Recent content by commander bill

Everyone's analsis of what went wrong is well & good. However, sometimes we forget to focus on certain things done correctly. Here we see a clear case of a bad accident avoided because the driver trusted his sixth sence & stoped to check. I hate to say it but I know a lot of people that would...

Some feedback on R25 issues. Andrew & others replied and I found that by removing seat over AC unit there is a cutout allowing access to rear of AC unit. The condensate was leaking because the clamp on drain hose was so loose it allowed the hose to rotate upward and the only way condenate...

Thanks, Photos help. I had not visualized the tank at that location so I had difficulty understanding.

When we launched this spring we had a H*** of a time getting the boat off of trailer at first. Launch ramp was shallow and used by mostly pontoons. Backed my F250 in till there was several feet of river in front of truck (rear tires of truck were very wet) & truck exhaust was underwater. Boat...

Sounds like an excellent idea bit I am having difficulty understanding exactly where you are talking about cutting the hole. Guess I am dense & have no idea where the tank is. Would it be possible for you to post photo of your mod with adequate reference to identify exact location.

Due to illness & job I have not been able to spend alot of time underway on my boat this spring. I made up for that on long July 4th weekend. Noticed some issues which I would like feedback form others that may have experienced similar problems with. I have had almost no prior run time on...

How much boot ya wiling to throw in?

I have Hull #67. I got the electrical drawings from Andrew as pdf files & they were very helpful because the electrical system is difficult to understand otherwise. I had a few electrical problems but they turned out to be loose connections & my boat has 4 type 27 batteries (3 banks) which...

Welcome, I have Tug Hull #67 bought in Feb 2008. Great boats. Always room for another submariner. I was on USS Nautlis, SSN 571, USS Bergall SSN 667, and USS John Adams, SSBN 620.

Henry, I quess I won't need to install the washdown pump & flushing Tee I had planned to correct this problem. Your solution was just too easy and cheap for me to think of. Also, as an added feature the same fitting you described could be used to backflush the AC line and fill with antifreeze...

Liketime Alabama resident except when I moved away for military and few years awterwards to work. Been back now for 24 years. Any type public retirement (federal, military, military reserve, maybe state & countys) is tax free in Alabama. But I think ther emay be a ceiling. I still have a...

The mast does fold down but is not a simple process underway especially for my back. Also, when I was looking at covered slips many had 12 or less clearance. Prior to relaunching my boat after bringing back to Tennessee I measured from top of upright mast to estimated water line and got 12 ft...

My R25 is in Tennessee. I saw a Ranger dealer online near Chattanooga but I haven't seen any brick & moltar. No mention of C-Dory. It will take something very special (try free boats) before I would shift away from a trusted un-named dealer that might be in florida.

Mine is red. I think Miss Dee was original boat I got to see before you aquired it. I did want blue, wanted green, but the first mate picked red. My memory is that there were 2 separate versions of red. A very early online magazine photo showed one in white. However, I am not sure if that...

My boat is hull # 67 so I would assume that is one of last 20 boats. Again my AC has not failed while cruising. It has just been very difficult to get it to self prime when first placed in the water. Marc had the problem in florida until they removed the pump discharge hose and flushed water...