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Back in March I asked about pricing for my little C-Dory, and said it would be for sale in April. Well, time flies and I'm just getting it posted for sale. She's in the shed at Skyline Marina, where she's been stored since I bought her. Always sling launched and only brought out of the shed...

I haven't been on this site for a while, but have been around since C-Brats was created. We bought one of the first second generation 25's from E.Q. Harbor Service 20 years ago this month. It was our first powerboat. We named her Bess-C and took her all over the Northwest and attended many...

We will be in Sarasota from 2/9 to 2/13 for a meeting. After the meeting we will be driving to the Keys (Big Pine) and staying there until 3/1. We will have 2-3 days to get to the Keys, leaving Sarasota the afternoon of the 13th. I have a question for you Florida folks. Where is a good place...

I got the 14' home after getting a little service work done at EQ Marine. When I got the registration, to my surprise it was registered as a 1992 not a 2002 as I had thought. Because it was in such good shape and it had an '02 Honda on it, I had made an incorrect assumption. I don't know...

I was watching the Seattle Boat Show thread this past weekend and saw the discussion about Master Marine. It was mentioned that they still had the 14' C-Dory for sale. I've lusted after that little boat since I saw the Reynolds boys pull up in one at a C-Brats gathering about 5-6 years ago...

We will be in the San Juans from 9/3 to 9/12. I've never fished the area, but I'm thinking there should be a decent coho run in the islands sometime in September. I will have a young man that's dying to catch a salmon on board from the 10th to the 12th. The boat doesn't have downriggers yet...

We have had a boat in Anacortes for 7 years, but we have never gone just over the border to the Gulf Islands. We trailered our 25 all over Vancouver Island from the West Coast to the Broughtons to Desolation Sound, but we know nothing about the Southern Gulf Islands. We are going to be touring...

I'm looking at changing out the chart plotter and adding radar. I had myself convinced to go with Garmin 4212's and the Garmin 24" 4 kw dome until I went to the Seattle boat show. I saw the demo of Rose Point's Coastal Explorer software and Big Bay Technologies marinized PC based systems and...

Some of you have expressed interest in the work that we've been doing on our new boat. I've put some pictures in a new album in our Bess-C pictures that show the boat before and after the addition of the radar arch, roof over the sundeck and full canvas. She is presently out of the water for...

Can someone who owns a newer version of Garmin like the 4210/4212 tell me if Garmin now has the ability to overlay the radar screen on the chart. I moved to a Raymarine C80 and Raymarine radar a few years ago in order to get that feature. I am now in the market for electronics for the new...

Bess-C was sold to the first couple that looked at her. Thanks to all of you who inquired about purchasing her. It was a bittersweet feeling to see her go. We had great times on her and will miss her, but it was fun to see the excitement of the couple that are her new owners. They picked her...

Just a word out to our C-Brat friends that see that our boat is for sale. We are still in good health and still love C-Dorys and C-Brats. We had an opportunity to buy another boat and try a different style of boating for a while. I wouldn't be at all surprised to buy another C-Dory some day...

Our wonderful Bess-C is for sale. It breaks our heart to let her go, but we've bought another boat and we can't keep them both. She has been kept in heated covered storage for her entire life and is in great condition. There are 444 hours on her Honda 130 main and less than 20 hours on her...

We have had our boat for 5 years, and have felt fortunate because we haven't had the leak problems that some of you have described. Well, we've joined the leaker's club. The last few times out in the boat, we've had enough water under the back step of the cabin to get our rubber backed carpet...

We usually take off the first two weeks of September and cruise somewhere along the B.C. coast. That's probably what we'll do again this year, but after a couple of trips to the Keys, we've become intrigued by the Gulf Coast. I like to fish and Venice, LA looks like an amazing spot to visit...

We just got back from 2 1/2 weeks on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. We used the commercial dock in Tofino as our base and explored Clayoquot Sound. We've been going to that area for 20 years, but there's just something about it that draws us back. While on Bess-C I had time to think...

We don't have a refrigerator on our boat. We prefer using the space for storage. We have used a variety of different sizes and shapes of low cost Coleman style coolers. They have worked ok, but we sometimes travel in areas where it is hard to get ice. If we're on the boat for two weeks...

Ok, I've got two collapsible prawn nets, 400' of weighted line and a buoy. Can anybody tell me how to set this thing up? Do I need to shorten the line if I'm only going to put the pots down in 300' of water? I'm not sure how the buoy, line and traps are attached to one another. How do you...

I've had conversations with several of you about a late summer/early fall trip to the Broughton Islands area at the north end of Vancouver Island this September. That time frame is less than 2 months away, so I'm bringing it back up. We will be heading out Friday September lst for that area...

I'm considering storing Bess-C at Twin Bridges Marina in Anacortes. When I looked at our usage last year it was all on the west side, either in Puget Sound or in Canada. We generally can't tow the boat over the pass from November until March so she's stored here for 4-5 months with no usage...