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In Massachusetts they give you $750 towards a heat pump electric hot water. Energy use on a standard electric 50 gallon tank is ~$400 a year vs ~$100 a year for the heat pump. Works better down south as they are less efficient pulling in and warming cold air. Also, your basement usually gets...

OK... thanks for the comments. I've been running regular gas from the gas station, but I'll try to just buy non ethanol from the docks here and see if it makes a difference. The boat is in the water year round down here in Maryland and gets used consistently so I assumed I didnt need any...

This past fall I sold the really nice 20hp honda I had on my boat and replaced it with an early 90s 30hp yamaha two stroke that I picked up for cheap. After a few hours disassembling the carbs and cleaning out all the jets, adjusting the mixture screws and idle screw (with help from Jode), I...

There was just an early 90s 30hp for sale locally for around $1K and I hesitated... nows it gone. I have a smaller 6hp yamaha 2 stroke that is a great motor. Just wasn't sure I wanted to go back to the noise and the smoke. Being too easy on these kids I guess. A nice groundswell and that 2...

Yah, these inflatables are rated really high for weight. You basically have an aluminum v-hull boat that would probably work just fine without those air tubes. I always thought they were all throway dinghies that only lasted 10 years but I'm beginning to like the concept. I think most of the...

Last year I picked up a 13' aluminum rib inflatable with a 20hp honda that has turned out to be a great boat for me and my three young boys to explore the Chesapeake Bay. With a couple adults or myself and my three young boys it easily gets up on plane and it cruises around 20kts, which is...

I tow a 13' rib aluminum inflatable that has a 20 honda with my VW station wagon (prob weighs ~600lbs boat and trailer). So, I think you will be fine towing your boat with any crossover type vehicle Although, my wagon is a diesel so has a bit more torque for going up the ramp, etc. One issue...

I have a 13' aluminum rib inflatable that weighs 225lbs. Right now it has a 20hp honda on it (~110lbs). It is usually pretty good with my 3 boys under 5 and my wife... maybe the dog too. But, if you add another person it probably isn't going to get up on plane. Instead of increasing horsepower...

Is it best to soak the jet in a cleaning solution or do you need to physically remove the blockage?

I've got a friend that recently bought a 2 stroke 40hp Yamaha. It starts easily but then stalls out when you give it any throttle. I imagine it is probably the carburetor but could also be the fuel line, etc. For example, my 6hp Yamaha was doing something similar this Spring and I found a pin...

Thought folks on this forum might be interested in posting a formal comment. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/29/2020-01497/revision-of-federal-migratory-bird-hunting-and-conservation-stamp-duck-stamp-contest-regulations

Maybe this recipe would work well for brant? I just corned a bunch of canada breasts and made some tasty reubens. The pickling spice might take away the stronger flavour of the brant. I once plucked and roasted a brant in a girlfriends apartment. Not sure her apartment ever smelled the same...

My federal duck stamp t-shirt that I wear with pride is a bit worn out so I thought I would try to find a replacement from the friends of the migratory bird duck-stamp website. I couldn't find a link for a new shirt but it was nice to brush up on the history of some of our heroes in...

I live in southern Ontario and I think someone in town owns one of those same boats. Thought maybe it was similar to a roy boat.

I've been appreciating some of James McMurtry's sharp songwriting work recently as it touches on hunting/fishing and rural America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcPiZvcoGgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-jqKzKq14

This is what I recorded looking through the stamps: 1960 retrievers save game 1975 canvasback decoy 2000 hunting boat in background 2005 could be decoys in background 2010 decoy Side note: The junior stamp this year is awesome...

https://www.audubon.org/news/hunting-imagery-may-soon-be-mandatory-federal-duck-stamp-contest Folks are worried that changes like this further divide hunters and non-hunters which would be unfortunate given the predicted declines in the future number of hunters. Out of curiosity I went back...

A number of years back I switched from Muck to Bog boots. I found them to be much more durable and they have excellent customer service.

I picked one up a few years back that looked to have been rotting away in someones backyard for years. I picked up some ash and got it to bend to the gunnel by putting it in a pvc pipe with a wallpaper steamer hooked up to it. They are great canoes and as Steve said your best bet might just be...

We had a good 15-20 grouse flushes in two days just never had any good shooting opportunities. Hunted the first day in the Katahdin monument which had fairly low densities of birds, but we saw two huge bull moose. Probably be a bit easier when the leaves come off the trees over the next few...