh 1# each. I coated each with a couple coats of liquid rubber and I used plastic ties to attach them solidly to opposing bottom arms of the frame...

Ladner has a collapsible shrimp trap that folds to about 1' x 1' x 2". Set up they are about 1' x 1' x 2'. Consstruction is stainless steel frame & netting. w/ 2 tunnels. They sell for about $48.00 ea. LFS in Bellingham and Seattle Marine in Seattle both carry them. Only problem is they...

Russ: Chris is spot on with the compression braking. Coming down a steep grade under compression will hold the brakes on steadily and they will get hotter than a pistol. I try to avoid coming down a grade under compression sufficient to activate the surge brakes, as much as possible. I...

Russ: To be of any help need to know what kind of a setup you have. Drum or Disc brakes. I had the same problem and finally resolved it. Your situation may be entirely different, but this is just something to be aware of. In my case I had a tandem axle trailer, w/stainless disc brakes, and...

I drive forward into my slip and back out when I'm ready to leave. Before leaving my slip I run a dock line from the forward starboard cleat and tie it to the rear leg of the radar arch. When I come into my slip it's pretty slick to simple slide in next to the finger, pop it in neutral and...

Pat, whatever you do. don't junk the Mac......embrace it. PC users should be so fortunate!

The C-Dory factory site appears to be up and running with most information fairly current and complete on MOST models. However, the TonCat 255 is conspicous be it's lack of information and or updating. Virtually all the info categories on the TomCat are black holes, zip, nada! Scrolling...

Thanks Tom, she is in a cast and will have to one arm it for 6 to 8 weeks. Right now it's a matter of getting more comfortable with it, and getting a little more fetch and carry out of me. Mark

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I'm going to have to scratch 3rd Byte from the PWS gathering. My lovely wife took a nasty spill and broke her wrist, so we're not going to be up to the run to Billy's Hole. We may be off the water for a while, hopefully not too long.

Bob, Our good thoughts and prayers are with you as you ponder your options. Alaska will wait until a more propitious time for you to visit. Things have a way of working out and I trust this will be the case with you. Mark

C-Dude, I hear Ya. The table prior to 2005 left something to be desired. The thing is unstable, insofar as the hardware is concerned. I've got a 2004 and it was the same setup you have. I haven't had the rusting problem, as yet. The old mounting system was simply unsatisfactory, so I...

Weston & crew, Sounds like a winner. Looking forward to tagging up with you. It'll be a fun time as these gathering always are. Shucks, I'm even going out on a limb and predicting fair weather! Maybe the reds will be in as well. See you there!

Tom, Sounds like a plan. Billy's Hole sounds good to me. If we're lucky there may be some "red's" in there to add to the fun.

I had a problem with a Raymarine C80 that was similar, in that the boat icon showed the boat going the wrong way, some times 180' off. Orientation was fine initially but it all of a sudden the boat icon on the display showed the boat going in all kinds of weird directions. Turned out that...

Hey Ted, I'll plan on getting an early start, so I can appreciate the "blur" and your wake as you go flying by us. Should be fun....................Looking forward to it!