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Recently (2025) discovered I had photographed "Water Spirit" near Bella Bella in 2014, before I encountered it in Petersburg. DSC06321

Photos are up! Everything seems faster and smoother. Have we migrated?

Second try also failed. Third time was the charm. No idea what made PayPal temporarily unhappy.

The Tip Jar is upper left on the Home Page. The drop down menu has suggested amounts. Give whatever you can/want. Easy Peasy. EDIT: Just tried to donate myself, and PayPal, at least, appeared to get hung up trying to reconnect with the C-Brats site. It may be that even the ability to...

You might check the mounting height of your engine. I think engines are quite frequently mounted too low. You should also think about installing a Permatrim on your engine if you don't already have one (or similar foil). I installed Permatrims and raised my engines a notch so that just the...

My 2006 23 Venture had twin Yamahas (originally 50's, then 70's). The second steering station was one of my favorite features of the boat. I single-handed a lot. I had more than one docking experience in very hairy conditions where the thought of trying to manage things while running back and...

Agree with Bob. Anyone in the market ought to jump on this one.

The Jasper certainly isn't a C-Dory. From Jasper's website here are the specs for the Defender22: Length Overall: 27′ Hull Length: 24’6″ Length at Waterline: 21’4″ Beam: 8’6″ Draft: 1’6″ Deadrise at Transom: 18° Deadrise at Entry: 50° Dry Weight: 4,700 lbs Seating Capacity: 8 people Fuel...

Amen! We returned from one of our Inside Passage cruises to find our covered slip in the marina nothing but charred ruins. The boat in the slip right next to ours was a gasoline powered inboard. The owner of the boat (an auto mechanic who has had his own shop for decades) was working on the...

What a beautiful job! I particularly like the molded-in foot holders. What a great idea. You obviously know your way around a shop! I can't claim any particular expertise or skill, but I built a generator platform for my CC Venture - a boat with a full-height transom. The net relative...

Thanks for the link, Tom. ". . . The Kalakala last saw water when it was towed from its slip on Tacoma’s Hylebos Waterway, to a scrapyard in Tacoma, to a nearby dry dock on the Blair Waterway, where it was dismantled. The Coast Guard deemed it a hazard in fear of sinking in waters used for...

I think it ended its days in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma. That's the last place I saw it (circa 2010?). It did not look like it was in any condition to go anywhere else! I remember seeing it in the early 50's. It was the coolest thing ever.

I hear you brother! We had a similar experience coming out of Clarence Strait and heading toward Dixon Entrance. We had waited out a severe blow for almost a week. When the wind and water had calmed down in Ketchikan, and the forecast was good, we took off and got the surprise of a lifetime...

Congrats on the album. Love the pictures. Looking forward to more!

Surprised to hear you haven't been given an album yet. That's unusual. Did you get any response at all from your request? I know there's a lot going on with upgrading/migrating the website, so maybe the guys are just pinned down with other stuff. If you haven't heard anything yet, I would...

To get a photo album, click on "Memberlist" at the top of the page. Then send a PM to "cbadmin" asking to have an album set up. Keep us posted on your progress.

Welcome to the best boating forum around! And congratulations on the boat! It sounds like you are doing all the right fine-tuning. Permatrims are great. Do you have trim tabs, too? I think many of the boats have the motor mounted too deep. I significantly improved the performance of both...