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Agreed, there are significant advantages to 48 VDC. Problem is, I already have much of my system at 24 VDC, including my beloved Minn Kota bow mount 80 lb motor, and my Renogy DC/DC charger that combines solar with the alternator and also charges the starting motor with solar. I'm going to think...

The tarp above should be fine. I use a Kotep 15 x 25 8 mil tarp for our CD22. You need the 24 ft length to cover the bow all the way back over the motor, and the 15 ft width attaches to the frame with bungies over the cabin, and I put blocks to hold it on the ground past toward the back...

So, I'm narrowing it down. I want to cruise electrically at about 5 statute mph for hours per day, and hopefully recharge partially with solar (600 watts), alternator (30 amps = 360 watts) or generator (Honda 2200). Occasionally 110 volt charger at dock. Tom has two EPropulsion Navy 3.0, which...

Not quite. I was getting 4.3 statute mph with the Torqeedo only, not 4.5, and this with lightly loaded and no wind/tide. The batteries I have are 915 watt hours, so 50 minutes each at 1100 watts (full throttle). Two batteries would be 50+50 = 100 minutes or a little less than two hours. A clear...

Furthering this discussion, I'd like some experiences (preferably) and opinions on options for non-exclusive electric propulsion of my CD22. I purchased a Torqeedo 1103 outboard mainly for use with my large Wenonah canoes (Minnesota II and Seneca) for wilderness trips. It's perfect for this. The...

Folks; I plan to set up my EU2200 as mentioned above before my next long trip. I have a solution to any "priming" problem one might encounter that also solves the problem of draining fuel tanks between storage or to move fuel to another place. Earlier, I set up my tanks with Attwood connectors...

A rare sighting of a CD22 Angler headed for Anderson Island...Jeff on Ody-C "Odyssey" getting on the ferry to do a little fishing for pinks.

This was brought up during a class with USPS. The stern staff is most common, also historic and proper for a motorized boat, but you probably don't want to keep the flag there when fishing, as a big King salmon can move you all over the cockpit. I've never fished on a boat that displayed one...

I have 3 Iceco fridge/freezers...all 74 qt. The first I bought in 2020, and two additional in 2021. Two are regular with one zone (lowest setting -6 F), and one is divided into two zones, each can be set separately. I use them in my C-Dory to hold food and fish, in my camper when I hunt deer...

This is my experience too. I have 3 Chinese diesel heaters labeled 2 to 8 Kw. They all produce about the same amount of heat at high, but even then, it is a lot of heat, and I use them for my camper and yurt where I can put them outside and direct the heat inside. I don't trust them in a boat. I...

2003, the same year our CD22 was "born". Thank you and everyone else that contributed to this site over the years. It has been a godsend for specific and general information about CDs, life, and living with them.

Though it varies, your body will produce about 100 watts of heat sleeping, or about 800 watt-hours through the night. Add a partner, and you have twice that, or more energy than a 100 amp 12 volt battery LiFePO4 battery will provide in that same time, and you don't need to recharge the heater...

I have two steps I go through when I take my CD22 out of the water, for a few weeks or for the season. I have detachable fittings to the Honda 100 which can supply fuel from the main tanks, each about 24 gallons, the middle portable tank, 12 gallons, or the long trip tanks, an extra 38 gallons...

Canoeing and kayaking the Delaware was always a favorite...particularly Skinner's Falls in a kayak, usually several times each trip. Two years ago, I ended an Appalachian Trail hike of MD and PA at the Delaware Water Gap, a favorite hiking area, and stunningly beautiful. What a special area you...

You're only as old as you act...case in point, the 70+yo "Robert" that just set a new single-person record for the Great Loop in a 16-ft tiller-steered jonboat! What a trip he detailed, with his waypoints detailing some conditions including his speed at that instant and where he stopped. He...

I first fished Yellowstone Lake with my father in 1964 as a 7-year-old, and returned several times, including with my young son and daughter, nearly always readily catching cutthroat trout either trolling spinners with spinning rods or streamers with a fly rod from a motorized canoe (sometimes a...

A good option if you can carry it. I've used electric fences (with varied success) to keep bears away from sampling and monitoring equipment in my work. If a bear wants to tear things up, they generally do, and boy can they be thorough. I've worked in the arctic, and prevailed so far, but not in...

Here is an easy, inexpensive (relatively) and water resistant way to put a switch in the system without having to run additional wiring to your fuse panel. These inline switch/circuit breakers come in a variety of amps. Make sure and test them before you install. IME, they work well, but an...

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I'm sorry I am being too critical of this guy. My boating experiences include being hit on the port side by a pontoon boat (I was in a canoe), on Park Lake, WA. Passengers screamed and he did manage to slow down. There was no damage to the plastic canoe. Just two days ago, a boat tried to cross...