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Jim B. Read your blog post yesterday and as always, it is interesting and informative. Curiosity compels me to ask what seat you installed. Getting the right helm seat is always an issue. Our boat has Garelick seats and while they look like they should be comfortable, the foam is not dense...

Actually, if you run the Harlem River from the East River to the Hudson, there is one bridge that will have to lift, even for you. That is the Spuyten Duyvil Railroad Bridge right where the Harlem joins the Hudson which has a 5 foot clearance when closed. Since the bridge carries both Amtrak...

Gerry -- Appologies for stealing your thunder. BTW, you post a most excellent blog which I have been following and tremendously enjoying for some time. I have very much enjoyed vicariously cruising with you. Jim

Check this out: http://gletzold.blogspot.com/2011/03/gr ... d-out.html Scroll down and you will find the C-Dory which is Tonka (ruthebill) which has posted a few times on the C-Brat site and is out of Cape Breton Island in Canada.

At the risk of turning this into a winch discussion, the other thing that you can do is to replace the wire rope on a winch with AmSteel Blue rope (Samson) which is a low diameter, low stretch, high strength synthetic rope. I know of one owner of an RF-246 that has done exactly that and I...

I have faced this question and built myself a relatively inexpensive and highly useful little device sort of like Dr. Bob's fuel polisher. It consists of a 12V fuel pump from NAPA and a Racor filter. I mounted the pump on one side of a pine board and the filter on the other. The pump is wired...

We had the Achilles LSI-260 on our CD22. It slid (right side up) under a high radar arch that was on 1 1/2" Starboard blocks. It was the maximum size dinghy that could fit on the roof and not hang over. We used a 6hp 4 stroke Merc for it and as our get home engine but with 2 people in the...

Dave -- The easiest way to drain the water tank on a C-Dory with a pump water system is to slide a length of clear plastic hose over the spout into the sink with a tight fit. Drop the other end out the side window making sure that it is long enough to reach below the bottom of the boat. Take...

C-Star has been sold today and left for its new home. It will be cruising the upper Hudson River although we are hopeful that at some point, the wonderful new owners will trailer it back down to LI Sound and explore the salt water with us. Jim

Just a note to say that I have lowered the price to $37,000. Everything is as described above and the boat is a huge value as it is essentially all new. If you want to talk, drop me an e-mail and we can set up a time to talk. Due to my work situation, evenings are best as I am hard to reach...

I have been following the blog of Shingebiss http://mvshingebiss.blogspot.com as they did the Great Loop. They just tied the knot and are headed for home up the Mississippi to Minnesota. The current post, dated 9/11, chronicles their trip upstream through Iowa. In it is a photo, (the 13th...

I have added a good selection of photos to the C-Star album. Here is a sample. Double click photo for larger size with good color. Jim