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If you have a kicker, have you had to use it to limp home? |
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A Fishin C Guest
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:19 am Post subject: A new Poll |
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A new Poll:
If you have a kicker, have you had to use it to limp home? |
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nimrod
Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 268 City/Region: Mount Vernon
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1996
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 'Berta's Boy
Photos: 'Berta's Boy
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:34 am Post subject: |
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yes.
jd |
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jkidd
Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1622 City/Region: Northern, Utah
State or Province: UT
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Voyager
Photos: Voyager (JK)
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:04 am Post subject: |
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No but, my time will probably come. _________________ Jody Kidd
KE7WNG
Northern, Utah
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Wandering Sagebrush
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 2770 City/Region: Northeast Oregon
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Constant Craving
Photos: Constant Craving
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:05 am Post subject: |
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Not yet... _________________ "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln |
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TyBoo
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 5314 City/Region: Warrenton
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1996
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruise Ship
Vessel Name: TyBoo
Photos: TyBoo
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Twice - once on the CD22 when a water pump impeller failed, and once on the CD25 when the steering cable broke.
I ran without a kicker all last season. _________________ TyBoo Mike
Sold: 1996 25' Cruise Ship
Sold: 1987 22' Cruiser |
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Sea Wolf
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 8650 City/Region: Redding
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Wolf
Photos: Sea Wolf
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:55 am Post subject: |
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I had to use my 15 HP Johnson kicker once in the California Delta when I spun my main prop on a sandbar.
Don't have one now, but have a 45 lb thrust trolling motor on the anti-ventillation plate, lots of batteries (4), a Honda 1000i generator, and a 40 amp charger. Works on lakes, anyway!
Joe. _________________ Sea Wolf, C-Brat #31
Lake Shasta, California
"Most of my money I spent on boats and women. The rest I squandered'. " -Annonymous |
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jimandlaurie
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 565 City/Region: Puyallup
State or Province: WA
Photos: Laurna Jo
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:22 am Post subject: |
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Nope,
But if I didn't have it........I would have needed it.
Jim _________________ Commodore Jim & Adm. Laurie
Former C-Dory Christener.
2004 C-Dory Skiff- Little Poit Dhubh
2005 C-Dory 25 Cruiser -sold 2103
2002- C-Dory 22 Cruiser- Sold 2005 |
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Hunkydory
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2660 City/Region: Cokeville, Wyoming
State or Province: WY
C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Hunkydory
Photos: Hunkydory-Jay-and-Jolee
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:27 am Post subject: |
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At the end of our 2007 Southeast Alaska cruise we returned to Skagway from the Juneau area, a distance of about 85 miles on the Port motor & it with the charge coil out using the Honda 2000 generator for the house battery charging. I didn't want to run the starboard motor due to it making oil from unburned gas adding to the oil & not knowing the reason at the time. The Lynn Canal portion of the Alaska Inland Passage is considered by many to be a somewhat more risky portion of the Passage, due to it's long stretches between shelter & the very long fetch known to build big waves especially in the area where it narrows, caused by the Venturi Effect of the wind & the big wind waves can be made very steep if the wind is blowing north against the ebb tide. On the way south at the start of the cruise we encountered this resulting in a forced retreat back to Haines. Returning to Skagway that day, to me was an option, only due to our kicker being one of a pair of twin 40's.
Jay _________________ Jay and Jolee 2000 22 CD cruiser Hunkydory
I will not waste my days in trying to prolong them------Jack London
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nordicstallion
Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Posts: 380 City/Region: Crescent City
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 19 Angler
Vessel Name: Rylee Rose
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Oh ya, & the cost of that auxiliary motor & method of operation suddenly became the furthest things from my mind. Sea anchor & anchors are also nobrainers but that little motor would always be my first choice & has been my best friend. Vern/C-Dog |
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colobear
Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 2154 City/Region: Denver
State or Province: CO
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Photos: C-Cakes
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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We have twins but I have had a starter solenoid fail and used the one running engine to go several miles to a marina where we could get mechanical help. _________________ Patti and Barry
formerly C-Cakes, now
rving around N. America |
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Once, in the Kentucky River when I hit a rock and tore up the main prop. That tiller-steered Honda 9.9 got me back to the ramp, but was a pain to use since I couldn't see over the cabin particulary well. New kicker will be remotely started, operated, and steered from the cabin. |
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localboy
Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 4656 City/Region: Lake Stevens via Honolulu
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 'Au Kai (Ocean Traveler)
Photos: 'AU KAI
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Not yet. But...
I look at it like an umbrella or a handgun. I'd rather have one w/ me and not need it, than need it and not have it with me. JMO. _________________ "We can go over there...behind the 'little one'....."
Wife to her husband pointing @ us...from the bow of their 50-footer; Prideaux Haven 2013 |
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windhorse
Joined: 24 Jul 2012 Posts: 6 City/Region: bridgewater
State or Province: VT
C-Dory Year: 2001
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thanx Dad
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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JUST BOUGHT A KICKER I ran a groung last year and was dead in the water had to get towed back. my wife didnt like it very much so thus we now have a 9.9 kicker. _________________ Rodger Ansardy |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20829 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Not on the C Dory--but on other boats--either a kicker, or a dinghy to push the boat with. _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
KA6PKB
Home port: Pensacola FL |
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Pacificcoast101
Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 717 City/Region: Torrance
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: No Pressure
Photos: No Pressure
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