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Here's what I did so I could operate the windlass through the hatch from the V-berth or out on the deck. Having watched a cellphone slip out of my pocket and make a slow walk across the deck and into the drink, I decided against a wireless switch. :roll: I also liked not having to worry...

Agree 100%.

Ditto. Night time and fog are the two times when radar mattered most to me. If I had to run in either condition, I was likely to be going very slowly.

I assume you have tried the on-site Google Custom Search feature in the box at the upper left of the page? Except for some ads that will appear at the top of your search results, that box will confine your search to the C-Brats site. You can refine your searches there by using standard Boolean...

The original twin Yamaha 50's on my 23 would push the boat to around 30 mph at WOT. Most efficient cruise was around 4200-4400 RPM which produced a speed of about 22-24 MPH. When I repowered with twin 70's, WOT speed increased to around 35 MPH. Best cruise remained about the same, but...

Well, that advice was given almost ten years ago, so who knows what any of us were talking about in this thread back then. :lol: I for one am having enough trouble with whatever it was I said yesterday. I think the polishing suggestion was more of a diagnostic one than a cosmetic one, i.e...

Thanks for posting that. What an impressive rescue. Hats off to those coasties and their skill, bravery, and determination. I once put my survival suit on right about where this rescue occurred. I was coming south out of Ernest Sound in increasingly bad conditions. I thought about seeking...

From the Nerd Shack: http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=7355 Note: I think the internal link for "BBCode" in the Nerd Shack thread may be out of date. Try: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bbcodewebex/ for that add-on.

Here are some previous discussions: towers Towers II Towers III Of course, the most famous is: Seriously, read the threads. There are some very good cautions offered by some very knowledgeable people.

Marty, you're asking a guy with more solar lentigines than hair follicles. To be honest, I don't have a clue. I just thought it sounded kinda hip, or something. I'm just guessing, but I think it might be an acronym: Trifling Witless Erratic Electronic Transmissions.

Absolutely! But an extremely hard row to hoe. Both the U.S. Senate and the electoral college are anti-majoritarian institutions that were probably necessary for the unification of slave states, non-slave states, large states, small states, industrial states and agrarian states into one...

No argument here. As I said "When in power, each side seeks to create as MANY "safe" districts for their candidates as they can." Getting as many safe districts as you can necessitates cutting the margin as close as you safely can in each district. As you noted, part of the game is handing the...

I agree. Very good points. One big reason that primaries have become so polarizing for both parties is the gerrymandering of electoral districts. When in power, each side seeks to create as many "safe" districts for their candidates as they can. If you are running as a D candidate in a...

That was exhilarating! Thanks for posting.

From Doug at Scan Marine: ". . . Wallas builds two different lines of marine products, kerosene products and diesel products. All diesel products have a "D" in their name (as in "30D"). The kerosene line is comprised of products that are older in design, since Wallas started making kerosene...

You need to know which model of stove it is. Some are diesel. Some are kerosene. You do NOT want to put the wrong fuel in the stove. A quick search will show you some of the many threads here about this issue.

Oh, Man, ain't that the truth! Among other improvements apparently brought on by the latest update is this new "feature": I now have to hit the refresh button every time I visit the C-Brats site, otherwise the pages are incompletely formatted, making it difficult to follow text or distinguish...

My 23 also had two 30 gallon tanks. I purposely ran each of them dry. They each took about 27.5 gallons to fill. For long range planning purposes I always just assumed 55 gallons of usable fuel. The tank needle gauges are often problematic. Mine was unreliable, but my Yamaha fuel usage...

I had twin Yamaha F70's on my 23 Venture with Permatrims, and no tabs. Worked great. Can't comment on a single, but with twin engines and Permatrims I never found my self wishing I had tabs. I doubt that the 2 or 3 degrees more deadrise at the stern on the Venture obviates the desirability of...

Cape Cruiser made two models: the 23 Venture and the 26 Marinaut. Both were Toland designs. The molds for both of those went to C-Dory when Cape Cruiser was put out of business as the result of a lawsuit. The current C-Dory builder calls both models Venture. I don't know if it was part of...