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I also looked at the Haswing review--one trolling motor got more 1 star reviews than 5 star! That is a new low. No way would I even consider a product like that. The 600 watt solar, will turn out to probably produce 300 to 400 watts reasonably average reliably--and that is assuming no cloud...

What is backing hte plate on the inside? Did you over bore each bolt hole, cut back the edges then fill with epoxy, and then drill the hole for the bolt thru the epoxy? What size bolts secure the plate? How are you going to put an anchor roller on the bow? Thanks.

A simple 2 x 4 frame and a tarp as above works OK-you do want to keep snow and frozen rain off the boat. So minimum of a tarp. Many of us buy the fitted cover from Angola Canvas. Angola has patterns for all of the C Dorys. Then accomidate radar arches and similar accessories. Good value and...

You can do significant damage to a C Dory by intentionaly slamming into waves. The forward bunk platform can delaminate from its tabbing, You can even break the laminate from the floor forward, from the hull. None of this is good for a boat of any sort. The first C Dory 25 had been badly...

I tried to edit above, but "time ran out" I should have caught that you were not spacing the Coosa off the bottom and sides to avoid a "hard place". it does not make as much a difference in a cored hull. 'but I aways spaced the bulkhead off the outer skin layers, using a foam spacer. The...

No I am not reading the ply "map" backwars. Yes, put the mat down first on the bottom. Have you tried bending the 23 oz triaxial over the filett? We used to use 24 oz woven roving, before the bi and tri axials. The heavier rovings do not bend well on a short radius. The strength of the...

This looks as if you are laying the 23 oz triaxiel directonly on the bottom? I would use the same layering on the bulkhead to the bottom. Just one of mat, and 6 oz cloth over the stern facing layer of Coosa.

Off the cuff, I can give only one piece of advice, rather than stay at the Lodge near pickwick dam, you can either stay on your CDory on land at Pickwick State Park campground, or the Corp of engineers RV park on the other side of Pickwick Dam. There are a host of places we have lauched and...

The issue could be finding the proper spring--or rebending (and / or retempering that spring. I wonder how it got "stretched"? The new spring should be 316 stainless steel. Do you know the brand of the deck pipe ? Attwood, Perko, Suncor, Whitecap, Sea Dog, West Marine and some Chinese knok...

You are really limited with the Toqueedo. Any wind or current shoots the "mileage" to bits, of course depending on which way the wind is blowing or current. I owned a Torqueedo 1103 for about 12 years--it was an excellent dinghy motor and I highly recommend it for that use. As for pushing the...

Call the factory. I am not sure these are the same in the 22, 25 and Tom Cat.

Looks good, well done.

No the props range from `19 to 21, depending on the prop (3/4 blades, diameter, cup and material.) What is your WOT speed and RPM? You should be in the high 40's mph. with a light to moderately heavy boat. Minimal weight--close to 50 mph. On inland waters and ICW, I usually measure speed...

in some states it is mandatory to have the lanyard attatched, or some electronic that the Fell Marine unit, if the skipper or driver is out of the cabin in smaller boats. This would apply to an outside helm station in a C Dory, or if on a trolling motor. This makes it complex (and expensive)...

Good to hear that the 2200 has the capability to pull fuel from a fuel tank lower in the boat!--this seems like a huge advantage to me. It gets away from separate fuel tanks or extra containers, and having to rely on "suction" from the tank vent, to get fuel flowing from an external tank...