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Last weekend I decided to try to travel the Ocklawaha R from my home in Mt Dora all the way to its end at the St Johns river. I used my way of raising and lowering my engine to get over trees just below the surface. Some of the times I need to shut engine off as well. After about a dozen trees I...

This for a handful of people I have spoken with at the Hontoon Island gathering. My boat the Ocklawaha Queen just passed it's three year anniversery for me April 1st as its owner. Last year I took the Queen up the ICW to Savannah Ga to see what I REALLY needed to do to the boat for me to...

Don't know where I came up with this idea but for the money I'm pretty happy. I went to Ace in the stainless section and got a 6" carriage bolt two fender washers and a wing nut. You may have another spot in mind but I chose the V berth on the passenger side at their feet. I lifted the mattress...

Would like to know how Brats feel about the Sirius weather radar service. I have been using a weather radar application on my phone for a year and am very happy with it. I'm considering the Bahamas in a year or so and learned my phone ap wont work there and I wouldnt consider this trip without a...

A vote Wednesday in Jacksonville Fl between St Johns Riverkeeper and the Port of Jacksonville may finally remove the Dam from the Oclawaha R to restore its natural flow. Go to St Johns Riverkeeper for the details. :thup

I have a PELICAN Case cooler, It is very well insulated etc. I looked at some small counter top ice makers, the power draw is 100watts. It will produce 26lbs in 24hrs. With a cost of $170 on Amazon it looks like a good Idea any opnions ?

I could not have been more simple. The Red & Green lens on the inside of the fixture is round, it was broken in half and the fixture kept it up right. However the rain water while under way would pour through the crack. I would not have installed the new one so well had it not been for all the...

At the head of the V Berth is a hole where the wire for the Port Starboard light runs. This is the location of the leak. Twice I have removed the P/S housing on deck and applied silicon on the black washer the light housing sits on. The leak is 3 or 4 shots glasses worth not just drops. Well I...

My wiper shaft has frozen inside it's tube. I see that I need to lubricate this shaft or do what ever I need to do to free it's movement. The handels that I reach for to move the wiper have what appears to be an allen nut to hold it to the shaft. Here's my problem, neither an english or metric...

I've got an 04 16 cruiser that I bought back in April, and I noticed some small ants on board. Well it's 6 months later and they are still there I'm pretty sure they are in the styrofoam flotation. Any ideas before I close the boat off and do a bug bomb ?

C Brats I once again seek your council 8) . I've seen a lot of pictures of boat flooring on this sight, and what I would like to find are the White rubber floor mats that are squares with inter locking tabs. The ones I'm looking for are equally sized squares that I would trim to fit. The recent...

Just dropping a line to say Hi to the nice people wo counciled me on adding a custom gas tank for my 16 cruiser. I was the one who was going to try and build a tank under the V bearth. I was so naive, I didn't understand a builder needed a drawing etc. So I looked at the tanks on this sight and...

Fla brats and other friends in the heat I just got my new windows installed on my 16 cruiser, they are like Menthol fresh. Mike Yobe a local. "boat guy" installed them for me for $650, his number is 352 455 6271 go to my gallery for the pics or e mail me. Any one have a model name & number etc...

My next project is just about underway and I sure would like some C Brat council. Im not real impressed with the saddle tank idea only because the weight is still in the stern just like the tanks on the floor in the stern or on the floor along the sides. Im thinking about a custom tank in the...