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In looking at the new Toland boat I had a question about the pro's and con's of an extended transom. The Hewescraft I went fishing on last week had one and I noticed the Rosboroughs do also. My first thought is that this would lessen the noise and vibration caused by having the engine directly...

The ice came off the lake May 16th this year. Shan and I went out fishing for the day (not on a C-Dory though - Hewescraft 22). Saw a couple of avalanches while we were on the water - heard the thunder and looked up and watched a waterfall of snow and ice come tumbling down. The lake trout were...

Rumor has it by putting the seats in back they could import it as a car and not a truck - reducing the import tax from 28% to 3%. (hey - what does that have to do with boats?). Cheers, Tom

We had a 16 for a short while - took it out on Lake Washington, and it was just a little too small for us - "for us" all you 16'ers . One thing about C-Dory's and C-Brats in particular - their boat is the perfect boat. We looked at the 22's but at the time had a Volvo wagon and didnt think it...

I had a what sounds like a similar problem with my electrical system - two optimax batteries (House / Starter) with a VSR switch. The switch would "clack" back and forth at times - usually while running at low idle. Eventually the starter battery died but the house battery stayed charged. I...

" Industry analyst Marisa Thompson, who tracks Brunswick for Morningstar Inc., said the boating business is at its lowest point in 15 years, calling 2007 a "complete bust" for new boat sales. "Nothing on the horizon makes me believe this thing will turn around," Thompson said Friday...

Orcas Island is always fun to explore. We docked here at East Sound and walked to town for breakfast. Five minute walk. And I also like Olga - we stopped here for ice cream. At night we stayed on Rosario - a bit too pricy in the summer - we stayed in April when overnighting was free...

Which brings me to my question - what is the normal routine maintance that should be done on a regular basis to a C-Dory? It may just be some folks (like me) dont know what they should be checking on a regular basis. To be honest - I take my boat out - cruise around - take it back to the dock...

We took Shan's sister out for her first ride in a C-Dory. Left Everett around 11 am - Sunday Mothers Day. Skies cleared - water was flat and calm. Roared over to Langley and docked at the Marina. Walked up the hill into town and had a nice lunch. Back down to the marina, wind picked up, small...

Saw this in the Seattle Times - any ideas on what they did "wrong" ? Was it just the wrong kind of boat for the conditions ? By Seattle Times staff and news services HOODSPORT — One woman was dead and a man was in critical condition after a boating accident on Hood Canal Wednesday...

Well I'm darn glad to see on of my "favorite" posters has returned. Welcome back Dave! Cheers, Tom

Wouldn't that be the Anchor Light? I thought when running you just have the red/green lights on. Tom

Several articles on the net about this accident, each with their own set of facts. Here is a link to one http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=8083282 This story mentions three (3) bodies found, one still missing, also, the boat was t-boned by the barge and was possibly anchored at the time...

So then Battery 1 is your House Battery and Battery 2 is your starter Battery. I would think that ALL is only for emergency starting, that normal operation has multi switch set to 1 and the other switch set to ON. What were they at all summer when you used the boat? I saw you at Lopez last year...

My guess. Off - Battery one is Off. 1 - Battery one is ON.. All - Both batteries going through, similar to emergency start, house and starter both going to engine. 2 - bypass Battery one, use Battery two only. Tom

From my experience - 2 years living downtown, 5 years working downtown, Seattle has "areas" that are more colorful than others. The two streets next to the Pike Place Market, 1st to 3rd, between University and Pine, tend to have a large number of homeless people wandering around, day and night...

I thought this was more along the lines of something I might be interested in http://www.nimbleboat.net/images/wanderer.pdf. Anyone have any experience with these boats? btw - the wife thinks it's as ugly as ... . Tom

Having purchased both a used C-Dory and a new C-Dory I've decided that the next boat I purchase will be used. Thought I'd document some of the reasons here. With our first C-Dory - 1990, we had a lot of maintance issues. Replaced the steering cable, major work on the engine ($COST$), the Loran...

When I sold my 16 Angler - sold in two weeks, I listed it on the C-Brat site and on the local Craigs List for Seattle. The buyer - saw it on Craigs list and drove up from San Francisco to purchase it. So, in this case a local ad - got responce from a non-local buyer - he was searching Craigs...

Couldn't agree more. Not trying to censor anyone, but this site has a boat logo in the upper corner. I first came to this site looking for information on C-Dory's. I asked questions like "do I need a kicker?" and what is better, twin engines or a single. I also shared experiences I had with my...