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The RV industry has many similarities to the boating industry. The RV magazines all sugar coat their reviews of motor homes. Why wouldn't they? The manufacturers they are gloating about are their advertising customers. They don't want to bite the hand that feeds them. Then one day J.D...

I had the pleasure of meeting Pascoe, and spent a day with him while he surveyed my boat. Somebody has to counter balance all the sugar coated boat review articles written in the magazines. Even if his style is flamboyant, and he exaggerates a lot, and makes mistakes, he points out that there...

Astral Blue The largest diesel outboard I ever saw was 27hp. It was made by Yanmar. They are out of production now, and I haven't seen one in years. I know that Evinrude makes a multi fuel outboard engine for the military that can run on diesel fuel. It's something the Navy Seals would use on an...

Hello, This is my first post. I had no idea that the trawler forum even existed. I was interested in a Duffy 29H and did a search, and it brought me to djmarchand's post. Portager you came up with a brilliant idea of the transportable trawler. I never looked beyond an 8'6" hull because I knew...