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On extended road trips I have been known to shower and hose my kids down with a garden pump sprayer. Works great. Good pressure, conservative and controlled water use. Wet. Soap. Rinse. No additional plumbing required. Put your cold water in, add hot until it’s warm. Pretend you are a...

Hah! Yeah that’ll do it

Congrats on a nice ride! Now you just need that gun rack. A speckled three legged dog is also a fair substitute. Safe travels

Bob, I am new to c-dory boats but have had a CDL, drove a drill rig, towed flatbeds commercially up and down the west coast with f-250’s, f-350’s, etc. I have personally owned 1/2 ton diesels and gassers. Currently we have a two year old Ford Expedition rated to 9k. I have pulled 6k with it...

I believe the campground descriptions provided by USFS are helpful more for those seeking shelter on land. In that regard, safety harbor is well sheltered from wind if you tuck your tent up in the rocks. BUT, it was wiped out by flash flooding. So yeah, maybe renaming it would be wise 😂...

Harvey, what did you end up using when you went to Stehekin? I don’t remember what you run on your tablet, but For general campground navigation and shoreline/land data I found my onX hunting maps to be excellent. The charts on board “Miss Maria” have the same line I saw on Sleepy C where the...

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

I take it by some of the responses here that the idea of leaving a boat in the water in winter is similar to tossing a stick of dynamite in the bilge and driving away. If I felt my boat was a throwaway, certainly I would just blow it up in the driveway and save myself the mooring fees. I am...

I hear you on the necessary diligence and higher risk vs salt water running, and have not made my decision yet on wether to stay in the slip past November. I am leaning towards risking it but it may come down to My personal schedule. I want to run up lake with my snowshoes and ice axe and...

Localboy, I used to live in Machias and regularly drove by the Pilchuck yacht club 😂. Is it still there? Will definitely put an oil space heater on board, cover the cockpit, and will keep an eye on things closely if the weather turns. The Sheriff keeps a boat next to where I am currently...

Thank you for all the suggestions thus far Definitely hearing the warnings from y’all on the dangers of freezing a block or blowing out pump seals, etc. Leaving motors down, they should drain quickly while warm, and the chance of a 1400 foot deep lake freezing in this climate is remote...

RV antifreeze in the bilge sounds more and more like a good idea. It was 18F last night, but likely a little warmer in the boat in the driveway and much warmer at the water line on lake Chelan. We are in Eastern Washington and it gets pretty cold here (below zero) when fronts blow down from...

The corn below my house is not cut either! And starting to look like it may not happen this year. I would like to leave it on the water so I can explore some of the more beautiful places in the state at the quietest time of year, fish, and practice more advanced maneuvers in an empty marina...

Looking for advice from other crazy cold loving adventurers. Alaskans and Canadians please chime in! Giving serious consideration to wintering in fresh water with air temperatures well below freezing. Water is freshwater but unlikely to freeze beyond a shallow surface coat near shore (very...

Will be checking out a 22 cruiser Friday, and hopefully she is running as sound as she looks. I would love to run from the Dalles to Astoria some time with the family and will watch this thread closely! Upper Columbia and lake Chelan will be our stomping grounds when we find the right boat...

In snohomish, Harvey, we just called it the derriere.

Well I was extremely fortunate this past week to have not one but TWO cruises on SleepyC with Harvey. If Harvey’s hospitality and easy going attitude on the water are representative of the C brats in general then the boating world is lucky to have you! Can’t thank you enough Harvey!

Maybe I can offer a backpacking cooking class at a cbrats gathering after I get my boat. for those concerned about water, food, and cooking in small spaces. If you can carry ten days of food on your back and come back without dysentery and severe weight loss, the menu was a success! 😂...

That sounds like the kind of advice I need! Understated and accurate. Thanks for the interest and recommendation

I came back from a week in the subalpine basins and was looking for a safe tree to relieve myself behind in the yard. 40 days on a boat and I just might keep a 5 gallon bucket behind the shed for such confusing transitions. Happy to hear you figured out the shower though! Love the high...