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Thank you all for your input, wisdom, experience and expertise! Guess what!? I am happy to report that after removing the UHMW there are no obvious signs of water intrusion into the fiberglass/wood (except for maybe the one screw that somehow caused a leak). I did I find some of the screws to...

Thanks guys! Based on your responses I will not use 5200 or 4200. Epoxy plug is an option. I used to work with casting 2-part polyurethanes. The reason I'm interest in this material is that you can vary the "durometer" which is essentially the hardness vs flexibility. My experience with epoxy...

This is not a C-dory question, but it is a "dory" question. I have a 14.5' river dory / drift boat. It's a few layers of epoxy based fiberglass over marine plywood. People sometimes attach these UHWM plastic skid sheets on the bottom (makes the boat slide right over river rocks)...

That's what I thought... Thanks Bob! Does anyone know what's up with my 4-terminal switch? The ones I see on here and for sale online all seem to be three terminals.

I have a question about that switch (Hardee posted a pic above). On mine, when I pulled the switch to the first position "navigation", the anchor light would come on. Then to 2nd position "anchor", and the nav lights came on. Seems someone wired it backwards. I fixed it, and noticed the switch...

Sorry- by "rainfall" I mean annual precipitation, which includes the snow. Thataway - the answers are within the sources I posted. The damn building frenzy is mentioned in the books. I recall hearing that a very large proportion of all US dams were built within few decades. Because I don't...

Hi Thataway, I highly recommend checking out "Cadillac Desert", either in book form or the video documentary. Fascinating stuff that's right under our noses that most people don't know about. It's a four hour documentary, I watched it in three sittings... they talk about the era of dam building...

In this case I think there is a lesson. The mentality at the time of the dam building craze was.. well.. a "craze". I think greed and gang mentality were at play. There were two major mistakes: (a) They overlooked the need for good data and analysis - they only used rainfall data going back a...

Does anyone the details around what a hydraulic tilt motor will do if it hits something large? Is thee some kind of pressure relief valve that allows it to tilt out of the way and not rip your transom off?

Interesting. I would have been surprised if the idea hadn't already been out there...

Gotcha! So you don't have the 22 Angler anymore? So by "no backrests" I assume you mean the v-berth bulkhead and the rear cabin bulkhead were the seat backs? But no cushion?

I'm curious, in the photos your boat looks like a 22 Cruiser to me?

It would be totally voluntary. No liability. I wonder if the logging industry takes any responsibility?? There are so many other examples of people/corporations held responsible for just one mistake that causes injury/death/property damage!!

FOR EXAMPLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddgj2h1nO1k @ 1:08

I have a question about 22' Anglers. The current C-Dory website "floorplan" shows 1 seat on the passenger (port) side, facing forward. However, I have seen some (Mid-1980's models) that have 2 seats on the port side facing each other with a little table between them. Was this a factory option...

Spotted a deadhead off Ediz Hook (Port Angeles) this weekend. At first it looked like some kind of Bouy. It was bobbing slowly in the waves/swell, and would sometimes disappear underwater momentarily. I'm curious: (1) Does anyone know where they come from and how they end up suspended...

The predictions I have read say Powell is a goner. The dam was built by during an era of dam-building frenzy, based on a very short window of rainfall data, and even that was a questionable analysis.

Thanks for the advice!

I'm installing a new VHF into a 16' Cruiser. An obvious place to put it would be on top of the horizontal flat surface forward of the steering wheel. BUT, I find that to be a very useful place to put other stuff, and the VHF rarely gets used. Could in go vertically mounted on the vertical...

Why elec motors are superior (1) Elec motors have peak torque at 0 rpm (when it is most useful/needed). (2) 1/3 as many moving parts.