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What a great reply by rogerbum. This entire thread reminds me of the best advice I've ever received about boating, "The most dangerous thing to have on the water is a strict schedule."

Today I completed the dreaded annual task; the removal of the giant v-berth cushion and storage of same in my attic. It almost makes me wish I didn't have a boat.

Family of four here and we do cruise and camp in our 22 foot C-Dory, but it IS (as mentioned above) like camping in a clutter closet. One point to consider is the amount of toys your want to bring with you. If you want to crab, fish, kayak, SUP, or whatever...all that gear takes up room too...

This may be the most reasonable post I've ever read here, and that's saying a lot! I definitely fall on the "don't care about aesthetics" end of the spectrum. I am stunned (and jealous) by how spotless some boats are...I don't think they've ever seen a crab pot or a fish! However, even I have...

Yes, as much as it truly pained me, I had to drink beer because my soda kept freezing. If had been much colder I would have had to bust into the ships rum.

This weekend it was so calm and cold in Bellingham, WA that a layer of ice formed in the Squalicum Marina where I keep my boat. The salt water didn't really freeze, but the overlaying freshwater lens from the local river did. Anyway, I was working on my boat on Saturday and I dropped my...

All things being equal (in particular, you have the money to spend), I don't think that the learning curve for a 22 c-dory is going to be that much different than the learning curve for a 25 foot c-dory. With a family of 4, bigger is better! We have a family of 4 with a 22, but we typically...

All things being equal (in particular, you have the money to spend), I don't think that the learning curve for a 22 c-dory is going to be that much different than the learning curve for a 25 foot c-dory. With a family of 4, bigger is better! We have a family of 4 with a 22, but we typically...

If you're going to take this nuclear option, would it be better to attack it from the inside of the boat and leave the deck un-butchered?

Not a problem, it was easy for me to find since I started that thread. I ended up taking off the entire bow pulpit and found a couple of leaks. I reamed out all of the soaked balsa I could find and "replaced" it with injected two part epoxy. Finally, I over drilled every hole (even the ones...

Here's an entire thread about this: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=22641&highlight=

That is a classic!

I had a 16' Arima before the 22' c-dory. I know it's not exactly apples to apples, but there's a world a difference between the two for the 2 - 3 waves we very typically get here in the northern inland waters of the Salish Sea. Not so much in the way of safety, but in the way of comfort and...

Zombie thread resurrected! My thoughts are that with a c-dory that old (not necessarily a bad thing at all), it's all about the power (unless the hull is in unusually good or unusually bad shape). If the engines have low hours and you don't have to re-power, then I think that you're getting a...

My trick for overnight crabbing is to drop my pots around moored boats. Near where I live there is a good crabbing area where boats are moored almost all year long, with people coming, going and overnighting on their boat. My thinking is that, unless the thief sees you drop the pot and leave...

I would add clams to the list (littlenecks and cockles, which you can legally harvest since you have a shellfish license). It's what crabs love to eat in the wild and shellfish growers in our area struggle with keeping crabs out of their beds. That all being said, I believe that the AMOUNT of...

Good question, I'd be interested in hearing what others do. Up here in Area 7, I crab the same spots and depths as I do in the summer. In the winter, because of the lack of daylight hours, I almost always leave my traps in overnight, which I don't do as often in the summer. If pressed, I would...

I don't think I've ever seen Bellingham Bay like I saw it today (I was on shore!). For a while this afternoon there were sustained winds over 40 kts with gust to I can't even guess. I actually saw a couple of small craft trying to make way in that gale. I feared for their safety. Madness to...

I agree that a 2-foot C-dory would be a rough ride in any but the calmest of waters. :wink: Seriously, I've had several people comment to me about the rough ride on C-dorys but not a single one of them had actually ever been on a C-dory.

We were heading back from a week-long cruise to join the c-brats in Bellingham on Friday evening but the weekend weather was so warm and the seas so calm, we didn't have the heart to return home until Sunday. Sounds like we missed a great time.