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We had a CD22 for two years, 2003-2005. We moved up to a CD25 in 2005. We have never regretted it. We did the whole Great Loop in 2017, 5,428 miles over eight months. We trailered from Washington State to Florida and back. With our composting toilet, we never needed to find a pump out. We...

Through good fortune and the timing of a wedding we were attending in New York, we were able to attend the very first Eastern Shore Gathering in 2005. We were going to cruise for a week after the gathering as Bill and El Fiero's guests on Halcyon, but out of the blue Tom and Kathy Callahan from...

This was set up by the factory, and famed photographer Neil Rabinowitz did the photography. There was a video, link in this 2015 C-Brat thread. Youtube now says the video is blocked for copyright reasons, probably the music, but I am not sure.

We have been in some relatively big waves, most notably when going from Portage, Indiana, to Chicago on Lake Michigan. By our standards, it was a "no go" day but we went anyway. We were uncomfortable but never felt unsafe. The moral for me I guess is stay away reefs and bars in the ocean at the...

Yes indeed! Howdy back to Sam, and hello to you, Martin!

Ok, we are the experts on rub rail blues! We had our starboard rub rail virtually destroyed at St. Joseph, MI, and spent 10 days waiting for the rub rail and several thousand dollars on the repair in New Buffalo, MI. Every single one of the stupid rivets C-Dory used to install the rub rail had...

Thanks, Bob. I have a DeWalt compressor, it has a 6 gallon tank and says 165 psi. I have only used it for inflating truck and trailer tires, and works great for that, even though I sometimes have to wait a bit as it cycles on to recharge the tank. At this point, I could get either an electric or...

Thanks, Jody! This looks like just exactly what I need if I go with carpet, which it is looking more and more like what I will need to do. I have roller bunks and what I need now is just for the side guides.

Right, I see you posted a link to Overtons. I have rollers on the trailer, and I just need something for the side guides, and carpet is looking more and more like what I need.

What are they called and where did they come from? Thanks.

Thanks, monel staples it is I guess. I don't know what monel is but I will find out I suppose. I will put the info on the staples and stapler in my phone. I have a great YouTube on carpeting bunk boards! I'm guessing that the best place to get these in Bellingham is Hardware Supply. I have some...

Kayaks OR e-bikes? How about both? E-bikes can get you to the store if you are at a dock, but they can't get you to shore if you are anchored out! We had an inflatable kayak that got used every day to get Baxter to shore, and non-e-folding bikes that got used not as often as we had hoped on our...

Thanks, Patrick. On the hunt now for "Marine Grade Carpeting for Trailer Bunks"! The bunks need to be eight feet long, seven feet to clear the double axles and six inches at each end past the uprights. I watched a YouTube on carpeting bunks, and it definitely calls for stainless staples, maybe a...

We'd love to go to Cathlamerdam but we will be in Russia on Viking's Rivers of the Tsars Cruise while this event is happening. I went to Cathlamet in April 2004, and our little Lhasa Apso, Oscar (Baxter's predecessor), nearly got snatched off the dock by a sea lion! He was named Oscar because of...

Hmm...kind of like asking "If money were no object would you rather have a VW bus or a Porsche?" Kind of depends on what you want to do, doesn't it? Each one is good at something the other is not. I like Jay's answer. We would not have wanted to have a TC 255 for the Great Loop, where the object...

OK, all the stuff for my heavy duty side load guides for my trailer has arrived from Pacific Trailers, but I have to provide the boards and carpet them. I think I need some kind of heavier duty carpet material than cheapo outdoor carpet. What is it called and where should I get it? Thanks!

I just looked at that Garmin online. The $500 will indeed buy the chartplotter with a transducer and the lake chart card (micro SD?). The one with the Bluechart G3 is $599, but not both coastal and lakes, and when you move beyond the 6" display the price goes up. $750 for the 7" and $1,200 for...

Mark, I have had bilateral bone on bone arthritis in my knees for years, quite deblitating, as you probably know. In 2019 I tried stem cell therapy, although not like yours. Mine was stem cells from umbilical cords. The doctor was Braden Andersen in Kent through Regenerative Medicine Northwest...

Opinions will vary for sure, but having done the Great Loop in 2017, 5,428 miles over eight months in waters I had never cruised before, it is my belief that all one really NEEDS is an iPad with Navionics or Aquamap mounted on a RAM mount at the helm, a depth sounder, and a VHF radio, with...

Patty had a phone call from El Fiero today, Bill is doing great in his care facility. We plan to stop in Lakewood, CO, to pay a visit on our way going to or coming back from AZ. Like the Energizer Bunny, El keeps "Going and going!" For "new" C-Brats (everything is of course relative, we are...