Boat stuff I like

Well, I really have nothing to add to this thread besides the sarcastic comment on Corona Light - my challenge is not to find yet more junk to put on-board - it is to get rid of the stuff that is already there that I use only rarely (the toaster oven) or in some cases never, like 4/5 of the stuff in the so-called "junk drawer"...should be a rule, can't put anything on-board unless you take some equivalent weight or volume off!
 
Harv,

Please give more details about the battery monitor from WM, brand, etc. Sounds very interesting. I have enjoyed this thread (except from a brief period when a useful, helpful idea raised by a Gasp! non-C-Dory owner, was hijacked in the interests of tribal purity.)
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Patti and Barry on C-Cakes
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Barry, The photo Jay (Socrateur) posted is the one I have. I keep it plugged in where I can see it almost all the time. Monitor charging when running, discharge when idling, and battery levels when not running. Make a pretty brite night lite at night too. Usually too brite and a unplug it because there are enough LED's on to be able to find my way from the bunk to the back door :wink:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Pat Anderson":6bwz0wyx said:
Oh please, Corona Light? See, Ken? I did chime in. Corona roughly translates from the Spanish as "Mexican Budweiser." Corona is almost always "skunked" because of the nutty way it is marked in clear bottles - there is a reason that most beer bottles are brown. And LIGHT beer? I have a great cartoon somewhere entitled "The Invention of Light Beer, Milwaukee 1975." It is a guy peeing in a big vat...


Dene":6bwz0wyx said:
3. Corona Light with a lime. You can't drink their water but boy do they make a fine beer!

-Greg
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I just had to read that again, Pat. So true.... Thanks for introducing me to your finest Snoqualamie Falls brew on my Birch Bay visit. We can't get it down here, unfortunately. *&^% BevMo carries all kinds of designer beer but not yours. At least not here.

So tell me - why do they always shove a slice of lime down a Corona's throat, little Nephew? Is it a Freudian thing?

Down here, I prefer Carta Blanca 'cause it's a good thirst quencher when yer in the sun all the time and down here it never rains except occasionally at night just to keep the tourists happy.

Oh and to keep the thread happy I like Carta Blanca while out fishing.

Don
 
Pat Anderson":9ear7fn9 said:
the sarcastic comment on Corona Light - my challenge is not to find yet more junk to put on-board - it is to get rid of the stuff that is already there that I use only rarely (the toaster oven) or in some cases never, like 4/5 of the stuff in the so-called "junk drawer"...
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Very Clever Pat............."Corona" and "Junk Drawer" all in the same sentence..........you attorneys are GOOD!

(They say confession is good for the soul, so I will publicly admit to consuming more than my share of Corona on the C-Dory, but for the times I want to enjoy a Great Beer I'll have my hands around the neck of yours and David's S.F.s brewskis.)
 
Pat- You've got to stop causing a "brew hah hah". Any more "pee in the vat" jokes and you're on the "no fly" list. (sorry about that one, it's a stretch, I know.)
 
To my knowledge--- at least consciously--- I've only had 2 Coronas, light or otherwise.
he he
When I took possession of the first C-Dory (Fishtales), Ricardo asked if I liked to down a brewsky--- sure. He said he would send some down with the boat.
he he
When we got the boat, there was 1 Corona rolling around in the fridge.
Last January, at the Factory Dinner, He gave me another one.

I have the battery monitor that Sea Wolf posted--- I got mine at Camping World.
 
Ordered the battery monitor that Joe posted, today.
Thanks Joe, lookes like just what I need for the right price and I don't have to make the long trip from no where to somewhere to get it. Hope this is the ticked to help keep our wallas running.

Jay
 
For safety stuff, I like the RESCUE STICK. I've got ours in the cockpit, easily accessable, hanging with a cable tie to one of the rail stantions.

I plan to test it next summer when it gets its annual recharge.

Charlie
 
In 81 I was 16 and Coronas were $1.86 a six pac. Three years later some a-h ads a lime and bathing suit to the picture and the price jumps to $6. I hate lime.
 
starcrafttom":2jgh0y45 said:
In 81 I was 16 and Coronas were $1.86 a six pac. Three years later some a-h ads a lime and bathing suit to the picture and the price jumps to $6. I hate lime.
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And you're not 16 any more!! :shock: :lol: Nor is it three years later... :wink:

charlie
 
Charlie said:

For safety stuff, I like the RESCUE STICK . I've got ours in the cockpit, easily accessable, hanging with a cable tie to one of the rail stantions.
I plan to test it next summer when it gets its annual recharge.
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Charlie, this looks like a very practical rescue device. Thanks for sharing. I am going to look into where I can find one here. I know what it is like to try and throw a cushion with a line attached.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Harvey said:

I know what it is like to try and throw a cushion with a line attached.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
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Who said anything about a line, the cushion flies a lot better without. :wink: Besides, we like the ubiquitous square cushion; it’s the perfect boost for the porta-potty. :thup
 
The rescue stick sounds like a neat thing, but I am wondering where I would use it? Has anyone used one in an rescue? I think that the LIfe sling inflatable, might be as good, or a better choice--This also opens when it hits the water, or by a lanyard pull, can be thrown 100 feet accurately, has 125 feet of floating line, and will function as a lifting device as well. If I have a person overboard, I want to get them back to the boat as fast as possiable. (the inflatable life sling costs twice as much as the Rescue stick.)

Thrown inflation devices have an inhierant problem, in that they are very easily and rapidly blown by the wind--faster than a man can swim in many conditions. The cushion or foam device has less of an air profile, and is more in the water, thus drifting slower--some of these have a sea anchor attatched to prevent drift.
 
Jay said:
Who said anything about a line, the cushion flies a lot better without.
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Good idea. I have a line on mine, but it would go better without. Maybe I'll add one with out a line for initial throw, then one with the line, and tow it around the MOB, like retrieving a down skier.

I think the first need in an MOB situation is floatation, then retrieval. (Hard to retrieve someone who is not still on the surface.) I like the rescue stick because it gives a horseshoe shape to hang onto/into; Easier than a flat cushion.

Harvey
SleepyC
 
Greg. Thanks for the info about the Liquiseal travel mug. I have been looking for some time for something that was spill proof and simple to use. Got one at Wall Mart and it really fits the bill.

Bob. I had been wishing for a long time to find something simple that would measure battery level. Got INNOVA at Wall Mart and it will simplefy my life. Thanks. Ted
 
Ted Osborne":na0tcrgw said:
Greg. Thanks for the info about the Liquiseal travel mug. I have been looking for some time for something that was spill proof and simple to use. Got one at Wall Mart and it really fits the bill.

Bob. I had been wishing for a long time to find something simple that would measure battery level. Got INNOVA at Wall Mart and it will simplefy my life. Thanks. Ted
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My pleasure, Ted. I didn't know Walmart sold them. I'll pick another one up next time. One nice thing about these mugs is that they are microwave-able, if you zap it with the top off. Great for keeping coffee warm.

Dittos about the Innova 12v battery meter.

BTW....I spent the day on a 2008 CD 22 footer today, patrolling with the Coast Guard Aux. Drove it some and was quite impressed. Really liked his twin Merc 50's. Quiet, plenty of poop. Nice ride at all speeds. The owner has a single axle easy loader with rollers. Snap to launch and load.

-Greg
 
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