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I'm needing some input here to help me make a decision. My 22 is powered by a Johnson 70, 4 stroke. For a kicker, I'm thinking of putting on a Nissan (or similar) 4/5/6 HP 4 stroke. Will the 4 or 5 HP push my 22 home in case I need it? Considering I might have to run uphill against a 3 knot...

Hi Dan, I have a '98 22 Cruiser with the factory installed seating configuration you're thinking about. I believe there were very few built. It's a very basic design; Two seats facing forward, and directly aft of each seat is a bench seat. Under each forward facing seat is an enclosed...

Hello Mark on NOT FOR HIRE When do you plan on making it into Dubuque? Although we have vacation plans coming up, if we're around when you come floating in I'll stop by and say hello. It's always fun to meet CDory folk. And the museum and aquarium are a must-see when you're here. Although...

I've read through all of the battery related threads (I think), plus a tutorial I found in one of the threads, but I'm still needing some thoughts from some of you folks who appear to be very knowledgable about batteries. I have a 24 DP-4 Dual Purpose marine battery, built by Exide. I bought...

I'm curious (and puzzled): Friday, October 21, while zipping along traveling East on Interstate 80 in Nebraska, I met a semi-load of three C Dorys traveling West. I think there were two 22s and one 16, all trimmed in green and appeared to be brand spanking new. It was fun to see, but I'm...

I envy you with all of the exciting boating opportunities up there in the NWest. I wish that thinking of places to go with the boat this weekend was a problem for us. Even though we're having a heat wave right now (30 F) here in SW Wisc., one can walk across the frozen Mighty Miss. and the door...

I too am not interested in another email address, but would really like to contribute my $$ to keep this site afloat. You guys are doing one heck of a great job, and it's unfair if you'd have to shoulder the financial burden as well. I like Roger's (SeaDNA) idea. Offer us some stuff with the C...

I'm curious; Is Martha's Vineyard still the chart of choice for the navigation course? Having taken those courses years past, it's amazing how many times of charted courses around Martha's Vineyard without ever having set eyes in the area. It was fun. Paul aboard the Joni Lynn

Hi Chuck, Curious to know where you grew up in that area. I still have relatives living in the Yankton and Platte area, and I get out there every now and then. We (my wife and I) canoe-camped down the Mo. River from Chamberlain to Springfield in '84. In the 60's/early 70s, I lived in the...

Chuck, Yup, you're right. It was the Ft. Randall that flooded him out. I was thinking about Yankton/Gavins Point only because I get up in that area periodically and Gavins Point just kinda came to my mind when writing now. Thanks for the correction. Paul

Checking out the great catfish pictures brings to mind a fun story I have to share with you folks. My grandfather homesteaded and ranched along the Missouri River in South Dakota for all of his adult life. Most of the firewood he used for cooking and winter heat was obtained by snagging...

Hi All, Thanks everyone for the input/responses. I'll have to noodle this one out a bit before I make any changes. We're boating, generally, in relatively protected waters; however, as is most often the case, when an engine decides to quit, it's seldom in the friendliest of waters and never...

Hi Rick from Maine, Don't intend to change the direction of this thread, but I'm curious to know how your 5 HP outboard pushes your 22 around. I'm seriously thinking of trading my 9.9 HP kicker and 1.2 HP dinghy outboard for something like a 5 HP to serve as both dinghy and kicker, but...

Bill and Mike I too would like to express my appreciation for the fine job you folks are doing in maintaining this site. During these long winter months in Wisconsin when the Joni Lynn is stashed away in a cold, funky old barn, we're needing things to keep our hearts warm and minds focused on...

We too are with BoatUS. Not having had a loss since the polilcy incepton 3 years ago, I have no idea how cooperative they are with paying claims. However, they were very personable and informative when I chatted with them on the phone when we first signed up. If memory serves me right, they...

Sorry, Ken, we Cheesheads get confused easily around here. It probably has a lot to do with seeing Green and Yellow all the time. Even our yellow cheese turns green periodically. Paul

Ken, Recognizing you're a John Deere man, you'd love it here. I'm in the middle of John Deere country. From the bluffs on the edge of our farm, I can look across the Miss. River and see the John Deere Dubuque, Iowa facility. And, moving down river 60 miles, John Deere has a big facilty in...

Thanks for the input, everyone. OK.......so what I'm gathering from you folks; If I end up with a 4X4 truck, V8, 5.3 L engine with tow rating around the 8000 lb range, and I don't go wild and crazy and take it easy, I should not have a problem towing my 22' CD Cruiser all around the good old US...

OK.....you folks have me all confused here; But of course, that doesn't take a whole bunch. I'm kinda shopping around for another tow vehicle, and I've been following this thread lately thinking that I could pick up some helpful information to assist in my making a wise decision on the size of...

Jerry, You're lucky you have a support group here. Hoping to make you feel better...I hope...think about us poor folk in the midwest that have a boat packed away in the barn but can't put it in the water until April/May. And in the interim, sitting at the helm with mittens, ear flaps, and a...