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Thanks everyone for all the responses and support! The value of these forums is awesome. We have been on the water all day surveying and am now just catching up on e-mails. After reading a couple of the responses I found the inspection holes beneath the porta-potty area as well as on the...

This sounds like a possibility...Can anyone give advice as how to check the steering fluid??

So here is pic of the guard, starboard side: You can tell it has delaminated in a couple areas and the plumbing caulk was used to try to reseal the guard: Our anchor locker is sealed from the inside with a rubber stopper but there does not appear to be a stopper/plug installed from the...

Thanks Ken... We have checked the anchor locker and it is not appear to be source of the fluid. However, your point about the bow/stem guard may be right on. Our guard does not appear to adequately attached and there are signs of more plumbers crack sealant under the guard. What sort of...

Greetings to all C-brats! I posted over a year ago regarding use of a C-Dory as a survey vessel. The good news is that our company purchased a 2003 22-foot C-Dory and it has proved to be an outstanding vessel for our line of work. We have had the vessel offshore in 4-6-foot seas and it has...

Thanks for the input so far. John, I appreciate the pics. to you vessel setup. We definately need a survey vessel that is trailerable so I think anything over 28' is a little much. In my line of work we tend to travel extensively from Texas through the northeast. We will be going to look at a...

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Michael Krivor and I am a Underwater Archaeologist with SEARCH, Inc. of Jonesville, FL. We are currently in the market for a 22- to 25-foot survey vessel to conduct remote sensing survey work. Our remote sensing surveys (mostly federal/DOT contracts)...