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Hi folks, This thread highlights one of my concerns about boats, electricity, and stray currents in marinas. A few days ago somebody asked about leaving their boat plugged in to shore power for five months. I was going to post a reply, but thought why start a ruckus. When you plug into a...

Hi Folks, Well the market was down again today, but I find that drinking Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial India Pale Ale makes it much more palatable. I ran into a buddy of mine who grew up in Argentina today. He thought there was really nothing to worry about, He thinks this is a great...

Hi Frank, It sounds like you might have the dreaded dead spot in the transition to the high speed jets. It can show up at different engines speeds depending on the prop mounted on the motor. When I bought my motors back in 2001 I asked the dealer if he had any problems with the 75 and he told...

Good news, through a series of circumstances my Classic is OK. My marina looks to have had the highest survivability rate in the Clear Lake area, maybe around 95%. My boat mostly stayed on the ground-level dry stack rack, with the plugs out of the transom drains, but it did bounce around a bit...

Hi Folks, A little web sleuthing on some Clear Lake forums linformed me that the harbormaster is back at my marina and he reported that all the dry stack boats are still in the stacks. Hopefully it just got wet. It was sitting on a rack about 3 feet off the ground with the plugs out so maybe I...

Best wishes to all, I haven't gotten down to Clear Lake to look at, or for, my Classic, which was in a dry stack at one of the marinas. I hope it's OK, although I know it probably isn't. But they're pretty tough little boats, and if it's still around it may be salvageable. This will be a good...

I'm another satisfied Sea Foam user. It sounds like your problem is with the transition from the low speed jets to the high speed. I've had similar problems with my 75 at about 2500-2900 RPM. Dump some Sea Foam in the tanks and try and run the engine at the problem speed. It'll take a while...

Hi Jeff, I think the most common prop size for the Honda 75 on a 22 Cruiser is 13 3/4 X 15 X 3. That's a diameter of 13 3/4, a pitch of 15, and 3 blades. You can see a prop test for this motor and prop, on your boat here. http://www.honda-marine.com/performancetest.aspx A pitch of 16 sounds a...

If the cabin door is made of Decraguard, I'd suggest "Back to Black" which is available at any of the auto parts stores. It brings back the color and lustre to any plastic-type surface. It's mostly used for plastic trim on cars but seems to work well on Decraguard, which is a polyester similar...

Jay, Here's what I did, but it's likely too late now. About four years ago I realized I was putting a bunch of miles on my utility vehicle just driving around, which was not really its intended purpose. At that time it had about 80K miles on it. So rather than buy a new vehicle I figured I...

OK, this is a friend of a coworker story, so I can't really vouch for the truth value. I was talking about this subject with a fellow I work with earlier this week, although I was talking about used SUV's. He told me a friend of his at church had just purchased a new Ford F-150, crew cab, King...

Hi guys, Thanks for the replies. I ordered my Jeep Cherokee with the towing package (5000 pounds) when I bought it in 97. I've towed my boat about 3500 miles over the years and it works fine. But, those Sequoias sure look nice and I think the older 4WD models are rated for 6200 pounds, which...

Hi folks, Does anybody have anything good or bad to say about towing a 22 with a Sequoia? I've towed my Classic with my 98 Jeep Cherokee for years now, and it's OK, but I'd really like a bit more power. The Jeep's in fine shape, I've fixed just about everthing that usually goes wrong with them...

I lived in Evanston for about 8 years in the 90's and just returned from western Wyoming last Thursday (still calling for snow above 8000 feet, and the high pass roads in the Uintas and the Wasatch range were still closed). There was another C-Dory in that area in the early 90's. An older...

Best of luck for a good time! My boat will be there in spirit. The original home of my old 84 Classic was Pinedale, Wyoming and she might have been the fist C-Dory on Yellowstone. I can't recall her first owner's last name, but Bill used to own the Chevron station in LaBarge (when there was a...

Hi Dan, I'm doing this from memory, but I'm sure others wil chime in if I get it wrong. The windows on the "newer" boats are, or were, made by Diamond/Sea Glaze in Langley, B.C. They can make a replacement opening window to fit a Classic from a pattern, but it would not be the same style as...

Hi James, I had the old flat welded-steel, single-axle trailer that came with my Classic when I moved it to Texas about seven years ago. It finally rusted away and I replaced it with a custom dual-axle Tech-Sun trailer. Tech-Sun is here in Webster or Seabrook, out by NASA. They did a good...

Hi Patrick, I use two straps, one over the boat by the rear cleats and one in front of the pilothouse. Northern Tool has a nice selection of heavy-duty ratchet straps that are fairly inexpensive. I'm thinking of adding a third behind the pilothouse. You never know when that big unexpected...

Hi all, This thread is very distressing. Several of us run "old school" Classics, all of which are old enough to drink, and some old enough to rent a car. Aside from a few reported transom problems in the last few years, most are still chugging along, seaworthy and fit for the service in which...

Hi all, I often get nice comments from folks on my boat, as I'm sure other owners do. If somebody wants to come aboard I give them the 50 cent tour, which on an old Classic is pretty short as there isn't much to see. One of the features I always point out is the deck joint. I have them look...