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Twin Honda 150's w/ 185 hours. (PermaTrims installed) Tall Radar Arch with 5 Rod Holders (4 Rod Holders on Cockpit Rail) Dual Axle Galvanized Trailer w/ Electric over Hydraulic Brakes (set for Ford) Full Honda Gauge Package Dual Helm Electric/Hydraulic Controls (Cockpit Helm) Dual RayMarine E80...

I agree with Roger about learning to go with the flow. I, too, have had almost 4 years now of reliable use with the Wallas. I think those of us who are having fun and enjoying most of the systems working don't take the time to post often. As for cooking, my favorite thing is the Cobb Grill...

Brenton, I always put some RV or Marine antifreeze in the bilge and around the bilge pump. Even if you get it dry now, water could drip in or such and those little plastic bilge pump impellers/housings are very fragile when it comes to ice. If you have any type of water tank/pump, sink, etc...

While I acknowledge there may be some financial strains involved as just mentioned, I want to toss in some thoughts about maybe 'taming the monster', or avoiding emergency, adrenalin producing situations in handling. 1 - A constant battle in the handling of small boats is the tendency of the...

I concur with the Kean Heat and started engine for first fire ups of the Wallas. Additionally, I start it at maximum thermostat setting and stop it at maximum thermostat setting as has been suggested in some old posts. I keep the boat operating all year 'round here in the Midwest (KS, OK) and...

Dr. Bob, 'Great to hear you are back on the mend!!! I hope you will soon be able to do whatever you want. We've all certainly benefited from your involvement over the years here on the C-Brats. Thanks for letting us know how things are going, John

Charlie, They put my fuel filters out on the aft side of the transom, over the swim platform. Initially this looked odd to me and I was unhappy about that arrangement, but after several years of easy access to the fuel filters and with no possibility of fumes getting into the bilge while...

Charlie, My hatches are the same as Roger's - big. BUT please note that even those big transom hatches do not allow adequate room to mess with the bilge and macerator pumps on my my boat. There are several batteries and a floor to hold them behind the larger hatches. I am thinking about...

Charlie, If you are listing the outermost flange dimensions, your current size would match my aft hatches. Just mentally picturing it, I don't see how one could get a 24 inch dimension out of the transom wall area, so you may have the largest available. I will be on the boat this weekend and...

Matt, Thanks for the info. Perhaps there are differing factors in differing locations. My info is from ppl in the business for over 70 years around the Grand Lake, OK area. Of course there are differing opinions everywhere, but here seems to be the summary for much of the 1450 mile coastline...

Charlie, I, too, like that idea of the hatch IN the box. I am wondering if a guy used one of those new vibrating saws, avoiding through cutting until the last, and having someone hold a vacuum up to the saw blade, could avoid most of the problem of debris in the bilge? John

Having spent hours of stress and pain trying to start various gas engine tools, gensets, chippers, and other neglected farm tools, I put 1 oz per 5 gallons of Sta-Bil in everything that takes gas except my main driver. I also put Heet in them all at one bottle per 20 gallons. With a 450...

Lots of great advice on here so far. I am just adding some experiences. For one, it is amazing how many abandoned wells and other structures are unlit, unmarked and often at or just below the water's surface. You for sure cannot just go parading around any bay, or waterway, much less the open...

Relating to the 50 psi gauge question... most likely the coolant water pressure and Honda's are notorious for having them shift the range, i.e., instead of going from 0 to 25 psi on the 150's, it will go from 20 to 45 psi. Check the needle position when your engine is off. If it is at 20-30...

I have only made prototypes and testing units so far. The hooks and counterweight are covered in a resilient material to avoid accidental damage to hulls, docks, etc, and the inner cores are now welded and assembled by me, so no marketing yet. I did have a company in Columbia, South America...

I think there are two schools of thought on this bitter end vs free end thing: Those of us who spent much time cruising from one port to another got the habit of keeping the forward lines attached and ran them back to the cockpit so you can just step off the boat onto the float with a forward...

From years of solo sailing, I have the habit of keeping four lines minimum looped into the centers of the most forward and most aft cleats. I pull the forward lines back and tie them to the aft cabin handrails and make a coil with the two or more aft lines which I pull thru the center over the...

Congrats Russ and Toni!!!! Looks like you got yourself a really well designed boat there. I saw the ad in the latest Passage Maker magazine about the enlarged cockpit, but could not figure out how they'd done that. Is it the R-25 design from the cabin door forward? I mean is the beam like the...

Mike, Much like the shower faucet box in the head with a flush cover, they make sunken faucet boxes for use on the outside of boats and camper trailers. I suppose a faucet with an extendable hose would work. Relating to air hoses for portable a/c units, I like the De Longhi with both...

Mike, There is a thread on a sofa conversion of the dinette in a 22 C-Dory here: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... ken+galley This would add a lot of seating and bedding to a TomCat also. Follow all the links and you'll see the double bed conversion of tfhe dinette to which I was...