From lurking to owning.........Plan C has new owners

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skiptowns98033

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Lori & I are the proud new owners of Plan C, a 22' cruiser now moored at the County dock in Cornet Bay. (Thank you Barry & Patty for the sea trial that convinced us this was the way to go). If you find yourselves in Cornet Bay for the day or an evening, let us know. You're welcome to walk on down to the house for a glass of wine and a visit on the deck.

Or we'd be happy to meet up with you out on the water.

As new C Dory owners, I'd like to hear about the 2 most appreciated upgrades you've made to your boat. We'll be 60% fishing and 40% cruising. The two things I'll be adding are an additional bilge pump by the drain plug, downriggers and level/removable flooring aft. Maybe a raw water washdown pump? OK, that's 4 but boat owners always have a long 'Wish List'.

Dan & Lori

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As a relatively new C-Dory owner myself (6 months), I have been amazed how much I love the autopilot David McKibben installed when he owned the boat. At first I thought: "Oh, how nice.". Now, I consider it indispensable (especially single handing).
 
sgmfish":2upk8a97 said:
As a relatively new C-Dory owner myself (6 months), I have been amazed how much I love the autopilot David McKibben installed when he owned the boat. At first I thought: "Oh, how nice.". Now, I consider it indispensable (especially single handing).
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I second the AP. I have had one for several years, then it got lazy and I quit using it due to it kept getting lost, (directionally challenged.) Got that fixed and I love my new Raymarine Evo-1 a bunch. Especially for single handing and in the fog.

Harvey
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We did without a windlass for several years but I got tired of going out on the bow, hauling 100-150' of chain and line out of the locker, paying it out, cleating it off, then going out onto the bow, hauling it up, feeding it down into the anchor locker, washing my hands and arms, etc. We went with a Lewmar V700 and it has been a great help. Our Delta spade self-launches and aside from the occasional trouble getting past the rope to chain splice has been pretty trouble-free. Were I to do it again, the only change I would make would be to go with the Horizontal version, the H700. Sure is nice to sit inside on a rainy afternoon, flip the switch, set the anchor, reach up through the forward hatch, cleat off the rode and relax, then in the morning reach out, uncleat it, flip the switch, watch the rode come up, maybe go back and forth a little bit with the switch, see the anchor come up and be on our way. Occasionally I have to go out to get the anchor right side up but that's about it.
 
colobear":1r8hh6x2 said:
Sure is nice to sit inside on a rainy afternoon, flip the switch, set the anchor.... Occasionally I have to go out to get the anchor right side up but that's about it.
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Posts such as yours are just what I need to hear right now. I'm [still] in the process of installing my windlass (Lewmar 700 horizontal), and I keep having moments where I think "the foredeck is so pristine and simple right now; I sure hope the windlass is worth the trouble and complication, and works well."

Meanwhile I continue to go about my business (which is that while I have the V-berth taped/plasticked off, I'm doing all the projects I had on my list for up there, working up to the windlass), but final-commitment hole drilling time is not far off now..... perfect timing on reading your great description of pleasant anchoring with a windlass :D
 
While I don't mind pulling the anchor by hand when I wake up in the morning, I am so thankful for the pot puller we added to our boat. Pulling 4 weighted shrimp pots with 400' leaded line is not an option for me.

Also, we added a honda generator.... because we've drained the batteries pulling pots and probably came close while camping a couple of times. Its something we rarely use, but when we needed it, we needed it really bad.

Last fall the wire on my electric downriggers was becoming frayed and at the recommendation of some fishing buddies, replaced it with synthetic chord. I've been really happy with that over wire, and its alot easier on my hands.

Congrats on the new boat. We frequant Cornet Bay alot, so will probably see you guys around!
 
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