The off road fuel cells that I use for extended travel are plastic. The manufacturer of those recommends burping them several times a day when fuel is in them. They also recommended storing them

I've had this happen with plastic gas cans in my garage, if they sit for a few months mostly empty they suck in and create a vacuum. My first thought is that the fuel is oxidizing and consuming the

I was just doing routine maintenance on my BF2D Honda (16-years old). I noticed that the forward side of the fuel tank was "sucked in" around a half inch. This was early this morning and it was

Next time you should tootle through The Jungle. There's a wide spot in the channel when you come out of the trees that's a nice place to stop and swim, or just hang out. You get the afternoon breeze,

Didn't come across any this evening - plenty of wind though!

I've got a homebuilt GV-11 which is becoming quite small since my kids have grown. We were planeing but it got a little rough with the north wind, so we slowed to 5 mph. Once we turned around (by the

We're not going swimming (we hope <g>) or water skiing, so any algae blooms won't affect the Coot lunch. I hope to attend. Had to bow out of the Salish 100. :o( I'll sit far away, downwind. ;o) It's

I hope you had a good time, Jarom. Did you tootle over to the Jungle? What kind of boat do you have for "tootling". The usual brisk afternoon north winds may stir the water at the south end of the

Yesterday there wasn't one in the south end of the lake. We launched at Perkins Peninsula Park and tootled around.

Friday morning the bloom was on at Richardson. On Saturday night we went for a sail and the bloom had mostly disappeared - I'll be on the lake tonight and will report on the current conditions.

Wondering if that algae bloom might impair the coot lunch. I plan on being there early again for more water testing. I'd like to see how the new water pump works after testing yesterday. I did a

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

Haven't been out there this week, but a trusted source at the Richardson marina reports a "massive blue-green algae bloom at Richardson". Didn't say if it's near the swimming area. I guess this means

I know because I recorded a short video while I was out. This is a frame from the video, it shows the water depth at 80" and the surface temperature of 73°. From your other roving reporter. B.G.

I'll take that as a good sign. Thanks!

I had a photo someplace for an actual homebuilt wood English canal boat with an aft cabin, bowpicker style. The reason I liked that was the outboard sat in a well under a deck of maybe 2 ft. at the

I asked over on the Fernsail group, in case someone there knows anything. There don't seem to be any kids wandering around the swimming area at Richardson shivering from hypothermia, and the air

Thanks for the heads up. We'll after clear off that stuff.

Be careful where you take them swimming. I just got back from a week of camping there and I noticed a blue green algae bloom starting. Joe -- Joe Novello

At taking the family out on Fern Ridge this weekend. The kids are itching to go swimming. I am wanting to set and healthy expectations for them, and so I am looking for a more up to date water temp.