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Located in Virginia Beach, VA, good condition 2004 16' Cruiser for sale. 2009 Yamaha 50HP EFI four stroke with 200hours. Very cool spoked yacht helm, full tent enclosure, trailer with LED lights. VHF, Chartplotter and depth finder/fish finder. Installed 13 gallon tank, two deep...

Wow! Opened up my mailbox today and got the West Marine sale flyer good for March 15 - April 1 and what graces the cover? The FaCdory Guys boat jumping a wave! Awesome picture. You can't get better advertising. I bet our forum here gets some serious traffic in the wake of this ad.

This event, to coincide with Norfolk's Harbor Fest, could be a really fun opportunity for a bunch of C-Dory's to get together. It would be fun to cruise out and watch the tall ships come into the Harbor. CGC EAGLE is supposed to be here this year and the events are commemorating the war of...

I am going to be in Seattle fro Monday the 26th of Sept thru the 29th, staying right downtown. Would love to meet some of the west coast folks if anyone has time.

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/dhs-uscg-small-vessel-security-strategy-report-to-public-012011.pdf The just released plan can be found here. Lots of interest to us as recreational boaters, and particularly to those of you in the border areas. Of note, they are looking at new notice of...

For the man with a will, there is always a way. This is local craftmanship at its best. Note the fenders, you wouldn't want to ding the "hull".

Well, my 40 mile one way commute to work is eating me alive. Plus I have a big bridge toll. So my crazy idea, and I am past the point of no return on implementing it now, is that I will spend 3 to 4 nights a week on my boat. The marina costs for the 7 warm weather months are less than gas and...

I am thinking of making some racks for my boat and have a question about bending the stainless tubing. Will a simple conduit bender work or is the stainless steel too tough to do that way?

Well, today I did something I don't usually do, I beached the boat. I usually anchor off a bit and wade in. But the water was a bit cool as was the weather so I wanted to minimize the wet. Seemed like a plan, after all, many of you have great pictures posted of your C-Dorys beached with you...

I have a magic tilt trailer with grease fitting for the hubs. It also has rubber hub covers and the fittings seem to be on a diaphagm that expand when I add grease. My questions are, how often should I: A: add grease through the grease fittings B: have the bearings repacked I always rinse...

Hope someone has some ideas on how to fix here. Getting Litl' Tug ready for the spring and was checking all systems out. Tried to turn on the nav lights and anchor light, and the red and green running lights stay on at both positions of the switch, running and anchor both. :? Is this just a...

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At my new home on Virginia's Eastern Shore, I have found a gas station that sells pure gas, no ethanol at all. Does anyone know if it would be a problem to add this gas to a tank with E10 in it? Are there any issues by using pure gas in an engine that has run E10? If I do use pure gas and...

I just finished reading "Landfall along the Chesapeake" about the professor from NC who took a 22' C-Dory along the same route that John Smith did. It isn't a bad read at all, kind of amusing in some regards, a little heavy on some of the environmentalism in other places. If you are interested...

I am baffled. Replace the rocker switch to the wipers today. All hooked up ok, no issues and wipers work. But.......there is an in-line fuse that comes off the back of the switch panel and goes to the wipers that keeps blowing. However, everything seems to be working, I can't find anything...

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/north ... 27326.html The above website is for the Nature Conservancy sea grass replacement program. They are looking for 100 volunteers to harvest seeds for replanting. They offer a short training program before it starts. The seeds are harvested for about...

Getting my spring tune up yesterday, the mechanic pulled a gas sample, which I have to admit did not look or smell like gas, but alcohol. I would suspect something funny except that I was standing right there when he pulled the sample, and then I smelled the tank itself. He said that what had...

What are the thoughts on renaming a boat that you purchase used that already has a name? I think it is a bad idea, being a bit superstitious, however some of my "passengers" want me to rename it something particular to us.

Well, after discussing for a while and getting permission from the better half, I am off on the planning phase of my first big solo trip. I am going to circumnavigate the lower Chesapeake Bay from Suffolk, VA to Cape Charles, north to Onancock, out to Tangier Island, west to Smith Point or...

With everyone talking about the great mileage these boats get, I wonder if anyone can share what the range of one of these boats is? I have 4 stroke 50 HP with 13 gal tank on my 16'. The one trip I really wanted to take I was discouraged to chart out yesterday and find that it is about 30...