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All quiet on the western front this evening. Only thing stiring is me and the birds. As Pat said not a bad day for Feburary but that was earlier in the day. This afternoon we had a little of everything; rain, lighnting/thunder, sun (not sure what that was) and wind but we didn't get any snow...

I got a late start. Had planned on launching in Olympia at 10am and arriving in BH around 7pm. It was 11am when I launched and as I was leaving the dock there was a couple of guys in a new to them (their first boat) taking on water and wasn't sure what to do. I gave them a hand getting back to...

Dr Bob – as always a good post. And taking more money from the top 2% or 3% of the tax payers (those making over $250,000) will not come close to solving our problems. You can tax them at 100% and still not solve the problems. We will still be short of balancing the budget and cutting the...

Jim – you say there are no lights and it is getting 110V. If none of the LED’s come on when the unit is plugged in, the charger is bad or it is not getting AC voltage. How do you know it is getting 120 volts? The only way to know for sure is to take the cover off where the wires connect and...

Big Mack – I was not trying to make a point. I was just trying to stick to the facts and let the chips fall where they will. I agree with you we need to change administrations. I don’t think a third party will do it. It has never worked in the past and will not now. You have to take over one of...

Roger - I figured dealing with Les and Kathy was the only thing that would make me drive through Seattle on a regular basis if I had to, however; there is another option. Go up the west side of the canal on 101 to Port Angeles and ferry over to the Island. Distance wise it is about the same but...

Duff – I have a GMR 18 on my stretched 16 foot C-Dory. I have had it since 07 with a 3205 chart plotter. I am very happy with the set up and installed it myself. Only thing I was unhappy with was the cabling from the radar. I was told not to shorten the cable so I had to find an area to coil up...

Casey – glad to hear you are doing OK. I would say you are still alive because of your skills and mental attitude, more than it was luck that you survived. Unlike people, a dog is hard to track by the police. Often an aggressive dog is given to someone else after it has attacked a person, so...

Occasionally we get questions from our web site contact form and the person forgets to give us a means of contacting them with the answer. Since a large portion of our contacts come from this site, I decided to answer those questions here and hope whoever asked these questions see this post...

Thank You Barry and Patti. This was my first Friday Harbor gathering and now I understand why it is such a popular event. Mike my brother whom came with me said he sees why I enjoy these events so much. He enjoyed meeting many of you. We had an uneventful trip back to Coronet Bay. It rained all...

At this time that is the plan. Dave www.tolandmarine.com

My plan is to launch at Swantown in Olympia Friday morning the 13th at 8:30 am and go to Friday Harbor by boat. I figure I should be in FH just before 5 pm. The chart below shows my route and approximant times I will be passing various points along the way. If anybody is going by boat from...

You elect A to represent you in congress. B gives A money asking that we use ethanol our gas. You say it is not A’s fault we have E-10 gas; it is B’s fault so you re-elect A as your representative. This is the problem in our country. We too often blame big business for our problems. Big business...

I quit using ethanol gas about three months ago. Since then I have noticed my truck has more power and it has increased my gas mileage close to 10%. Pulling the boat my gas mileage is about 15% better. It cost a little more but I more than make up for it in increased gas mileage. One of the...

I had not planned on commenting on this thread but have received a couple of emails from people with miss-understandings about the Marinaut from this thread, so I will try and clear up a few things. The port seat turns 180 degrees and has five stop positions in that 180 degree arc. If we were...

.00055 Dave www.tolandmarine.com

A friend sent me this VIDEO link of the Fligtship FS8. The FS-8 was developed in Germany. Initially the FS-8 was assigned the Airfisch 8. The number 8 denotes the maximum number of passengers (including 2 crew). The first flight of the FS-8 took place in February 2001 in the Netherlands. The...

Ron – before you order the windows from Diamond, check out the windows available at Peninsula Glass Co.—Motion Windows Division. This is a reputable company located in Vancouver, WA and they make the windows for many of the Coast Guard Cutters on the West Coast. Their quality is as good or...

The $0.50/gal you see is just a small part of the actual fees (tax) we pay for gas or other items. Permits, regulations, corporate tax, EPA regulations and so on all add to the cost of gas. Some are necessary and some are fees charged for no other reason than to perpetuate a federal, state or...