Recent content by FrankisCaptBobo

Last but not least, the the final of 5 YouTube shorts. This one covers Thursday May 28th a piece between Great Harbour Cay and Bimini. Then leaving Bimini on Friday morning and crossing over to Lake Worth, West Palm Beach. ~84 miles, 23.2 gal, 4hours and 10minutes. I try to treat my engine...

Ok folks, I'm embarrassed to even post... You're being VERY generous thank you! I'm throwing together the final Short crossing back from Bimini to Lake Worth two days ago (Fri May 29) 84miles, 4hours 10 min, 23.2 gallons of gas. It was beautiful!

Ok folks, I'm embarrassed to even post these YouTube shorts because they really suck! When I left on this trip I had no inclination to do more than enjoy myself and send the occasional haha picture to my friends. But then as the wind continued to blow I needed a distraction other than reading...

Well it's been a busy spring! After coming back from 3 weeks in the Keyes and then the Hontoon Island get together, where I met a lot of nice people and had a great time, we dashed off to Italy for 3 weeks. After getting back in April, I hustled to get the boat preped for my month of May cruise...

Builders use rivets cause they're fast and cheap. The rivets used on my 22 were 11/4“ Peel rivets that when installed split into 3 or 4 "peels like a banana“ that roll back on the inside of the hull and make the joint extremely tight. If they had used Stainless instead of aluminum we'd all be...

Wow! A lot of tangents here, but back to the OP's original question, yes you can get Dot fasteners with holes for normally 1/8' diameter pop rivets. If you spend the $ on stainless Dot fasteners and stainless pop rivets you'll likely never do this job again. Now if your holes are a bit...

Well it's been a busy spring! After coming back from 3 weeks in the Keyes and then the Hontoon get together, we went to Italy for 3 weeks. After coming back, I hustled to get the boat preped for my month cruise of the Bahamas. Well I'm now finishing up that cruise and I'm up in the Berry...

Excellent and very comprehensive advise from Thataway! I've also been surveying or presurveying all of my boats in the past 45 years and I have also used inexpensive electromagnetic moisture meters as long as they've been available. Having been able to compare their readings to the...

Oh, but the whole reason that I came here to post tonight is that I'm in the Key's right now and I was fishing in the mangroves putting down my anchor and pulling it up several times. I wanted to warn you that if you have a older 22 cruiser with only a lower anchor locker panel, be prepared to...

Not arguing here, just pointing out different strokes for different folks... Foul the anchor flute? Of a Danforth type anchor possible, but then I wouldn't use a Danforth anchor as my main anchor on any boat that is doing any overnights. No way! Danforth types are well known for pulling out...

Hi Mully, Be sure to get the Lewmar 700 pro FREEFALL. The freefall only needs about 2 seconds of power to loosen the clutch when your putting the anchor down and really don't want to be burning through your battery capacity because you'll be shutting the engine down soon. In this case the...

Hi and welcome. Just a few thoughts having just finished most of a complete overhaul on my 1999 22 Cruiser. It came with an Origo 2 burner alcohol stove. I've had these on a couple of other boats and they work well with cooking times just slightly longer than propane and alcohol being...

Hi Everybody, just made my reservations and have to say that the 833-853-2583 Phone # given above is a dead #. The # to call for Hontoon reservations is 866-455-2925. I just made mine for March 2 through the 6th. I missed the NC get together because I was in the middle of a complete overhaul...

I just put a Suzuki 6hp kicker on the starboard side hooked right to the transom and it works great. It was a tight fit getting the clamps over the transom on the 22 as there's maybe an 1/8" to spare. BUT, I ordered a 6hp longshaft not knowing that Suzuki already has added 2 extra inches to...

1. I bought a new Mantus 25lb M2 anchor for my last boat and didn't end up installing it or using it before I sold that boat. It's WAY too big for the new to me C-Dory 22 that I just bought, so I'm selling it for the price of the smaller 17lb Mantus M2 $250 that will be perfectly sized for the...