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Do you have direct evidence of this or is it just your best guess based on the state of the boat business?

Matt: When I bought my boat it had a form of hull insurance called a hull warranty. The warranty was meant to exist for a number of years which have still not expired. I paid for the "insurance". Now it is taken away. I have no insurance. It is unlikely that I will ever need it but that's...

Please correct me if I am wrong Roger, but if we are trying to be precise shouldn't we say that "Warranties for C-Dory boats manufactured by Fluid Marine and the Reynolds and the Tolands are null and void" I assume that there were no other manufacturers. Indeed even if there are no...

I tried to post this using my iphone but after typing the message I got returned to the login screen when I tried to make the post... had to give up. Pretty sure the problem is with the phone/Safari but can't be sure. Typing on the iphone is relatively tedious (even compared with my Blackberry...

Don't you mean quack. PS Why read a thread if you think it has outlived its usefulness?

For a hull on plane the speed achieved is proportional to the square root of the shaft horsepower. The square root of 150/135 is about 1.05 which means that the the 150 is about 5% faster than the 135 at maximum horsepower assuming these are the shaft horsepowers to use. This is just theory but...

I use GPSnavX offline for trip planning and plain old daydreaming. I've thought of using it for real time navigation but worry about the hammering that the Mac would get in bad conditions. The program is cheap and excellent. You get free upgrades for life and the NOAA raster charts are easy to...

If you decide to bypass the (cold :) ) water heater by joining the inlet and outlet of the hot water tank it might be wise to subsequently get half your water from each of the hot and cold faucets to avoid a buildup of stale or worse water in the newly joined pipe. In theory, contaminated water...

Maybe you could just disconnect the water heater feed at the water pump outlet manifold. Before removing the tank, maybe carefully write down how to replace everything for a possible future sale.

Thanks Roger - I looked up the official park regs and it does explicitly state that the total hp may not exceed the posted limits. So unless powered by at most 20hp a 16' c-dory would not be officially permitted in those parks with a posted 20 hp limit. I have seen many boats with more powerful...

A general question about this type of generator mount: if carbon monoxide is about the same density as ordinary air, to lessen the chance of contamination wouldn't it be most advantageous to mount the generator lower rather than higher?

Is it possible to power a 16' cruiser with twin 20hp motors? The reason I ask is that Pennsylvania has many state parks with good sized lakes which have a 20hp motor limit, so one engine in use would satisfy that limit. At the same time there are many protected waters where there is no hp limit...

Canvas cockpit cover. (The engines' center of gravity is over the Armstrong step, so they are not as unbalanced as they may appear.)

Lewmar windlass, and 22lb Delta anchor

Factory installed (additional) cleats on front of pontoons

Head with Airhead composting toilet

A cushion I had made to fit the oddly shaped table. More comfortable for sleeping and sitting than the supplied rectangular cushion!

A random view of the starboard battery switch and wiring

The galley area, showing sink and Wallas heater/stove