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Thanks Les, like many things in life, the devil is in the details. Your analysis did add a greater dimension of reality to my thoughts around a rebuild. In the end it feels a lot like the situation I get into when I am buying a new car and trying to decided on which "level of luxury" model I...

Hey, I spend more time on this website than I do on Sea-Cruz...is that a problem? Ron

I really appreciate the perspective Les gives. It feels true. The picture, while at first seems dismal but I think just foreshadows a change in economic conditions for the middle class in America. We just added the 7 billionth person to the planet a few weeks ago. The 300 million of those...

Yes, 32 mpg is not something anyone is going to get in normal driving. But it is an interesting statement of the possible physics of energy and weight. The Ford F150 did not break any of the rules of physics but none of us would see that kind of mileage because the laws of physics reward ultra...

Well, if cost or storage or parking or ????? is not a consideration, then bigger will always tow better than smaller and perhaps more safely. However, given the givens I tow my 22 with a Toyota Sienna with air bags and heavy duty shocks. I usually tow on city streets and short distances. The...

I know a number of people say having two engines have saved them from having to be towed. What you might want to remember is if you have two engines you are twice as likely to have an engine failure. I prefer one well maintained reliable engine but then I used to fly single engine planes and...

I read the article and it specifies breaking waves of one third the length. If I were being hit by 7 foot breaking waves on the beam it would mean my motor was dead as there would be no way that would be an allowable situation. I guess it could happen in a following sea causing a broach. I...

This is how I also experience it on Monterey Bay and out 20 miles, as NOAA reports the local weather. When the wind gets up to 25 you are in small craft warnings or close to it. So far, cross my fingers, that feels safe enough but not comfortable. In this range we usually have 3 to 4 foot wind...

Looks like a great trip and nice photos. It also seems it would also be a great trip for a shake down cruise in the Washington area. Ron

I have the bruises to prove the boat can take way more than I can. C-Dories can fall off larger waves with no real problem for the boat. My body however can take a week to recover. I much prefer the 2 to 4 foot seas with 8 second periods. Then I run at 20 knots and love it. I have been out...

This is the same dealer I purchased Sea-Cruz, a 2006 Angler, from. I purchased her for $29,000 with 227 hours on the engine and felt it was an excellent deal. Given Sea-Cruz is an Angler and this is a Cruiser with a radar arch, the price difference seems reasonable. The one thing I don't see...

Toyota make a "factory dealer installed" turbo for this truck. Some of the youtube videos showings its performance are very impressive. Some say the factory underrates it output and that it really produces 340hp or so. Don't seem to be blowing up either. Just in case you felt you needed a...

Oops that was 150 pound test line, not 1500 pound test line. Ron

I recently installed a Windline URM-1 roller, which is for 25' to 54' boats, so probably a little overkill, but it self launches my 14lb Lewmar delta and the anchor never comes near the bow. The URM-1 being larger covers the old, now overdrilled and glassed in, holes. Also the pin in the URM-1...

Like the idea of a little warm water at this point. Good to see you are in it (warm water) and past Pt. Conception. As Mark Twain said, "One of the coldest winters he ever spent was one summer in San Francisco." Enjoy a bit of real summer. Ron

After a lot of research I went with the Travelchair Teddy Aluminum Chair. They are very comfortable, well designed, and strong. They are down on the boat so I don't know where they are made, but the website says they were designed in Gig Harbor, Washington. Ron

Yes, the video starts with the S.S. Palo Alto, a World War I tanker made from ferrocement. It was fun to take Sea-Cruz right up to the ship for a new perspective. For sailboats this is in a wind shadow area and hard to sail out of so I never sailed in here. I still miss sailing but C-Dories have...

Wow! What a bird experience. I saw more birds this day than I have seen in my entire 65 years. This is a video of only one small part of the huge flock, still hundreds of thousands of birds. I did not know where to post this but thought it might be interesting to the C-Dory bird watcher. Just...

Lets see, 8 to 10 foot very steep seas with a 3 to 4 foot cross wind chop on top, such seas are fun to watch from shore. I hope to never find myself in them in Sea-Cruz. Even my last sailboat, with a good percentage of the boats weights, in the keel would not have been fun in such conditions...

Good to see you got out the gate David. Today Sea-Cruz is back on its trailer in Santa Cruz Harbor and I am at home in the hills above Santa Cruz looking over the ocean, well looking at the fog/clouds, and wishing I was out there. However, I am starting to dream of the calmer seas September...