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Well I finally sold Dakota - my unnamed 19' C-Dory. It was our second C-Dory, and it got us around pretty well. Only put 220 hours on it and sold it for pennies on the dollar, but had to move on to other things. Hope to be back on the water again sometime in the future, probably wont be on a...

Ok - the weather looks nice - the projects around the house can wait, I need a break from the news, work, and all the rest of it ... so, since I can never get figure out all the dang rules, regulations, other crap here in the PNW - what's legal to catch this weekend and where is the fishing...

The U.S. Coast Guard today rescued six fishermen from a disabled vessel about 6 miles north off Kane'ohe's Mokapu Point at 6 a.m. today, a news release said.The Coast guard said the wife of one of the fishermen called the Coast Guard at 10:46 p.m. Wednesday night to report they were overdue from...

Brunswick Corp. will permanently shut its Arlington yacht factory by year's end, idling most of the facility's 790 employees, the recreational equipment company said today. The Arlington plant, along with one in Roseburg, Ore., will close for good by year-end, and a plant in Navassa, N.C., will...

Think I'll stay on shore this weekend - not to nice here in the PNW. PZZ135-042215- PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL- 900 AM PDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...S WIND 10 TO 20 KT RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO...

What's the opinion on purchasing the annual Boat/US Towing Insurance? Recommend it ? Don't need it ? Tom

The ice came off the lake May 16th this year. Shan and I went out fishing for the day (not on a C-Dory though - Hewescraft 22). Saw a couple of avalanches while we were on the water - heard the thunder and looked up and watched a waterfall of snow and ice come tumbling down. The lake trout were...

Having purchased both a used C-Dory and a new C-Dory I've decided that the next boat I purchase will be used. Thought I'd document some of the reasons here. With our first C-Dory - 1990, we had a lot of maintance issues. Replaced the steering cable, major work on the engine ($COST$), the Loran...

LINK Anyone know the story on this one? Its listed at yachtworld.com as a 1971 C-Dory - inboard engine. Tom

According to David H. Pascoe, author of Mid Size Power Boats, "it takes about an hour of work for every hour of pleasure ... boat is maintained to a certain standard." This is for routine maintenance such as cleaning, interior maintenance such as housekeeping, and mechanical maintenance. My...

Does anyone have any referrals for a competent Marine Surveyor in the Seattle area? Someone you or someone you know has worked with. Thanks Tom

Well I finally made it to the boat show today - were is everyone ? Did I get my weekends mixed up again. ... ohhh man. Anyways - I stopped by to get my Waggoner and have Bob Hale sign it. At home looking through it and there on page 152, upper left corner under the picture " A group cruise of...

So - on average - how slow do you have to go to be in compliance with the No Wake Zone areas? We are always going through these areas around La Conner, etc., and I never see any bouncing on our wake the way we do when other boats come roaring past us. Cheers, Tom

Well we moved our boat down to Everett from Anacortes and are now ready to start exploring and doing some fishing. Like to go out this Saturday - any recomendations for favorite fishing spots near Everett and what's biting. Thanks, Tom

This was from another topic discussion - but my question for the C-Brats is how can something like this happen? I've spent the summer tooling around the San Juans, and as inexperienced as I am - is it just luck that I have stayed off the rocks ? The article states: "The Malibu went aground off...

A question for the fishing experts: Background - Taking next week off work and planning on being in the San Juans and the Gulf Islands for the entire week. Taking my son with me - his first visit to the Islands - he lives in Hawaii so I don't see him a lot. Question - What should we be fishing...

My son and I plan on taking our 19' Angler up to Princess Louisa Inlet the week of August 6-10. We are planning on leaving from Anacortes (Twin Bridges) Saturday August 4th. Probably head for Nanaimo first. Any advice, cautions, recommendations from the C-Brat Gallery? Thanks, Tom

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This Saturday when we got ready to leave the dock our battery was dead. We have the Optimax bluetop batteries, both house and starter. Both brand new this year (along with the boat). I turned on the parallel switch and then tried, the engine started. Then turned the parallel off and we went out...

I'm looking for a technical / nautical comparison of the two boats. If someone was looking at both of them - which boat would fit what type of cruising. What are the handling differences, etc. for similarly rigged boats? Thoughts ? Pros and Cons of each ? Tom