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Hi all! It looks like there will be at least one more C-Dory on the E-Coast not too far in the future. The wife took a shake down ride on a 25' and was very impressed. Hopefully, if all goes as planned I'll be on the Chesapeake this season... late maybe, but this season! Butch

Thanks for all the input :idea on powering up a new boat. Its a lot to digest :crook and another thing not to second guess :?: your decision. But I figure I am up to it :shock: . Tanks ya all! Butch

Guys, this is a good thread. Can I add one more element to the decision mix? Well here it is... manuervability. My wife and I are seriously thinking about a 25" CD and the next biggest decision is twins or single. I have never operated a boat with with twins (inboards included) and I know what...

Sea Wolf I could have not said it better! I have several good friends that are boat surveyors transplanted from the NW and upper CA coast and they all say the Dory is a fabulously constructed boat when it comes to hulls, topside, and transom lay-up. A couple told me stories of Dory's that were...

Guys and gals, I live less than 20 miles from where Trojan Yachts were built. They used Balsa cores. In the latter stages of the company before they went under, the biggest thing that literally took them down was the stability of their hulls and superstructure. Bottom line all, the through the...

Charlie, I copied on of your pics with RADM Wyatt to my work email and shared it with a coworker that used to command a USN nuclear sub. he to can tell great stories, of course stopping short of what's classified. You are lucky to have a shipmate like the Admiral! Butch

Hi all! I went up on fox-trot and looked at the wonderful photos. I have one question.... what's drip oil? It looked as if was dripping from strips of some kind of meat lined up on a rack with news papers under it.

Funny you'd say that about ask someone with an I/O for cost. My neighbor today decided to give his Mercruiser 6 cylinder a minor tune up. Listen to this, one spark plug was hards to get to and he ended up breaking off the white insulator. He called a mechanic 'friend' to help him extract the...

Me again. Last summer the motor was ran as good as it did when I bought it in 98'. One evening after work (I pass my slip on the way home from work.... so I guess that explains why I am frequently late for dinner... can't tell the wife of 35 yrs :oops:) I stopped to see if I could coax a couple...

Guys, I too do most of my mechanic work on the mercury 90 outboard. Winterizing is easy, providing you do not have to go into the lower or upper units. To winterize I put gasoline stabilizer in the tank just before I take it out of the water. That gives it time to pass through the tank and...

Yep I love to dive. I am currently a PADI/SDI Divemaster with ice search and rescue skills. I have only had to use those once and the DUI CF200 Dry Suit worked like a charm. We were on twin steel 120's under NITROX in 160' of water. It was a decomp dive and the Dry Suite kept me toasty and warm...

Thanks ever so much for the info. What you all do to your boats personalize them and make the setup even more useful. I appreciate any input you can spare along with the lessons learned as not what to do. Thanks! Butch

I just looked at the pics of the Anna Leigh and thought the magazine rack, galley shelf, and instrument shelf enclosure was really nice and a very good use of space :thup . My question is, How is the shelf and rack fastened to the boat?" :crook . The rack is under the helm against the starboard...

Folks, there is a place here in Maryland named Quantum and they specialize in gas tanks. I don't know anything more than what I just said however, they have a facility not far from my house. If anyone wants me to look into it and get some preliminary information as to their stock tanks, custom...

Dude! Can't wait to see some Pics of the newly Christened C-Dory! My wife and I are seriously looking into a CD 25' or possibly a 27 Orca. Personally, I like the CD. CD's are sooooo... nice and the lines of the vessel is just as good as it gets :lol: Congrats, and I am sure a lot of others can't...

Yep, I saw that after I sent a reply. Sorry for the inconvenience, I am still trying to learn my way around the site and how things work. Thanks for the reply. Butch

You said it Bubba! People forget the prices that are paid for the life that we enjoy and sometimes take for granted. With that I'd like to share a brief story told at the American Legion last week. The first day of a college philosophy class the professor announces he is an atheist, and he will...