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I'm going to mount a Scotty swivel base for both a downrigger and a davit for pulling crab traps. For those with some experience in these matters, especially with regards to downriggers, can you please look at my album...the slide titled: Slide 1. I'm thinking of mounting the base at position...

You go with bench seats starboard and port with storage underneath. See my album.

Hello H and H, if you search around this forum you will find several discussion about best places to launch and visit in the San Juans, although Mike sums it up quite nicely. If you are indeed the chill sort, then I will echo Mike's recommendation for Deer Harbor. It's very laid back...

According to Virginia Painter, the Communications Director for Washington State Parks, it's not technically illegal to visit a State Park in the event of a Government Shutdown. Access by car will be blocked (I imagine that gates will be closed) and I don't know what would happen with the docks...

Karl Kruger, the "Captain" of that SUP was a student of mine here at WWU. He runs a sailboat charter business out of Orcas Island. I can't wrap my mind around what it took to complete that race on an SUP, basically surviving on energy gels the entire way because he couldn't carry enough...

I beach my 22' c-dory on sandy beaches all of the time, but I wouldn't do so on a rocky beach of any kind. Actually, I wouldn't beach any kind of boat that wasn't plastic or rubber on a rocky beach. That being said, the draft on a c-dory is less than a foot (at least mine is less than a foot)...

As others have already said, if money is not an issue, then why not buy new if that's what you want to do? I made a promise to myself long ago to never go into any kind debt because of a recreational boat, no boat loan, no credit cards...cash on the barrelhead only...so, for me, that means I...

I think you two should be using total water area in square miles as the true measure, because that's where we are running our boats after all. Total water area represent the sum of inland and coastal water and the Great Lakes in each state. Under this metric, according to the USGS, Alaska is...

I will let others weigh in on the matter of boat size. However, my friends regularly tell me that I'm full of crap, so I believe that I am qualified to weight in on the matter of the portable toilet in the 22. I have a 22 with one of those little portable toilets and I am amazed that there is...

I will let others weigh in on the matter of boat size. However, my friends regularly tell me that I'm full of crap, so I believe that I am qualified to weight in on the matter of the portable toilet in the 22. I have a 22 with one of those little portable toilets and I am amazed that there is...

What about using a simple, removable ladder that hooks over the side? I picked one up about five years ago and can't imagine boating life without it.

I have more than enough chain and anchor (that's one of the reasons why it's such a pain in the butt to haul it up by hand). I have an anchor alarm and I know in my head that I've done everything right and have the rode to ride it out. I've never dragged as far as I know. But I cannot convince...

I hate anchoring. My old c-dory doesn't have any kind of windlass, or anything like that. Pulling up all that chain and anchor hand over hand is non-trivial under the best of conditions. Also, if I overnight on the hook, I kiss a good night's sleep good-bye as I watch the anchor sink out of...

A former student of mine is doing the race on a stand up paddleboard!

Anybody using one of these Optios yet? I'm thinking strongly about getting one, but I'd like to hear from someone who is actually using one now. johnr

Is one allowed to walk or bike around the island, or is that kind of thing not allowed on Blakely?

I would drop the "Dory" and just call it "Sin Nombre." I like that. However, in this political climate I would hesitate naming my boat anything in Spanish...or Arabic for that matter, but then I regularly operate my boat around and across borders.

A friend of mine was on the ferry and told me today that the ferry WAS actively trying to avoid a collision. Both in terms of slowing down, then reversing and trying to turn away.

I have a c-dory of that vintage. Even older, but with a 1998 Honda 90. By no means is it in showroom condition cosmetically, but it's structurally, sound and the engine is in good condition with low hours for it's age. Earlier this year, I was thinking about buying a 26ft Tollycraft and...

We've had this exact dingy for one season now. We like it quite a bit. Fast to inflate and small and light enough for a 22 foot c-dory. We don't put a motor on it (just row), so I can't speak to that.