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Spotted another one. We arrived home (Stuart) last night at 6 pm after an 11 hour run from Miami. Had to cut the trip to Islamorada short by a day or two due to Cynthia's new broken toe. (Not much fun exploring on land) .We passed and waved to "Wishbone" a nice looking CD22 with NC numbers...

Welcome Aboard. you will love this boat. I second Boris' recommendation for removable A/C. It allows you the ability to "custom equip" the boat for each trip and season. We have a built in marine A/C and have run our little electric heater off the Honda 2000 much more often that the A/C and I...

After 6 days of puddling around on the way we achieved nirvana last night. We got our shrimp salads at Loreli's in Islamorada (The justification for this trip). On the way down here we spent two nights anchored near Thelma Ann, a very nice looking CD 16 also bound from Stuart to the Keys. We...

Hello Sea Wings, We're planning to be in the Key Largo /Islamorada (anchoring out) for a couple of weeks in Feb. We'll be cruising down from home (Stuart) as we haven't gotten around to buying our trailer yet. I would love to know all the details of yours. (Weight capacity, brake details, brand...

Thanks for the tip, I'll put it on my anchor list. It looks like we have twin boats. We're in Stuart so you went by us on your great trip to Marathon. Good pics. We haven't got our trailer yet but I was interested in how you liked using the boat for a camper. That was part of thinking when we...

We're going to take a week or two long cruise down to Miami - Key Largo- Islamorada area in Feb. We plan to spend a night or 2 on a mooring at Pennekamp State Park and the purpose for the trip is to have a shrimp salad on the beach at sunset at Loreli's in Islamorada. Looking for the Green...

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Good luck Bob, my favorite wise saying is "Life is the series things that happen to us while we're busy making other plans". I go to Minnesota for a week or two, 2 or 3 times a year to relieve my sister ,with whom my 97 yr old father lives, for the same reason. That type of philosophy is what...

I am a retired yacht broker and have heard several nightmare stories about them, I wouldn't use a brokerage that didn't list my boat on Yachtworld. Just my .02 worth.

Survey Completed.

Thanks Roger, This is not a $10000 problem, it may not be a problem at all.

Sorry for the delay, we just got back from 5 day shakedown cruise down the coast. Now to the business. We get 5400 rpm tops and about 22 kts, (not mph) fuel meter said 10.3. My trim tab (1 side) is not working but I'm waiting to buy my trailer before dealing with it, so this whole issue may be...

I have a CD 25 with a Honda 135, with a 14 1/2 x 15 ss prop. My speed vs fuel consumption data does'nt compare to those published by Jim and others. Do I ha e the correct prop?

IF someone wanted to use a CD 25 like an Albin 25 or 27 as a 25' Trawler speed cruiser , how would you power it. What hp do you think it takes to cruise at 6-8 kts (displacement speeds) with a top speed of 10-12 or something but maximum economy at 6-8 kt cruise. I'm thinking it might be...

Thanks Bob, The links you sent were very helpful. I look at Hull Truth frequently but neglected to think of it in this case. Do you think I could get a couple of years good use out of the non-radials ? We used to use nothing else and somehow we got by. Also , I did ask about anti seize on all...

Thanks for catching my mental overlap. I've been looking at tow vehicles too long and the names are blurred in my mind. It is Kodiak brakes not Yukon. I've included the link to the builder below in case it would be helpful to another owner. http://www.seatechtrailers.com/

Decision, decisions, I am currently down to two choices with the same capacity. A nice used Magic Tilt with 4 wheel discs on a surge system that would have to be adjusted to the CD 25 for $2300, or a brandy spankin new Sea-Tech with 4wheel Yukon cadmium salt water disc with electric over...

Thank you. Bob, If I can settle on surge brakes being ok for my use then I would be interested in learning more about your WD hitch if it is the sliding type bars that are needed to work with surge brakes. Make and model and price etc.

Thanks guys, I am looking at the Float On as well as others. I have a Ford Expedition with heavy duty towing package. It's rated for 8950 lbs with weight distributing hitch. Dr. Bob, I keep getting told that I shouldn't get surge brakes and I understand some of the obvious disadvantages but I'm...