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Quite a few C-Brats have cruised in the Broughtons and many have probably stopped at Lagoon Cove. Sadly, Bill Barber, who owned Lagoon Cove with his wife Jean, passed away last week. Bill was quite a story teller and welcomed visitors with free fresh prawns almost every evening. He'll be...

With 2013 rapidly approaching it is time to think about the 2013 C-Brat calendar. If there is sufficient interest I'm happy to make another calendar this year. Same deal as before. Please send high resolution pictures to me (samlandsman@gmail.com) sometime in the next week or so. Please...

My V700 hasn't been working well for the last week or so. It grabs chain fine, but the nylon rode never catches in the gypsy. The only way it pulls the rode up is if I keep pressure on the rode the whole time by keeping the engine in reverse. This seems like it will quickly destroy the windlass...

I'm in Sitka and had the boat pulled for a lower unit oil change and the dealer discovered a leaky thermostat. The bigger problem is the thermostat leaks very near to the ECM and its connections. Saltwater and electronics don't mix, so I want to get this problem corrected before I leave Sitka...

For those of you that have done all or part of the Inside Passage, what are your favorite spots and why do you like them so much? Anchorages, marinas, towns, attractions...they're all fair game. I've got piles of charts and guidebooks and all the information is a bit daunting. There are so...

After my recent Wallas failure I'm really close to selling the Wallas and replacing it with an Espar or Webasto forced air furnace and an alcohol stove. My biggest concern is that I'll spend the money and go through the hassle to change the heating system but reliability won't ultimately be...

I'm swinging on a mooring buoy at Sucia Island and the Wallas has stopped working properly. It worked fine last Friday and worked for an hour or so today on the way over to Sucia. Then it "blew out," odor in the cabin, lots of soot by the exhaust, etc. I turned it off and turned it back on and...

I'm considering buying a small inflatable liferaft for the C-Dory before I head to Alaska this summer. Is it total overkill to carry one of these? I'll be carrying an inflatable kayak with me as well, but it might not always be inflated. I also have a PLB attached to my life jacket as well as a...

How do people deal with oil changes on long trips? I'm estimating that I could put upwards of 300 hours on the engine during my Inside Passage trip and Honda recommends engine and gear oil changes every 100 hours. Is my best bet to have dealers along the way haul the boat and service the...

I'm taking the C-Dory to Alaska this summer and some family members are interested in flying up for a quick visit (~5 days) at some point. They'd be staying on land (or potentially a larger, chartered boat). Right now there could be anywhere between 2 and 5 people coming up. Good day tripping...

Does anyone on here have experience buying and using a prepaid Canadian SIM card? I'm going to be spending ~6-8 weeks or so in BC next summer, and would love to have internet for less than AT&T charges for roaming I have an unlocked and jailbroken AT&T iPhone which will also be used as a wifi...

For iPhone users, a new app is available in the app store that allows USB tethering without an additional data plan and no jailbreaking. Great for those of us still on unlimited plans who don't want to pay AT&T any more per month to use the data we already pay for...

I've recently started a blog about preparing for my Alaska trip this summer and though some here might find it interesting http://samlandsman.blogspot.com/ I don't anticipate too much activity throughout the winter (I might take the C-Dory to Squamish for some snow skiing at Whistler in early...

Has anyone figured out how to transfer routes from their iPad to their Raymarine chartplotter? The iPad is so much better for planning routes than my C80, but I'm struggling to figure out how to get the routes loaded on the C80 so the autopilot can follow them. Here's what I've figured out so...

Hi Everyone, If you are interested in seeing your photo or boat in the 2012 C-Brat calendar, please email me high resolution photos along with the location the photo was taken, the name of the photographer, and the name of the boat and owner. My email address is samlandsman at gmail dot com...

In an effort to avoid last years last minute scramble to get the calendar ready, I think it will be nice to get the process started a bit earlier this year. Do any of you have any suggestions on how to improve the calendar from last year? Was the size good? Printing quality? Price? Layout...

Hello Everyone, Next summer I'm planning on taking our 22 from Anacortes to Alaska. I have at least three months for the trip, so time shouldn't be a major issue. At this point I'm trying to get the boat well equipped for the trip, from both a comfort and safety perspective. And I'd like to...

When we got our C-Dory in 2008 it came with two bilge pumps between the fuel tanks, an 1100 gph Attwood Sahara installed by the dealer and an 1100 gph Rule-Mate installed by the factory. I noticed today that the Attwood is dead and I need to replace it. And I've got some questions for all of...

I just bought the Navionics PC app for Mac and thought I'd share my impressions in case anyone else is thinking of buying it. It's basically the iPhone app for a computer. For planning purposes I like it better than GPSNavX for a few reasons. The biggest advantage is that all the charts are...

On edit by Da Nag Click here - the 2011 Calendar is ready for ordering! Thanks much Sam, for making this all possible! Bill ------------------------------- There has been some interest in another thread in creating a C-Brat calendar for the new year. It's a bit late to be starting in on...