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Hello Gary, Seeker is a beautiful boat, and we know you will enjoy her in your neck of the woods. I'm envious; the PNW has such beautiful cruising grounds. My wife and I regard the three weeks we spent in the PNW on board our Marinaut as one of our very best vacations. So we hope you will...

I apologize for entering this discussion late, but the Marinaut is not a C-Dory 22. Unless a couple is in peak physical condition, is slightly built, and has extraordinary gymnastic agility, I don't see how they could even get into the position to sleep feet forward. That is why we sleep with...

I apologize for entering this discussion late, but the Marinaut is not a C-Dory 22. Unless a couple is in peak physical condition, is slightly built, and has extraordinary gymnastic agility, I don't see how they could even get into the position to sleep feet forward. That is why we sleep with...

Having had no experience with a CD 22 (albeit we did own a CD 16), I can't compare our Marinaut to that boat. We have used our Marinaut for 5 seasons now, and we think it is a seaworthy boat provided we exercise good seamanship and understand its limits. As I stated in previous posts, once a...

I agree with everything that has been said and would like to add that it is good to keep the kicker up while the main engine is running just in case you strike a submersed object with the main engine that takes out its lower unit. This in fact happened to me a couple of years ago, and I was...

I use storage level blue Stabil in everything including my boat, generator and power equipment. I don't even bother to drain the gas over the winter. I've had zero issues with fuel. Here is a specific example. Our boat was put away for the winter in October. We did not take the boat out...

I'm sorry to hear about your boat. I had a similar experience with a boat your age -- a period when from what people reported on this site, the quality control C-Dory quality may have suffered. A very fine and almost undetectable (at first) hairline crack formed in the gelcoat in a slight...

Les, Congratulations Les! I have not looked at this site for several of months (we have had some of the coldest weather here in the past 100 years, so boating has not been on my mind,) and just read this post. Nordic Tugs makes boats of tremendous quality and do really excellent fiberglass...

My question is: is that just the fan we hear ramp up to higher rpm's, or does it also include higher heat output? I'm asking, because I don't know the answer to that question. You bring up a good point.

Since the beginning of using our Wallas stove, there has always been a slight whiff of diesel at start up and thereafter no smell. On another matter, we never start our Wallas on high. In fact we usually are around 35 percent of full heat and leave it there. Rich

We have used our Wallas 85 for 4 seasons, and from the beginning have used nothing but diesel. We ran our stove nearly every day for three weeks when we were in Annacortes. The stove runs flawlessly. As a precaution, we put in fresh, unstabilized diesel fuel every 2 years. There is only a...

I saw photos of the damage online and it was gut wrenching to watch. I want to offer my heartfelt sympathy to the owners and workers at Northwest Marine who have worked so hard to revive the business and produce such fine boats. Rich

In New England the water temperature is 70°. When the boat is in the water for about five days at this temperature, you see tiny barnacles start to form on the lower hull. However, we keep our Marinaut in a boat rack valet storage facility. When the boat is removed from the water, they wash and...

The one negative thing about our sleeping with our heads toward the bow is limited headroom, so we are in agreement there. My wife and I have hit our heads so many times that our foreheads have developed calluses. I think that is why it is advertised that people should sleep with their feet...

For solid waste, we use clean waste bags as well. We place the bags over the Thetford curve toilet bowl, and then, like you, dispose of it in the trash. However, when dealing with liquids, the Thetford Curve is a far superior and far less costly solution.

The C-Dory 22 is a beautiful boat as well, and you have good reason to be proud of her. I agree with you that both boats have a great deal in common with respect to interior design, function and exterior beauty. With respect to the berth, my wife and I are rather large people, and we would be...

One caveat: I meant to say that our increase from 4.7 mpg miles to 5 mpg in 2014 was exclusively the result of careful trip planning. The major reasons for overall Marinaut efficiency are: its light weight, its hull design, and it's Honda 115 hp high torque, low RPM and high technology EFI...

Ah! -- I neglected to mention that we exclusively use shore power. So our set up may not be ideal for those in different situations or climates.

It's been four years, and people continue to be fascinated by our boat when we visit marinas. There are basically two people who make comments: 1) the bigger is better crowd, and 2) those people who really understand boats. As to the former, it seems the most prevalent comment is, "what a...

This is our fourth season on our boat, and my wife and I could not be more pleased with the toilet arrangements on our boat. We continue to curtain off the the cockpit area and utilize our Thetford Curve toilet. The thought of squeezing into a tight head as opposed to having a toilet enclosure...