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I noticed today that Oregon is pushing for R99 diesel fuel. My pick up got great mileage on regular #2. I dropped to 12MPG on B15 and then to 8mpg on B20. Now the local stations are forcing the R99. Is this a ploy to finally get rid of the diesel powered vehicles on the road? There was talk of a...

Well, launched the boat for the first time this year. What a mess. Two good batteries took a dump. Trim tabs froze up and bound up, one flat and one partially down. Wife and daughter got, nasty sea sick for the first time ever. Seas were to be and reported as 4' @ 12 seconds and ended up 9' @ 10...

Hello, all of you left coasters! With fuel on the rise again, here in western Oregon, we have decided to move the boat to the coast and put her in a secure storage. This way we can just drive over, launch, and have our fun. Why not a slip? I've seen the build up on the bottoms after just two...

The fuel drains back in the fuel system on the 1977 SRV-19 with a Mercruiser 470. I have checked and tightened everything from the fuel filter to the carb banjo. And for the life of me, it always drains back making it very hard to start. I just can't find any reason for it to do this. Can...

Hello all, I stopped into the Oregon DMV today for trailer registration. One of my trailers was improperly registered as a light trailer instead of a heavy trailer. The GVW is 10k lbs and they had it at 6200lbs max weight. So, while talking to the lady, she refused to change the plates and...

Anybody else going? We will be there tomorrow 13 Jan 2023.

Newest towing equipment for 2023 model year. A must have for the Seattle plywood over the bow crowd.

Hey all, With my SunDancer tucked away for the winter and having everything done, other than my weekly checks, now to find something to do. So I dusted off the ol embroidery machine and got some things done I have been putting off. And when I say dusted off, I mean it. I haven't used it in a...

.....comes from? Or how it got to you? It's that time of year here in Oregon. Christmas tree harvest. This year it's in my back yard. These fields were last harvested in 2014. Planted in 2015 after the winter rains.

Hello All, I hope the season has been good to you all. I was in the 300DA yesterday. Decided to run the engines on the muffs, since it's been a while. I ran the Starboard first and she fires up right away no issues. Switched everything over and went to fire the Port and nothing. Pushed the...

I was doing some maint on the gravel in the driveway and had to move the boat. Pulled it out and had one wheel locked up. No worries, had my son get under the trailer and back off the shoes until it would move. And yes it was not dragging the last time I moved the boat for tires in the late fall...

So it appears there was a fire reported this morning at 3am. Not many details but this one story. Portland firefighters put out boat fire on the Columbia River (msn.com) So I wonder if it's too early to ask if the slip is open?

So I just got off the phone with the company that I have used for years now. Everything from drift boat repair to high power rocketry. And they have had everything I have needed to sit in one place on a river to breaking mach 1.6 and 10,000agl with a paper towel roll. I called and asked about...

On the 300DA the canvas snaps to a flat spot on the top of the sides. There is a transition just behind the helm where the canvas goes from the sides to the top then back to the sides. Is there a better way to attach it other than the snaps? The fabric just keeps pulling loose from the snaps...

Just sitting here and going over what I need to stay current. And one of those things is the signaling devises (flares) on the boat. They are not expired but it's getting close. So I am looking at what everybody has. I know I need some fresh 12g flares. And it is blowing me away, what we are...

I have the bunks now adjusted. But I don't want them to move going down the road as they have done before. When I got the keel sitting on the bunks, I adjusted the bunks to the hull and hammered them tight. But I did that before and they vibrate down in no time. How would you lock them so as to...

So the one thing I have yet to go over is the jack on this trailer. Now I have towed and worked on everything from a 3'X3' Harbor Freight trailer to a quad axle removeable goose neck lowboy with a three axle Jeep. And I have worked on the jack on a few. Every trailer I have worked on the jack...

When we brought the boat home back in November, I removed the rubber caps from the hubs. One was black and looked like it had thrown all the grease out at some point in it's life. So I took the caps off of them all and cleaned everything up real good, added the grease as per the instructions and...

Hey all, I have cleaned and waterproofed the canvas on our 300DA. Canvas is all original and in great shape for it's age. But there is one thing that has been bugging me the whole time we have owned her. What to do with these leaking seams. I don't want to ruin the stitching. And when I put the...

Our 1992 300DA galley sink 90 elbow has been broken for some time now. The PO wrapped it with electrical tape to stop the leaking. I didn't like it so went investigating and found out why. Sink hole is 2" Drain is 1 7/8" Tail flange in 1 3/4" (This is the biggest problem) Hose is 3/4" With...