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Hello Sea Beagle, I have a 16ft CD. Not interested in selling it, but always curious what it might be worth. I see there's a 16ft CD in the Los Angeles area listed for sale on the C-Brat home page for half your asking price. I thought of buying it to bolt to my boat to create a new style...

I have always wanted to make this cruise but work and limited vacation time prevented me from even considering it. It's too early for me to commit for this year but if business and wife allow me well... maybe! Keith C-Pup16

I've done the Delta cruise before on Steve's 25 ft Dora Jean and should know better than to think of taking a 16 ft C-Dory into those bays. Sure I could be lucky, but if not then I'd burden everyone else. No time to outfit C-Pup to run under the waves with a snorkle, so I'll see you at the...

Here's my thought... as a group, getting underway takes time so you end up in the most wind exposed section of the bays during the windiest afternoon hours. I would do what I do when fishing... leave just before dawn to take advantage of flat water on what later becomes an uphill water...

Or you could have a cord attached to the drain hole plug (inserted from inside), give it a yank, then set the engine tilt to get the bow up and just power forward. Water in the cockpit should drain out the open drain hole. If you made a mistake inviting a friend fishing for the first time and...

I have a 16 ft cruiser where it is suicide to handle an anchor on the bow deck in almost any sea. I keep the anchor and chain in the cockpit and just run the rode (line) up through the pulpit and back to the cockpit. I secure the line to a rear cleat, and have rollers on the bow deck and side...

big wave, small boat... you want the highest capacity pump that's reasonable. I have a bilge tube running under the motor well and going through the hull . Screw the foam. If the boat is low in the water and inches away from sinking, why would you pump water into the motor well which makes...

Use common sense. That is hard for me to believe, given the weight on the transom. I figure it will float bow up, or at least at a sharp angle and given the weight of the cabin roof and radar dome, probably upside down. What good is that if you're at sea and many hours away from being...

Good going guys.

I have a small 8 gal live well on my 16 ft CD cruiser. I created a sturdy shelf in the engine well on teach side of the outboard. The port side has a factory swim platform and ladder. I put the bait tank on the shelf in the motor well on that side. I originally put it on the swim platform...

I won't mention to Kimiko about the bats...

Is it buggy then? How cold at night? Got a 16ft cruiser with a camper back canvas. No Wallis stove... Just a dog to keep me warm. Can I make do with that? Does anyone haul their C-Dory from SoCal? How long a drive is it? Do you overnight in Flagstaff? Keith C-Pup 16 in Los Angeles

http://spirainternational.com/ Jeff Spira's web site offers many build your own boat plans, including some that are like a C-Dory.

I bought my CD-16 cruiser in 2003 as a newbie to boating on the ocean. I cared enough for my wife to also buy a 4 man Givens survival raft in a duffel bag... much to the howls of laughter of old salts owning C-Dories who said I'd have to choose whether to carry the raft or my wife on such a...

... the beer would stay cold.

This would be a factor in my decision: http://www.inavx.net/ Under $50 !

Ladies! Bring your coconut tops and grass skirts!

Count me in for Catalina. ~ Keith

That the first time I saw a reference to a electrical system failure causing the initial collision. I recommend articles about this at gCaptain.com

Boat owners need to read this. You were lucky and I'm glad for you, but there's a tipping point where no boat can compensate for overestimating one's abilities and underestimating what could go wrong. Keith C-Pup16 in Los Angeles PS: What happened to the goat?