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Hi all, This cavitation business is interesting stuff. On that five-bladed prop, most surface loss is on the leading edge, close to the hub. Does anyone know if that is the area of greatest compression? The tips are clear, but they would exhibit the greatest linear velocity. if velocity alone...

Hi Bill, Consider the possibility that the scars might be from different sources. Could the longer ones have been inflicted on the port prop by something you hit when that prop was going astern? Their symmetry is greatest from the leading edge of each vane if they spinning CCW. Perhaps if you...

I'm with Michael on Stormy. I hang a boat hook on each of the grab rails on the cabin back. If you adjust the telescoping handle so it just scrapes the cockpit floor, it won't swing around in rough water. Inserting the hook from the outboard side of the grab rail makes it the most stable, and...

Thanks mrw90, Now I know what the threaded boss on a bottom cross-bar is for. The trap is nicely made, but I concluded that thing was just part of a recycled piece of metal used to make the frame. The really rusty spreader (turns out there are six, not four) is third farthest (or third...

Hi Brats, A question about crab pot design, but not related to catching abilities until you see them drop through the bottom as you hoist the pot. Several weeks ago, my brother gave me a pot that looked to be ss rod, with a ss wire "knitted" cover. I had the pot continuously wet for a week or...

Hi Doryman Warren, I thought, too, that your mystery boat looked a lot like a Maple Bay. They moved to Seattle at least several years ago. I had their URL that led there, but it seems gone now--turned over to that garbage site that someone mentioned. The site even listed a few used boats...

Hi Brats, Maybe it is me and my limited computer skills, or some Gremlin in the bowels of my PC, but has anyone been plagued by big, black bars that cover parts of pictures in the recent postings? When I try to view postings of albums, very often pix are partly masked by black lines (narrow to...

Hi Brats, I know that I can't say much because I have no pictures to show. However, I dearly love to look at the new and updated albums that show up every day. Scenery, fishing and travel albums need little more than a title, or where you are to be immediately captivating. However, boat mods...

Hi El and Bill, I don't think the RCMP has the man-power (generic term which also includes woman-power) to patrol the salt-chuck. They used to keep a boat at Thieves' Bay, but I heard that they moved it to Poets' Cove. I don't think it was used as a patrol vessel, because it seldom moved...

Amen, Doryman. Warren, my view is that too many boats, toilets or pizzas are never enough! Rod

El and Bill said: . Hi El and Bill, Did you stop by to speak with the C-Brat in the water? If not, he could have been me. I popped into Shingle Bay on North Pender Island on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, and nosed ashore to rub clean my fish-finder transponder. (Shingle Bay looks NW...

Hi Milehog and rcwass, I don't know if it could be an option, but our 22 cruiser has a false deck in the cockpit, so that it really does drain back to the stern bilge sump. The cabin floor is truly the hull interior, so you can see the contrast in structure, curvature and floor height between...

Hi Castaway, Welcome to C-Doryness. A lot of Brats have spoken about 3-foot-itis and other ailments. From the point of view of sailboats in these size ranges (say 16-25 feet,) I think that an increase of three feet will give you about twice the boat. I think the same holds true for the...

Jim, Just a wild thought: can the wheel be installed on the shaft backwards? That is, flip it over, creating a "negative" dish. The hydraulic fluid well holds things out a ways from the dashboard surface--is there any finger clearance left? Rod

Hi Brats, About that jatcomarine Docking Fork: An old and slightly broken one came with my ComPac 19 sloop when I bought her. I've no idea how old it is, but the boat is 26 years, so it probably is newer than that. The ends of the fork have plastic clippy things (sun-scorched) that kind of...

Hi Patti & Barry and George, Thanks guys, I know that I am not alone here, but feelings of total incompetence, even when I am sure that I am executing the proper "back-and-fill" motor work, don't sit well. George, I ahve practiced in open water, trying mightily to turn in my own length and I...

Hi Brats, I need some advice or comment on my low speed handling problems! Coming up to start docking manoeuvers needs a right turn into the aisle and then an immediate left turn into my slip, bringing the finger pier onto my port side. As I take that right, I have to be concerned about a big...

Hi Brats, Thanks to all for your advice. The battery was fully charged, but cut off. I bet the noise from the CO detector was low voltage, and that my solar charger was running a low voltage. It might be the cigar lighter approach, because I have used the same one with direct clips to the...

Hi Brats, Finally back to BC and getting ready for the water. An electrical question: with a small solar panel plugged into the cigar lighter, does my main battery switch need to be on to get charging? The CO detector beeps every minute or so, with the main switch off. Is that because it is...

To piggy-back on this topic: for Larry K on Odyssey, can you elaborate on making that fantastic flooring you added to your boat? Are the black lines merely the result of stripping the veneer surface to reveal the inner plastic? How about the light strips that make it look like holly inserts...