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You are correct that the Garmin Active Captain website gives Canadian and Bahamian charts when in Nautical view which is presumably Navionics data. You have to sign in to add to a review of an existing marker and the sign in process was a bit awkward (I had previously registered for G AC). But...

No, no, no!!! The battery died because it was left discharged for months. If it were a standard flooded lead acid battery, sulfate compounds would have sloughed off of the plates and shorted them causing a low impedence situation that maxes out the charger output when connected. Something...

I presume you were trying to enter info into the Garmin Active Captain website. I haven't tried to do that but I am not surprised it doesn't work. I will bet that Garmin is limiting adding new info to Garmin apps only. If so this means it is the end of AC's crowdsourcing strategy. Jeff...

Thataway offers sound advice. But after listing it here and if you don't get any response, then you can take it to a consignment dealer and have them sell it, but for a substantial fee. Not sure where. Maybe Lake Havasu City. David

Check what similar o/bs are selling for on Craiglst. If these are non EFI engines then they will probably sell for 1/4 new price maybe 1/3 if EFI. David

I don't know of any requirement for separate, dedicated batteries for twin engines. David

The Marinco would work just fine. Hook up the two outputs separately to the two batteries. You can mount the charger in a convenient place and with a short plug-in cable, hook it up with an extension cord when you need to charge. David

Several thoughts: Bigger is always better when you are talking about batteries, so go with the G 27s. IMO there is very little if no difference between deep, dual and starting batteries when you are talking about AGMs. So go with the same for both. You don't have a shore power charger and the...

Ok, I hadn't thought about the side to side trim for which the transom mounted adjustable trim tabs are the only way to do that. So it seems that all that have responded so far support my assumption that a Permatrim enhances the outboards up or down trim and it seems that the C-Dory 22 needs...

Torque is a very misunderstood concept. Take two engines, one diesel and one gas both making the same hp. Yes the diesel makes more torque and at a lower rpm, maybe 400 ft lbs at 2,500 rpm vs 300 ft lbs at 3,500 rpm for the gasser. But transmissions can easily solve this. Gear down the gasser...

I am a little confused about the applicability of these three to a single outboard powered C-Dory: 1. Use of adjustable transom mounted trim tabs 2. Installation of a Permatrim which is a hydrofoil that mounts to the outboard. 3. Using the outboard's built in trim capability. It seems that...

It is sort of eyeball, seat of the pants stuff with a little technical stuff thrown in to set up a trailer. First adjust the bunks by eyeball. Better if you can find another C-Dory trailer and measure its bunk height and spacing. Then wait for a calm day at your boat ramp and load up the...

You are absolutely right. In our area in SW Florida, regular gas is $2.40 per gallon and diesel is $3.10. That difference blows apart any efficiency savings. A 1/2 to 3/4 ton Ford, Chevy or ?? with a 6 liter V8 gasoline engine has plenty of hp/torque to pull any C-Dory. Maybe it won't last as...

Having joined this forum last year and looked hard for an Angler 22 with no luck I bought an Atlas Pompano 23. Tom said all boat owners who subscribe to the C-Dory philosophy, and I certainly do, are welcome at Hontoon. So I will be there. Below is a pic of the boat. It is similar to the C-Dory...

I am late to this discussion and the following may be redundant, but I have lived with battery power on boats and RVs for twenty years and know a thing or two about batteries. There are very few (Lifeline's probably but they are expensive) 12V flooded cell batteries that are made with heavy...

Be careful about putting a 20' boat on a 19' trailer. The fore/aft position of the boat on the trailer determines the tongue weight. You want to have about 400 lbs of tongue weight with the boat loaded on the trailer. Moving the boat aft a foot can easily drop the tongue weight in half. It will...

There are regulators that you can add at the end the fresh water supply hose that will drop the pressure to protect your inside piping. There is also a device that will turn off the water after a fixed time to avoid a flood if something breaks inside. David

Typically one of the positions on the switch is connected to the start battery and the other to the house battery- 1 and 2. These batteries are often identical which is not a great idea. When at anchor turn the switch to 2- house to keep the 1- start battery from running down also and be unable...

Many boat yards and certainly those with dry stack storage have temporary racks to put a trailerable boat up on for maintenance. Unless you are doing it yourself, just arrange for an outboard shop to come and do the maintenance while it is out on the rack. You can sometimes even live on the...

Your 1/2 ton pickup may be ok, but your Jeep may not. Most states have a 3,000 lb or so limit for trailer brakes and you should be under that. But my personal rule of thumb is if the trailer weighs 50% or more of the TV then you need brakes. Your 1/2 ton will probably be under that rule, but...