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Used 30's on Yachtworld run from $214K to $375K

FWIW, After 7 years in our CD22 Cruiser, we moved to a much heavier more complex diesel/sterndrive 26-footer, for more room, and more/better creature comforts for our long summer cruises of the Inside Passage. It met the objectives, but certainly offered a learning curve in setting up...

Hi Mike, We've spent lots of time on Lake Powell, Flaming Gorge, Yellowstone Lake, and other high altitude lakes. Our CD22 Cruiser had a 90hp Yamaha 2-stroke, which worked well at any elevation, providing we switched to the right prop. We had three different pitches: one for the ocean, one...

Here's one thought: When you leave Prince Rupert to cross the Dixon, you don't have to go south around Digby Island. You could go through Venn Passage and save a good bit of time and distance. Watch the route carefully in the shallower parts and it's no sweat. Check conditions at the...

That Sea Sport Navigator is fairly similar to our Bounty 257. Sea Sport 27's were solidly built, a bit on the heavy side. Either 454 gas, or Volvo diesels. Might be a good fit. Our Bounty, a bit heavier, deeper-V, and a somewhat nicer interior, has a VP KAD44 diesel. She can cruise at 18...

I've used Finesse-it White Marine Paste Compound almost every year for 16 years on the fairly dark green of New Moon's hull, and white topsides. Does a great job of removing minor oxidation and smoothing the gel coat for subsequent wax application, without removing too much material. Finer and...

Ports and Passes covers all of BC - best and easiest to read source I know of for BC currents. Dodd narrows can be a snap - we've gone through with and against 4-6 knots. Small boats can easily pass in opposite directions when it's running fairly slow and smooth. Look out for tows or other...

We spent ~ the first week of April on Powell. Wandered much of the lake from Bullfrog to West Canyon. Lots of places to go and hike, but some canyons ran out of water quite a bit short of where they did just a few years back. Seemed to us that a lot of additional silt has been deposited in...

Thanks, Marty! And here are a bunch more, in higher resolution, especially if you tell Picasa to show them in full screen mode: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir? ... feat=email https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir? ... feat=email https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir? ... feat=email...

Another one-page foldout that covers all of SE AK, including town road maps, and a less-detailed map of the BC coast, is from these folks: http://www.greatpacificmaps.com/Great_P ... ssage.html We found it in SE bookstores, and have used it for years, much as Dr. Bob describes. It's good for...

Hi Jay, New Moon will be wandering Southeast this summer too. Launching from PR, in Juneau by July 6, Sitka by July 23, and who knows where from there. Maybe we can meet up.

Hi Larry, When we first cruised SE AK in our CD22 in 1996, we bought three "chart portfolios", full-size (but much thinner and lighter) B&W photocopies of most of the SE AK charts. These are available now from Bellingham Chart Printers, in both full and 2/3 size. The 2/3 size would be a total...

We added the factory swim step and a ladder on the port side of our 22 Cruiser, and moved the 9.9 kicker to starboard. Worked fine.

One more thing I would add: anchoring technique is just as important as matching the anchor gear to the boat and the bottom type. We anchored our CD22 a zillion times in big lakes, the San Juans, BC, and SE Alaska with only a 5kg Bruce and 16 feet of chain. Worked well all but a very few...

Hi ssobol, Don't know if this is your concern, but: Our Perko anchor light used to be our second highest consumer of amp-hours, after the fridge, so I thought about installing a sensor that would switch it on only when it was dark, and off when it was light again. Now that I've replaced it...

Our 1991 22 Cruiser started out with a 2-stroke 70 hp Yamaha. Fine when the boat was not heavily loaded. But as we worked our way up to longer cruises and more fishing in BC and parts north, we loaded her heavier, and the 70 was clearly inadequate, especially with full fuel and water. We...

Hi Mark, It was indeed a great trip - best fishing yet, in many summers up there. We tow almost 1900 miles in 4-5 days, and launch in PR, storing truck and trailer at Four Seasons storage. We were on the water 2.5 months last summer, anchoring in some cove 2/3 of the time. Craig's about the...

Cold and gray where you are? How about some photos from a relatively sunny and fishy summer mostly near Craig in Southeast Alaska? Caution - lots of kid and dog pics.... Follow this link, then you might want to choose Slideshow. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir? ... feat=email Enjoy,

Lots of great ideas! I do a lot of single-handing, mostly in some pretty out-there parts of BC and SE Alaska - crossing the Dixon Entrance, for instance. Though I'm generally pretty conservative about weather and sea state, one thing I do quite consciously when single-handing is to be even...

We cruised BC and SE Alaska extensively in our C-Dory 22 cruiser, and have "enjoyed" 8-10 foot waves several times, and 25-foot seas on one pretty dramatic occasion. Don't think I could ask for a more seaworthy small boat in big water. Our boat of the last 16 years, a 26-footer somewhat like a...