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I've gotten a lot of experience with thrusters in a short time since buying the WC 46. Bob is giving some good advice as usual. Our boat came with a Vetus bow thruster. Nothing wrong with it except it needs to be larger to move the boat around in the wind. Go with a size or two up from what...

I for one don't think that the C-Dory design will go away. I just think it is too attractive and utilitarian to fade away. I hope to buy one again someday from somebody. My present boat is built on a stretched 43 Tollycraft hull. The boat was last built in the mid 80's by Tolly. Tolly sold...

I posted our boat for sale last June on this site. I received several responses the day that I posted. Two people wanted it immediately. The folks that bought it flew in the next day from Vancouver Island with a full price cash offer and met me at the boat. They didn't post here, but were...

Sorry that I did such a poor job of communication. I typed it just before I had to leave this morning, and didn't give all of the facts. As Larry said, this isn't going on a 25 CD. It is going on our Westcoast 46 which has a flybridge upper helm and a lower helm with plenty of room to mount a...

Well, I guess I can be a guinea pig on this front. Tomorrow will begin the install of a complete PC based system on Bessie. Some of you may have seen Big Bay Technologies at the boat shows. I drank the koolaid and will have their displays and pcs loaded with Coastal Explorer software. The...

I should probably comment here, since the boat in question sounds like the former Bess-C which we owned for 6 years. We took the boat all over Vancouver Island and seldom needed more power. The pluses on this motor outweighed the minuses. It always performed well, we never had any problems...

This would be/has been a difficult decision for us. You can't go wrong either way. We love the Broughtons and could go back every year. We love the West Coast of Vancouver Island and really start to miss it if we don't get back at least once every other year. Ditto what Tom said about the...

I asked this question of Les Lampman at EQ when looking at the differences between the 22 and 25. My only previous experience with a power boat was a 5 hp Honda on my 16' drift boat. Les said "you learned to drive on whatever car your family had. If it was a Volkswagen you learned to drive a...

I think that's my old boat Bess-C that I sold to a couple from that area last June. Lyle

I am not a member of PSA, and I consider litigation a last resort for solving problems. So, this is not a defense of the organization or its tactics. I also have a small business, so I tend to side with the small businesses in this kind of dispute. However, Bob the Executive Director of...

Warren, I looked at a lot of boats over a 2-3 year period, looking for what you're describing. One interesting NW boat that I looked at long and hard was a Canoe Cove. They are no longer built, but they are tough well built boats. The 37' to 45' sedans have a large cockpit and twin diesels...

Warren, Sorry to hear about your mother's passing. She showed courage and she raised a good son. Lyle

At this point it is a 10' RIB vertical on the swimstep. I wanted a 11' Whaler because I thought it would make a passable fishing boat, but my davits wouldn't handle the weight. I would love to know how a C-Dory 16 would tow. Do you think someone would let me try at a C-Brats gathering? I...

I want to submit myself as a bad example of where this kind of thinking leads. If Tom isn't careful when he's my age he'll have a 62 Nordhavn with his 22 on davits for a fishing boat. Lyle

As previously stated, Koden is the radar that works with the system. One of the techs at the CE booth let slip that they're talking to Navico about the new broadband radar. Even if that happens, they would have to write the software to connect to it, so it would be a while. Lyle

Thanks for all of the input. I have a copy of CE coming. Even if I don't use it as my main system, I will use it as a backup on my laptop. The license allows for it being installed on 3 PC's. That means you can have it on a home computer, laptop and a dedicated boat system. If I use it for...

I'm looking at changing out the chart plotter and adding radar. I had myself convinced to go with Garmin 4212's and the Garmin 24" 4 kw dome until I went to the Seattle boat show. I saw the demo of Rose Point's Coastal Explorer software and Big Bay Technologies marinized PC based systems and...

Ruth & Joe, Congratulations, I thought you two looked happy and excited when I saw you at the boat show. Rangers are great boats and Jeff Messmer is one of the best guys and best salesmen that I've ever met. I definitely don't need another boat and I still wanted to look at the new 25 and 29...

We can't make the gathering tonight, but will be at the boat show today, and hope to see some of our old friends there. Lyle

Hi Ken, We really like Deer Harbor on Orcas. Just up the road from the marina is Deer Harbor Inn. We've had friends stay there and they really liked it. It also has a good restaurant, but I'm not sure if it's open all year. It's a nice place, but a little far from town. It will probably be...