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Wow, really nice looking boat, and at a very good price. This boat should sell quickly!

For the swim platform either fiberglass or plastic between SS pieces to hold it in place. The ladder should be Stainess Steel, and treads should be plastic.

most put the arch aft, but a few have been forward. The antenna shoud be as high as possible. the side deck is not a good place. People tend to grab it, it is the way if you go forward, and is not as high as possible. Many boats have the VHF antenna near the radar, and I have had it that way...

Yes, you want to remove the bad balsa out, and your material of choice to full that area. Then mat and and cloth, on the hull, lay conconcentric out by about an inch each time, to spread any stress point to the hull out. The fillet is about right I use a tongue blade radius for these fillets...

You will get the best handling doing both the Permatrim and the trim tabs. Electric are easier to instal than hydraulic, and on the C Dory just as good. When you drill the transom, besure and put in epoxy plug to put the screw or hole through. Or drill the hole and do the undercut, neat epoxy...

This is an exampe of an excellent review of a facility. I have proposed to the administrators, that we add a thread or forum for Marina Reviews. Thank you so much Don and Kim!

How much are you asking? Photos of the boat? How many hours on the engine?

Big Gold or platinum trophies for the Admins, Will and Mike. Thank you both!

The best ride is with both trim tabs and the Permatrim. I have tried one boat without either, then the trim tabs and finally the Permatrim. You get the bow down into chop, and bow up going down waves and seas. As above, the Sea Ray has a moderate "V" and the C Dory a flat bottom aft, and less...

Well here we are with the new and improved CBrat site. Welcome back to all of us.

I have used the 3.5 hp Mercury as a dinghy motor and "Kicker" for a C Dory 22. I have also used (and still use) the Suzuki 2.5 hp p 4 stroke outboard as a kicker on a 22 (and currenty on my 18' Caracal Cat). I also used it on the Tom Cat and CDory 25. These smaller kickers will give stearage...

You would be very hard pressed to measure the damage to gelcoat caused by using oxylic acid or bleach. Perhaps a bit more from toilet bowl cleaner. A friend used muriatic acid on my Tom Cat to remove some type of stain, and it permantly damaged the color of the dark green strite on the...

To run a 120 V AC heater would require at east a 1500 watt inverter (12V DC to 120 V AC). On low these heaters pull 800 to 1000 watts. (80 to 100 amps 12 V DC) At this level, you are looking at about an hour max for two group 27 batteries. A 12 volt 300 watt heater woud pull somewhere near...

The "industry standard" wax is Colinate paste Fleetwax 885. There are a number of major players, and some auto waxes--none compare to good dedicated marine products. Some like to use one system: 3M, Smooth, Chemical Guys, Nautical one, Strake, Starbrite, and a few others. I have tried...