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

finally go to work on the 27 some more. I found three places where the water was leaking in. On the port side where the hull and the cabin are jointed water was leaking thru the old caulking and down the wall. I have drilled out the last two rivets on the cab and will clean the surfaces and reattach with 5200 and new rivets. I was amazed to find that he rivets are the only thing holding the hull and cab together. the bead of caulking along the joint is only at the joint and was applied after the two parts where joined.

Also both fuel caps are leaking and running down the hose into the hull. I have one fuel fill pulled out and I found unsealed core wood. After 27years of use the soft wood only penetrated about a 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch. I routed it out and filled the whole thing with epoxy.

I have also removed all the old fuel and over flow hoses. The flange that tightened the over flow vent had rusted into a pile. So that got pulled out. All the stainless hose clamp's where ok but the screw that tightens down the clamps where all crumbling. This will all be replaced.

I have decided against having the rear bulk head replaced with fiberglass. There is no rot in the starboard wall so I don't want to pull it out. I also don't want to have only one fiberglass wall and one wood wall so I am replacing rotten one with another wood wall. What would be the best way to treat the wood? which type of paint? I will be using marine grade ply.
 
Left Titusville and traveled south to Cocoa, Fl., anchored out and took the dinghy to shore to explore the town. Visited a very interesting hardware store. It had everything! Ate lunch at the Thai restaurant. Temps in the 80's here today. Nice!
 
Miafun1,

While you're around Coco Beach and Titusville, visit Kennedy Space Centre. I understand they're going to launch the last shuttle flight soon. that's a great sight. We saw one of those go up back in 2001. With their solid boosters, there up and out in a hurry.

Boris
 
Over the past few days I have been cleaning up the 22, which has been pretty neglected. :evil: Pressure washing took care of the grime but the boat still needs an application of cleaner wax. However, that is going to have to wait until after the river cruise this weekend. I discovered that the PO, or the one before him, installed a whole bunch of non-stainless hardware, some of which is rusting and leaving red streaks on the gelcoat. So a future plan is to use the info learned at the factory and fill all the holes, and there are many, but almost all are small.

I was in Seattle yesterday so I took the older Wallas to Scan Marine that I bought from JD a while ago. It was pretty much a pig in a poke purchase, as JD had never seen it run (it was uninstalled when he got it as part of his boat purchase). The very low price I paid made it worth the risk. I was very pleasantly surprised when Bruce at Scan said it was in great shape. When I was at the SBS I learned from the Scan guy there that the main difference between the old and new Wallas is that the fan motors on the old ones have no bearings (I think) and as they get older they slow down more and more. So regular service and replacement of the motors is required, but for the price I paid, vs. the price of a new Wallas or even the one that Pat sold for $1200, made it an attractive tradeoff. I do have to buy some hardware, including the exhaust hose and hull fitting, and the fuel tank. I'll be taking out the alcohol stove and replacing it with the refurbished Wallas.

Warren
 
Over the past few days I have been cleaning up the 22, which has been pretty neglected. :evil: Pressure washing took care of the grime but the boat still needs an application of cleaner wax. However, that is going to have to wait until after the river cruise this weekend. I discovered that the PO, or the one before him, installed a whole bunch of non-stainless hardware, some of which is rusting and leaving red streaks on the gelcoat. So a future plan is to use the info learned at the factory and fill all the holes, and there are many, but almost all are small.

I was in Seattle yesterday so I took the older Wallas to Scan Marine that I bought from JD a while ago. It was pretty much a pig in a poke purchase, as JD had never seen it run (it was uninstalled when he got it as part of his boat purchase). The very low price I paid made it worth the risk. I was very pleasantly surprised when Bruce at Scan said it was in great shape. When I was at the SBS I learned from the Scan guy there that the main difference between the old and new Wallas is that the fan motors on the old ones have no bearings (I think) and as they get older they slow down more and more. So regular service and replacement of the motors is required, but for the price I paid, vs. the price of a new Wallas or even the one that Pat sold for $1200, made it an attractive tradeoff. I do have to buy some hardware, including the exhaust hose and hull fitting, and the fuel tank. I'll be taking out the alcohol stove and replacing it with the refurbished Wallas.

Warren
 
The original batteries on the 25 are pushing 6 years. Optima's X3. Just replaced all three. While they are expensive, I have not had one problem with them. Got a good price of about $475 for the three and am now set for the next 5 years.

Next project is considering removing the toilet, waste tank and macerator and replacing them with a nice porta potti which can be removed from the head area if you really need to shower. Also picking up a lot of room in the stern with the addition of another Bowmar hatch between the original two.
 
We again attempted to dive the Marineland platform this morning, but the visibility was still less than two feet. I was ready to pass on diving this week until Merry convinced me to try the Redondo barge. We had about fifteen feet of murky vis, but the fun today was at the surface. Our friend Catalina Guerra took photos of jellies at the surface, plus sea lions and dolphins leaping above the surface. I managed a few shots under water, but I couldn't wait to get back up to the fun.
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I've been jonesing to get up to the boat for awhile now, especially since the fishing has been so good in the San Juans this winter. I finally went up yesterday. I got there kind of late, I was going to do some projects but oh well. I just tinkered around on the boat, put air in the dinghy, started the engines. The Suzuki 90 started right up after sitting for nearly five months. I also got the kicker going pretty easy as well. I've made it a habit to start the kicker the day before if I planned on using it. Good strategy because it started right up this morning. Spent the night on the boat, the Wallas worked great, almost too good because I shut it off in the middle of the night because it was too hot. Bad move! I was freezing in the morning.

It was kind of windy last night and cold of course but no rain and the forecast said the winds would die down. NOAA was right this time as it was very calm on the water. I headed for Lopez Flats, which is on the east side of Rosario Strait and the boat felt great! Starting fishing around 8 am and discovered the tie bar that attaches the kicker to the main was missing. That means I had to steer with the tiller out in the cockpit in the winter cold! :x I ran inside quite a bit with the Wallas on in the cabin but it's hard to keep the boat going straight so I spent most of the time outside. Actually, it was a nice day, mostly cloudy with sunbreaks, cold but not windy and no rain! It felt great to get out on C-Dancer again. I sure missed her. And the boat ran great. This is the earliest I've ever gone out. Thank goodness the weather gods cooperated. If only the fishing gods did too. I only saw one fish caught today out of maybe 20 boats. Oh well, it was just great to get out on the water. Did I mention I love my C-Dory!

On the way home, I saw two C-Dory's on the road. I saw a grey striped 22 being today by a white Blazer (I think). No name on the boat. I think it was the same boat I saw going east when I arrived yesterday.

Then just out of Mount Vernon, I came up on an Orange 16' Angler. I pulled up next to it and saw the words "Little Buddy". It was Fred & Robbin's boat. I matched Fred's speed, rolled down my window and honked my horn. Fred probably thought it was some crazy driver. No, just me.

All in all, I had a great weekend on C-Dancer. I can't wait until spring.

Peter
C-Dancer
 
Hey Boris,

We will try to include the Space Center on our way back.

From Cocoa, we went on South to Vero Beach Marina waiting on a nice tail wind. What a place! Very accomadating marina and friendly patrons. The town has everything you need and buses to get you there.

Left Vero Beach this morning enjoying 15mph on the stern that took us all the way to Peck Lake on the ICW. Plan to do some shelling in the morning then head on South.
 
Worked on completing the storage under the v berth. I have seen several shots in the photo albums of many v-berth storage projects, but no one ever mentioned how difficult it was to get the foam out. My 96 22 has foam under the entire v berth, top to bottom, and it is stuck to the hull like glue. Finally ended up using a claw hammer for the big pieces and a chisel to finish it off. But now the port side is done. Starboard side will have to wait awhile, till I heal up.
 
Took the Tom Cat to LaConner Maritime to have the bottom paint redone -- it has been 4+ years and I am happy with the life I got from the original 2 coats of Petit Viviv over barrier coat. This time they will put on 2 coats of SeaHawk SmartSolution (non-copper, non-metallic) which can go on both the fiberglass hull and the aluminum Armstrong bracket. The cost will be a little less than $1025 as the SeaHawk paint is slightly less expensive than the Petit Vivid I got the original quote for, before learning of the advantages of using SeaHawk.

Had a nice chat with Larry H, who was cruising the marina as I arrived.

Warren
 
After leaving Peck Lake, we traveled south on the ICW to the anchorage a Boco Raton. We had lots of boats there for company but we were able to take advantage of our shallow draft and pick a very nice spot to spend the night.
The homes and yachts observed on this part of the waterway was simply amazing.
We are currently tied to the dock in Fort Lauderdale taking in the sights and activities of old Fort Lauderdale.
 
Today we had a respite from the cold, snowy weather, so I finished installing a battery switch and voltage regulator, two new deep cycle batteries, and I cleaned the cabin interior and I polished the helm. Nice and shiny now! See pics of project in my album.
 
I have been working on the 27 again. I still have the wall out and have decided to replace it with a wood wall like the original. I was going to have fiberglass walls made but decided that the starboard side wall was fine and did not want to have one glass and one wood wall.

I cut a new wall out of marine ply and spent last week sanding painting sanding painting etcc.. ended up with 9 coats of paint over two coats of primer. its ready to go back in tomorrow I hope.

I also spent several days removing the fuel lines, caps, over flow lines and grounding wires. I back cut the deck under the fuel fills and back filled with epoxy. That should stop the leaks I was having around the fuel fills. I also had to remove the over flow outlets. They were both rusted in place. I had to cut the backing nuts off to get them out.

I am thinking of replacing the fuel fills with plastic ones with built in over flow, there by eliminating two holes in the side of the boat. not sure how I will fill these holes yet. I have a question for the brain trust. the old fuel fills had grounding wire to the tanks. do I need these if the new fills are plastic??

I sanded the starboard wall today and filled all holes with marine tex. Nest I have to sand primer and paint that wall in place. Then reinstall the port wall and reinstall the door. I just may have to cut a new door and remove and install the window. this is some separation of the ply on the bottom of the door. I might be able to repair it. either way I have to sand and paint the door too.

I have also started to sand the table to prep it for a laminate top. When we get done with all this I will start on galley. lots of work to do.
 
Tom,
We have the plastic fuel fills with the "internal" overflow and they work fine. They do not have any grounding wires.
You do need to be a bit careful if you are filling from a high pressure source and you start out going too fast. They can "burp" but if you get the flow going gently with the nozzle well inside thay are fine.

Can't wait to see the results of your labor.

M
 
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