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

Pressure washing and moss removal time... :smilep
Charge the battery, run the engines in the garbage
can, put the props back on and I'm good to go. :wink

Jack... :smiled
 
Last weekend, we took the plunge and opened up the bulkhead to the vee-berth on Daydream - now we need to get some 1/2" edge binding stuff from Taco Metals, guess maybe we will share it with David on Anna Leigh, who did the same today!
 
We did our first overnight cruise on C's Slap Shot! It was a short cruise to North Myrtle Beach - Barefoot Resort Marina (very nice). It was a hot night!

We definitely need fans! Found some good clip ons on Amazon and will purchase before next trip.
 
We fished Pt Defiance today Great day One shaker is all but we got to see two gray whales up close. They spent about an hour feeding right off the point. Just cut the engines and drifted. Had one surface less then 20 feet away So cool
 
Been slow at getting started this year .... have a lot on my plate. Needed to get the trailer inspected and was the perfect opportunity to clean the boat bottom and coat with Aurora VS721 - good stuff. So, off the trailer and let the buffing begin. :lol:

Then I noticed that the %#@&* rub rail has pulled away at the rear/bend by the swim step. :amgry It is bulging at a few other places but not too bad. I really don't want the hassle of this repair. :roll: I have read previous posts on how to do it, so I will test the rear/bend.

Kinda makes me mad :x that crappy rivits were used instead of bolt throughs. I know rivits are a common way to attach a rub rail, but these boats are supposed to be exceptional. Oh well, I will quit whining and get prepared for the worst.

John
Swee Pea
 
Spent the better part of the day washing and waxing the boat. Got much of the boat washed but only got the top of the cabin waxed. It had a bit of oxidation from last year that I never really got taken care of prior to winter. Also had a lot of little black spots about the diameter of a pencil dot. Those were really hard to get off and ultimately I ended up using a straight edge razor blade to scrape them off. The roof look great now as does the brim. Next weekend we'll get the rest of the boat washed and waxed.
 
Spent most of the weekend prepping the boat for our trip to Port Hardy. Think were just about ready. Hopefully the weather will let us make it up Hartley bay and some other spots in the area.

Sounds like a fun day looking at the whales Chuck. And right there at Point Defiance to boot! Hope the fishing picks up soon.
Karl
 
I installed a flow meter for the fuel yesterday. It was one of my long term projects and it is final done. I replaced the non working honda speed gage with the flow scan meter in the dash. only problem was that the scan flow meter was smaller then the old gage. I end up cutting a 1/4inch thick 4 inch x 4 inch piece of marine ply and stain it to cover the old hole then drilled a new hole in it. lots if wiring and small screws in tight places that I could not reach :evil: it was a long day but now its done. I wll test it in a week or so. Also finishing up or doing a lot of little projects on susans wish list or just figureing were I want every thing.
 
if you remove a gage that is back lit you can use the same wires to hook to the backlight on the flow scan. the ground for the back light is also used to ground the unit and the sending unit. so when you bring the wire from the sending unit to the gage tie in the sending unit ground, the gage ground and the back light ground all together. saved me some time and wiring.

Oh another tip is the unit needs to go to a power on key or switch. I cut in to the black with yellow strip wire on the Honda key circuit. That wire is live when the key is in the on position. This was you will never leave the unit on by mistake.
 
Friday last had a great visit with Barry and Patti (C-Cakes) and Joe and Ruth, ( Arrrrrrrrrrrr-Matey) CD22 and Ranger 25
Cruising thru Nanaimo on route to points North, wonderful people fun to be with.
Thanks guys, see you in the Broughtons. George
 
Loading the boat today and tomorrow. Serviced the cooling system on the truck yesterday. Still need to wash the boat and spray some round-up around the place.

Towing to Port McNeill Thursday and heading into the South of the Broughton area. Hope to run into the North bound Brats some where in that area.
 
Took Sea-Cruz for her maiden voyage. Beautiful day on Monterey Bay at least "on the inside." Decided to see how she would do on the "outside." Outside the seas were 5.6 feet at 7 seconds from the NW with S-SW wind waves of 1-2 feet. Sea-Cruz loved it but she was different than the Columbia 24 I previously had. More cork like and did fall off the waves with a bit of a bang on landing. Nothing to be concerned about and no green water ever came over the bow, just some spray. We ducked back into Capitola, a beautiful little sea side village with moorings. It was dead calm and a perfect place to just watch the beach goers from the water. Finally back to Santa Cruz Harbor. Getting her back on the trailer was so easy I kept thinking I had to be doing something wrong. At the wash rack I realized she was back about 2 inches from the roller. A quick application of the brakes slid her home to the roller.

Ron
 
REBEMUP":334tcahl said:
At the wash rack I realized she was back about 2 inches from the roller. A quick application of the brakes slid her home to the roller.
Ron
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Ron, It sounds like you had a great day for a maiden voyage. Is is not uncommon to have to winch the boat up 2 or so inches after you get the trailer up to the top of the ramp. As soon as the rig is level at the top of the ramp, I stop and winch the slack (2") out before I proceed further so the boat won't bounce around until I have it completely secured for the trip home. (I prefer winching rather than using the brakes to slide the boat forward).
 
Thanks Dave, this is the first trailer boat I have had and I thought I might have done something wrong as I thought I was at the roller at the bottom of the ramp. Next time I will just winch it up after getting to the top of the ramp.

And yes, I had a great time! I had to give up sailing 5 years ago and hated not being out on the ocean I love. Sea-Cruz at 5 knots is almost like sailing...very quiet.

Ron
 
REBEMUP":3alg9agt said:
Thanks Dave, this is the first trailer boat I have had and I thought I might have done something wrong as I thought I was at the roller at the bottom of the ramp. Next time I will just winch it up after getting to the top of the ramp.

And yes, I had a great time! I had to give up sailing 5 years ago and hated not being out on the ocean I love. Sea-Cruz at 5 knots is almost like sailing...very quiet.

Ron
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It also doesn't hurt to check it for tightness on occasion if you're towing for any length of time. Both cables and straps can stretch a bit or sometimes can have a strange wrap that digs in a bit and gives more slack after a few bounces down the road.
 
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I thought I was at the roller at the bottom of the ramp. Ron
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Ron,
I'm certain you were at the roller at the bottom of the ramp, but the stern of your boat was still floating a bit and was at a slightly different angle. As you pulled up the ramp the stern of the boat then settle down on the rollers and the bow pivoted upward causing the 2 inch gap from the bow roller because of the shape of the bow.
On occasion your vessel may not center on the trailer, even with side guides. When that happens, I get the boat centered as best I can while it is in the water. Then after I tow the boat to the tie down area, I position myself as close to the stern as I can on the side that needs to be shoved over and with my back against the side of the vessel and my fingers cupping the bottom of the boat I lift/rock the boat into a centered position. (Much easier than it sounds....and I have twin 50's on the transom..... :lol: ).

Roger is correct to double check your system after you've driven a few miles to be certain all is good. When I had our 16' C-Dory Cruiser the "dog" on the bow winch loosened off, causing the boat to shift back on to the bow chain. The bow of the boat then bounced around and gouged the bow of the boat on the winch post. To help remedy that occurring in the future, not only do I make certain the dog is locked, but I added a tie down chain connecting the bow eye downward to the trailer.
 
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