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Seems to me that here in normally windy Qualicum Beach even for us we are experiencing far more gales than normal. What say you on the rest of the island and maybe Blaine, Billingham and Point Roberts?

I worked at Sun Life Insurance a long time ago for 15 years. I was there when non-smoking rates came out. I was opposed. The reason was I saw it as a slippery slope to eventually a 200 questionnaire on life style. So for example, what are your vehicle insurance claims, are you a meat eater...

Well here is a Tony Fleming video, a bit long but definitely interesting of his and his wife's trip on a Russian nuclear ice breaker to the North Pole. The conclusion I came to was a) this journey must have cost a fortune b) I don't think I'd get much sleep with all the noise. This video is...

Nine vaccines have proved effective at protecting people from developing symptoms of COVID-19, the disease that can result from infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It's not yet known, however, how well the inoculations prevent people from getting an asymptomatic infection or passing the virus...

Slick! I may try the Aeropress, but I always need to make a few cups at minimum. The mess in the French press is a drag to deal with, and the history and ease of the pour over is hard to beat. I bought one and used it about 4 times, its now sitting in a drawer on my boat unused. Between drip...

Watching a news program in Canada around the topic of "Immunity Passports." The expert is a bio ethicist out of University of Toronto. His take is that immunity passports coming about very soon is also almost a given. For border openings sooner than later, this new requirement in my opinion...

You don't say Eskimo anymore, better to say Inuit. The Inuit never called themselves Eskimo, white man designation. And better to say Inuit if you are going to have dealings with them. I don't mean this in an arrogant better than you fashion, most of the guys on this forum don't know about...

How many days out on the hook or mooring buoy before you tie up to a marina?

Something like this? https://ca.binnacle.com/Cabin-Hardware-Door-&-Hatch-Hardware/c180_181/p1696/Sea-Dog-322210-Anti-Rattle-Window-Stop/product_info.html

Will Prowse is a young guy and easy to not take seriously, but he is self taught and routinely takes all manners of lithium batteries apart to see how they are made and what quality they are. He is also a solar guru. I'll link below but go through a number of his videos on solar panels to get...

I suspect you know this, but many of the manufactures smaller hp engines are Tohatsu in drag. So my Merc short shaft 9.9 is Tohatsu. Here is a post I grabbed from another forum, it discusses Merc, but Mariner as well uses Tohatsu. Tohatsu is Japan's oldest outboard manufacturer. Mercury...

Must be something out there, you can purchase trackers for dogs.

I have to brag. One of the items that came with my new Mercruiser engine's throttle is a button called "dock." When this button is deployed, the throttle rpm's is halved, thus providing more control at slow speeds. I love, love, love, this option.

For our area, Campbell River/Powell River, Comox, etc. One main engine, one bow thruster, one dinghy with decent power. The bow thruster is a huge assist, the dinghy with decent power is your tender and your alternative power should your main power quit, this is rare. With twins, you have...

I assume as above AIS. Are you talking about a free app? Or are you referring to installing a "receive only" unit? Or are you talking about sending and receiving AIS information. Marine Traffic mentioned above is a good free app. A number in British Columbia who are non-boaters will use it...

If your experience doesn't put to rest the debate over the benefits of a bulbous bow on "small" trawlers, nothing will. Come on, do you want to ruin it for the rest of us, of course the debate will never be put to bed. PS: I watched the two Venture "big nose" videos, like'm a lot.

You will love having some speed available and your credit card company will love you.

Which ever one you get, one with EFI is best. Don't forget Suzuki.

My boat splashed last August after a 20 month refit, which of course seemed forever. I know how exciting a splash down can be. And then 20 minutes later after the boat entered the water, during its first sea trial, the boat hit a log..... !*&%#! Fortunately there was no damage.

Instead of WD 40, you might try a bicycle chain light oil with silicone in it, great stuff. WD 40 dries out quickly, initially it will work well, but down the road, not to far down the road, it peters out so to speak. This is the stuff I use around the house, on bikes, and other mechanical...

What is the speed at WOT?

Will the solar panels when flared out inhibit your access to the bow in an emergency?

To the OP, that's you HiPilot, I know you are reading these comments. The next time you ask a question here, be more specific in your boating interest, short cruises/long cruises, open ocean/coastal only, boating season only/off season, fair weather/rougher weather, shorter distances/longer...

If boating has become his passion I predict he will be back, maybe under a new name....lol. I have been very active over the years at "dpreview," a photographer forum, probably one of the best on the net. This one guy, very knowledgeable would come on and invariably loose his cool over...

Propane heat only puts moisture into the cabin if it's not a vented heater. If it vents its combustion products outside, it won't add any moisture (same as diesel). Newport makes two sizes of propane heaters, I have the smaller of the two. This heater is vented to the outside so concerns about...