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I am looking for an inverter recommendation for my electric west marine heater to use while we are motoring. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Heater Product Description Melt away the morning chill! This ultra-quiet heater is perfect for boats, homes and offices...

I am looking for a pig tail for 30 amp rv male end and 30 amp marine female end to use when I am camping with the boat in a RV campground. Does anyone have a link to a website that sells them. I hope to use it on the way from PA to Lake Powell. Thanks, Mark

What portable vacuum cleaners do you like to take with you while cruising on long trips? Which vacuums work the best and which ones didn't work well. I am looking to purchase one for the boat for extended cruises. Thanks for any suggestions.

I need to replace 8 year old tires due to weather checking and age. Would anyone like to comment on trailer tires that they have been satisfied with the past couple of years? I have been running loadstar bias tires and I am considering going to radials to hopefully make some long trips during...

I have a Marine Air systems vector compact VCD 12k/1 airconditioner/heat that was factory installed in my CD 25. I recently bought a Honda EU200i generator. I have included a picture of the label on top of the unit. Could anyone tell me from the information in the picture if the Honda EU2000i...

Hi Jim, (Wild Blue) I am trying to decide what prop I should get for a back up. I have the same honda 135 as you do and I am getting the same results with the 14.5 x 15 stainless 3 blade Solas. I was wondering if you had low performance when you were at Lake Powell? I hope to get there...

I am looking for a recommendation for a boat ramp site to start our trip in June to Lake Champlain. It needs to be big enough to launch a CD 25 with secure parking for the truck and trailer and somewhere near Waterford, NY where we left off last year from our Eastern Erie Canal Trip. I have...

We will be heading down to Lewes, Delaware, on Monday. Does anyone have any reccomendations for marinas or places to launch the boat? I am new to this area and wondered if any C-Brats had any first hand information.

I was unable to attend the C Dory gathering last weekend because I was not finished teaching until June 11th. We are planning to cruise for the first time in the Chesapeake. We have read a lot of the posts on the gatherings the last 2 years. I am towing the Crystal Sea from central...

I have been drilling out and filling with resin all screw holes that go into the balsa core of my 2004 CD25 and I am now working on the bilge pump in the cockpit. The bilge pump is in a recessed area and I was wondering if anyone has drilled these out yet and if they know how thick the bottom...

What thickness of starboard are most people using to mount their transducers on?

I am finishing drilling out holes from angle brackets that were screwed into the balsa core and undercutting and filling with epoxy filler. Now I would like to paint the area that I just repaired with the same white paint that is covering the bilge area. Does anyone know what kind of paint...

This is my first winter with my CD25 and I was wondering if most people change the oil at the end of the season and then after 6 months when they are getting ready to put it back in the water do you change the oil again before you run it? Or should I let it go for the winter and just change it...

This will be my first full winter to store my 2004 CD 25. What advice would people give on shrink wrap verses buying a full canvas cover. I got an estimate to have it shrink wrapped for $4 dollars a foot and $75/hr labor, and they said for the size of my boat it would be about an hour and a...

Does anyone have a folding bike they really like that works well when they take it along with them on their boat? Thanks, Mark

I took my boat out for the first time this past week and the depth sounder worked when I first put the boat in and about an hour later it went to 00.0 and flashes that over and over. I used the trouble guide in the manual with no success. Does anyone have one of these units? This boat came...

What is a good way to clean the white film off of the plastic trim tab cylinders on my CD25. They were that way when I bought the boat. Thanks, Mark

I have to take the old boat number stickers off the hull and then put my temporary sticker on for PA. What is the best way to take off the old numbers and sticker without damaging the gelcoat?

I am taking my boat out for its first trip at a marina in New York State, and it says my slip will have 20 amp service. Will my 30 amp chord plug into it or will I need a special adapter?

I am in the process of order things on the West Marine Web site. Do any CD 25 owners have a favorite boat hook they recommend for a newbie? A certain fixed length or is a telescopic pole better?