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Gee, El & Bill, you had me hooked right up to the end, until you said you pay Fidelity to manage your money. Your concept of life after retirement, your views on growth, and risk are right in line with what Bob Brinker of MoneyTalk (ABC radio) has preached for eons. However, folks as...

Oh my, the pressure is really on now. It's payback time. As host, I'm really going to have to go some to match John & Robin's hospitality. They are going to love Catalina.

My design with input from Peggy at Channel Islands Canvas. We started to fit a full cover, and Peggy and I looked at each other with the same thought......"that's alot of heavy canvas". What I really wanted was to protect the blue gelcoat trim, which suffers the most from the sun. This design...

Finally finshed.....my custom canvas job. Check it out in my album. No more faded blue gelcoat...it's all covered & protected. No need to hang window covers anymore, except when overnighting on the water. Goes on easily using existing snaps for CGAUX patrol signs and hanger straps from...

Custom cover

Custom cover

Took Sealife to my local electronics doctor and he tested the system. Wound up sending the fluxgate and G Pack to the factory for repair. Two year warranty, so I should escape a big $$ hit. Be without autopilot for a week or more....darn. He also fixed my second VHF radio aboard that was...

Welcome aboard, Jeff. I'd like to personally invite you to our bash at the Catalina Isthmus in August. This year we are going to be getting alot of support from the factory and our new local dealership, who covers from Dana Pt. to Ventura. Would love to see you over there, if not for the...

Gee, guys, thanks for the responses, but magnetic interference was the first thing I checked, and there's nothing very near the fluxgate, and nothing new or different in the locker to cause the change. My fluxgate is located on the starboard rear bulkhead, close to the starboard side of the...

Here's an interesting problem. My compass reading on my autopilot control head is weird. It's off about 90 degrees from the GPS COG or my boat compass, and the boat icon on my C80 chart display is cockeyed. It shows the bow of my boat traveling at a severe angle to starboard as I proceed down...

From Bob Nahm, manager of Catalina Yacht Brokerage and C-Dory dealer, I got the name of his man in Marina del Rey, Tim Braue. Tim is the point of contact for the Catalina Yacht gathering, and has some great ideas for our Catalina Adventure in Paradise. They will participate in a big way, but...

Would love to come, but will be doing Coast Guard duty up in the Santa Barbara area that Friday & Saturday.

Steve, Can't compare to MarineTek. This is real gelcoat in the exact color to match your C-Dory, from the company that suppplies C-Dory.

Hey, I'm in.

All of us at Channel Islands Harbor Landing use a hoist to get into the water, and we all have the cutout bunks as shown above. In and out of the water this way certainly does save the trailer from alot of wear.

Funny you should ask.......just patched some nicks using the Spectrum Gelcoat patch kit. It's a small jar of gelcoat, about the consistency of vaseline, and a small tube of hardner. You add 10-12 drops of hardner to half the amount of gelcoat in the jar, mix it well, cover your nicks, then...

Wish I could reconsider, but I've got a meeting on Wednesday night, and a two day patrol up in Santa Barbara on Friday and Saturday. I'm in charge of both events, so I really can't avoid them. I'll be with you in spirit, though.

Yes, new hoist with a 4 ton rating.

Well, perhaps "mushing" is not quite the word. What I meant is that the TomCat is not up on plane at low speed, not at it's most efficient. The Dory hull is just about as efficient at low speed as high, which is how it can handle rough water (by going slower). When the water is rough and...

The difference between a cruising TomCat and a cruising C-Dory is about 15mph. In a TomCat the scenery is a blur at 30+mph, while things are much more leisurely in a CD Cruiser, not to mention the difference in fuel economy. At slow speeds, the Tomcat is mushing, pushing water, not fully up on...