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Agree, great choice. Trailer boat #12 was a 9K Regal on a Sport Trail trailer. As good as Float On. You always get heavier with cruising. That said, trailer with min gas and water, it all adds to your stopping distance. Safe Travels, John

Hi Friends, We just made marina reservations at Hontoon Landing Resort, which is 2 blocks west of the Hontoon State Park Ferry pickup point, for $35 per night + $5 shore power. It’s a clean and well run family river resort/marina with fair prices. (However, we are paying $33.80 per night here...

Hi Larkin, We like the Manson Supreme 25# which self launches off the TC255 with 120 feet of HT grade 43 (Bob meant HT 43) ¼ US made galvanized chain then 200 ft of 8 plait ½ Lewmar line. That much chain prevents any sawing of rope on some bottom sharp cement block or rebar etc during the...

Hi friends, Yesterday we breezed through the Franklin lock on our OWW cruise, our 226th lock in this boat. Like 99% it was ‘Cat O’ Mine secure, lifejackets on, engines and radar off, standing by on 13 for exiting permission.’ We learned from our Infamous Joe Wheeler Locking Incident of 2018...

Hi Don, In our experience, both mosquitoes and no-see-ums are lazy fliers and deterred by any steady breeze over 3-5 MPH. As Steve notes, we’ve used a Wall of Fans (three 12” Fan-Tastic 12v super efficient fans mainly used by RV’ers that Bob discovered. I can’t find them anymore; the company...

For those newcomers to Florida: The Florida Interstates and toll (Turnpike) roads offer free Road Ranger roadside assistance for motorists. Call *FHP (*347) on your cell phone to summon one. They have trucks with a huge flashing <<<<MOVE OVER sign and more red pylons than you can carry...

Hi folks, We are on an Out and Back Adventure down the Okeechobee Waterway. Then we dock at the Pink Shell Resort and Marina for six weeks before the Hontoon Hoot on this link: https://findpenguins.com/ancient-isles/ ... ll-hontoon If you request to ‘Follow’ you’ll get an email...

Before we left the Elliot’s place Jan 16 2025, Ken armed me with printouts of the correspondence and policy changes regarding this issue at the OWW. The lockmaster was sullen, slow, and took an hour to turn around the lock. We had no comment from the lockmaster when I positioned the cockpit by...

Colby, Congrats on Roseanne’s retirement! The very best marina deal for a C-Dory is the Pink Shell 5 star resort in Ft. Myers Beach. We’ll be heading down there on Thursday Jan 10 and stay until the Hontoon Hoot. It was wiped out in Ian (Sept 2022) and re- opened in 2024. The discounted...

Randy, We just replaced 2010 Yamaha F150’s with new ones with digital throttle and shift as well as integrated electric steering. The replacement CR engine was about $1,300 more than the other. 90 HP should be much less. Prorated over 10-20 years of ownership, $70-$130/year is a small...

Yesterday we pressure-washed the exterior, including the brown stains above the waterline that we collected on the Down The Tenn-Tom cruise in Oct-Nov. Today it’s 76 degrees and sunny, and 90 degrees in the boat even with a full open door and all windows. We grew some moldy hairs on the mouse...

We seem to favor doing one-way segments more than most. All our 5,300 Loop segment miles since 2017 have been one-way except for the Triangle Loop into Canada, so we’ve done a lot of empty-trailer rig shuttling. The 2,000 pound trailer alone tows smooth as silk for 1,000 or 100 miles. The...

Don, Don’t worry, you’ll be able to eat EXACTLY as you do at home. These Dorm Room fridges (with small freezers) can hold more than you’d think. When ours died we replaced it with a Norcold 751, which is 2.7 vs the avg 1.7 CF (had to sawz-all out a larger opening for it)...

Don, You’re not likely to find a new legit Honda 2200 for under $1100. https://www.ohiopowertool.com/honda-pow ... -companion I believe, based on Mark Elwell’s experience with a Companion model, that one has a 30A shore power compatible plug (no adaptor required) and that unlike the 2000...

Don, While boat shopping, I’d advise not letting autopilot (or radar) be a dealbreaker. Either can be added later (with more current technology) should you decide it’s important to your cruising style. Either can be several thousand dollars (new with installation) and the market will allow...

Hi Colby, It works because the autopilot is Yamaha, the rigging is all digital lines, the steering is Yamaha electric, and if you go with the joystick control, it too is all Yamaha. The table at the bottom lists the option packages with the Helmaster EX helm, which looks like a lit up Star...

Cat O’ Mine Repower We decided to replace our 2010/2011 Yamaha F150 outboards with new F150’s with Digital Throttle and Shift and Integral electric steering. We’ve never had more reliable, bullet proof engines (now at 15 years) on 13 trailer boats over 40 years. Our calculus is that we hope...

That should work as long as using Android v8 or later per Aquamaps Marine website...I’m sure any new device is. We upgraded to a S9/168G while Verizon was having a sale with a SD card slot; the maps are stored there. AM has a routing option, but we haven't used it. Having a Mobile Hotspot...

Tom, That is amazing! I’ve been following your posts. Don, The Victron 702 gives V with an additional battery and I thought it was worth the small additional cost over the 700 model. It also has ‘programmable visual and audible alarms’ as well as ‘Remaining time at current rate of Discharge’...

We bought the Wallas 802 (cooktop + heater) from the former Noro Lim for $200 when it was purchased by another Florida boater for us potentially cruising in the PNW. After a 2 week cruise from Ketchikan to Bellingham on the David B we learned a lot from Capt Jeffrey with only 2 other passengers...