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Pulinga\'s landlocked berth

Bongo and daughter

Pulinga on the ramp

Pulinga maiden voyage from Diablo Spinning Club in Pacific side of the Panama Canal

Pulinga her first time at dock

Pulinga in Taboga island, Morgan and Gauguin were here before me. PTBoat base during SWW one of the oldest churches in the Continent

Hello Don and Brenda: Been a C-Brat for many years, just a very quiet one. And yes I know the topic has been thrashed about madly, but sometimes it takes too much time to hunt it down, plus it's just good to reload the theme and get a renewed feel for it. The folk who sold me the Venture in...

He, he... add fuel to the bonfire :wink: My brother has a twin, and I've had them before and liked them. Love to play with the differential power and make the boat do gracious arrivals en departures. The E-Tec is prone to vapor lock or such; that is, when the fuel gets low on one tank and...

That's a good piece of experience, thanks. I am also worried that putting a small engine on the back of the boat is a great temptation when my boat is parked in Taboga island, where we have a home. I'll confess that I bough a Minn Kotta 36v electric trolling and have not installed it... well...

Ok Matt: Been on the water plenty and your points are well taken. I was looking at an auxiliary 9.9 but was worried about working against wind, currents and waves in a boat with so much windage. A year ago I was caught in a squall of the Pearl Islands in Panama, and the only way I could get the...

Hello! I have been operating my Venture 23 with a E-Tec 115 quite well, except I feel insecure going too far out with only on engine, so I am considering 2. I am thinking 2 60HP or 2 75HP. It seems the main difference, besides wight, is if the boat can plane with one engine. Do any of you know...

Season greetings from 9° North of the Ecuator. Interesting subject... low visibility navigation, be it night, fog, rain, smog, or whatever impairs visibility. I am a pilot, airline and flight instructor, have been out there in the air and on the water. First rule is AVOID IT. If you are going to...

To address the question posted by SEA3PO, one thing that has been brought once more to my attention is the fact that mileage is not only an issue of motor efficiency but also of induced drag, that can be caused by many things. First would be a motor hung to low. And then I just noticed that part...

Hello! Ben... Interesting topic. I was putting my bow into waves recently and did some broaches or dived the bow a number of times to get a feel for the dory. Not really bad conditions, but it did give me some practice. I also have plenty of time behind the weel of powerboats, but like...

For what it's worth, here is a table I got from somewhere in the Internet, I can't recall right now, but is shows the CC going 17.8 MPG, and so on... Comparizon - E-Tec 115 and 150 115/150 115/150 115/150 R.P.M MPH GPH MPG 1000 4.2 / 5.0 / 0.28 / 17.8 1500 5.9 / 7.2 0.8 / 0.83 7.38 / 8.6...

One wee detail: I was having the same problem with normal mud and stuff; that is when I was using a brush. Then I simply used a rag and it worked much better. I think the bristles jump over or don't fit in the groves, but the rag does. John

As Jay wrote: "5' straight up and down waves we couldn't go slow enough not to have the bottom drop out from under us." Often its not the height of the wave but the frequency and angle of the swells, and even going sideways in theses conditions is hectic, time consuming and no fun; and that is...

Your dealer is right Bob, the secret is speed and trim, even in the ones with more "V". But when it really gets rough, everybody has to slow down or take a beating. The advantage of the C-Dory is its ability plane at a slower speed. The other plus is planning means fuel effciency and that is an...

Well, well... keep this up and we can write a book on boat trailer tire changing. Come to think about it... writting a book with all the information on C-Brats would be a world class piece of boating knowledge. Is the information reserved or up for grabs? :wink: Anyhow, never knew I was going...

Ok, now we got the burnerns on. One thing is working in your confortable garage and another is out on the road. Don answered my next question, of where to lift. The frame is easier but higer, the axel is lower but hard to get to. What kind of chocks do you use? The MagicTilt manual calls for...