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Interesting questions: are you going to change the angle of the boat surface (upper surface), by the angle of the deadrise of the various stations in the hull. I am not sure I have ever seen that done. Certainly now many of the lifts are fitted for the deadrise aft--this is especially...

I have always switched to group 31 for the house bank. I do run with chest freezers/refers, so have that extra load. The group 31's fit between the 22's fuel tanks. On the last 25, I also had two 100 amp hour LiFePO4 batteries. These have amost twice the "power" of the group 27 (if not more...

Rod, Welcome aboard. Dogs go well with the 25. We have cruised with 2 labs, with border collie, and 2 other dogs at one time... I had not seen a 25 named "Tiger" any any of our gatherings in Florida. The Name "Sea Shepard" is nice, but there is a Sea Shepard "conservation" group--and at...

I cannot read the mind set of those who fabricated the 25 in 2003, but I suspect they did not envision the probem. It is possible that the hull was not adequately cleaned. It should have been concentric size Mat and roving two layers each. Not what was done a single layer of mat or cloth...

Pat and Patty, stick around, even though you have joined those of us who are "senior" ex CDory owners. We know how hard it is to give up our beloved C Dorys! Not many who have owned the boat since new for 20 years and had the adventures you have lived. You both have a lot of wisdom to share...

spring lines are to keep the boat from moving fore and aft at the dock. As per Daybreak, or a line from the bow cleat leading aft, and from the stern cleat leading forward. Sometimes all of these. With a long stern line, I will often cleat on the after most cleat on the dock and take the...

On the A800 AIS: This is the response for the A800. Garmin factory will not do the reset, but their dealers or installers can. I could not find any "secret" ways to reprogram by the end owner.

It is unlikely to have been installed at the factory. The vast majority of times, all electronics are installed by the local dealer or electronic shop. There will be one NMEA 2000, at least one or two antennas, a GPS antenna, attatched to the unit. You don't need ot change the specifications...

Here is one for sale at Huntsville Alabama, which seems to be a well equipped boat in good condition. Here is the link You may not find one within a few hundred miles, but I have had to travel at least 1200 miles to buy 4 different C Dorys. The only one I bought locally (200 miles away) was...

Basic protection of the alternator, especially in inboard boats and RV's. The Li battery can take the entire output of an alternator, and allow it to overheat. That must be protected. Some "fixes" allow charging for 15 minute and then 15 minutes no charging to cool off. Some use heat sensor...

Color coded lines. You can tell deck hands, people at dock helping etc--"grab the gold line and take it to xx cleat. I have mid ship and bow lines to cam cleats on the side I am docking on. I have velcro loops to secure the ends of the lines. I used lighter lines when first docking (3/8 work...

Definately water from the cockpit gets into the cabin. The aft cabin bulkhead, may or may not be properly tabbed to the hull. Water channels outside of where the fuel tank is (and also under/around fuel tank. The only "cure" for this is to cut out the cockpit floor, clean, dry and then...

Good reasoning and execution, Mark.

There are specific LFP batteries which are "certified" for engine start. (As I suspect Marco uses) I would not hesitate to use one of those for an ourboart. However in this case we don't know what brand, and even in the same "brand" there are specific batteries which are rated with the...

I wonder if the tacit approval of the Permatrim not affecting warantee is a new policy? Most dealers will say "No, drilling holes in the antiventillation plate may void warantee" (and I am glad to see a dealer take that stand.). In that case, I would go with the Permatrim.

The major difference between Deckadence and other vinyl pool mats is that there is a silicon (nonskid, as you put silicon mats under carpets) backing. The other vinyl mats are otherwise relataively similar. If petrochemicals, such as gasoline or oil gets on the Deckadence, it becames very hard...

Nicely done. I would add the Permatrim (if you want...considering the question about warantee), the prop sounds about right.

Way overkill for a 16, unless you are going to curise to AK.... You have overthought the switching. You cannot / should not start your engines from a 50 amp hour LiFePO4 battery. If I was putting a Li battery on any boat, I would just charge thru the DC to DC charger. Put the battery charger...

A fraction of the price of Deckadence, are vinyl loop mats, pool mats. They are a less expensive mat, and I have gotten mine from American Floor mat. 3 x 12 feet is $250. The Deckadence is wider, and I have used that in the cockpit. I have used DriDeck and interlocking foam panels, which...

Something is defianately wrong. I have had 90's on both my C Dory 22's, and 30 mph was max at WOT, with the 15" prop. SS will give better numbers but by not a lot. I also had the experience to have a boat with no foil and no trim tabs, then a boat with trim tabs, to which I added a...