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Re: Canadian electronic charts. I asked the CHS officials at the Seattle Boat Show about using Coastal Explorer to meet the requirement, and I was told that CE charts do NOT meet the requirement. The only electronic charts that meet the requirement are the official (very, very expensive) CHS...

One reason to not run lower octane than required is your warranty. The manuf can deny any repairs under warranty if they determine the fuel octane rating is too low. Boats don't use up their fuel as fast as cars so the fuel sits in the boat tank and the octane degrades. Most boat fuel tanks...

Something not mentioned is that fish farms have to feed the fish they raise. Where do they get the food? They harvest other food fish and turn them into pellets. They harvest bait fish and turn them into pellets. They also grind up things like dead chickens, rendering plant byproducts, and...

Propping a twin motor boat is not the same as propping one of a pair of twins. Correct pitch for a twin is determined by both motors running at WOT. A fair test would be to prop the two different boats (the one with E-TECHs and the one with Yamahas) correctly, with both engines running at WOT...

Something to remember about the Seattle Boat Show is that it is a DEALERS show. Manufacturers don't get to display unless, like Ranger, they are also dealers. NMI is not a dealer so they don't get a booth of their own.

The 19ft is different than the 22 in that the 19 has flotation in the gunnel area. I have never owned a 19, but the area behind the riveted on panel should contain foam. Boats under 20ft are required to have flotation installed in the hull to provide for level flotation in the event of swamping.

Even closer to home than BC, here is news about Cooke salmon farm operations being shut down in Port Angeles. Also in this article is a report of the escaped Atlantic salmon being caught 43 miles up the Skagit River...

Next blog installment. http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/12/dear-premier-john-horgan-and-ministers-george-heyman-and-lana-popham-i-am-writing-in-regards-to-two-matters-you.html

A long watch, something for a winters eve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTCQ2IA_Zss A sad story but beautiful PNW photos, even a C-Dory.

Would you eat these fish???????????????? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdQOjWSumto&feature=share

This article from the Seattle Times shows the magnitude of the problem with the processing of farmed salmon. The companies raising and processing farm fish are going to kill off wild salmon if this continues...

Pat and Patty, Congratulations on completing the Loop! In your statistics, I see an omission. How many times did you have to dump the solids tank of your Airhead toilet? Do you have any comments on the Airhead being used for so long on a daily basis?

The smoke coming from a 2-stroke exhaust is from the 2-cycle oil. Use a quality oil and mix it into the gas at the correct ratio. If possible, use an empty gas can, put the correct amount of oil into the can, then add the proper amount of gasoline. Fill the boat gas tank from the gas can...

More......... http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/11/marine-harvest-more-agressive-than-smart.html

Another salvo fired by Marine Harvest in the ongoing fish farm wars............. http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/11/marine-harvest-seeks-injunction-take-3.html

I second what everyone said about a large screwdriver that fills the slot. Another thing is that the tip of the screwdriver must have sharp square edges. A screwdriver used as a prybar or can opener soon develops rounded edges on the tip. A little work on a bench grinder can square up a...

The next chapter of the story.............. http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/11/power-struggle-norwegian-fish-farmers-vs-bc-government.html

And the fish farm wars continue....... http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/11/marine-harvest-going-rogue.html If the herring collapse, the salmon will follow.......

Here is a link to the latest post: http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/10/thank-you-lana-popham.html

The fight for wild salmon continues...... http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/10/the-occupation-of-the-salmon-farms-east-of-alert-bay-is-now-at-day-51-the-premier-of-british-columbia-whom-this-entire-eff.html