I had a day off work today and my wife had a list of things for me to do. I told her I needed a C-dory day but would pick her up at lunch. I launched in Newcastle channel off Nanaimo and went for a burn. I had to test the new battery placement after all. I took several suggestions from folks on the site and moved the battery out of the starboard locker onto the floor between the tanks. The outboard start leads reached just fine and a couple of power posts looked after the positive and negative leads for other stuff left in the locker as my electrical room . I cruised off around Newcastle Island and enjoyed some smooth running. The boat runs flatter just with moving the battery down. I tied up at the park on Newcastle and went for a romp with Madison thru the leaves. Quiet and peaceful in the woods, the city only a half mile away. Returned home a happy guy. Love the boat it's easy to launch and retrieve solo and I grabbed a few hours and restored some sanity.
SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??
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I ordered up x1 Boss Marine MR1000 Mosfet Bridgeable Marine Power Amplifier (4-Channel), x1 Boss Marine MR800 Mosfet Bridgeable Marine Power Amplifier (2-Channel), x4 Boss 6x9" Marine Speakers, x1 Boss Audio AVA1210 7-Band & Preamp Equalizer, and x1 Boss Audio Marine 10" Subwoofer from http://www.antonline.com and they arrived this week.
I ordererd up 120' of Monster XP® Navajo White - Compact Speaker Cable MKII, 40 pieces of Monster Standard® THX-Certified Speaker Connectors, x1 Monster 306 XLN® Audio Interconnect (6-Channel) cable to accomodate the x4 (x4 channels total) front/rear speakers and x2 channels of the subwoofer, x2 Monster Phonolink® Sex Change Adapters - Female-to-Female MKII (to accomodate my Zune 80GB interconnect), and x1 Monster 302 XLN® Audio Interconnect (2-Channel) to accomodate my Zune 80GB into the AUX port on the AVA1210 7-Band & Preamp Equalizer from http://www.monstercable.com and they arrived today.
I purchased a bunch of Mahogany & Teak over the past two weeks. I cut four 25"L pieces from a piece of 8'L x 7"W x 5/4"D piece of teak, w/ some clever 3/8"cut-out-bit Bosch routing & fine-tuning the sizes made the frame for a box I'm assembling to protect the Kiss Stove in the galley counter-top. I then cut x10 2.5"W x 14"L x 3/8"D pieces (from a piece of 5/4"D teak (cut in 1/2 on-side to arrive at ~3/8"D thickness) for the panels comprising the top of the framed box (1 1/8"D). I assembled the entire nine-yards, disassembled the entire nine-yards and sanded all pieces to 80 grit, fine-tuned w/ sanding any sniped ends, applied a very heavy layer of Wood Glue to my routed-out 3/8"D step (to accomodate the panels), clamped and glued the entire nine-yards back together (it's sitting patiently in the work shop waiting my next move).
I cut and contoured a piece of Teak for the cabin overhead shelf, cut it into thirds and did an 80 grit sanding. I then cut a hole into the RH piece to accomodate the AVA1210. I then sized, located, marked, & drilled about 20 holes and mounted SS hinges, through-bolts and hardware. I then disassembled it all, removed the boards, gave them a 120 grit sanding, washed them, applied x4 coats of Tung Oil and allowed them to dry overnight. This morning I applied a coat of Cabbot Semi-Gloss Spar Varnish.
I love working w/ Teak and Mahogany. I did go out and purchase a new 10" table-saw blade. The previous blade was pretty heavily worn, and several of the cuts through the silica-laden teak put an end to that blade. The new blade significantly reduced my sanding time.
I am so looking forward to assembling the sound system and making additional improvements to the 25' Cruiser. Many, many of the ideas I have taken from reviewing all of the pictures and commentary on this site. You need to spend the time to review everyone's own work - but in the end, doing the research on this site really sets the stage for creating your own unique boat. The folks who post pictures and commentary provide an invaluable service.
I ordererd up 120' of Monster XP® Navajo White - Compact Speaker Cable MKII, 40 pieces of Monster Standard® THX-Certified Speaker Connectors, x1 Monster 306 XLN® Audio Interconnect (6-Channel) cable to accomodate the x4 (x4 channels total) front/rear speakers and x2 channels of the subwoofer, x2 Monster Phonolink® Sex Change Adapters - Female-to-Female MKII (to accomodate my Zune 80GB interconnect), and x1 Monster 302 XLN® Audio Interconnect (2-Channel) to accomodate my Zune 80GB into the AUX port on the AVA1210 7-Band & Preamp Equalizer from http://www.monstercable.com and they arrived today.
I purchased a bunch of Mahogany & Teak over the past two weeks. I cut four 25"L pieces from a piece of 8'L x 7"W x 5/4"D piece of teak, w/ some clever 3/8"cut-out-bit Bosch routing & fine-tuning the sizes made the frame for a box I'm assembling to protect the Kiss Stove in the galley counter-top. I then cut x10 2.5"W x 14"L x 3/8"D pieces (from a piece of 5/4"D teak (cut in 1/2 on-side to arrive at ~3/8"D thickness) for the panels comprising the top of the framed box (1 1/8"D). I assembled the entire nine-yards, disassembled the entire nine-yards and sanded all pieces to 80 grit, fine-tuned w/ sanding any sniped ends, applied a very heavy layer of Wood Glue to my routed-out 3/8"D step (to accomodate the panels), clamped and glued the entire nine-yards back together (it's sitting patiently in the work shop waiting my next move).
I cut and contoured a piece of Teak for the cabin overhead shelf, cut it into thirds and did an 80 grit sanding. I then cut a hole into the RH piece to accomodate the AVA1210. I then sized, located, marked, & drilled about 20 holes and mounted SS hinges, through-bolts and hardware. I then disassembled it all, removed the boards, gave them a 120 grit sanding, washed them, applied x4 coats of Tung Oil and allowed them to dry overnight. This morning I applied a coat of Cabbot Semi-Gloss Spar Varnish.
I love working w/ Teak and Mahogany. I did go out and purchase a new 10" table-saw blade. The previous blade was pretty heavily worn, and several of the cuts through the silica-laden teak put an end to that blade. The new blade significantly reduced my sanding time.
I am so looking forward to assembling the sound system and making additional improvements to the 25' Cruiser. Many, many of the ideas I have taken from reviewing all of the pictures and commentary on this site. You need to spend the time to review everyone's own work - but in the end, doing the research on this site really sets the stage for creating your own unique boat. The folks who post pictures and commentary provide an invaluable service.
PJ and I went for a short cruise Saturday, down towards Mugu and back.
Met up with Ron "Islander" over by Hueneme. He was out for a short cruise in the Duffy- nice boat.
Left C-Hawk tied up at the dock- but the wind came up and we didn't get out Sunday.
Hope to get out for a while tomorrow, since we have a holiday.
Met up with Ron "Islander" over by Hueneme. He was out for a short cruise in the Duffy- nice boat.
Left C-Hawk tied up at the dock- but the wind came up and we didn't get out Sunday.
Hope to get out for a while tomorrow, since we have a holiday.
Pat Anderson
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Well, I would actually put batteries and gas as things we DO need, no? :lol:
dotnmarty":1p70i94e said:
Well, you're right about those two items Pat. But I also have several plastic buckets full of goodies (read 'junk') stacked neatly in my new shed. After I stored it all away Dotty says. "I want the blue cap with the little led lights in the brim". Good luck Dorothea, I'm gonna buy you a box of candles instead. And I have a 16 footer! :wink:
marvin4239
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I pulled the C-FLE out yesterday and installed a NMEA 2000 engine interface cable on my Suzuki to get info to my LMF 200. Previously I had a EP-60 fuel flow sensor which I removed as it really wasn't very accurate. It's amazing all the information you can get from the interface cable. All I was really after was fuel flow but I set up pages to get RPM, alternator voltage, battery voltage, engine temp, total fuel used, mpg, water speed, engine diagnostics plus fuel flow. Gotta love this new technology.
Pat Anderson
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The separation must be tough! Where is your boat sitting in this picture? Kind of looks like it is at IMC? Sea Skipper just has to be one of the neatest boats I have ever seen, and I only saw it briefly (I think Hank was on his way to Alaska or something).
Socrateur":1b8i8ko4 said:What have I done with or on my C-Dory today? Nothing. Not a dang thing; it's 850 miles away from me. However, I'm always thinking about it and I have some plans. Just an FYI. Thanks.
Yep, that's IMC and they have a great group of people working there. They helped me out so much during my first launch and haul out in August.
Hank is a very intelligent and talented individual who made an already great boat which Les Lampman rigged into a work of art and science during his 3 years of ownership. It is immaculate inside and out, and I plan to keep it that way to the best of my ability. I do have a couple of projects in mind to adjust the interior to my 6'8" stature, but other than that the boat will remain as is. I plan to tow the boat from Lopez down to my home in SF area in January. This move is the reason for my thread entitled "Gas or Diesel for towing my 25?"
Hank is a very intelligent and talented individual who made an already great boat which Les Lampman rigged into a work of art and science during his 3 years of ownership. It is immaculate inside and out, and I plan to keep it that way to the best of my ability. I do have a couple of projects in mind to adjust the interior to my 6'8" stature, but other than that the boat will remain as is. I plan to tow the boat from Lopez down to my home in SF area in January. This move is the reason for my thread entitled "Gas or Diesel for towing my 25?"
Captains Cat
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Yesterday on the Bay and River was a very mild day. Got up to about 73 or so and I took the opportunity to work on the wiring for the pier. I now have 50 amps at the head of the boat on a piling and most of the wires run to the lift controls and to the eventual shore power connection for the TC255. Raining here today so the final work will have to wait but glad to have this much done. Supposed to be `70 degrees again on Friday so that may finish it up. Be happy to get rid of the genset on the pier and be able to lift/lower the boat quietly and charge the batteries all the time.
Charlie
Charlie
marvin4239
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Took the boat out today to do some testing on fuel flow at various RPMS. What I determined is my Suzuki tach isn't accurate above 3500 RPM's according to the numbers on my Lowrance LMF 200 RPM read out. It's pretty accurate up to 3500 and at 5500 it reads about 400 RPM lower than the NMEA gauge. A while back I took a 14 x 18 Suzuki SS prop to the prop shop to have some pitch taken out. I wanted 16 1/2 pitch but the prop guy talked me into taking two inches out of it which was to much. When he measured the new 14 X 18 prop it acutally had 17 1/4 pitch so now it's back to the prop shop to have either some cupping added or an inch of pitch put back in. As is I determined my most efficent cruise RPM was 4500 RPM's yielding 20 MPH (GPS) and 4.83 GPH or 4.14 mpg. Incidentially the rev limiter seems to kick in at 5600 RPM which yeilds 28 MPH. Testing was done with a medium load. 25 gallons of fuel and 10 gallons of water one aboard at 180 pounds. Was 170 before the holidays. Water was like a mirror and 75 degrees air temp. Bottom line I think the 14 x 16 prop would have been a better option assuming it's actully 16" pitch.
Today turned into a perfect day to fly fish from C-Run. Absolutely no wind all day, and the fish were at home! Roz and I spent all day moving along the Tacoma Narrows in pursuit of the resident silvers. We were not alone. We saw at least four other fly fishers in boats, (three kayakers) and probably eight other on the beach. It wasn't all that warm, but the heater kept us warm and cozy.
I was using a 4 weight rod with a floating line. Part of the day I used a floating tube fly that produced some great surface action. The other fly that produced was a tan Crazy Charlie.
Robbi and Roz
I was using a 4 weight rod with a floating line. Part of the day I used a floating tube fly that produced some great surface action. The other fly that produced was a tan Crazy Charlie.
Robbi and Roz
Stimpys Dad
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Hi ALL,
I SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME PLOWING SNOW AWAY FROM THE "STIMPY" TODAY.
IT IS WINTER HERE IN SE ALASKA. 2 1/2 FT ON THE LEVEL, TO 4 FT OF SNOW INN THE DRIFTS NOW.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO GET ON THE SITE FOR MONTHS. BETWEEN WORKING UP AT PRUDHOE BAY 3 WEEKS ON AND 3 WEEKS OFF AND LAYING IN 28 CORDS OF FIRE WOOD AND FINISHING THE CEMENT FOUNDATION UNDER THE HOUSE / CABIN.
WE MISS THE C-DORY GET TOGATHERS AND ALL OUR FRIENDS.
WE WISH EVERYONE A HAPPYAND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
REGARDS, DOUG AND BETTY CRUICKSHANK
I SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME PLOWING SNOW AWAY FROM THE "STIMPY" TODAY.
IT IS WINTER HERE IN SE ALASKA. 2 1/2 FT ON THE LEVEL, TO 4 FT OF SNOW INN THE DRIFTS NOW.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO GET ON THE SITE FOR MONTHS. BETWEEN WORKING UP AT PRUDHOE BAY 3 WEEKS ON AND 3 WEEKS OFF AND LAYING IN 28 CORDS OF FIRE WOOD AND FINISHING THE CEMENT FOUNDATION UNDER THE HOUSE / CABIN.
WE MISS THE C-DORY GET TOGATHERS AND ALL OUR FRIENDS.
WE WISH EVERYONE A HAPPYAND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
REGARDS, DOUG AND BETTY CRUICKSHANK
Took C-Hawk back to storage yesterday.
While I had her home, I installed the downrigger mounts, rod holder mounts and cup holders. I also installed some line holders to help peek dock lines in good accessible locations.
Bought some teak, but was not able to trim out the seating due to time.
Need to get measurements for adding shelves under the counter.
While I had her home, I installed the downrigger mounts, rod holder mounts and cup holders. I also installed some line holders to help peek dock lines in good accessible locations.
Bought some teak, but was not able to trim out the seating due to time.
Need to get measurements for adding shelves under the counter.
Layed on the floor of the C-Dory for too long, moving the battery from the stern to under the port seat. Finally found a workable route for the #4 wire along the port side next to the hull. It is not easy. Next weekend is supposed to be warmer so will hook up the wires, set the battery box, put on the permatrim, and go look for some water to try it all out.