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Kevel Definition from Webster's Dictionary: [Noun] In ships, a piece of timber serving to belay the sheets or great ropes by which the bottoms of the fore-sail and main-sail are extended.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. Colloquial term used for a large steel cleat secured to the...

You got great weather for your cruise Dave. We spent several days last week in Apalach--the nights were cool and the days weren't too hot--it was great. We hit our usual oyster bars and, at the advice of one of the locals, we tried a place on Market St. called Tamara's. The food was great...

Concerning the rooster tail from the transducer. I had that problem with the transducer on Morning Star. I had it over at Wefing's having some other work done and I asked them to look at it. They moved the transducer up a little so that it is just about level with the bottom of the boat and...

One of the things that we really like about the C-Dory is the flexibility. We keep the boat in dry storage at the yacht club that we belong to when we are not keeping it somewhere else. When we want to spend the weekend over in Chactawhatachee Bay and Destin, we drop the boat in the water and...

On a similar line to the toilet bowl cleaner, I use the generic equivalent of CLR (Calcium, Lime, Rust remover) that is available at Lowe's or Home Depot. I buy it in gallon bottles and spray it on with a pump up hand sprayer like those used for gardening. I spray it on and leave it for about 5...

Welcome. Try Diamond Sea Glaze for the door. That is what the factory installs on the later model boats. http://www.diamondseaglaze.com/section.asp?pageid=9698 http://www.diamondseaglaze.com/upload/products/doors/D55.pdf They will also build custom doors to order, which may work well for...

The Chapman's reference to the US Inland Navigation Rules states: "A vessel proceeding along a narrow channel of fairway must stay as close as safely possible to the starboard side and outer limit of the channel [Rule 9(a)(i)]. Small craft, sailing vessels, fishing vessels or vessels crossing...

I have never done it-in fact-I had never heard of it. I looked it up online and it looks like a really beautiful place. There are a couple of video clips on Youtube that give a decent feel for what it is like. One of them shows Beluga whales swimming with a boat similar to how dolphins do. Good...

I appreciate the perspective that Marc and Matt provide and the "insider" information. Thanks to both of y'all! I had a great experience purchasing my boat from Marc and recommend Wefing's highly to anyone considering a purchase or service.

That is a really cool photo. I compared it to a photo of FaCtory (FaCDory?) Guy taken by Neil Rabinowitz (copyrighted). It looks like a picture of FaCtory Guy based on the radar, GPS antenna, and spot light on the roof. The picture that I compared it to is the one showing FaCtory Guy almost...

Welcome! You have good taste in boats!

You could attach a 1" stainless tube across the top of your rocket launcher tubes using "rod handle" extensions welded or clamped to the 1" tube. I believe that I saw some short clamp on tower hardware that would work for the purpose at West Marine. Hold it down to your rocket launcher rack with...

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I hope that you get a weather window that allows you to do the trip. Since we have the same year and model of boat in common, I will be very interested in following your experiences. Sounds like a fantastic adventure, I would love to do it myself someday. Good luck, hope it's not only to the...

I spotted a C-Dory cruising west on the Intracoastal Waterway behind our house this morning and then back east this afternoon. It took a loop up to Juana's at the Navarre bridge and then continued on to the east. I did not get a close enough look to tell what model it was or what the name was...

I agree with Dave, Marc, you guys do a great job. Glad to hear that you got a new rigger signed on just in time for the season.

I was in Mobile, AL, on Tuesday. Saw a CD 25 on stands at Dog River Marina. No name on the boat. Looked like it just had the bottom painted and some paint or repair on the swim platform.

TomTom has a kit for the iPhone that, according to their information, enhances the GPS performance. Hopefully, they will offer a kit for the iPad. It appears to connect via the Apple dock connector-not Bluetooth-unfortunately. Does anyone have experience with this kit that can speak to the GPS...

I feel for you. Your picture brings back unpleasant memories of when I kept my Corsair trimaran in the water behind the house. I had to scrub it every three to four weeks in the winter and almost weekly in the summer. The stuff grows fast over here, too. I left Morning Star in the water for a...

Wow, that is the kind of logic that threatens to take our guns away. People should be held accountable for their actions. Accidents are called accidents for a reason, but lack of care and prudence in operating a piece of machinery, or carelessness around that machinery, shouldn't be blamed on...