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Our first cruising boat was a Nimble Nomad. Powered it with a 50 hourse Honda. A wonderful funky boat. Well built, but a little sloppy in the finish department. Leaky windows and hatches ect. The design was outstanding with a cockppit forward and one aft. The open bow was a concern in really...

I forgot to give another reason that we sometimes choose Walmart. Our Cat Mr. Grey loves to stay at Walmart lots. He lays on the dash and looks at the traffic until about midnight then he curls up on my Pat's seat and is good till dawn. Then back to the dash till we get up. With our small...

As you travel don't forget the lowest cost campgrounds. WALMART

Hello, Welcome to the land of easy living. Try Chesapeake City they have a free public dock. It is also close to a small park and most important an Ice cream shop. Crowded on the week ends. Also Hart-Miller Island at the mouth of Middle River. You can anchor in shallow water and wade ashore to...

Good article, excellent advise. I have made a lot of launch ramp mistakes over 20 years of trailering. The sorry list is, not putting the plug in, not undoing the stern straps, and the big one, undoing the bow strap and dropping the boat on the ramp. I was a lot better at checking and double...

Some one spoke about wet clothes. The outside of the cabin hooks are a good idea. We found some that attached with suction cups on glass or gel coat. No holes and wonderful for wet rain gear. We also tried to avoid cotton garmets. LL Bean sels some travel clothing that is non cotton and dries...

I just can't believe all the time and thought that goes into trying to find something to replace the port-a-pottie. It is one of the best devices for the purpose ever invented. If I were ordering a new boat today I would go with a port-a pottie. They just work well.

I vote for the bikes. Very usfull to explore the wonderful canal towns. Fred and Pat we love the canal

keeping the boat out of the weather will pay off big time in keeping your baby in good shape. Also it will pay in preventing excess depreciation. This will be important if you ever sell your boat. We had a total canvas cover made by a local canvas shop. It covered everything to below the color...

We purchased our boat from Cutter. Very good to deal with. Service always preformed when promised. I was SHOCKED when C-Dory dropped them. They really promoted the line. Attending shows , lots of adv., good salesmen. In my mind the perfect dealer. Gary did tell me that C-Dory wanted him to stock...

Hi EL and Bill, A change for sure. Glad to hear it was your choice and not the advice of some doctor or surgon. I hope you will still post of your adventures and travels. Pat and I are waiting for her name to come to the top of the kidney transplant list. She is in good health and should have...

Welcome to the land of easy living. You will love it. We boated out of the Middle River area for many years. Not to far by water from Baltimore, but a lot of places to explore even in bad weather. If you have not found the magazine Chesapeake Bay grab it the first chance. It tells a lot about...

Some of the boats shown would be perfect for the Erie Canal. With the low dockage rates and free electric you could spend 5 months in NY for a very little bit of money. A C-dory would do the same thing and you could easly trailer it to Florida for the cooler months. and almost everybody would...

Hi Bill and El. We went through on one of the Blount Small Ships. Had a daytime transit. The best part of the trip was a tour of Panama City with a local cab driver. We tried to go to a Zoo, but the Zoo was closed. The driver said he would take us a tour and we could pay him what it was worth...

I remember that we always purchased Ammaco White gas for our two stroke outboards. This was in the 60's and the Mercury dealer said that it was worth the extra. It was considered a premium gas. All the stock outboard racers used it. Some racers used castor oil instead of regular outboard oil. My...

Nice article, Soundings is always a good read if you love boats.

Several years ago I was active in the Power Squardern. Each year they held nav. contests. It was nessary to get a deviation chart for your boat and compass. I always made mine useing the GPS. There must be a better way. That being said one year I did manage to win first place. It was very rough...

While there are a lot of well loved C-Dorys listed on this web site I still think it is one of the best sales tools for the factory and or any dealer. We purchased our C-Dory only after hours of reading this site. El and Bill living on their 22 footer was the clincher for us. I would think that...

A small handle with two suction cups. Stick it fast to the boat if you want to scrub the water line slime in deep water. About $10.00 at West Marine.

The neat thing about is the forward door to the front cockpit. A very nice feature for handling lines and anchor. Our first cruiser a Nimble Nomad had this feature and was fun to have in calm conditions. A few times in heavy seas I was concerned about the open bow. The scuppers were small and...