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Ron on Meander

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25 Cruiser
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CD's always seem to perform larger than the number feet they are in length and IMHO the following 4 items make the CD 22 even better:

Wallas stove - isn't it great for lengthening the season.

Barber Chair - I just completed my conversion to the Barber chair last month. Thanks Mike for pioneering the design. It really makes a difference in the passengers enjoyment.

Trim Tabs - added Bennets last month as well. What a difference in ride.

Floor boards - These should be a standard item, especially on the wet coast!

Those are my favorites. What's yours?

Ron
 
Beer

Billy
 
I swear you guys have got a one track mind. Of all the photos I posted of our cruise on the NW shore of Lake Superior this summer, the one that got the most hits was of our using our downrigger to cool a six-pack in the icy waters! LOL
Al on the MOOSE
 
VHF radio
GPS Color Chartplotter
Camperback
Windlass
Radar

Daydream has all of your favs except the floorboards, and all of the above except radar (maybe for my next birthday or when we get socked in, whichever occurs first...) Actually, the brown truck just delivered the windlass (Horizon 600) and it is on the kitchen table at the moment, but it will be installed the first week of November.

A definite would-like is a swim step ala Super Sized Sea Shift...a small custom swim step that fits on a transom with twin outboards. I have been in the water, tired and trying to get back up a standard swim ladder, this is really a life-safety thing.

And, of course, beer!


Ron on Meander":386lw6vs said:
CD's always seem to perform larger than the number feet they are in length and IMHO the following 4 items make the CD 22 even better:

Wallas stove - isn't it great for lengthening the season.

Barber Chair - I just completed my conversion to the Barber chair last month. Thanks Mike for pioneering the design. It really makes a difference in the passengers enjoyment.

Trim Tabs - added Bennets last month as well. What a difference in ride.

Floor boards - These should be a standard item, especially on the wet coast!

Those are my favorites. What's yours?

Ron
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I read somewhere (can't remember where) that in an emergency if your engine is off or in nuetral that you can step on the little step above the prop and press the tilt button on the motor. That will raise you up enough to step into the transom and into to boat. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should work.
 
Pat,
You have to put down the beer before using the ladder.

Richard
 
Hmmm...I never thought of that.


UncleRichie":1tp5lut5 said:
Pat,
You have to put down the beer before using the ladder.

Richard
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The two most important features for me have been the two that I almost didn't get. The floor boards seemed like they took up space but I love them - the wallas stove was a lot of money but I couldn't be without it and its only October.

The one thing that I really thought I needed was the camper canvas - which has never been used.

Dan
 
I'm looking to buy my first C-Dory, a new one, and this thread is priceless. I was just looking at the options and wondering what I could and couldn't live without, and voila! Thanks, all.

john
 
What you guys & gals like, plus a storage cover.
 
Dan - your profile evidently does not have your location - the camperback (camper canvas) is really great here in the rainy Pacific Northwest (aka Upper Left Coast) - it is just as essential as the Wallas to extending the season, and our only regret was that we did not have it the first year...the floor boards we do not have and have not missed them so far...


dan365":1kp19q24 said:
The two most important features for me have been the two that I almost didn't get. The floor boards seemed like they took up space but I love them - the wallas stove was a lot of money but I couldn't be without it and its only October.

The one thing that I really thought I needed was the camper canvas - which has never been used.

Dan
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Well, we've had our boat for a few months now and I could not live without the Wallas stove. I wasn't sold on it at first, but after our most recent trip to the Gulf Islands in October I would say it's a must have unless you only plan to boat in the summer.

We also use our camper back all the time. It really does extend your cabin if it's rainy. We also like to have a nice shady spot to hang out on a hot day when you don't want to be inside.

We like to do our own cooking, so we got a nice grill with a rail mount and we use it practically every time we are out.

I have to say the things I really wouldn't be without are a GPS and radar. So easy to navigate in unfamiliar territory with the GPS and the radar takes the stress out of getting through the fog.

Oh, and maybe it's a female thing, but the stand up head and shower make boating so much more enjoyable to me. Our last boat had a portapotty which was okay, but this is really great. All the comforts of home.

Laurie from C-Puffin
 
From another wet coaster( but with a C-Dory 19) I would not be without the camperback. It is great when it is rainy, and or damp in the evening when staying on board. This summer when we had those 95 degree days, the top provided much needed shade. One add on that I am just about ready to spring for is a Dickinson Newport propane fireplace. (The P9000)http://www.dickinsonmarine.com/shop5/shopdisplayproducts.asp?catalogid=30 This is a small unit 14"H, 8.5"W,5.5"D, that can put out up to 9000 Btu's of dry heat. Sweet :D

Two other musts for me, a GPS, and the swimstep.

Love my boat, Robbi
 
Hi - I've not had much luck revising my profile - I'll try again.

I live in Port Orchard, on the west edge of Puget Sound. My problem or reason for lack of use with the camper back canvas has been that my primary use for the boat thus far has been fishing. Even the Bimini is a problem because it needs to be thrown back when a fish is caught or when working the down riggers. Unless it is fastened down at the stern a stiff wind will slam it back against the cabin.

I can see that if we were cruisers it would be a good thing; the bimini. Maybe even the camper back for overnighters, etc. But then of course you have to find a place to store it in the boat when you don't want it up.

So, its too early to tell for me. We've had the camper back since August and never had it on - used the bimini several times but finally I removed it this weekend because I was fishing alone and it was just a pain with the downriggers in a wind...

The floor boards on the other hand - keep my feet dry - no visible water in the cockpit and the floor is flat. But, I've never not had them in so I can't really compare.

That's a cool looking propane heater. But I thought propane was full of moisture...?

Dan
 
Sneaks, I have a full Sunbrella mooring cover. Wish I had one of those portable garrages instead. The cover is a lot like a truck canopy, when it's on, you wish it was off, when it's off, you wish it was on. It would be so much nicer to just back under a portable shelter........for sale, one mooring cover.

In the nice add on catagory, A Tims Custom Carpet kit for the V-berth. The carpet ( I should say Hull Linner, it's like carpet but is treated to handle moisture better and resist mold + it has more stretch to it than carpet) is not to dificult of a job and sure makes the V-berth more comfy.
A vent in the roof is a good addition also, it helps combat that rain forrest feeling in the morning

Me thinks the best addition is membership in the C-Brat internet yacht club...well worth the membership dues + you get to wear those cool blue blazers at the floatillas
 
B~C":2aranh0l said:
Sneaks, I have a full Sunbrella mooring cover. Wish I had one of those portable garages instead. The cover is a lot like a truck canopy, when it's on, you wish it was off, when it's off, you wish it was on. It would be so much nicer to just back under a portable shelter........for sale, one mooring cover.
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Unfortunately I have very limited space adjacent to my neighbor's trash shedding Mellaluca trees, otherwise I'd go for a portable garage too. I do have the short mooring cover, which keeps the rain and leaves out but affords no UV protection for the exposed hull. In fact, I only have 21 inches of space behind the lowered engine with the swingaway tongue clearing the sidewalk by about an inch. This fact was brought home to me with a bang yesterday when, in a disastrous Senior Moment, I backed in over the curb with the engine up to clear the curb and forgot to lower it before going any further. Now I get to repair an 18" hole in the stucco on my house and get a prop repitched and balanced. No damage to the boat/engine/trailer, just massive damage to the ego.

So the biggest C-Dory Add-on on my wish list now is a driveway extender. :amgry Don'tcha hate the first bruise on a new boat?
 
Dan, you are right about propane putting moisture into the air. What is neat about this heater is that the combustion is isolated from the inside of the boat. The moisture is released outside of the boat by a unique vent pipe that is a "pipe within a pipe", one is intake and the other is the vent. The folks that I have talked to that have them on their boats really like them. You can use the small green propane canisters or a larger tank. I will use the smaller ones.

About the bimini top on the 19. When I fish, I just unhook the rear straps, and put the top against the back of the cabin roof. I strap it in place and it stays even when running. It may not look the best, but I like the versitility. (picture 20 in my album) I don't know if you can do that with the 22 and still use the door.

Hope to see you out on the water. Robbi
 
I think the answer to the bimini/camperback question for fishermen who don't need a full enclosure protection, just direct rain and sun shielding, would be a hardtop cover extending back aft from the cabin roof without any vertical support rods or straps. I believe I can build one from large diameter schedule 40 PVC pipe laid along just inside the cabin handrails and extending out over the cockpit. The cover would be white translucent lexan, with an arch built in athwartships via shaped aircraft style cutout stringers (like those inside wings) extending between the two tubes. The dimensions have to be held down in order to be sure the structure doesn't interfere with fishing rod usage. It's on my project list, but there are some "must do" things that have to come first before the winter sets in good.

The Dickinson Propane Fireplace is vented outside via a double walled tube that both brings in fresh combustion air and vents the exhaust. Like all fueled heaters, propane combustion produces both water and carbon dioxide. In this heater, the exhaust is vented outside, thus no moisture build-up. All cabin heaters (except electric ones running off shore power, usually) should be vented outside the cabin to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, get rid of the carbon dioxide (suffocation), and to prevent water build up inside the cabin ("wet cave effect". It's also impossible to navigate with steamed over windows and zero visibility. Any good vented heater is a Godsend in cold and/or inclement weather. Of the various fuels, alcohol produces the largest proportional amount of water to carbon dioxide because of its chemical make up.

The yellow/orange combustion color of the Dickinson Propane Fireplace seen through the clear glass door makes this heater a very good choice that provides a nice ambiance like any open fire.

There are many other discussion points regarding heater/fuel selection issues in the Library under the Cabin main heading and various subheadings. Joe.
 
It's amazing how much I learn here.

I love the looks of that propane heater/fireplace - wish I had known about this before I chose the Wallas - but still need that occasional cup of hot water to fix my cup of noodles.

Tim's carpet? Tell me more; is this to carpet the sidewalls? If so - I'm very interested.

Extended hardtop - I can't wait to see it! Your far handier than I if you are serious about fabricating this. Again - I can't wait to see your finished project.

I do tip my bimini forward while working the downriggers or landing a fish - have not considered strapping it down - thanks. Problem is that the factory (only negative I can think of) installed my GPS antenna at the back port corner of the cabin - not what I had asked for but can live with it. The bimini leans against it when leaned forward - this makes me somewhat uncomfortable with strapping the bimini down against it but without some way to secure it - turning into the wind will cause it to whip back.

By the way - while my Garmin GPS is giving me trouble - I would hate to be without it. I will have to fantasize about radar for a few years but the GPS is added to my must have list.

Thanks,

Dan
 
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