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Thanks for posting this important video Dr. Bob. I had not seen it before, and it does a great job of explaining the need for multiple types of testing. I live in Western NY, we don't have the level of spread as NYC, but I have a number of relatives who live in NYC and it's suburbs. My wife...

I'm not sure if I followed the discussion, but if you saw water on-board after a rain, I would concur that a likely cause is the rub rail. As Dr Bob mentions, the rub rail is attached with rivets, and they tend to rot and fail over time. I pulled the rub rail off my 22' cruiser and resealed...

Boris is correct, if memory serves me right, 1st lock is on the Hudson, south of the canal, and is named the 'Federal' Lock. I suppose this is to designate it is separate from the Erie Canal System, which is NYS responsible. So-Erie Lock's start at 2. But, not a bad question for Jeopardy! Jack

Hi John, Well, you would have won your award as far as I was concerned! We always held our lock ropes (not lines) securely. Pretty cool the lockmaster made the offer. You will love the 1,000 Islands. Just watch for any rocks you might encounter. It is a beautiful place, and great boating...

Hi John and Eileen, So good to see you are going to take your great trip to NYS. I'll try to watch your progress. Our offer still holds if we are home while you're traveling through our section of the canal (Rochester area). We'd love to get together . While our C-Dory has been sold, we...

No plans to buy another boat at this point. Our 22' Cruiser was plenty of boat for us. I had mentioned back when I first put the boat up for sale, that our tow vehicle was totaled in a car accident, and we decided not to replace it. We were not using the boat as often as we'd planned (for a...

If your raised floor is not the issue, there is one more possibility. I also had an issue with water in the center of the cabin floor. I tracked it down to the rub-rail. After hunting it down with no luck (I pursued the keel guard as mentioned earlier), I sat in the boat during a hard rain...

Just wanted to share that our 22' Cruiser recently sold. While it is sad to give up the boat, we enjoyed owning it for 7 years. We had our boat transported from Rochester NY, to Wefings Marine. Marc Grove did a nice job of posting and promoting our boat, and securing a very fair price for us...

When we bought our C-Dory, we did not realize the original cushions had some sort of mildew. Cleaning the foam was not really an option, they were pretty bad, I believe we had a few pics in our album of the original foam. Our experience was similar to 'DW', we replaced the foam with marine...

Chuck (Two Bears) makes some good points in his note. If you make your trip to Seneca Lake, you will pass by Seneca Falls on the Cayuga/Seneca portion of the canal. Seneca Falls is a very nice town, with very good dock facilities for an overnight. Lots of History, and a few nice pubs if you...

Hi John, Your trip sounds great, you will need quite a bit of time, as others have already pointed out, regarding the locks. It usually took us about 20 minutes/lock, in terms of waiting and then locking through. The lock masters(operators) were always friendly and helpful. Bring some gloves...

Interesting discussion on boat clubs. As folks have mentioned, they are becoming very popular. I know someone who bought into a club, but in his case, the boats are owned by a business, and the members buy time for usage of the boats. They (the business) have boats in a few locations so the...

Thanks Jason, and best of luck on your decision for full time live-aboard. The cockpit enclosure does include full camper back, with screens, 'windows' and privacy panels. We found that it added a lot of space and comfort to the boat. Jack

Hi Folks, If anyone spots this ad at Wefings, and has any questions, let me know, because it's my boat. I had sent a message a few weeks ago that I was talking with Marc Grove about selling my boat, it's down in Fl. now and ready for a new home. Regards, Jack...

Thanks Catman, I appreciate your kind thoughts and wishes. I do plan to stay in touch on this site. It is a great forum, and I have learned a lot about boating from reading posts here, and from listening to others. I certainly don't want to experience another car accident like we had, air...

I exchanged brief email messages with Marc Grove yesterday. He was heading out of the area. I have not checked the weather report today, but heading out of this storm's path seems like a wise decision. I hope are able to get to safety, the storm certainly blew up very quickly. Those warm...

Thanks Harvey. Having to replace our tow vehicle just pushed us to make the decision. Our boating season up here is relatively short, and it turns out we have lots of other activities that take our time during the summer. As you said, the important thing is my wife and I walked away from...

Hi Folks, Unfortunately my wife Pat and I have decided to sell our 22' 2003 C-Dory cruiser. We were recently in a serious car accident with our tow vehicle. Luckily, no one was seriously injured but we decided not to replace the tow vehicle. We haven't been using the boat as much as we had...