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Just another bump in the road. :underconstruction4:

Looks a lot nicer than the Burma Road from WWII.

My dad’s last boat was a bayliner. Lots of water skiing behind it along with other excursions.

My boat is a 235XLC. I am 5' 6-1/2". The horizontal dimensions are pretty good for me. A reasonable amount of room to stretch out with room to spare. Vertical measurements are a different story. When laying down in the forward area of the cuddy [bow], you can't sit up. You kinda have to...

That's the plan to replace all of them. But the nav light and anchor lights above the windshield are the old bulbs and just keep on going. When they finally fail, I'll replace them. And your right about usage of the battery. I actually have a separate/independent anchor light to keep battery...

My stern light is the worst light onboard my boat. I'm lucky if I make it beyond a year before it fails again. The past two nights I've been out this season, I've had to use a small LED flashlight tied to the ski eye. It's actually brighter and higher up than the stern light. Less likely being...

Here’s a picture of my bird:

I've put two hours on so far this season. With the amount of rain and it being Memorial Weekend, I'm not venturing very far. Too much crazy traffic with a strong potential for getting "pulled over." I did treat my cover with 303 so with the recent downpour yesterday, it will be interesting to...

The mechanic usually changes the oil when it goes in for repairs, so I've never seen this before. Once, I changed it and it came out very light blue. Not a hint of black. It was somewhat of a long time ago so I can't recall why I did it and what the service interval was. It was quite a contrast...

While getting my boat ready to launch, I also included changing the lower gear oil. I took out the upper screw and oil came out, so I thought there is no leaking oil. But I thought it was a little dark. Then pulled the bottom screw out and boy was it BLACK! Also had a steady stream of fine...

Why did Canada ban Non-Ethanol gas? Corn growers complain?

Thru trial and error I initially bought an 1800lb winch. The design is exactly like what’s on the trailer. But, when I got home and started to mount the winch, it became immediately apparent that this won’t work. The new 1800lb winch is smaller. Same bolt pattern but the dimensions are...

This day did not go well. I would have rather gone down with the ship.

At the end of last year, I noticed that the handle on the winch is no longer a solid fit on the shaft. The handle originally was an oval fit to the shaft. The shaft is fine but the handle is no long oval. There is just a little bit of grip left. The winch that is on the trailer is an old Shelby...

By the way, my trailer is an old Road Runner out of Texas. Beep Beep!

The news have been reporting on the Canadian forest fires again. Looks like a good potential for another smokey season. Guess I'll have to dig out my Covid masks if I want to sit on or operate my boat. The particulate is deadly stuff. I was also looking forward to doing a lot more bike riding...

With my 80 gallon tank, I assumed that XLC meant Extra Long Cruise. Or with todays prices, Extra Large Charge.o_O

Here are a couple of pics: This is what I viewed with. The binoculars made the trip worth it. Like everyone else, I’ve seen the endless pictures on tv. But I knew it would be different if I saw it myself. I was right. Nothing is better than first hand experience. This map shows key landmarks...

It was the most awesome thing I've ever seen. It out paces my picture above. Buffalo was really cloudy so I decided to drive SW on I-90. There is an overview park that sits on top of the Chataugua Ridge that is well above Lake Erie. I could clearly see across the lake into Canada with several...

Buffalo is right in the middle of the eclipse path. Last week, the weather forecasters were forecasting clear and sunny. Now, light rain and clouds. But they keep up the hype with high thin clouds. I guess we'll see. I was reading on a science site about the drop in temperature could be 15...