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Cored Hulls Speed requires beef

No C-Dory hull material photos from my 26 Venture, sorry. If it tweeks your fancy, regard photos of a well built vacuum bagged FG/foam cored sailing vessel hull and deck vs a multi-layered FG/balsa/marine plywood transom of a high performance deep V powerboat here...

The truth is, while awake, I've had one C-Dory. In my dreams tho, as I remember, I've had seven. Do I win? Aye.

Grandma used to say, "Had enough? Call Dr Kavorkian." Aye.

I hauled my CD 26 Venture with a Ram 1500 5.7L V8, rated for 8500 lb tow, all up and down the East coast and up into Canada. It did it but struggled uphill in the mountains which I did not like as sometimes too slow in the right lane is too slow. Bottom line, I often wanted more hauling power...

Continuous suboptimal engine rpm (aka "putt-putting") ages engine life. Modern outboard engines are designed to run WOT. Babying, starting at break-in avoiding short WOT, can fail to seat your piston rings. Thereafter, occasional WOT is actually good for the engine. Constant WOT makes no...

Agreed: Prop thrust a more appropriate term what I used above (prop 'push area' most likely due to a momentary cerebral flatus while typing... thinking of prop surface area). It's no excuse. My bad. It remains my understanding that bigger prop surface area, and thrust, is helpful with heavier...

With your 'moderate loading', you would be better off with twin 50s vs single 90 hp. Consider the prop area difference; 2 50s, with a 11.6" dia prop, has 845.5 sq in of prop pushing the boat. A single 90, with a 13.5" dia prop, has 572.5 sq in of prop push; a difference of just under 50% more...

Put the canvas on the grass. To remove grime and mildew, use a power washer/sprayer, carefully at first until you find the sweet spot in the water stream for the fabric. Aye.

Paul, Hope the photos work for you. The P/S zippers make a big difference by easing dockside boarding/disembarking. Aye.

"Right boat" for you? IMHO, there is no right boat. There is no "best" boat. Consider, boat ownership is relative to what you want to do, when you want to do it and your own capabilities. If you want to boat "all the time", you'll need several boats for various weather conditions. Ex: you...

Sometime back, a friend was absorbed in the number 5. It went like this: One day, usually arising at 6, he got up at 5. He walked 5 blocks to catch Bus #5 to go to work. The bus driver said today's rate is only 5 cents. He took about 5 minutes thinking about the 5s occurring. After about 5...

Inversion birth relates more to today's upside down political culture. And remember Aye.

The only relevant feature of "Duality" and our 'political culture' is the [never used] inversion birth we had made in the bow of her starboard hull. See "Duality" underway in my photo file W B Nod designated untitled. Aye.

Ode to Duality: One of the basics of Whatitis or Whasup. Dualism; Dichotomy: Not the meaning of, but, perhaps an answer to, the meaning of life. The coexistence of similar, different, opposing or even contradictory aspects of something: 2 sides to every coin, 2 hulls, 2 brothers, yin and...

Do a local 'Google' search for what you want. You'll learn more and do more good locally vs people telling you what to do. Aye.

Seems a Yeti Goal Zero 3000X would work for some. Then there's the 6000X, at 36 lbs heavier but with about 2X the below stats on run/charge time. Want more juice, add Li ion batteries; lighter than lead-acid and pricier. Aye. I have zero vested interest in this company.

What about the new Li ion battery inverters (Yeti Goal Zero, Bluetti, etc); lighter in weight, shore power (120V) rechargeable, solar rechargeable, car chargeable (auto is DC, OB engine is DC) and seem to be ideal for marine use avoiding hazards of gas/propane? It's said "Lithium is the new...

That brings up something else about junk. Amazingly, people intentionally buy someone else's junk. That's why some people (Pack Rats) save their junk thinking "I'll use it later, or sell it." It also explains what Grandma used to say, "One man's junk is another man's envy." Aye.