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Wow, 10 mpg at 20 mph. I can only get that at about 5 mph, more like 4 mpg at 20+ with my CD22 and Honda100, and I consider myself lucky.

I agree with Bob that a DC/DC charger between the starting and house battery is the way to go. I have had good luck with the Renogy DC/DC with solar input (charges from solar and/or alternator). I have this setup for two trucks/campers (RAM 1500/4-wheel camper, RAM3500/Alaskan camper) and the...

I have an 80 lb Minn Kota electric trolling motor mounted on bow. It can steer the boat with a bearing or a course. It can also act as an electric anchor, keeping the boat in the same spot, particularly if there is a slight tide or wind. I often drop it when cruising up to 5 mph, and it tracks a...

I rented a houseboat for a family reunion there back when I lived in Oak Ridge before I moved to Seattle. Wow! 1987! Looks like it is a lot more developed now. We explored, anchored where we wanted, swam when it was hot. We generally got breezes in the evenings, but not always. The main problem...

Depending on what you have, you'll probably never get much into the yellow and never into the red zones indicated in the post above with LiFePO4. I went for a long trip with my truck camper, and then to Brazil fishing for a month. I had hooked up a 12/24VDC converter to power my Starlink mini...

I live in South Puget Sound, and, I have to say, this area has the most inconsistent wind patterns of any other place I've lived (Gulf coast, Chesapeake Bay, New Hampshire). I gave up regular sailing here. It is just not much fun most of the time. I still sail a Hobie Tandem Island when I see...

Bob had asked what kind of output I actually see (I read that as amps from the alternator) from the nearly-new Honda BF100, and Ken had cautioned that conventional wisdom is that you shouldn't use a DC/DC rated or set to more than 50% of rated outboard output, which I have greatly exceeded at...

Depending on your usage and need for charging from the alternator, it seems a shame to only get 20A from the alternator. If you look back at my configuration with the 50A (max) charger, you can set the DC/DC charging between 10-50A in 10A increments. Mine is currently set to 40A and it shows no...

I have a newer Honda 100 on a 2003 CD22. A year ago, I put in a 50A Renogy DC/DC charger with 2 100A LIFePO4 batteries and a 200A Renogy solar panel on the roof. After a Will Prowse recommendation for this combo for a van or camper, I had already put the equivalent on my 4-wheel camper with good...

I'd have to agree with Tom Elliott that Coho (Silvers) are great and are my favorite salmon. For me, Sockeye are close behind. I don't think there are any salmon species that I haven't tried prepared various ways. Cohos are abundant and easy to catch here (usually). Of course, there is nothing...

Colby; If you want to explore REALLY South Sound you are welcome to come to Anderson Island and park your rig. We have about 2 acres with waterfront (with float for mooring boats) on Anderson Island and there is a marina with a concrete launch in the Riviera community. A word of warning...it is...

I think I have solved the same problem for entering my very light kevlar canoes (10 ft and 12 ft Wee Lassies, 16 and 25 lb, respectively), Minnesota 2 (42 lbs) from the C-dory, at least mostly. The problem is that they are so light they tip easily, so, until you are in them sitting in the...

This is a post of hope for Orcas in general, and, well, "Spotty" the harbor seal is on the float in from of my house again today. I wonder if that means I might see an Orca. Yeah, I figured an Orca, probably a Biggs, though humpbacks are coming back pretty strong too. For the first time in my...

Interesting the possibilities Foggy has brought up with paddleboards as tenders. I've watched these become really popular here in South Sound Oro Bay. In the summer, at least, you'll see nearly as many people "out there" with paddle boards as kayaks and canoes. I initially thought they were a...

I had an inflatable Avon that same with the CD22 when I bought it. I can see the point of having the dinghy for convenience and beaching, and my outboards (Cruise-n-carry 0.7 and 2.7) and now Torqeedo 1103 pushed it well. In particular, we don't typically have sandy beaches, and tidal...

Joe; Was that an Orca (killer whale) you saw? I used to go diving to get saltwater critters for school tanks there. I remember so many seals, and then a group of the Biggs Orcas (marine mammal eaters) came in, and then there weren't very many seals for a few years. Hood Canals offers a dead end...

CDfolks; for the sake of international and nautical folks...here is a reinterpretation of my data, including the estimates for the 90. I only did two serious estimates based on using an external tank, warming things up, moving with no/low tides or significant wind, and placing the external tank...

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All of what Foggy says is incredibly true. The reasons I was able to post the data I did was partly because I repowered from an 2003, high-hours carbureted Honda 90 to a brand new Honda 100 that had integrated NMEA 2000. The Honda 100 is lighter, but not significantly. I also removed two...