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That likely is the problem, you put smart technology into your system. Maybe you should go to Home Depot and buy an old school Bell & Howell thermostat with the mercury bubble in it. :D :D :D

I have the same system installed both in my C-Dory and in my truck Camper. I have never had an problems with them. They are excellent units and really well designed and made. But, my trouble shooting thoughts would go to the controller and then the wiring harness and finally to the heater...

If you want to learn how to parallel park, go to Italy. I just spent a month in Italy and it is amazing to see how Italians can squeeze a car into the smallest spaces. I'm sure they could do the same with a boat. Maybe a boating trip to Italy would also be a great learning experience.

My 2 cents worth on launching. I would go with a trailer that allows you to launch in shallow water. I have had a couple of occasions where I could not launch because it was too shallow. Also I have had to wait longer to load since I had to wait for the tide to come in.

Colby, I'm glad the system is working out for you. Enjoy the quiet without the generator running while you eat your ice cream.

Thanks for the heads up on these important points. We launched this year and in the past at the Ladysmith boat launch. Do you know if there is any indication if this will be effected along with the marina closure? This would certainly effect the future launching plans for us. There seems to...

My father, who was a pipe fitter, gave me some very good advise when I was young. He told me to put Coppercoat or other anti seize coating on every nut and bolt you install or fix. This has been my standard procedure here on the ranch, fixing machinery, vehicles and my toys like my boat. I...

Colby, Now that you are wiring for your new solar system you may want to consider installing a pigtail connector or two on your wires. I have done this on my system. I have two small fixed panels on the radar arch, but the main power comes from two flexible panels that I tie onto the top of...

I currently have about 80 watts of solar on Mistaya and I am planning on adding more. Our current set up has two 10 watt hard panels mounted on the radar arch on either side of the radar. I also use two 30 watt flexible panels that can be tied onto the top of kayaks, on the roof or on the...

Detail of Bow with extra cleats for anchor snubber

Detail of Bow with extra cleats for anchor snubber

Colby, You might want to siphon some of this fuel out and use it in your truck, then top up with non-ethanol fuel to dilute it. My fuel agent told me that very little ethanol is blended into Canadian fuel because it is not subsidized like it is in the US. We have enough oil up here in the...

My Honda 9.9 is about 10 years old and has an automatic choke and electric start, it has at most 100 hours on it. This motor has always been finicky and difficult to start and now it will not start. Over the past month or two when I was on the coast I had it started and running a couple of...

I have installed two extra cleats on my bow, as Dr. Bob has and then I attach a snubber line to take the pull off the anchor roller. This is where the strain and chaffing occur on the rode. I use use about 10 feet of line of a smaller diameter line and tie a "Prussic Knot" into the line and...

Thanks George for the hospitality, we enjoyed our stay with you and it only got to prove that "once a C-Brat, always a C-Brat".

They let us in. I am sitting at the dock in Friday Harbour legally now. Yesterday we went to Roche Harbour to check in through US customs and faced an automated system and a phone that didn’t work. Our application to enter was declined and we had to cross the border back to Bedwell Harbour...

Judy and I are back in Bedwell Harbour. We left for early this morning to check in at Roche Harbour customs, but after 2 hours of going through a rigamarole in the unmanned customs station without a working telephone and then going through the tablet based system, we were denied entry into the...

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