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Definitely go with a horizontal windlass as the area that stores your anchor rode is not very deep. A lewmar 700 is what you will find on most C-Dory 22s and 25s. The pro fish is nice but the basic one works well also.

Showers are open at Hontoon Island State Park. Channel 72 will be the C-Dory channel. Everyone be prepared to help others with the slips. They are mostly short but work well for C-Dorys. Tom

Showers are open at Hontoon Island State Park. Channel 72 will be the C-Dory channel. Everyone be prepared to help others with the slips. They are mostly short but work well for C-Dorys. Tom

We have a fair number of new C-Brats who will be at the gathering that have not anchored a lot. So I’ve decided to talk Wednesday about anchoring basics. I always love to spend the night on the “hook”. It’s always cool to wake up to manatees snorting next to the C-Otter. Looking back at my...

Just a reminder that the camp store is not open. Please be sure to provision your boat before hand. Temperatures can vary from about 30 degrees to 90 degrees in March so bring layers for comfort. Rain gear can also come in handy. If you have name tags be sure to bring them. If you don’t have...

I love the C-Brats motto. No rules……just be nice. Looking forward to seeing all my nice C-Brat friends at Hontoon. A couple of updates… For those that are staying at Lake Beresford Yacht Club dogs are welcome on leashes. We have 3 boats planning to stay there so far and a couple launching...

Tentative schedule for Hontoon Tuesday morning arrivals….meet and greet. Signup for volunteer duty. Tuesday afternoon presentation by Grant Wilson about lithium batteries. You will not want to miss this. Wednesday 8:30 am bring items to the pavilion for the silent auction. Auction...

Joyce and I will be launching on Monday March 3rd. at Ed. Stone park and proceeding to Hontoon Island. We ask everyone that launches there to park as far away from the ramp as possible. C-Dory channel is 72 please be on frequency when you arrive at the park. Most slips must be backed into so...

Report on Lake Beresrord Yacht Club. We stopped in at the Yacht Club yesterday and looked around. Beautiful clubhouse and dining room. We had dinner there with one of the members and the food and service was great 👍. The private ramp had a floating dock and should work well for C-Dorys. Most of...

News about Hontoon. First……starting tomorrow the park will be open from 8am to 6 pm every day of the week. The ferry will be running during those hours. Second…..the staff at the park is getting the water back on the dock closest to the ferry. The other dock has power and water. That can be...

Attention All It looks like we have another option for slips at near by Lake Beresford Yacht Club. They have 18 slips available at $30.00 per night with power, water, showers and other amenities. They will also offer truck and trailer parking for $10.00 a night. A boat ramp is located at the...

Four weeks to go for the Hontoon Gathering! I’m working on the schedule of events and will post it next week. Thanks for all that signed up on C-Brats. It gives us a good idea of what supplies we need to purchase. Now I’m going to ask everyone to sign up on Jotform. This will give us contact...

Looks like we have a fair number of first timers coming to Hontoon this year. Fantastic! After the gathering I will be doing a 10 day cruise on the St. John’s and various connecting rivers. If anyone wishes to join us for all or part you are welcome. I don’t know the exact itinerary. It all...

Thanks John for the update on the St. Lucie Lock. You had Joyce and I laughing in stitches! Funny how the lock tender makes it sound like THEY fixed a problem that was actually of THEIR making. Ken did a great job rectifying the situation. Glad to hear that you had no major problems locking...

Thanks Colby for posting those photos for me of Ed Stone Park. I’ve just been talking to Grant Wilson and he has agreed to inform us about his lithium battery conversion and what he has for solar. Exciting stuff. His presentation will be on Tuesday afternoon March 4th so he sure to get to...

Stoped over at Hontoon Island State Park this morning and talked with Adam the park specialist. At this time the ferry is only running on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 4 pm. By March they plan on running the ferry 7 days a week. All looks good for the gathering as far as daytime...

Grant Looking forward to seeing you at Hontoon. I’ll send you a PM with my phone number so we can discuss a time for you to discuss lithium conversion. Most everyone will boat camp a few will seek a nearby marina. Tom

Hi Mark Looking forward to getting together again. According to the park Ranger I talked to last week the water was working on both docks. It’s sad that they have not been able to get the park back to full service in over three years now. It sounds like the new manager is working diligently...

Hi Tad and Toby. Glad you’re going to join us at Hontoon Island. You’ll have to fill us in on the new tank. Our plans changed about the ICW and we joined James and Betty on the Molly Brown on the suwanee River for about a week. Great time as they were just finished the last 400 miles of their...

For anyone who needs a marina these are the marinas in order of closeness to the park. Hontoon Landing Resort Marina. 883-372-3966 Www.hontoon.com Holly Bluff Marina. 386-8222-992 Www.hollybluff.com St.Johns Marina. 352-589-8370 Www.stjohnsmarinaresort.com As Bob pointed out there are great...