Search results

Runt is sold. New home on the western shore of the Chesapeake, in Virginia.

SeaSlayer, I think she will be gone on Monday. If the buyer does not come through I will send the pictures you requested and video of a cold start of the engine if you like. If you want the latter I will have to send it to an email address, I think, I don't think I can load it on this site...

Oops--typo in listing--Runt was built in 1993, not '97. Sam

I am relisting Runt for sale. She is back from the yard and ready to sea test. Honda 90 with low hours, just fully serviced. If you are looking for a reliable older 22 cruiser with lots of adventure left in her, that you can run as is or cosmetically improve, take a look. Comes with older...

When I bought Runt (22' cruiser), the guy that had her was unsatisfied with her in Lake Pontchartrain's chop. He had lead pigs stashed around forward but no trim tabs. Thanks to good advice from this forum (thanks, Dr. Bob!) I immediately bought trim tabs and a Permatrim. Before I got them...

I was raised with the old set-up of marinized gas v-8s--mostly Chrysler 318 blocks--reverse gear and straight shaft and prop. Common wisdom was to not run them wide open. They were not designed to run under a load all the time anyway. Most of these engines were raw water cooled and rusted out...

I have a Chinese diesel ,heater branded "maXeedingrods," from Amazon. Don't know the actual manufacturer. It has the integral tank. I upgraded the exhaust and through-hull--otherwise pretty much plug 'n' play. I have only used it this winter, but so far love it--plenty of heat for a C-dory...

Ron, that view is very helpful, and a very pretty job. Bob, you are right about the bunk being ergonomically too high, but I think I will try it anyway--if it is not comfortable, I have not lost much--I can always go the barber chair mod later. Thanks both. Sam

Two mods I would like to make in my 22'. Cutting out some of the port bulkhead between the pilothouse and trunk cabin, to increase access and ventilation forward; and making a forward-facing front port seat. I have looked through lots of photos and posts on making a barber chair mod, all of...

Thanks for posting that, guys. I have been lucky enough to have some pretty and capable boats, but none more so than Tortuga. I was shocked and saddened to see her falling into disrepair, while driving down the highway in a place I had never been before last year, in the Florida Panhandle. I...

If you are willing to go over 8.5 beam, there are lots of nice "trailerable" cruisers our there. I had a Cheoy Lee Monterey Clipper, "Tortuga," strip-planked mahogany, on a custom trailer. Beautiful, comfortable, capable 31 footer, what George Buehler calls a "troller" yacht. But I sold her...

Steve, that is a very generous offer. I would very much like to come down in a few weeks and look through her. I will send a p.m. and we can try to find I time that is right for you. Thanks! Sam

I am wondering if anyone has a 25' cruiser I could walk through in the Mid-Atlantic area? I am looking at retirement in around a year, and am hoping to go from my 22' to a larger boat, a C-Dory 25 or a R'borough 246. I am familiar with the seakeeping qualities of the 246 and have a good idea...

I was looking for one of these units right up until December. The previous owner took the stove out for more counter space and put in a Dometic water based heat pump. That works, but I am not using Runt in a berth with electricity, so it did me no good. Last month I put in one of the Chinese...

Tom, I will be very interested in the data you develop, particularly comparing a 22' planning dory, below hull speed (dragging its transom) with a heavily rockered double ender like the St. Pierre. I have owned one St. Pierre with a one cyl. Sabb (not Saab!) diesel, and it was very easily...

Thanks--sounds like the consensus is 12' is a safe minimum. This has all been very helpful. Sam

All good advice. If I put up a pole building, I can go as high as I want. If I buy a prefab metal carport style, and want a standard size, I am limited to 11 or 12 feet (depending on the manufacturer).

Colby, thanks. That is the answer I needed. I had better ensure an opening height of 10' 6" or so. Much appreciated. Sam

I have a C-dory 22 that I keep under a pair of the cheap polytarp-and-steel-tubing shelters you can buy for around $100 online. I overlapped them to make a shelter 10' x 30', and extended the legs with pvc pipe so I can back the 22 boat underneath, with the shelter sides guyed to pegs driven in...

Bob, thanks. I have debond and will try it; the problem is getting it behind the frame and onto the sealant itself. I cannot even drive a thin metal putty knife behind the frame. It can't hurt to try soaking the area with debond, though. I hate to destroy the frame. Here is one more dumb...