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The Nevada side of the grade, which will be the incline for you heading west, is recently renovated and resurfaced and is really nice. The California side, from Donner Pass down to Auburn is narrower and rougher, as typical of our decaying infrastructure in this state. Just take it easy on the...

A transom rail is available from the C-Dory factory.

Good ideas, Dan. And for those who are refastening loosened cleats, or want to take an extra measure of precaution, one could use threaded inserts in the cockpit floor, as has already been described. We should probably clarify that the 3% expansion potential is for NEW tanks that have not yet...

Thanks, Dan, for your patient and thorough explanation of how the polyethylene tanks expand, and what results. The engineer at Moeller Marine who designed the C-Dory tanks essentially corroborates everything you've said. The one difference is that he indicated that the initial expansion due to...

Dan, I was at the C-Dory factory Thursday, and it appears the new tank mounting cleats, which are glassed onto the cockpit floor, are absolutely firm against the tank, with the tank hard up against the transom. However, the bulkhead will now be fastened on the forward side of the cleats, rather...

Chris, yes, Bombardier is a Canadian company, and yes the Evinrude E-TEC's are engineered and built in Wisconsin. Even if folks are wary, that's at least a reason to root for their success. For those who haven't read the white paper, and may wonder what the answer was to your concern about...

Thanks, Sawdust, for the prop info. For anyone interested, here is the link to a technology white paper on E-TEC (in PDF format): http://continuouswave.com/whaler/refere ... _e-tec.pdf This same Whaler site (continuouswave.com) has a number of threads on E-TEC in their forums, with some...

Larry and Joe: No need for red faces. I have benefited from many, many informative postings you folks have made, and am in your debt.

Well, Larry, this Evinrude lineup is kind of confusing, right now, so I called Evinrude to get the facts straight. If you look closely, you will see that the "Direct Injection" models referred to at your link are NOT E-TEC's (yet), but currently form a separate product line. They still represent...

Joe, just to keep things accurate, the Evinrude Etec 90 is an inline 3 cylinder motor. The next size up in the Etec lineup for 2005 is 200hp, which is a V-6. No V-4 Etecs currently, but the older technology, direct injection 115hp--which has not yet been "Etec-ed"--is a V-4.

Sawdust, I will be putting an Etec 90 on my new CD22, and am curious about your prop selection, since the Etec has a slightly higher gear ratio than the often discussed Honda. You mentioned the pitch was 15". Is that an Evinrude 3 x 13 3/4 x 15, or something else? And what RPM's are you getting...

Thanks for reminding me, Checkraise, that when I get my new C-Dory, I need to continue to give the dreaded South Tower of the Golden Gate bridge a very wide berth. This is a spooky and evil place even on a good day, and no swell running. With an ebb tide opposing a stiff summer onshore flow, it...

Moose, C-Weed beat me to it with his response to your question about the difference between KeelShield and KeelGuard. According to KeelShield's website, they have conducted "independent" tests which show their adhesion to be better, and they also tout their urethane material as tougher than...

David and Warren, if it adds any peace of mind, I contacted the designer at Comprop (Tom, 800-com-prop) and asked him the very question you posed in your original post. His answer was essentially the same as Seawolf's--that with the low horsepower and easily driven hull, the weight of a C-Dory...

Moose, it may not be relevant to your question, but everyone should be aware that there are several different manufacturers of plastic keel guards, and there are some differences both in the material and the adhesive. KeelShield is one product, and the KeelGuard (by Megaware) is a different one...

Thanks to everyone for the quick response! I am glad to hear the positive feedback on the Keel Shield, and have added it to my growing project list for the new boat. Sawdust, I recall reading some posts several years ago on the old C-Dog site which mentioned the problem with the factory stem...

After several years of planning, I have sold the sailboat that has been my home since 1987, and am excitedly awaiting the arrival of my new 22 Cruiser next week. First of all, I want to express my appreciation to all of you who have helped to make the C-Brats site an incredible information...