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The only time I use a VHf is to call for bridge openings and the rare times I stay at marinas to call for my slip assignment. Although cell phone works better for the latter use- if they answer. So my useage is all short range and a portable hand held works fine. I keep a portable on a charger...

Well, I understand some of your reasons for converting, but not all With rollers you can back in part way, hook up, pull out until the boat is partially supported on the rollers, then pull the boat further up on the rollers. With bunks you pretty much have to float it into the final position...

Are you sure that the fuel tank, the fuel pickup, the valve if it has one, any fuel filter and all of the plumbing to the carb or EFI is clean with no blockages. Years ago I had a motorcycle that acted just like your engine. Turned out it was a blocked fuel pickup tube. David

Great job, pictures and description. As I understand it you just replaced the hub and integral disk, bearings as well as the brake lines. You reused the calipers. Did you consider stainless steel disks and if so why did you go with plated? I have a tandem axle trailer with drum brakes on one...

Hull insurance (not liability insurance) will generally pay for a sudden and unexpected mechanical failure and the resulting damage. It is worded to exclude wear and tear, corrosion or lack of maintenance. I think the key to successfully making a claim is to couch the loss in those terms. A...

That could be as much about the installation as the engine. The engine's lower end may not have been deep enough to pick up water in rough seas at low speed with no rear end squat. David

I think I would move the boat and trailer to higher ground, hop on the plane for your European vacation and don't watch the news until you get back- to what? David

C-Dory's have enough space on the roof to hold enough solar panels to do some serious battery charging. But unless you have DC refrigeration, you won't use much DC power. A 100 watt panel should be plenty. Fixed chart plotter vs hand held tablet- A toss up for me. For casual 2-3 day cruising a...

You will probably only see a small improvement, maybe 5-10% in fuel economy with one engine vs two. And you will be significantly loading the in the water engine, so don't even think about planing with one. The same thing is true with prop selection. If you prop at the lower end of the engine...

Depending on the manufacturer there may not be any real difference in the mechanicals of the engines between 135 hp models and 150 hp ones, just EFI settings. 15 more hp will hardly be noticeable at wot, maybe a knot. If the mechanicals are the same then both 135 and 150 hp engines should both...

Maybe but probably not. This does sound like a salvage claim. It was due to a storm that easily could have washed the boat up on shore (and rocks?). That seems to meet the definition of salvage, that there was an immanent threat of loss of life or property. But I think these salvage guys know...

I once chartered a Camano 31 in the PNW, a 10,000 lb trawler with no windlass. We anchored every night for a week. It had 1/2 rode with about 20' of 1/4 chain with a 30 lb Delta anchor. Deploying the anchor was straightforward- drop it off the bow roller and let the wind back you down until...

BTDT: Trinidad Hydrocoat SR is exactly what I plan to use. Good to know it holds up at high speed for several years. Thanks, David

This is a never before painted 2015 model. I will dewax, put on a coat of Pettit's Skip Sand product and put two coats of Pettit's Hydrocoat. Thataway, that is exactly the experience I was looking for. Thanks, guys. David

Coming from a sailboat background I always used ablative bottom paint on my boats kept in the water. They seemed to handle slime and barnacles better than hard paints due to the continuous sloughing off of the top layer. But C-Dorys cruise in the teens. Do ablative bottom paints hold up in that...

+1 5,500 would probably be ok, but 5,000 is definitely too low. David

I agree with all that has been said above. But what was the wot rpm? That will tell you how the boat is propped. David

Maintenance costs for boats typically divide themselves into three catagories: 1. Preventative/scheduled maintenance like oil changes, repacking trailer bearings, etc. 2. Cosmetic upkeep like hull waxing 3. Replacing things that go bad. A competent DIYer can do 1, and 2 easily and the costs...

I looked at Loadmaster's website and couldn't find any specs on their trailers, just a bunch of pics. But I will take your word for it that they make a 5,200 lb rated single axle trailer. But why would you want to do that? David

So a CD 22 weighs 4,000 lbs loaded. There is no single axle boat trailer in this world that will carry that much weight safely. David