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I had to replace a caliper assembly and I decided to replace all my brake tubing with a Tie Down Engineering flexible line kit. When it came to filling and bleeding the system, I couldn't get fluid to flow. I tried a few different vacuum techniques and a couple pressure systems. No luck...

I read a Practical Sailor test article a few years back, plus some other test reports that seemed from credible sources. The Tri-Lens was the best, by a good margin. The Davis sheet metal ball (three flat pieces) was pretty good. Every thing else seemed not worth the bother. Some of them really...

Thanks for the link. I'll save it. I was trying to show the picture to a friend at work. I didn't realize we had so many of those photos on the site. -edit- I didn't see the offer of the computer file before sending this at first. If it's easy to send the file, I'd like to have it...

I've been trying to find the photo from the magazine cover a few years back with the C-Dory 22 jumping a big wave. It was on a magazine cover, but I can't remember the name. I'm not guessing the right words for Google or the C-Brat site, or maybe the photo's not even online. Any hints? -Jeff

The marine signal is around 150 MHz and the cell signal is up in the GHz rage somewhere. They're so far apart it should be pretty easy to filter one from the other. The combination unit might have filtering built in, or maybe the fact that they're both at the center of their respective radiation...

I have a related issue with the anti-powerboat comments often made calling powerboats "stinkpots". I have a sailboat with a diesel engine and a C-Dory with a modern Honda V-TEC. Here in SoCal, we sailors do a LOT of motorsailing, which is motoring along with the sails up (for a more comfortable...

Jody (jkidd), I remember live bait is not legal there. I think we can use scented lures though, right? There's another thread going (http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=14348&highlight=) regarding that topic and I'd like to try it here on the ocean in SoCal, but maybe at Lake Powell, too. I...

I've always found fuel to be reasonable there. If you come into town from over the bridge by the dam and then head straight up the hill (89 South) instead of turning left into town you'll soon come to a Walmart super center on the right. Food, fishing license, etc. I like to go into town and...

Thanks jennykatz for the tip. I just ordered their flexible hose set (80326) through Northerntool.com for $60. I need to get the boat off the trailer for a couple days and rework one brake assembly a little (I hope) and then install the new hose set. I got a snazzy vacuum bleeding setup from...

Hi, Sorry I haven't checked in for a while. My next few weeks are working out OK for three or four day weekends, but not for entire weeks off I guess. I expect I'll miss the gathering at Two Harbors next week, unless it's to just drop by for a day or two. Thanks for thinking of me. I was out...

I don't have a fridge in my C-Dory, but I have a sailboat with a fridge that's probably about the same draw as you'd buy. It averages an amp (4 amps, but 25% time) here in the San Diego area. The sailboat's constrained to the ocean, so the ambient temperature is pretty moderate. 80 degrees is a...

Roger wrote: "OK- I penciled it on the calender to be at Bullfrog on the 20th of Sept. How many C-Dorys will be there? " I'm planning on meeting up with the group at Oak Canyon on the 25th, as posted earlier. Are you going a week early, Roger? Staying for two weeks? I thought the main plan...

I used a friend's Sailrite once and then bought one. They're great, including the instructions and support you get from that company. A clone could be OK, depending on how much you know or who you know for help in setup and learning. I've used a home machine with care and patience, but the...

Right near the middle of the lake, where the Escalante arm branches off (or maybe it was just south of there where the San Juan arm branches) I got great AT&T iPhone reception last year. I think it was the Escalante. I remember drifting for a while there two years ago near "Thataway" Bob and his...

Chris made a post back on page one of this thread and he said Sep 25 for the Oak Canyon rendevous. He said he'd be pulling out on Oct 1 or 2. I plan to more or less match his schedule. I like his idea of not setting another rendevous obligation also. Good to be flexible. People who've just...

One more data point: I was a very happy Verizon customer for years before the iPhone came out and after using a friend's iPhone for a little while I decided I had to switch, even with cancellation fees, etc. I was concerned at first about all the talk I'd heard about AT&T coverage, but happily...

Regarding the comment about a water year being about 20 feet off the top of the lake - consider this: If the lake had vertical sides, each foot of rise would mean the same amount of water added. Since the shoreline is largely (or mostly?) quite flat, each foot of rise takes a LOT more water...

If the stream is of fairly constant depth and width, so the water speed stays the same, that could work. If the depth or width varies such that the cross section isn't constant, then the velocity will vary and a measurement will be incorrect for use at other locations. Probably a reasonable...

I was reading the water predictions for San Diego this year and I thought to go look at the Lake Powell water data. Looks like 9 ft higher than last year at this time. Good news for the Castle Rock cutoff and our September cruise, eh? Some of the lake walls are vertical, which would mean each...

Like Chris, I got along fine with my standard sea level 13.5x15 prop, losing some top end speed, but no problem. Chris is a special case in a way because he runs a super tidy boat and he doesn't load it up with toys and junk like many of us. I like my toys, but Chris' Rana Verde would be a...