Recent content by Capt Kangeroo

Thanks guys, much appreciate the great tips. Unfortunately I live in this frozen wasteland called Canada & will have to wait until spring to try out these ideas. I'm putting my money on a defective fuel pump and given how cheap they are I think I'll buy a new one and keep it as a spare in...

Hello all. I have a low hours Kohler 8E gas generator 1999 vintage which refuses to run unless I pour gas down the carb. It will continue to run as long as I keep pouring in gas. I have changed the gas filter feeding the carb but no luck. By my way of thinking it has to be the carb or fuel pump...

It is almost too funny that anyone will voluntarily use the arriveCan app. We crossed over several weeks ago and sat on the bridge for over 2+ hours. In my opinion this invasive app had nothing to do with covid and everything to do with tracking people. Good riddance I say. We also just found...

Ah for the good old days and paper charts. Most new boaters didn't have a clue how to read them and even fewer knew a thing about how to plot on one. This had the handy fear factor effect of keeping novices from straying too far from shore for their own safety. Now with chart plotters and GPS...

Is anybody still using a Cetrek auto pilot, mine is the model 715 hand held but I suppose other cetrek models may have the same programming. Mine seems stuck in some sort of test mode, the display screen reads TESTING and none of the keypad buttons are functional. The display is showing the...

I am currently buying a boat and the Broker seems intent on charging me the 6% state tax. Were it true I'll be retracting my offer. With 13% Canadian tax added in, that makes 19% over and above the purchase price. Thank god the boat was made in the USA or I would also be hit with 9% import tax...

Thanks to all, the feedback is much appreciated although some of it is far too much for my poor 70 yr old brain to process. I think I have established my shopping criteria as pertains to the engines. I still lean toward diesels as our intended cruising will be long and slow but will...

Good to see some of the old crowd still here! I appreciate the comments, a few points I hadn't considered like access to diesel mechanics & safety. The boats I'm looking at now are your run of the mill Silvertons, Carvers, Chris, etc in the 40 to 45 range but nearly all are gas. Don't really...

Other than the longevity of diesel's, are there actually any meaningful advantages / disadvantages of one over the other. I have owned both and prefer diesels but really don't know much about them. I'm finding that the pickings are very slim in finding diesel powered yachts in the major North...

Got a great chuckle out of that but be careful which cannuck you say that to, you might need a sturdier chair or perhaps a small caliber hand gun...... something I am told that can be readily purchased at any vending machine in the US. :whistling:

I think that even when the border opens, there may not be near the crossings "either" way due to the inability to get travel insurance that covers covid. At present the major insurers are only saying no coverage while there is a level 3 or 4 advisory in place but given the notoriety of travel...

Sorry to hear of your difficulties BoatPoker, I hope the rest of your journey is uneventful. I agree with Psneeld and the others. These places ripping us off need to be identified /published in as many places as possible to save others the same grief. It seems more and more marinas these days...

DenveredOn, Your right about the relationship between spiders and bugs but clearly you have never boated on the great lakes, particularly Lake Erie or Georgian bay. The insects here outnumber the grains of sand on the beach, you would have as much luck eradicating them as counting those grains...

One of the peripheral issues with a spill on the Trent is that most of the cottages here draw their water from the river. Some have systems to render it potable, most do not. In any case a small fuel spill here would have nearly zero long term impact on anything as the current on this...

Holy smoke Art, I think you must be having a seriously grey day, that is really depressing. Someone should do a study of the ratio of people who would prefer to die in their sleep to owning a boat :) Since you brought it up however, I think I'm with the yes crowd. When the wife was on life...