Recent content by johnr

You all are getting 5mpg at 20 mph? I'm getting about half that on my 2007 25' c-dory with a Honda 130. What am I doing wrong?

I'm a big fan of Bob Austin and his former boat, Thataway. His advice, either directly to me, or indirectly through others, has been immensely helpful to me. Anyway, I'm up here in Bellingham, WA, about as far away from from Pensacoloa as you can get in the lower 48. This afternoon, I was...

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I've seen other makes and models of boat that have sleeping arrangements like that. The Swedish built Albin 25 has two berths like that in the aft cabin. And, if you have to ask who would sleep in a berth like that, then you have never gone boating with kids! My two kids would fight over who got...

I've seen other makes and models of boats that have sleeping arrangements like that. The Swedish built Albin 25 has two berths like that in the aft cabin. And, if you have to ask who would sleep in a berth like that, then you have never gone boating with kids! My two kids would fight over who...

Gererally, I agree with this. However, sometimes it's nice to just be able to toss it the cockpit without having to go through the trouble of stowing up to and strapping it down. Making a run from camp on Sucia for a day trip to Patos, for example.

Several years ago I "temporarily" took off my bow pulpit because some of the stanchions were leaking into the v-berth where they screwed onto the deck. I plugged the holes with epoxy...and that's where I stopped. I was planning on putting the pulpit back on (using the method that Bob, above...

I'd be tempted if I were a young, poor man with a heated garage and a bit of time to kill over the winter.

I just saw this pop up on the Bellingham, WA Craigslist. Newer 25, could be a good deal for someone with a bit of $$. https://bellingham.craigslist.org/boa/d ... 03704.html

It was 79 degrees up here in Bellingham, WA today. I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt on the boat.

That quite a bargin for food, beer and gas.

You should definitely try it, it's the most expensive method ever devised for eating shrimp.

The boat mentioned in the OP is not not the C-Hawk.

Hopefully it will correspond with a shrimp opener!