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Love my Yami 2000. It is possible the Honda puts out an extra 100 watts or so from what I have read e.g. Honda 2000 watts substained. I use it at home for emergency power and it runs the side by side full sized refrigerator and freezer and the 42 inch HDTV/amplifier/satellite receiver and a few...

Just ordered one myself. I have been worried about a sloppy install of the transducer which came with the Sea-Cruz when I bought it. Looking forward to getting the screws out of my stern :) Ron

OK, here is a theory I have been working on. Probably has no value so I would be happy to hear why it is not true. My 2006 Carb Honda 90, after sitting for 3 to 5 weeks does not start right up but cranks for maybe 30 seconds total before sputtering, stopping, then starting etc. When it starts...

Wow! Ask and you shall receive. Now that is pretty amazing Kayak and autopilot combination. Ron

Steering is fine for...oh about 10 minutes, then it is tiring in anything but perfect conditions, at least compared to the autopilot. In fact after 10 minutes or so of steering my attention wanders and find myself drifting off course. Probably have ADD but then the autopilot is justified as an...

I bought Chevron in mid 2010 and it has gone up 47% since then. It also is returning 3.07% in dividends. I feel guilty but when the price of gas goes up it makes me a little happy. Or at least it offsets the pain at the pump. Ron

The amazing thing is how many words have been written and how many factors found to favor one over the other. Still no conclusion. Looking at the Marinaut 215 advertisement at the top of the page were I am composing this...I notice no capability for twins...hence... he...he..... Ron

While the damage was extreme, the ship seemed to list rapidly. When I look at these cruise ships, they seem to have too much mass above the waterline. I read that the Queen Mary II has twice the steel (and twice the cost) as a typical cruise ship. There is a classification distinction between...

I just re-read "Two Years Before the Mast." Great adventure story of sailing around the Horn and then up an down the California coast. Ron

For the towing I do, my Sienna is acceptable. Same engine & transmission as the Highlander but only a 3500 rating vs 5000 for the Highlander. I only tow around Monterey bay (max 30 miles) which is mainly flat. No problem on the ramps. In fact the front wheel drive seems to have an advantage...

For the fun of it, I just checked the sea conditions off the Farallons and the Monterey Bay Buoy. No big storm or anything, winds around 20 and the seas are 12.5 feet at 13 seconds. I would not want to be out there in anything less than 100 feet and that would not be very comfortable. I am...

I have a 22 angler in Santa Cruz and it would all depend on the day. There are many days I take water over the bow on the 22. Things often start getting rough outside the cover of Monterey Bay. I came close to broaching because I was letting the autopilot run on the way back in with 6 foot...

I want radar but will wait until Garmin comes out with broad band or equivalent technology. On Monterey bay there is no shipping traffic but lots of kayaks, paddle boards, crab pots, and small wooden rental boats that I need to see. Very short ranges with high vis. is the order of the day. I...

One was already lost when I bought Sea-Cruz and then the second one came off. I called and it was going to be around $45 with shipping. I bought one of those dual suction cup handles and now use it for both windows and as a grab handle where ever I need it. Works much better than the window...

Ok, after a little research I discovered that valve lapping compound dissolves in gasoline and mixed with some diesel would do bad things to cylinder walls, fuel injection systems, etc. While some of the grit would be trapped by the fuel filter some of the dissolved components and diesel fuel...

Perhaps a "phony" fuel line hooked up to a few gallons of gas mixed with sugar would slow them down....a lot in the future. Would work like a several thousand dollar fine..self imposed...no police or courts required. Ron

I was living in fear C-Brats might lose your contribution if you did not have a C-Dory. Now you do...again...great! I also have the carb 90 on a 22, so I will be looking forward to any additional insights you come up with. Actually mine runs so well that I can't justify any upgrade to an...

If you do a search on "I am a marine engineer manager" you will find many many scams with this letter. It sounds like one method he uses it to make a fake payment from "paypa1" (note the 1 that is not an l) with an accidental overpayment and then asks you to immediately refund the difference...

MY Max Burton 1800-Watt Induction Cooktop. Was $65 so a little over the $50. Amazing you can put a piece of paper between the burner and the pot and it will not burn. In fact you can put an ice cube on half the burner and it will not melt while you cook on the other half. Feels a lot safer on a...

Sea-Cruz came with the Raymarine S-1000. It works very well and takes a lot of the work out of the helm. Love the remote control. Ron