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We're hoping to bring our C-Dory down from Bellingham this weekend to Seattle and find some boat/trailer storage, but I'm not having any luck finding space. We want to find storage, get it detailed, and then sell it locally instead of showing it up north. Any tips for places that still have...

I've got a question for anyone with a 22 cruiser with the sliding passenger seat. When I've tried to convert the dinette into a sleeper (or bench), I take the table top off, fold up the awkward leg, and set the table top between the seat boxes. There's a short (~1') metal post that goes into a...

I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but in late December, when it was way to cold to do a wiring project, I decided to do a wiring project. The wiper controls on our 22 are on the main house panel down by the driver's right knee, and using the wipers during intermittent rain in...

We live on a street that has a 12 degree slope (measured with a smartphone app). Our driveway is perpendicular to the street and is flat in both directions, but at the point where the driveway meets the sidewalk, it's up to 14 degrees. I've always thought it would be a bad idea to try to park...

We're looking into putting our boat on the trailer for the winter, but we don't have a place to put it yet. We have a long enough driveway for our boat but the road leading up to it is steep enough that we're concerned the whole boat/trailer would tip on the turn into the flat driveway. We can...

Our 2006 22 Cruiser has a low radar arch, and I can tell from measurements that even a small inflatable like the RU260 won't fit on the roof with the arch and the anchor light. Even without the issue of the anchor light, I'd rather be able to shove the dinghy onto the roof from the cockpit than...

I installed the T-H Marine Mini Jacker on my boat today. I haven't hung the motor yet since I'm giving the sealant a chance to cure first. The wood spacer that comes with it looks like plywood with lots of voids in the layers. I thought it might be cedar plywood since it's untreated, but I...

Recently while I had the tanks out for cleanup and to do the swim step, I took the time to install a second bilge pump. I didn't want to use any more through hulls, and I don't use the port lazarette as an fish/ice box. So I removed the lazarette to through hull hose and used the through hull...

When I drill a hole through the transom (or any cored material) and undercut, epoxy, re-drill, I'm concerned that unless I am lucky, the new hole won't be on the same axis and I'll end up elongating the hole on the other side, *and* potentially drilling out the side of the epoxy plug. How do...

I've had the tanks out for a few days to do some cleaning and so I could take a look at the gas tank hold down strap hardware. My tanks are kept from moving side to side with a kind of glassed in curb strip. Between the top of the tanks and the underside of the motor well, there's a constant...

I'd like to eventually get a dinghy (RU260 or something like it), but we have a low radar arch, and I'm guessing that with the inflatable on the roof we wouldn't be able to have the white nav/anchor light installed. Are there any legal limitations on the positioning of the white light? I'm...

I had an unexpected day off from work yesterday, so I figured it was a good day to do a project while my wife worked from home. I've been planning on installing the swim step, and I don't really like the idea of lag bolts for the lower fasteners (the factory recommended lag bolts since it's...

This weekend I installed a nice stereo system on our boat that is very simple, sounds great, and is really flexible and unobtrusive. Here's the basic parts breakdown: * PolyPlanar MA7500W speakers (http://www.hodgesmarine.com/POLY-PLANAR ... a7500w.htm) * JVC KDR530 head unit...

Not a C-Dory in the video, but a small boat too close to a large chunk of falling ice. Pretty amazing. Do you think that alarm sound afterward is a bilge alarm? www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3K5HY5RnE Unrelated video, pretty amazing as well!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh271FAVZ0o

Hey guys, we've been using the boat a ton lately, and now that I've got both tanks near empty, I wanted to take on the gas tank hold down straps. I can see that mine are screwed into the floor (core) and want to do the undercut/epoxy procedure. On my 2006, I have the permanent flat cockpit...

Our boat is at a marina in Seattle and the trailer is far away. We'd like to be able to hang the 9.9 kicker and remove it while it is at the dock. It's a straight dock, so we can't back into a slip and get access that way. For now, we're just planning on using the outboard clamps, but later...

Our boat is moored near the Ballard Locks, and recently while installing shore power I saw an otter climb up onto the dock, walk all the way down to the end, and then plop back into the water. The last 2 times I've taken the boat out there's been a big mess of crap on the edge of the dock and...

I finished installing a shore power system a couple weeks ago and finally got the pictures off my phone so I thought I'd post them along with a description of the system. * Blue Sea 1214 360 Series AC panel * Blue Sea 4027 panel back cover * Marinco 301EL-B 30A inlet * 2x Leviton 7599-W GFCI...

Hey brats, I've had a feeling since we got our boat that the tach might be flaky. Each time I turn the key and the tach reads out the motor hours, it reads a slightly different amount (i.e. differing by a few hundred rpm). Next time we're out and get into non-speed limited water (i.e. Lake...

Hey brats, I'm getting close to finished with my shore power install. I want to install a charger now, but I'm having trouble picking one. I'd like to keep the cost under $150, and I'm fine with lower amp models (i.e. 5 amp). The boat has a Blue Sea ACR, so I only need a single output charger...