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For all you gourmands, I stumbled upon www.fishingworks.com yesterday. They have one heck of a selection of great-looking fish recipes. Al

This morning I took a very uninspiring photo from our archives and tweaked it a bit with Photoshop Elements. This is what the original looked like: Then I cropped it, selected the sky, land and lighthouse, and water separately, and adjusted lighting levels and contrast. I applied a film...

I have a 2001 and somewhere along the way I think I came up with the idea each tank could actually accomodate 23 gallons. I think I purposely ran one dry once and then filled it up at a gas station. Also, I have three red plastic Briggs & Stratton six gallon cans and they squeeze beautifully...

I have a rod-holder mount dead-center on the inboard side of the transom well. It holds the Magma over the cockpit and we've grilled on it many times, as in the rain, with the all the canvas up except the aft panel. And we have yet to catch anything on fire or blow anything up. Al

Maybe we should have a poll to see how many of us have done the same thing. I'd bet the results would be embarrassing. Al

Bob and Joe have offered good advice. The temperatures you talk of aren't all that cold; the kicker should start just fine. I recall a few years back when a friend and I were netting whitefish just before freeze-up. We had a 14' boat with my 1985 Johnson 15 HP pulled up on a rocky shore. We...

It seems I recall the mention of some folks having used and Endless Breeze 12V fan. I just ran across it in a catalog and, at 12 inches in diameter, it looks good. I'm thinking it might work somehow suspended below the V-berth hatch opening to move some air on hot, still nights. For those...

Our camper canvas has been attached by means of snaps attached to a 3/4" thick piece of high-density polyethylene screwed to the cabin roof. But the stress of the curvature and exposure to the elements had caused it to crack in several places. So I found a place that would sell me a...

You must've found the world piracy report on the web. It does make for an interesting and frightening read. Al

Here's an option I just stumbled upon: CE Smith top-mount rod holders. They are fixed at a 20 degree angle and can be mounted to a rail in either parallel or perpendicular orientation. And they fit the 7/8" existing roof rail of a CD 22. I'm tempted to put a couple at the back end of both...

CE Smith Rod Holder

I just found a little 3 gpm Shurflo diaphragm pump for about $80 at www.northerntool.com . Of course, it wouldn't be of much help if one took a wave over the stern, but I'm just looking for something to vacuum up what little water usually collects in the aft sump. The inlet and outlet are only...

I replaced out fully automatic Rule with a Rule-Mate, float-switch model a couple years ago because I also didn't like the constant cycling. Now, I too, am thinking about adding a second one between the fuel tanks, but am thinking of a small diaphragm pump to enable pumping out the last drop...

I have never heard of anyone in this neck of the woods using anti-freeze to winterize an outboard, nor of having any trouble for not having used it. And we hit -30 to -40F most winters. Al

This puts me in mind of an Ole & Lena joke: Ole and Lena were awakened by a phone call one night. Ole answered and Lena heard him say, "How the hell should I know; it's 1500 miles from here!" When he came back to bed, Lena said, "Who was that?' Ole said, "Some guy wanted to know if the coast...

With moose hunting season beginning today, it seems appropriate to post this picture of the two biggest moose in northwestern Ontario. LOL! The painting is on the side of a gas station in Dorion, up the Lake Superior shore from Thunder Bay. Even before we bought our C-Dory, we were told what...

Two Big Moose

Re. this issue, last spring I purchased a suitably sized clamshell vent and modified it with a bit of filing and squeezing in a vise such that it would bolt on to the Wallas exhaust flange using the back two fasteners. I can't say that it has totally solved the backdraft issue, but it sure...

It seems like this came up in a thread a while ago as I recall confessing that I had to reverse the wiring when I installed my trim tabs. I found it was easier than trying to reverse the wiring in my own noggin! And I remember there were a few others who had done the same. Al