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After about 3500 miles, some of it cruising, some of it back and forth to our island in the St Lawrence, the Cosmic C (Honda 130) has averaged 2.6 mpg. I hear all these people talking about 3+ mpg, and I'd sure like to match this, but I don't know how. The max I've seen with a totally unloaded...

Many thanks, Bill! We always knew that upstate NY is on the margins of everything, but not that we don't exist. Patrick

Dave: Just tried that and still no stick pin. Patrick

How long does it take after putting one's zip code into one's profile before one shows up on the Brat Map? I put our home port zip code in our profile several weeks ago and the Cosmic C still has not shown up on the map, Patrick

Hi El and Bill: My wife and I are planning to do the Great Loop this year and next in the Cosmic C. We'll be leaving our summer home in the 1000 islands region of the St Lawrence about the end of the first week of August, and plan to cruise to somewhere like Fulton, MI before stopping for a...

If my attempt to insert a .pdf file in this message fails, you can look at the Comic C wiring diagram in the Cosmic C album. We use the refrigerator all the time and have never had any problems nor had to run the engine especially to recharge the house batteries. Patrick[/img]

Cosmic C wiring diagram

I appreciate all the responses, and it's nice to know that there are others out there who get the same mileage as I do. But I'm still disturbed that I (and they) are getting much worse mileage than other similar boats We have to be careful in all these discussions, however, to keep our units...

Well, I certainly need some help here! I'm reading figures of 3.5 MPG for the Honda 150, and Dusty's experience with the 130 says its range under optimum conditions is 2.9-3.2 MPG. With 3600 miles of cruising under the Cosmic C's belt, I'm averaging only 2.6 MPG with my Honda 130. I don't...

Those of you that use the Honda 2000 EU, where do you store it while cruising? I've been thinking about getting one, especially to have hot water available, but it seems to be a pretty good size and weight to haul around.

Spring 2003, twice in the East River off Manhattan. The first time they didn't board, just asked where from, where to, etc. The second time (same day, different CG boat) they did board and gave us the complete inspection. We had been worrying about the swing bridge being closed at the North...

I'm starting to think about taking the Cosmic C around the Great Loop next year, and would probably want to take along a pair of folding bicycles and maybe some other stuff that would be difficult to store on the boat. I thought that perhaps one of those aerodynamic solid lockable rooftop...

Many thanks for your responses Minnow and El and Bill. Minnow, I just got through reading a cruising guide which says that all cruisers should make the Hudson River to the Manasquam Inlet trip before September 10 because the weather deteriorates rapidly thereafter. Says that this date is not...

This fall we are planning to take the Cosmic C, which is normally docked in Blind Bay on the St Lawrence Rriver, back south to the Chesapeake for the winter. We brought it north in the spring of 2003 via the Hudson river, the Erie and Oswego canals, and Lake Ontario. This time we are going...

In the spring of 2003 we took our 25CD from Baltimore, MD to the St Lawrence River. We totalled about 750 miles, and averaged 2.9 mpg. This included a lot of locks, and the overall mpg includes all the waiting both in and outside the locks with the engine running. I thought this was pretty good!

Hi Tyboo Mike: Just noticed that we are registered twice, once under the username Pat and once under the username Cosmic C. You'll have to forgive an old codgers bad memory - I really can't remember registering as Cosmic C, but I guess I must have when the site first started. Anyway, would...

On the Erie at Brewerton, NY

A beautiful sunrise. The sunsets are gorgeous too!

Home on the St. Lawrence

Our two homes away from home.