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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...

The Tip Jar is on the C-Brats home page. Left hand side, about half way down. (Often just below whatever ad is playing at the moment). Excellent reminder.

. . . Agree 100%. Call them.

Kathi, Exuse the initial picture-only response above. I had to jump and run suddenly as I was posting. Here's a little more info. The dinghy was an Alaska Series 220TDS tender with Grizzly Claw protection on the undersides of the tubes. The boat was 7'3" long, and weighed around 50 lbs...

Welcome to a great place! As you have no doubt begun to discover, you can find just about anything you need to know about boating in general, and C- Dories in particular, discussed (sometimes ad nauseum :lol: ) on this forum. I did not buy my first boat, a C-Dory 16, until I was nearing 60...

Yes, you certainly could put enough people or stuff in the cockpit to drive those drain ports below the water line, but that would only allow a little water to enter the splashwell. Until you put enough weight in the boat to drive the full height transom wall or the gunnels under :shock:, you...

I assume you know it's just the splashwell that is "self-bailing," not the cockpit. At any rate, water intrusion into the splashwell is certainly not a problem. Not enough water could accumulate in there to put the ports below the waterline. I worried about lots of things in more than 6,000...

Here's another view. The Venture has a full-height splashwell. The forward wall of the splashwell is the same height as the gunwales. The 22 C-Dory has a cut-out in the middle of the splashwell.

They would be like heaven. I had them on a 23 as replacements for the original Yamaha F50's. The 23 is heavier than the 22 to begin with, and I generally used the boat heavily laden for long range cruises, so it was marginal planning on one engine. That said, with the 70's I had a couple...

I agree completely with Jay, Bob, Harvey, and Roger on the usefulness of Permatrims. Ditto on the inefficiency of "in-between" speeds. With Permatrims on twins, I found no need for trim tabs. With a single, I would consider using both. One thing to check carefully is the mounting height of...

I really enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for sharing them. I've been over some of those same stretches, and it's just wonderful to see them again, even if through someone else's eyes.

Just tried. The site now says: ". . . all kits we are producing have been claimed." Apparently they are already out of the materials for volunteers to use?

TUGZILLA - Sam Devlin Boat - It is a working tug.

Winter on the lake is great, maybe my favorite time, but do not miss the spring dogwood bloom - especially along the western shore below Lucerne.