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    #1000 - Woo hoo!

    WOW' I can't beleve it. I am 75 years old and the only thing I have ever won was my wife's hand 53 years ago. We have lived on the shore's of Lake Superior and have fished and sailed it since the middle 1940's. I don't know where the 72 come from, but it will be my lucky number from now...
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    Replacement Fuel Tanks for a 1984 Angler

    My 1985 Angler has the original metal tanks. Each is 12 gals. and fit under the splash well. My two cockpit drains are in each corner of the transom. The tank's still look like new inside and out. Twenty years, not bad. (in sweet water only.) C-Otter
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    New owner jumping in with questions

    I have a 1985 Angler with a 90 HP Johnson two stoke. Criuse at 18 - 22 mph and get 2.2 mpg. Will hit over 30 mph, only done that once. A 75 HP should do fine, but a 50 is to small for big water. The design change was in 1987. C-Otter:
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    Cape Cruiser Boats

    I wonder if the Cape Cruiser factory is owned by the Chinese Gov't? Their great at knock off's. Any-one want to buy a Roll-Ex watch ? Ill sell you one cheap. C-Otter.
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    window shade help

    You can find it in West Marine Catalogs. I have used it on boats. Jack on C-Otter
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    C-Dory 25' Cruiser

    The C-Dory is a well built, simple, afordable little gem. Lets keep it that way. Jack on C-Otter
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    kickers and towing

    I have used the kicker bracket model 193328 in West Marine Cat. page 371 for four years. It was expensive, but a well built unit. I have it mounted on the port tramsom and leave the 9.8 on all the time. I just take it all the way up and turn the locking nuts. Mine is 1985 Angler. Never a...
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    problems starting a 9.8 hp nissan

    Be sure the vent on the tank is open. I have had my 9.8 for three years and many hours of trolling and never missed a beat and start's instantly. Jack on C-Otter
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    couple of outboard questions

    Would it help to back it into the berth? Jack on C-Otter
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    Balsa core problems

    Waterball. My 1985 has two thru-hulls, Port and Starboard in the corners of the transon. I have to install two plugs before launch. Only forgot once ,however it was still on the trailer. My son-in-law is in the wood flooring busness and I used his moisture-meter on the transon to find the...
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    Balsa core problems

    Waterball. I have an 1985 Angler which has some Balsacore in the transon. The water got in from the Two drain holes, I removed the brass thru-hulls and took about a coffee can of mush (basa-core) out of each hole. I than cut a larger round hole on the inside higher up and run a vacuum cleaner on...
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    Remembering who has the right-of-way

    How about Red on Red your DEAD! Jack on C-Otter
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    Listing ??

    Catdogcat. Move the kicker to the Portside along with the gascan. I have a 1987 Johnson 90HP with a 9.8 kicker on the Portside and the boat does not list when I'am alone. My boat is an Angler. Jack on C-Otter
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    c-dory verse sea sport

    Waterball: Can you describe how you are going to install your pedestal seat? I have a "85" Angler and a pedestal, which needs to set on a platform to be high enough and still let your feet touch the floor. I have to remove the table to have room. Jack on C-Otter.
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    Winter PUNs - Cabin fever setting in?

    A man, his wife and mother-in-law went on vacation to the Holy Land. While they were there the mother-in-law passed away. The undertaker told them, "You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here in the Holy Land for $150.00" The man thought about it and told him he would...
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    Fuel Delivery issues?

    Check that the vents on tank are open. Sounds like gas is not flowing from tank. Pulling a Vacuum in the hose. Sea Otter.
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    What Motors!

    I use a Nissen 9.8 two stroke with electric start and 20 inch shaft for trolling Lake Trout on Lake Superior. Very quite, 65 pounds, 1.3 gallons for 8 hours, $1,600 and will push my 1985 22 foot Angler at 5-6 mph in flat water for back-up. I have over 300 hr. on motor, runs like a clock. I...
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    new boat today

    Dusty. Say hello to your brother, I to was a Marine at the Frozen Chosin and spent 6 week's from the end of Oct. to Dec, 10th 1950. Never took my clothes off in all that time, never slept in a shelter or ate hot food unless you count C-Rations heated by the exhaust of a tank once and awhile...
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    Radio Antennae

    Go to the West Marine Catalog under Antenna and you will see pictures and lot's of information. Jack on Sea Otter
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    side view mirrors?

    I have sideview mirrors on my Angler and they are one of the best things on the boat. The blind spot on the port side easy to turn into someone. I took two RV mirrors, the kind with rubber straps that slip over the pickup mirrors and was able to screw them to the port and starboard windshield...
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