SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??

Roger, our hearts bleed for you guys! Not to make light of the mud slides and all, but you shouldn't begrudge us fogbound folks a few nice day...or months...or years!

Here we say "We don't suntan, we rust," but that may be changing!


Fishtales":12i0rlvi said:
All right, all ready-- stop with the darn weather! We were stuck with another gloomy marine layer again.
Had the race committee, 6 guys, on the boat today (two of them well over 250#) to start the sail boat race.
Then we had our St. Paddys day party- corned beef, cabbage and grog.
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P.A. - Just hope you save some of that weather for when we come up in July/August. :lol:
Enjoy it while ya got it. Our local meteorologist said that we would have sun all week-- heck- was she ever wrong! But hey, thats our right as humins ain't it-- to complain about the weather. :roll:
 
Well today was so nice 8) I hooked up the trailer with Scorpio on it and went to the local lake. Scorpios engine fired right up :D and Judy and I enjoyed a couple hours cruising the lake and looking at the new homes :shock: that they built since we were there last. Everything on the boat worked well :amgry except the brake lights again. I am thinking of raising them up on the trailer some where so they do not get submerged and rust so bad. Seems like every third time out with it they won't work unless I remove and clean the bulbs and base. Now I guess I had better get busy and clean it up so I do not embarrass the pub people when we get out with you all.


Later Lyle & Judy
 
Weather forecasting appears to be a WAG at best...I heard the last time we had a winter/spring like this, though, it was followed by a monsoon is August. No complaining about the weather up here at the moment - this was seriously the best summer weekend we have had in years - in March no less. Yesterday out on the beach at Birch Bay, bright sunshine, temps in the 70s, picking oysters and clamming, Bloody Caesars on the deck in shirtsleeves in the afternoon, whew, it doesn't get any better (except if we had a boat, but trying to put THAT thought out of our heads at the moment...)


Fishtales":1tn6dou6 said:
P.A. - Just hope you save some of that weather for when we come up in July/August. :lol:
Enjoy it while ya got it. Our local meteorologist said that we would have sun all week-- heck- was she ever wrong! But hey, thats our right as humins ain't it-- to complain about the weather. :roll:
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Pat,

That sounds like a great way to spend a Sunday, Bloody Ceasars and shell fish picking is OK in my book even without a boat. Haven't herd from TyBoo Mike but my guess is since he has a 25' C-Dory that he may still be waxing that bloody big monster. Just got done with everything on the outside of the 22' Lynn Marie about and hour ago and I'm pooped. Next week it's back to the inside to clean things up and get ready for Cathlamet. Will look forward to seeing everyone and I'll get some Gin ready for the late arrivals with or without boats. See you on the dock but don't forget the sealion repellant this time.

Tim
 
Lynn Marie":22grnbqt said:
...my guess is since he has a 25' C-Dory that he may still be waxing that bloody big monster.
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You got that right. They say that the more effort a guy puts into a wax job, the more he gets out of it. Whoever "they" are, they better be right. I used some true paste wax, and man, I'm too old for this. It wasn't too bad in the areas where I could use the orbital gizmo, but all those places that have to be hand rubbed are a pain in the butt - and back, and arms. It looks pretty good, and I hope it holds up. I had to shine it, you see, because both Robbi and Lyle are expected at Cathlamet, and you know how fussy they can be.

I let the answering machine take one of the calls to work this weekend, and I politely declined the second one. I have tomorrow off to take care of some bussiness, and I should be done by noon or so. Maybe I can get the rest of the little stuff done and have the thing ready to float by next weekend.
 
Well it wasn't today but, this week I took some stuff to the upholstery person to get fixed, covered and have some new cushions made that will snap on the cabin wall between the back rest cushions and the table. I'd like to get the boat downriver to Mike's so hopefully he can give it the premium wax job before Cathaderlamet :)
 
B~C,

Better be kind to old Mike. Raven Dave was by today to look at our tile job and we were looking over the boat and discussing the effort of washing and waxing this week-end and he said " Ya, that's what I was doing the day before I had my heart attack last year". May have to let the boat fade out a bit.

The worst thing was the dang wind blowing yesterday that got alder pods all over the boat mixed with a little rain. Those things start to bleed out brown in an hour so I was out washing them off in the rain. Last year it did the same thing but I didn't keep um off so the boat was covered with brown spots by the time we went to Cathlamet. Guess it's time for the marina and just put up with seagull crap.

Tim
 
* Removed all the removable stuff from the boat, masked off the unremovable stuff. I ordered up a couple of gallons of insulation, it should be here in time for the next round of sunshine. I hope to have the boat insulated, covered with Zolatone (that's the multi-colored paint they shoot the inside of drift boats and aluminum boats with) and all back together in time for Catherderlamet.
* I did a little carb adjusting yesteday, the offensive engine runs much smoother. I have to make some improvments to my tooling before I can get it spot on however.
* Slathered some of the sound deading goo on the transom, it should help to reduce engine noise and vibration
 
Ken, or

"The Insulation King" (It's Good to Be the King!) or

"The Insulation Guru" (It's Good to Be the Guru!) or

"The Insulation Slatherer" (It May NOT Be Good to Be EVERYONE'S Slatherer!!!)

Be sure to take pictures of this whole masking/spraying/slathering process so that others can get a realistic idea of just how involved and messy it might be, including the clean-up. Probably a bit more involved than the typical Rustoleum Spray can job!!!

As I've mentioned before, the ideal time to do this would probably be as a boat was being built, after the final fiberglassing and before the Zolatone application. I wonder how much new boat owners would be willing to pay to have a new boat insulated? Or to have a boat retofitted? I'd guess it would be worth at least $400-$800 to most people in cold climates. What do the rest of you think?
 
There used to be some guy in Los Angeles on TV called "the insulation king" back in the '50s. Naw, Kens not that old, I don't think.
 
Stop yar killen me. I'll document the progress. One would think it would be an easy addition at the factory, no windows, no woodwork, just a bare boat, that would be nice.
 
Hauled the boat down to the electronics dealer this afternoon. Radar is haywire. It runs but has no targets showing up at all. The signal cable had some damage to the insulation, so I replaced it. No help. The service guy said most likely the magnetron or the IC board in the radome. He'll call me with the cost estimate after he figures it out.

I wish this boat hadn't come with radar. I swore up and down I didn't need it when I didn't have. I still probably don't need it, but now I gotta have it. Sheesh - the cable was a hundred bucks, and the "maggy" as the guy calls it is 4 - 5 hundred. I'm in big trouble when my wife finds out. Especially if I have to sell the dog.
 
TyBoo":2a1lqzds said:
.Sheesh - the cable was a hundred bucks, and the "maggy" as the guy calls it is 4 - 5 hundred. I'm in big trouble when my wife finds out. Especially if I have to sell the dog.
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4 or 5 hundred for the dog, eh----- hmm, oh--- I don't know, seems kind of high for fishbait. :twisted:
 
Thanks for the suggestions on the dog, but now we have to sell the kids' dog too.

The guy checked the things he can check in the field and then called Furuno. They said to send it in. But, with the new cable and the service charge, I have already spent too much on an old unit. A new 1623, which is the on the same low end of their list that mine was on, is about $1200. It seems kind of dumb to put half that much into something that won't have a warranty. So we'll probably fly blind this year, unless I can convince K we really need it.

Even though I can't return the cable I just bought, the guy did say he could probably return the cable that would come with a new one (the 1623 uses the same cable). So maybe I can use that as leverage with the wife.
 
Mike, I'd tell ya to check ebay, but you won't find any bargains if you have a 1621 or 1622. You should be able to sell the new cable or even the old one there if it still has the connectors.

In truth, the only expensive single replacement part is the magnetron, and even that's a relatively rare breakdown item. It will come with a warranty, of course, and if you do choose to go that route, get the factory to shorten the cable so you won't have to coil the extra part up. According to the factory rep, it can be shortened down to a minimum of 10 ft. and the radar internal timing can still be adjusted to be within specs. Dunno how long you would need on the 25 footer, but any shortening is really easy while the radome is apart. It's a matter of techie soldering skill.

OTOH, if I were in the same boat, I'd seriously consider moving up to a Raytheon or Garmin net system after selling the rest of my stuff on ebay. You might be pleasantly surprised at what used, relatively late model marine electronics can go for on there.
 
Mike, if you still had that Bayliner you wouldn't be in this predicament....you might be surprised at how much $$$ you can get for those dogs on e-bay :)
 
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