Recent content by rshuman531

Friendly Cove carver

Queens Cove

Esperanza Mission

I’m slowly working on uploading photos, we’re in an area of low bandwidth. I’ll do a few at a time and get them all early next week when back in Seattle

Friendly Cove Lighthouse

Critter Cove in Nootka Sound

Gold River boat ramp

Last month, Chris and I took Raven, our CD 25, to explore two inlets along the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. We spent two nights each in Nootka Sound and Esperanza Inlet, anchoring in settings framed by steep mountain slopes and, in some spots, small islets with the distant...

Thanks to Bob, here is a Dropbox link to the Princess Louisa Society Spring 2025newsletter https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ea59qg4l ... apdjw&dl=0

I just received the spring newsletter email with some good information and photos from The Princess Louisa Society. Is there a good way that I can post this email to this Forum so everyone can see the email?

we put a 200 Yamaha on our 2004 CD 25, it was about the same weight as the original Honda 150, performance has been great after 4 years.

Good question. First, it tows pretty well at low speeds, but we pull it on deck if we have any significant distance to travel. As to where to sit: my wife sits on midships seat and I sit aft of that to operate to OB. But you might be able to sit in middle bench seat to keep your weight...

On our 25 CD (no radar arch, no davit, solar on cabin top) we use a Zodiac Cadet Aero 230 as our cruising dinghy. It 7'7" in length and weighs 53. We just pull it up and stow it across the aft end of cockpit with the dinghy bow down in the cockpit and the stern resting on the stainless railing...