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It might be helpful to add a discussion of history, which can be summarized as engineers/ map makers on land used true north and sailors at sea & pilots in the air used magnetic north (because they had to navigate with a compass, no time to take a solar shot to determine true north). The chart...

Harv is going to lead the tour in 2016.

We launched and stored our rig in Mid Lakes marina at Masdon,NY. Good people. Two c dorys in Marina of 30 boats. Would do it again. Chuck

Oh Bob! I love it.. In the perfect world that is what we would all do. however, it's retirement time and.... I want it all.. The great home with a great garden, a few summer weeks in the mountains, spring and fall boating, and winter snow sports. I still cut 4 cords of firewood each year...

Here is an update on the Extended Summer plans. Since it was only up on the main page for a few days last November, I thought some others who might be interested could have missed it. Our plan at this time is to attend the Lake Powell Gathering in late September, pull out about Oct 1 and head...

Wow! Love it. I had no idea there were so many swirls. The one just off the Washington coast/ BC coast is very interesting. I wonder how often that occurs. I had thought we had a general on-shore flow when a storm was coming in. Apparently Not so. Chuck

Two Bears just signed up for both Friday Harbor and for Pender. Our plan is to attend Friday Harbor and then spend another week or so in the San Juans. No firm plans. Then return to our truck/ trailer in Bellingham and drive / ferry to Pender Hbr. We'll get there some time between May 25 &...

I removed the foam and love the storage. I gave the "floatation" issue a lot of thought (2 years) before I did remove the foam. The deciding issue for me was the chance of swamping / and or sinking. It's my understanding that most boat sinkings are the result of failure of a thru-hull and...

Responding to the question about the first posting of the trip data I receive the daily digest of the "Looper's" forums, and the January 3 edition had the info from irboater telling about his Great Loop Trip in a CD-22. I don't know him, but since it was a CD-22 it was interesting to me...

Question about the Wedge. I looked at the photos in the album but got confused with the measurements. How much do you think it raised the lower rim of the wheel? Or another way to ask: How much additional space between the seat and the wheel? Chuck

A C-22 "Salty" has completed the Great Loop and has posted his statiticsl on the Looper's forum. I was hoping he would post it here, but it's been a while, so I've copied his post below. By: irlboater on January 3rd, 2014, 3:47 pm I have compiled some trip statistics from my recently...

Regarding the kicker clearing the trim tabs, my boat came with a cast "U" shaped metal bracket that the kicker mounts on and thus clears the tabs. The problem is that mounting bracket/ extension bracket was mounted too low. When retracted (raised?) my kicker just clears the water when the boat...

You might consider a "bag," or fuel cells. I've seen three brands. They are mostly larger sizes, but I've seen some smaller ones. If you got a larger size you would not need to fill it full. Easy to see fuel remaining, as they collapse as the liquid is drawn out. Therefore venting is not...

By "Network" Garmin means the big system that goes through a central processing unit used on larger commercial boats. On the 740 the main head is the CPU, and you have purchased a complete package and it is truly plug and play. I bought that package two years ago and found that I needed to...

When I started looking 3 years ago I was given some advice: Visit stores and try them out. Doing that I found that Garmin "fit" me, where Ray marine and Lawrence did not. That's personal choice, but it is like buying a car/ truck. If you were raised in a chevy family and you get in a ford it...

The lock walls are just that, a big wall with out any bumps or protrusions that would catch the edge of a barge being pushed by a tug two barges back. In the wall are slots and in the slots are the floating bollards. The slots are probably 50 feet apart. I have not been though the locks on...

Boating while wearing sandals & shorts is our ideal, but here in Idaho our sandals & shorts season is only a few weeks long. September is the nicest boating month of the year but it’s not always sandals & shorts weather. Lake Powell in September with its 90 degree days is great sandals &...

I love your San Juan map. However, the Lk Powell map gives me pause. When I return the lake level is always different = higher or lower by many feet than on the previous trip. I've headed for a place I loved "last time" and with the hope to repeat the experience and its' changed I hardly...

We've trailer-ed across the country twice (2 loops). In planning my first trip I considered leaving the boat in the east and just driving home in the truck. When I compared the savings (15 mpg vs 10 mpg) it was more than offset by the cost of motels; as we "boater Home" & stay in the boat...

My fuss and worry (Rant?) is tie downs. Two problems with most boats: 1) boat sliding forward in a sudden stop, and 2) boat jumping up from road bumps and getting off its proper centering on the trailer. My boat came with just 1) tie downs on the rear which only keeps the boat from sliding off...