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Friday was a great start to the gathering. The venue at Rivercrest has an old-south feel with an Apalachicola ambience. Dominic's gumbo was delicious, the Apalachicola oysters were delightful, and the comradery was fantastic. I think that the boat count so far is C-Dory 11, Tom Cat 1 (seen on...

Dave, The Gulf Coast gathering is scheduled for October 21-23 in Apalachicola, FL. I plan to be there. If you can make the gathering, you can check out several C-Dory models including our 26 Venture. Marc Grove, of Wefing's Marine in Apalachicola, a C-Dory dealer, is sponsoring the gathering...

Have you looked here? http://c-dory.com/boats/venture/cruiser-26/

Pat, I have been running Navmatics Gulf Coast on my iPad for about a year. I essentially use it for situation awareness. I keep it on small scale while I use my Garmin plotter up close. The contours and numbers are harder to see than other chart plotters I have used. The depth contour...

Hey David, Just checked to see if you had posted about your trip from Morro to Monterey. Hope the run went well. Looking forward to your next post.

Hey Marc, Cindi and I plan to attend. What facilities are there at the lodge? Is there a ramp and parking? Head/shower? I searched on it, but didn't get any hits. From your map, it looks like it is up by the fish camp. Thanks!

Congratulations Seabeagle! Of the three alternatives, sobered up beats locked up and covered up every time. Here's to living the good life...one day at a time.

Hey David, How is the trip going? I have been looking for a post on your progress and adventures. Hope all is well and you are enjoying the trip

Matt and Joyce, Welcome to the forum. We have a CD 26 Venture, which is similar to the CD 25, but has a slightly different hull shape and is a little larger. We haul it with a 1500 Suburban. We are very happy with the set up. We downsized from a large sailboat for much the same reason as you...

I would love to be out there along side of you, but will have to settle for following along with your posts of your adventure. Your SF to Catalina trips are a testament to the sea worthiness of the CD 26 Venture (and to your grit). Hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip.

Vinny, I'll echo what was said above. I live near Pensacola, FL, and the CD 26 Venture is a great boat for this climate. The Venture pilot house is insulated, which keeps the temperature down in the mid-day sun. With the hatch and windows open it is probably 10-degrees cooler in the cabin; and...

Saw Fishwife, a 22 cruiser, anchored on the Banana River Friday the 8th to watch the last space shuttle launch. The launch was great. I swam over and talked to Skip on Fishwife for a few minutes. It was good talking to another brat from the panhandle of Florida.

Judith and Paul, I sent you a PM yesterday. Did you get it?

I have a 26 Venture--not a 25--but it is similar. I live in Navarre. Send me a PM if you want to check it out sometime.

Congratulations Judith and Paul! The 26 Venture is a great boat (of course I'm biased). We love ours and hope to do the loop in it one day, too. Welcome!

Mike, Our 2008 26 Venture does have built-in fish boxes--one on each side of the cockpit--that also serve as steps for entering the boat. The boat is great for my wife and me for coastal cruising. I fish from it regularly and it works well for me. The cockpit is large. I would highly recommend...

I use a Honda 2000 generator to power the 9000 BTU air conditioner on the roof of our CD26V. It is not very heavy. The noise is low and is drowned out by the AC noise. I am happy with the set up.

Our CD26V came with a standard bow roller. We had a problem deploying our Danforth anchor similar to the problem described above. Marc retrofitted the roller with the Lewmar self-launching model that he referred to in his post. The anchor now launches without manual assistance. At first, I was...

I had a similar problem with my EZLoader. The boat would settle to one side or the other and ride against the fender. I tightened the trailer guides (goal post type on the back) and that solved the problem. The boat now settles into the middle of the trailer. It is a little tight when pulling...

I have a 26 Venture with a 175 E-TEC and I am very satisfied with it. It has enough power to push the boat over 30 knots. It has a lot of torque out of the hole. The fuel economy is good. I'm averaging around 3 gph when I run in the 15 to 20 knot range and around 5 gph when I run at 25 to 30...