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Congratulations Glen, You are in small boat heaven for sure. We had a CD22 on N. Pender Island, before we had to let her go. These waters are awesome. The new owners took NoddyBleu up to Nanaimo. We imported our boat from the US (after a couple of years and a long trail from Wefings'.) It is...

Da Nag, Please add us to the Canuck part of the BratMap. I apologize for it, but unlike some of the other Canucks I'm sorry I have nothing to be sorry for. Rod

I'm with you C-ness. After the stress of university teaching and research, there is little that I find more relaxing than just to go aboard (even on the trailer, even in the yard. :smile ) For me, it is something about the simplicity of a C-Dory, and the water. I enjoyed nothing more than...

Not exactly on topic, but some O/Bs' tell-tale streams produce significantly warmed water - useful in some circumstances. My older 4hp Merc used to put out warm water: collect some for washing (in freshwater) or into a bag/cooler/hotwater-bottle :idea for heat source (in seawater.) A newer 4...

Hi Matt, Force 5 is a great choice for your boys, much more hotdog than a Laser, if they are big enough to hold her down. In my early 30s, in the early 1970s, I bought one from a man who was simply too small for the boat. If I recall correctly, the bailer was a lift up kind of flap that sucked...

On NoddyBleu, I kept one bow line and one stern line on each side. I tied the ends on each side together (double weavers' knot I think; even if it drags in the water it ain't coming undone, but it is easy to tie/untie.) Lines won't reach the prop, and just throw the excess into the cockpit...

I agree with Roger, but when I ran out of wine I used a 6 inch bubble level. On the centre dash it lay flat pointed athwartships and was good for side-to-side trim. Pointed fore-and-aft, the dash slopes but I could still get a relative sense of how flat the planing was. p.s. on edit - We no...

2007 22 Cruiser (Pender Island, BC) NoddyBleu has been sold. Thanks to you who expressed interest. Keep looking -- they are damn fine little boats, and just right for tooling the Gulf Islands. She is staying pretty nearby. :) Rod

Larry H. and Byrdman, Both of you are talking about the Asymmetric Disk Effect on the props, which is different than prop-walk. Prop-walk is always there, although it makes itself most known at low speeds. ASD (pilots call it P-factor) is a function of the angle at which water flow intersects...

Hi Sue'C, Two questions: a) are your engines truly parallel, or at least working in the same direction? ii) do you have engine trim gauges, and do the engines really trim identically? 3) which engine steers best/easiest when you run only one at a time? These might contribute their share of your...

I haven't done it, but one of the things on my bucket list is to trip Barkley Sound, but my preference (time, ease?, etc) would be to trailer to Port Alberni (not too far from Naniamo), launch there and go up Alberni Inlet to Barkley Sound. The Inlet is quite lovely, and maybe 20 miles long...

Hi Marco, I know you are not in Baja! Can you get an opaque bowl? Or wrap it with aluminum foil? My filter is in the splashwell; the cover is metal, but it is not a big deal to crack the bottom plug and drain a little into a can to see if there is water in the gas. I think algal/fungal...

Several years ago my O/B guru told me that a major source of salt buildup was from tipping the motor up as soon as you stopped it. This trapped water at specific points within the cooling jacket while the engine was still warm, and these sites were where salt accumulation occurred. That was...

Hi bmc, (Newer?) Hondas (mine is 2007 EFI 90 hp) have a hose outside of the housing (starboard side, as I recall) with a garden hose-compatible screw-coupled link in the middle. Open the link and the FEmale side will accept the male fitting of a garden hose. Screw in the hose and turn on the...

I wonder if this backwards clearing stuff has anything to do with the side-mount flush hoses on Hondas (and, I think, Yammis?) Apparently, part of the reason not to run the engine when you flush that way is that the water stream is going through the impeller backwards. I got this from an OB...

And another thing: sometimes, before the "wave" hits, the sea may draw back the waters from shore. This is bad, because people can go down to see what's up, :shock: gather sealife, etc., especially if the tidal zone is really flat, because the distances can be great. Then the flip-side comes...

Today was very calm here, flat water all around, so I went down to Thieves' Bay about 1430 PST. Tied to the floating dock, my depth sounder stayed at 4.8-4.9 metres until I left at 1600. Lots of CG chat from Canadian and US waters on the standard warnings, but not much else. I think the crest...

Didn't see a boat, but driving through Duncan BC (on Vancouver Island's eastern side, pretty near the water) a while back, I saw a big pickup with the BC vanity plate "C-Dory". Couldn't manage to come alongside to give him the secret C-Brat hand signal. But who knows, he might have been just...

Hi Brats, I have listed NoddyBleu in CDs for sale forum. Rod

2007 C-Dory 22 Cruiser -- $45000 2007 Road King dual-axle aluminum trailer with extra hub & wheel; 4-wheel disc brakes; float-on guides 2007 Honda EFI 90 hp outboard (120 hours) with SportFin 300SE in no-drill mount. Photos and video of this boat being tested at the Miami Boat Show by...