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From Hull Speed (about 5 knots) up to about 10 knots a C-22 is climbing up on "plane." I consider that a "no go" zone for my boat as it wastes fuel and does not handle well. The first "sweet spot" is about 12+ knots and I like 17-18 better when the water is calm. So for the restricted parts...

The aerial / Sat image shows the dock high & dry at a low tide. Humm

Don't forget that if you go "boater homing" and stay in RV parks you will need RV adapters. Since I don't have much draw but LED lights, the fridge and the battery charger, I converted to a normal 15 amp plug and have a 50 foot medium duty (14 gage) extension cord and then a bunch of adapters...

Bob, How about leading it after the Apalachicola gathering, which would be a good kick off. The "Loopers" cut across and miss most of the big bend country to miss the shallow water. They make a longer passage than is possible with the range of our boats. Also, I've found that "tagging along"...

I don't see Canada charts listed, or did I miss something? Does the screen go blank when we go north of the San Juans on the upper left coast?

There are a variety of auto tunnels on the market. Costco has an 10x20 for under $300 that should last at least 3 years before the fabric deteriorates, and the box indicates new canvas is available. The alignment would need to be right for sun protection, but it does come with sides. Not all...

Costco has a 10x20 Auto Tunnel for about $240. Not all the boat will fit in, but it gives room around it, good ventilation. You should get as many years as a cover will provide. Someone sealed up my boat with the cover too tight one year so in the spring there was mildew on many of the...

We've been retired 15 years and most years have spent 3 months or more on the road, away from home either in the boat or a very small "pop" top (6x6') PU-camper. I thought I had a good understanding of what we enjoyed and avoided. This year I had two epiphanys that shook the foundations of my...

I have an I pad and used it recently on Two Bears and powered it with a adapter in one of the "cigarette lighter" power outlets. The adapter has a USB port and I just plugged the I-pad into that. Over the coarse of a few hours the I pad lost charge, even with the green light on for charging...

My Suzuki motor book talks about draining the oil by removing the plug and catching the used oil in a pan. Easy to do when the boat is on the trailer but it can be messy and not always convenient or possible when the boat is in the water and the hundred hours comes up. Shops seem to use a pump...

I posted this a few weeks ago but no one commented so it dropped off the forum. I wonder if it's not the same thing. I'm using a lot of the suggestions above, but still have not found a clear thing as the "problem." Last fall (2013) before winter I attached a fuel pump to the outlet of the...

In order to make things cool the machine has to pump heat out. Where does that heat go? For those that have one in the bunk area, does it add neat noticeably? I think about window mounted air conditioners. The cooling coil is outside so the heat is dissipated outside. Chuck

I took my tank out and stored it the attic of my barn. Reasons include those you described above. Mounted at an angle there was a lot of wasted storage space. I tried a fabric tank but you don't gain much. It needs a false top shelf above it or anything you store on it pressurizes the water...

Last fall I attached a fuel pump to the outlet of the "kicker" motor and drained both tanks. I did not change the fuel filter, thinking that I'd put a few hours on the motor in the spring and then change, so than any "junk" kicked up by the draining or spring refueling would be caught in the...

When I first bought our boat with a refrigerator, I thought the previous owner had spent all his time at dock and almost pulled the refer out to throw it away. Instead I ran a test in my driveway during a heat wave. With the refer half full I disconnected the "shore" power and put the switch...

Two Bears will be launching in Bellingham Aug 8 but we only have two weeks. Anybody going to be running around the islands about that time? chuck.

Chuck, did it work? (Keeping the bad seeds out of the hay? One of the side benefits of these kind of programs is public awareness that there is a problem. I think that "awareness" is doing more than the inspectors in this case. I sure look my boat over more carefully than I would if "no one...

In my former life as a "bureaucrat" I was given the "honor" to put together a program to deal with invasive weeds on a National Forest= Think "Weed-Free Hay." You start out with the objective of stopping the entry of the little seeds hidden in a bale of hay, which is darn hard to do. Then you...

Sometimes things just don't work. I've been sick and it has not gotten better, so Two Bears won't make it to Friday Harbor. Penny and I had really been looking forward to the gathering. Chuck

Just installed Raymarine S1000 auto pilot and did something wrong. It is not talking to my Garmin 740. I suspect I'll still be trying to fix it when I get to Friday Harbor. If you've played this game before, I'd appreciate not reinventing the wheel. Chuck