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I really appreciate all your thoughts and insight into what is considered a "need" for preparing my boat for retirement. Its an older 1988 angler but has a 2006 f90 with only 200 hours. The trailer is only 3 year old. I will go with the radar, cover for the back and AIS for my new...

I really enjoy reading this thread. At 60 I am planning retirement but still working for a bit. I am saving as much as I can but trying to balance that with trying to knock down some of those big expenses for the boat before I retire. Just bought a new chartplotter HDS9 Gen 3 for 2k at...

On our recent trip to Hawaii I was practicing my celestial navigation quite a bit. It's a fun hobby for me, but I wouldn't want my life to depend on it as did the sailors of old time. I have such respect for them! I admit I cheat a bit. Although I use an old-time sextant for measuring the...

Merry Christmas from White Rock BC! Lightly snowing. Love to stay and chat but have to catch a flight to Maui! Since my C Dory is under snow and ice I am going where people can still use their boat! David and Val

I almost lost my boat last summer when it was anchored out in a bay in front of the cabin. My Danforth let go as the tides turned. It did not reset with the changing direction of current. Lucky for me it got caught in the tall grass, but it wasn't anchored in the morning! Bought a new Mantus...

C-Dorys are more that just boats --they are becoming a way of life!

Thank you everyone for your input! This discussion has been very helpful. I will try these tricks you have suggested. Apparently it seems a fairly common issue for many of us! Its been a lesson in physics for me just trying to think this thing through!

Hi Everyone For quite a while I have been struggling getting my 22 angler to load straight on the trailer. The stern consistently loads over to the port side of the trailer about 1 inch. I have measured the two bunks that hold it and they are dead parallel to the frame of the trailer. As it...

Getting all these adjustments just right I found quite tricky. You right that lowering the bunks at the front will lower the bow eye. The other side of that equation is on my trailer to lower the front bunks you have to slide them down (closer to the center) of the "U" shaped cross-member Mine...

Just a random question re: hypothermia since I boat in cold water. I have an older Mustang flotation jacket that I seldom wear. I tend to throw my regular lifejacket over my winter jacket. Would my flotation jacket be better if I was in the water or would it make no difference? thanks

Thank you to each one of you for your insight into my trailer story., I will take seriously each one of your suggestions. As each of you has said, the water somehow got in there from dipping hot wheels into the water. bearings being too loose or too tight from the factory, and them being cheap...

I thought I was doing everything right. I bought a new trailer 2 years ago - just to be safe. I always power wash the trailer and hubs after coming back from the salt. I even used saltaway to help rinse brake area down. This year I took the trailer our for a tow just to make sure everything is...

wheel almost of

bearing buddy gone

2 year old hub with old grease

I don't know if this helpful to you or not but I did a similar thing for a cabin we use in the Gulf Islamds in BC. I also wanted to be able to remove it if necessary so I filled a bunch of milk crate plastic containers with concrete and bent a 2' piece of epoxy covered rebar (green in color from...

Seasons Greetings from White Rock BC! I love this website so much. Merry Christmas from David and Val (BTW - I got a new 13lb Mantus anchor. Can't wait to use it!)

Hi Joe If I had not have bought my 1988 angler a couple of years ago I would totally buy yours no questions asked Your wisdom and knowledge of the C Dory world has been one of my main sources of inspiration since I first became a member We have been learning to camp with our angler by making a...

I have brought 2 C Dorys into Canada Both boats were brought in by water. I tied up to the White Rock pier and phoned in. I declared what I had and they took the information of the boat asked for a payment of taxes. It was so easy The trailers were a different story altogether! One trailer I...

I am more familiar with crossing just south of Point Roberts as I am traveling to either Blaine or Crescent Beach. To me the general conditions of the strait are more important than the exact path you choose. I have also noticed early in the morning and late evening it tends to be smoother than...