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Hi all, One thing I have noticed is an increase in the boaters arriving at my marina carrying gas cans in their vehicles to fuel their boats, which is a big safety hazard on the road. I saw some folks arrive last week in an SUV with kids in the back seat and five full, red plastic gas cans in...

Hi all, These are just some of my speculations but I don't think gas prices will affect many folks too much. If you look at of all the costs associated with boating like boats, motors, trailers, slip fees, tow vehicles, insurance, and maintenance, an increase in the cost of fuel is a pretty...

Honda did prop tests on various 22 Cruisers over the years. I've posted a link to these tests before. Here's a link to their prop test main page. http://www.honda-marine.com/performancetest.aspx#331 Here's a link for a BF50. http://www.honda-marine.com/pdfs/ptC%20DORY%205.pdf Here's a link...

Pat, I'm sorry for my poor link etiquette. I'll try to be more careful in the future. Bill, Thanks for cleaning up my mess. Milehog, How true. In fact I was out on a chilly (for Houston) day last week and I had forgotten how quiet the C-Dory is with the cabin bulkhead door closed.

Hi Charlie, If you look at photo 12 under full specs you can see the rig. It looks pretty cool. I'm not sure if the link below will come through OK. If not click on the "Full Specs" button and check out Photo 12. It isn't shown in many of the other images, and I have no idea where one would...

Nice boats! In this displacment range I often thought the Cape Dory 28 Cruiser (w/o the flybridge) would be a good candidate. Of course they're used, but you can get a similar layout in a well-built boat for not too much money. Here's one on yachtworld listed for $40K...

Wow, you learn something new every day. Thanks Thomas. I never knew there was a choke actuator on the control box. I always used the choke knob on the engine, and then had to dance between the helm and the engine after it started. Mike

Hi Joel, I'm with Bob, weight is great. The best battery is the heaviest lead battery you can comfortably carry. They're pretty much old school technology, work well, are comparatively inexpensive, and give good service if checked regularly. Didn't we recently have an extensive battery...

For the old Classic owners out there still trying to maintain the Decraguard on your exterior cabin bulkhead, I may have found a new solution. Mothers makes a product for exterior plastic and rubber trim on cars called Back to Black. I recently tried some on the faded vinyl wheel lip flares on...

We plan to celebrate Newfoundland New Year. Newfoundland is the furthest east you can go and still be technically in North America, so the new year reaches there first. They have their own time zone, Newfoundland Standard Time (NST), which is 2 and a half hours ahead of us in CST. So here you...

Hi Nordic, Happy New Year to all. I have a Honda BF8 kicker on my 22 Classic. It brought me home once when the impeller failed on my BF75 out in Galveston Bay (curiously, the day before I was wondering in my head if it was time to replace the water pump impeller on the BF75 and obviously the...

Oh, I can think of a few things, but a few more details might help. Does your engine have carbs or fuel injection? Does the sheen start before you start the engine, or after it's running? I had a similar problem with my Honda BF8 kicker and it was a sticky float valve in the float bowl that...

I vote for trying fresh gas. In the old days (and maybe these days too) summer gas had a higher flash point so it wouldn't evaporate so quickly in the hotter weather. Conversely winter blends had a lower flash point so they would vaporize easier. If you still have some of that old summer gas...

Hi Jack, Here on the Gulf coast stuff will mold while you look at it. If your mold returns you can get rid of it with a bit of liquid fire (bleach). Mix up a plastic spray bottle with about 20% bleach and 80% water. Spray the affected area, wait a few minutes to let the bleach do the work...

Happy Thanksgiving Joe, Zolatone! Thanks Joe, I never knew what that stuff was called. I seem to remember it coating the concrete block wall interiors of the boys bathrooms in my elementary school. Maybe the girls were nicer, I never looked. Mike

Happy Thanksgiving Captain Jack, If your boat has the factory spattered-epoxy paint finish on the interior I'd think a bit before I'd cover it with new paint. That stuff is pretty bulletproof and lasts a good long time. My Classic is 23 years old and the epoxy paint still cleans up just fine...

This can go in the useless information bin. Just for fun I took the listing prices for 22 C-Dorys (Classics, Anglers, and Cruisers) from the active sales forum and the historical sales forum for 2007 and graphed them on a semi-log plot. I threw out the prices in Canadian dollars. I had 36...

cbull, I've got a older Honda BF8 and it does a fine job. Years ago C-Dory recommended the 75/8 combo. I don't know what they recommend now. A 15 is neither fish nor fowl, overpowered for displacement hull speed, and not enough for planing speed. Save your money and spend it on other...

There was an article on these boats in the March 1984 issue of Small Boat Journal. Here's some information from the article. 20" 10'' overall, 7"9" beam, bottom width of 4"10", a side height of 34" and a weight of 1300 pounds. The boat uses a combination of a outboard well and recessed power...

Ripple, I've found that good, old-timey auto parts stores usually stock them. I seem to remember they were common on older VW Beetles, and they often have a few if you take the old one along for comparison. Around here most of the chain stores (AutoZone, O'Reilly's, and such) don't carry them...