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With a light to moderate load, you might want to power with a 90 hp engine. It won't be working nearly as hard and you'll probably get better economy. When you carry a full load, on the odd occasion, you'll have the power to get you where you want to go. What is your intended use of the boat...

We sure will miss Roger. He loved to talk C-Dory and fishing and hunting. We loved his trombone solos, playing taps at sunset at the FHCBGTs. We were sitting on the porch of the Turn Point light station keeper's quarters on Stuart Island one July day in 2018 and he pulled up in his 25. Roger...

Our jaws (Kim's and mine) hit the floor on this one! No, absolutely, no way can you two leave the C-Brats! Jim said it best, "You two have always been "the heart" of this C-Brat community..." Joe and Ruth, you're both the best and we hope you'll still come to gatherings if you are boatless in...

Glad you "unlocked" the problem you had initially with the battery. What was your solution?

Pat Anderson, How did your Lithium Battery installation go? What was the performance like?

I also have a Wallas 1300 Kerosene heater in the 22 Cruiser. Great heat! Here's the link for Scan Marine: https://scanmarineusa.com/products/heaters/

You need to install a 12 volt refrigerator. A 120 volt fridge will run off an inverter, but you lose a lot when inverting from 12 volts to 120 volts. You can look into getting a 12 volt/120 volt Engel or ARB Fridge/Freezer. Many on C-Brats have done it. Very efficient.

Fishing for and catching coho salmon out of Westport on the Pacific Ocean! Pics to follow.

Went Friday with a friend on his boat. Boy, it was rough with a west wind against the outgoing tide, we were rolling! Fishing 55-75 and got our 4 coho! My buddy forgot the landing net, no worries, I told him, "We'll just act like commercial salmon trollers. They don't use a net, just get the...

6 more this morning with Peter and another fishing friend. 55-65 early. 70-80 around 10:30 am. Man, coho fishing is tremendous this year!

WZ: Chinook retention ended 8/31 in Area 10. I think people targeting them were doing well up until the end. Dwight, is "coconuts" code for coho? Maybe you could give us a Winter Harbor report on a separate thread.

I have fished this area 3 times in the past week and the Coho are in! 2 Limits this morning by 8:30 am fishing with Peter Jamero fellow C-Brat. 3 limits this past Saturday. Using hoochies and flashers. My go-to rigs have been the dark green Ace Hi Fly behind a red stripe green flasher. The...

The more you fish, the better you get at it, pure and simple.

I like to only drop back my bait/lure about 15 feet behind the boat before clipping into the downrigger release. This allows the least amount of slack to the rod after a fish hooks up and pulls the line from the release. Of course, I reel up all the tension so the rod loads up well. I have...

I'm with Bob, I do not see the harm in dumping urine overboard. Think about the dilution factor when dumping 8-12 oz in millions of gallons of water. If we put a composting head in, I would not transport urine to dump in a "safe" place, but would dump when water is over 50 feet deep. Call me...

For hauling shrimp pots, I use an Ace Line Hauler mounted on a Scotty downrigger swivel mount. I usually just stack square pots on the starboard side in the corner. Crab pots are the same, still using the Ace Line Hauler, but just the pulley at the end of the davit. Only use the motor if...

We've had 4 C-Dorys. 2000 22 Cruiser (2009-2014) 2005 25 Cruiser (2014-2019) 1985 22 Classic (2019) 1987 22 Cruiser (2021-Present) The 87 is our fishing boat, repowered and newer electronics from previous owner. She's a real workhorse!

Here is a link from Renogy that includes a video with a pictorial diagram. https://renogy.com/dcc50s-12v-50a-dc-dc ... with-mppt/ This is from an earlier discussion. Excellent, IMHO, diagram using the Renogy DC-DC equipment: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... c&start=30

A big THANK YOU to Gary and Colleen of DayBreak for an excellent 2022 Friday Harbor CBGT!!! Kim and I, along with Sunshine, had a great time and the weather cooperated for us on Friday and Saturday. Pat and Patty Anderson and Steve Pettyjohn put together a really fun trivia quiz. Michael and...