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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Chester wrote: |
When we had our house built recently the contractor and plumbers refused to install anything from Lowes or HD. Our new sinks are Kohler.
Buy your stuff at a plumbing supply store. We just bought a bathroom sink for the old house at a plumbing supply store and it was less money and nicer than HD stuff. |
I hear ya.
These are ceramic sinks
One had a chip and one had a black spot under the glazing |
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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I really hate having to rehab this house
Guess we've been here 26 years now
Would be so easy to just sell and buy another
But I'm trying so hard
To keep our taxes as low as possible
So rehab it is.
Need to just get this boat and leave her with whatever money it takes to pay someone else to come do it
And it's so ridiculously expensive to have it done too |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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WeekiTiki wrote: | hardee wrote: | Well, 30 more horses...
So, yup, it's bigger but just by a few, and man o man
What it can do.
And only 30 more horses,
Hardly more than a few. |
I hear ya Harvey
I can see where 30 more horses on a flat bottomed C-Dory
would make all the difference in the world.
We have big rollers that come into Ponce Inlet here
Due to the channeling of water from the jetty |
Twin 40's make 80, that's 30 more than your 50 Honda.
Quote: | Used to hang with riders who'd fly through the woods on 50 hp motos
Now I find myself looking to
Pilot a two ton vessel with only another 20 horses |
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:57 am Post subject: |
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[quote="hardee"] WeekiTiki wrote: | hardee wrote: | Well, 30 more horses...
So, yup, it's bigger but just by a few, and man o man
What it can do.
And only 30 more horses,
Hardly more than a few. |
I hear ya Harvey
[qrote]
Twin 40's make 80, that's 30 more than your 50 Honda.
Quote: | Used to hang with riders who'd fly through the woods on 50 hp motos
Now I find myself looking to
Pilot a two ton vessel with only another 20 horses |
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Now I'm up to speed
Problem was I was talking about me switching from a 50 hp dirt bike to
70 hp on a 22 foot boat and the excitement factor
Oh, and I commented on one of your pics
It was taken at the ramp
Was wondering if that's as far in as you need to back your trailer |
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:29 am Post subject: |
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Dreams: Mine are usually entertaining.
I can usually figure out why or what I'm thinking about.
Call from Brian yesterday must have made me think of this pic of us
pulling trailers behind our gold wings.
Then there was a pic posted on Facebook of friends at a motorcycle rally
with their jack-russell terrier on the bike with them and
it reminded me of mine from years ago riding too.
Then the red gold wing I was riding in my dream was my dad's.
Now God only knows why Elvis was riding on the trailer with us
post earthquake disaster.
What a trek it was too. When the paved roads became clogged
we took to the woods.
Unbelievable what traction we had with only one drive wheel.
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:31 am Post subject: |
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...and the rear cooler was full of oysters we picked up in Apalachicola |
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Boat hp rating vs what you put on it
Two of the most fun boats I've had
8 foot Fliver with a 25, boat would fill up with water and when you nailed the throttle it would run out the back
15 footer with a 140, that was rated for a 70
1976 Bonita, the helm sat forward a bit more than an actual speed boat
and it was way good for skiing |
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Like talking about outboards
Was considering getting a larger motor for my little 17 dory
It has a 30 hp three cylinder Yamaha two-stroke
Thought about a 50 Yamaha but they're way too heavy
Guess 40 would be the one but even it weighs 100 pounds more
It's just that the old two-smoker is so loud compared to these new ones
And then went from there to buying a C-dory
But we really like that little skiff too
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Speaking of that old '89 231 Mako
I re-powered it in 2000 while working in Key West
Anyway, so I'm in New Orleans for a friend's St. Pat's Party
He's showing me pics of his vaca on Big Pine
Say to him, "that's my house right there"
He says, "I told Danny, Alan's got those exact same boats"
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Danny Brown
Retired Ocean City, Maryland cop
First time I met him in NOLA for that same party years prior
He drove me back to my hotel
Limos were blocking the drive
He whipped the old borrowed mufflerless rust-bucket of a Chevy Blazer
right up on the sidewalk like he owned the place at 3:00 in the morning
And let mo out between the limos and the front door
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:49 am Post subject: |
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hardee wrote: |
Left a comment there.
Harvey
SleepyC
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That's what I figured
Now, does your new lowered trailer have a sunken type frame?
How is it lower?
I've got a tilt trailer for my 17 cat. It sits up way too high. |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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The trailer is a Pacific, Galvanized tandem.
I replaced the risers under the bunks with new, 3 inch shorter ones from the Pacific Trailer factory in California. Pulled the bunks off, and replaced them onto the shorter risers.
The 3 inches allows the boat to float off when the water is just at the top of the fenders, and the truck tires are at the edge of the water.
Harvey
SleepyC
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WeekiTiki
Joined: 12 Jun 2019 Posts: 412 City/Region: Weeki Wachee
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Just Cruisin'
Photos: WeekiTiki
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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hardee wrote: |
I replaced the risers under the bunks with new, 3 inch shorter ones from the Pacific Trailer factory in California. Pulled the bunks off, and replaced them onto the shorter risers.
Harvey
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OK, simple enough. Trailer was probably originally designed for something with a deeper V in the stern |
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Micahbigsur@msn.com
Joined: 27 May 2019 Posts: 484 City/Region: Big Sur
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sierra
Photos: Sierra
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:03 am Post subject: |
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You are really good at posting visuals I am not, but google one of the several photographs of C-dorys jumping a big wave and getting air, that looks pretty exciting even for a dirt bike rider, maybe leave the wife home on that one though..... _________________ Micah Curtis and Dana, RN
2003 C-dory 25 Sierra, 200, 9.9 and 2.5 Suzukis
2012 R25 SC Sequoia (2015-2018)
1978 Folkes 38 SV Audacious (2006-2015)
Micah, KJ6GUF, Dana, KJ6GXG |
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