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Mark -- Finger Lakes are covered in US Coastal.

Jim -- Could not meet the requirements to post a comment on your blog but, when I read this post on another blog, I immediately thought of you. He plays and is raving about a new, boater friendly guitar amp. http://boatbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/so ... rocks.html Jim

That is pretty funny, especially with a unique boat name like yours but it gets complex anytime two boats have the same name and try to establish communications by VHF. Many of my boats have been named North Star and I have had the occasion many times to raise a previous boat of mine on the...

Rich -- My Manson Supreme is 25 lbs which works well on my boat which is heavy at 9,300 lbs. I got the dimensions off the manufacture web site and determined that it would fit well in my roller which, indeed, it does. See you on the water one of these days. Off to Three Mile Harbor in the...

Rich -- You are not alone with Delta problems in that area. We had them on several boats and had issues at Coecles and Three Mile Harbor. Eventually, we gave up on the Delta. We changed to a Manson Supreme and have had no further anchoring issues. It sets hard and fast every time. Part of the...

Mystery finally solved. Check out the following thread: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?p=219384#219384

Yes, the mystery regarding the seat is finally resolved as this is indeed the seat that we have all been wondering about. Now, it will be very interesting to get the details and in particular, any specifics that we can get that will allow us to perhaps find seats like it as this looks like a...

3 photos of a helm seat were just added to the CBTech Library in the Cabin Interior section. The seat looks very interesting but there is no description of it and no way to tell the manufacturer. Further, I don't recall any discussion of the seat on the site. Anyone know anything about it...

From their web site: North 30' 24. 216 West 87' 13. 588 Have fun.

When we were re-doing our CD22 and had everything out of it, we gave the interior 2 coats of Interlux Brightside paint in a very bright white. It made a huge difference as it made the interior crisp and clean (compared to the spatter paint) and really made the interior a lot lighter and...

Bob -- My '04 CD22 had exactly the same problem but no evidence of gelcoat to attempt a seal so I had problems on both sides. Did the repairs exactly as you are illustrating. Your photos and description are excellent (as usual) and probably, this is an area where all owners should check as it...

Ken -- The HTMS really sucks. I ordered one and have been testing it on my boat. I have the suction cup on flat, high gloss gelcoat and it has stuck rock solid for the past month and a half through temperatures that have varied between 25 and 80 degrees. As with all RAM mounts, it is very...

I have been aboard the Minor at the dock but not underway. The fit and finish is excellent and it is a beautiful boat. The design is no where as friendly for longer term cruising as the C-Dorys. I would suggest that it is more for overnights than a week plus length cruise. Also, given the...

There is really no such thing as a quiet C-Dory 22 capable lake in the area you are talking about. You might give some consideration to the saltwater side and think about LI Sound which has great boating and which is accessible from launch ramps. If you want to discuss LI Sound, which I have...

From the blog for Conepatus (link above but here it is again http://conepatus.wordpress.com) is the following on fuel consumption with its 2 x Yamaha 150s: "Conepatus will slow cruise at 6.5kts and will give around 6 miles/gallon for a very efficient slow cruise, comparable to our old...

I recall seeing this on You Tube about a year ago. The boat is in France.

I downloaded Adventures In Solitude and am reading it. It is indeed a good read. In Farley Mowatt's work, I am particularly fond of Grey Seas Under about a steam powered salvage tug working the NW Atlantic pre and during WWII. What a book, boat, and crew. Finally, while I loved The Curve of...

Mike -- They are very simple to make yourself. I put them on all of my trailers. For planks, I use 1" x 8" "synthetic trim board" which is made out of extruded PVC resins. There are many brands. I drill through it adjacent to the trailer frame and through 1 x 2 oak pieces about 6 inches...

I have had 2 Espar systems, a D8 and a D12 (yes, there is indeed a D12 even if you won't find much mention of it) obviously both on larger boats. The D12 performed flawlessly. The D8 initially had issues. That unit was in a Nordic Tug 32 which was in Connecticut, used year round, and not...

I put a V700 on our C-Dory and found it to be somewhat tempermental on the retrieve kinking and jamming. I was using 3 strand. On our current boat we have a Maxwell RC-8 with 3 strand and it works extremely well with none of the tempermentalness that we saw with the V700. We have used it a...