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Don, The ‘Starting’ batteries referred to in the looper forum are required for some diesel and large (45ft) gassers. You’ll find a ‘Dual Purpose’ battery that can provide the specs required by your outboard engine maker. Then, that same battery can help power all your overnight needs while...

Hi Don, Since it will be your first overnight pocket yacht cruising boat, it’s hard to impossible to know what you and your wife and dog (I’m under the impression you plan to boat with a dog from some other post somewhere) will end up enjoying (and not enjoying so much) until you actually try...

Our style is different from some (as it should be). We value trailering down to a South Florida 5 star marina resort for six weeks during the dead of winter (when Pensacola highs avg 60), while Colby prefers to sit over winter in the frozen North. 31 flavors of cruising! This year with our...

Agree, use a local convenient dealer whenever possible. This is our 13th trailer boat in 40 years of marriage, and we’ve never had engines as reliable as the twin Yamaha F150s. We’re going to repower with F150XSA with digital throttle and shift and electric steering (no more Sea Star leaking...

Some of my (our) thoughts and considerations regarding PFD’s and C-Dorys. For higher risk cruising, such as across the Gulf, exposed outside off the Everglades, the Great Lakes and the larger sounds, it makes a lot of sense to carry Type I Offshore PFD’s. SOLAS (Saftey of Life At Sea) is an...

I contend the difference is trivial...around 3 MPG for a CD 22 with 90-100 HP vs around 2 MPG for a big TC255 with 300-350 HP. We all agree on that. The average US boat is used only 75-150 HOURS PER YEAR, and not all of that would be at cruising speeds. Do the math. The $200,000 CD 26 for...

Stephan, It so happens that getting in our two hour walks six days a week is a priority in our cruising lifestyle. We want a marina shower with unlimited hot water, or else you could smell us all the way over on ‘A’ Dock. That six gallon heater won’t work unless you’re plugged into shore power...

Hi Stephan, We removed it years ago by taking off the cabinet door and sold it at a yard sale. We don’t have a ‘drawer’ above it. I plugged the labeled hoses with a bolt and clamp in the bilge (access panel in the cabinet under the sink). If anyone wants to replace it, the plumbing and...

Hi Clay, There are two four ft long insulated fish boxes with maerator pumps. Live well is not listed as a std or option. I saw a picture of one under the transom seat but then where to put three big G31 batteries? Rain water prefers to drain into the fish boxes vs out the aft suppers, so we...

Hi Clay, There are two four ft long insulated fish boxes with maerator pumps. Live well is not listed as a std or option. I saw a picture of one under the transom seat but then where to put three big G31 batteries? Rain water prefers to drain into the fish boxes vs out the aft suppers, so we...

Hi Don, The Full Circle crew just completed the Loop on the CD26 Full Circle, which includes a top line (($4000?) rooftop sleeper. See the pics here: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=32417 We had a local canvas shop attach a 9 panel Phifertex screen to our bimini which gives great...

Oops, trip is now Public. Private is their default. John