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Dock bumming sounds great. Protocal question, Tom and I are coming for Saturday afternoon & evening only, no boat... should we still sign up or just show up? For starters, we'll bring heirloom tomatoes, asian cucumbers and grapes off the vine (if I haven't made them all into wine or raisons...

Rene and I have been using a D battery operated fan from West Marine positioned on the bulkhead window and blowing at an angle across both burners ( across open stove surface). The fan is rigged so it can't accidently fall onto the stove. Like Sundog wondered, we don't know if cooling is...

Tom birdwatching, trip through Washington's Olympic Peninsula

(primative) shore birds

Rene on driftwood

(primative) Ozette Lake

(primative) curlews

(primative) grilling oysters

Huckleberries & crab pasta

(primative) Crescent lake

We'd be up for an overnighter on Coon Island or Sand Island. Ken, set a date and we'll be there if we can.

Hi all, As it turns out, we are scheduled to be in the Port Ludlow area the weekend of the Sequim gathering and though we won't have our boat along we can't resist the thought of stopping by for a bit to see you all. Besides, we're researching camper back options and have heard some...

Rene here (aka, the wife) weighing in. Dan, Gary, thanks for your positive spin and to all who have taken the time to read and reread this complex problem of ours and offer responses. We are rereading them, too! It would be lovely to believe that our motor troubles are over, and we are...

Hey guys, sorry for the slow response to your replies. I'm illigiterate,and am not too skilletful on the gillternet. I know these are excuses which is a cunning invasion of the facts. So I will try not to be funkey any more, and here it is. I feel a little giddy.Since I replaced the thermostat...

Avoided dealing with this, decided to do some fun outfitting. Installed a windless Sprint 600 and Delta anchor with Simpson Lawrence bow roller. Also a motor bracket to keep the 8-horse from dragging and an automatic bilge switch for the rear bilge. As with all overindulgence, one must come...

I agree, curtains are well worth the effort. Instead of using sunbrella, we made ours cut to the window size, from a quilted material designed for its insulative value. They are like window blankets! We added a backing of synthetic upholstry cloth on the exposed side. The curtains do a great job...

Went out with two friends on board and it consistently shut down about 5300-5500 rpm. Took temp. near the thermosensor at top cylinder with infrared type point and read gun with temperatures from 202 to 214, but mostly 202 at top and 165 to 175 at bottom. Forgot to disconnect the thermosensor...

Darn, darn, darn (and Tom says there are five dams on the Columbia) We cannot make it this year to Cathlamet after all. Turns out we both have work related obligations for that weekend we can't wiggle out of. I'll be in Burns with the Watercolor folks and Tom has a convention all weekend...

Gordon, We had some problems with slow startups that weren't battery related. We also had a couple of experiences with the stove turning off and smoking, similar to having a direct wind blowing up through the exhaust and putting out the flame. To improve performance, Karl (stove rep)...

My plan is to take the boat out again with a friend this Sat, and check more specifics. I was told by my boat dealer (after he asked his mechanic) to disconnect the sensor plug and see if the red light and alarm still goes off. He said he had never seen a heat sensor problem, and his...