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8 ohms is WAY too high for a wire connecting ground buses. 30 feet of 10 gauge wire should be about 0.03 ohms. I suspect you have bad connections/terminations.

Two options not discussed here… 1) I removed the rear window glass on the starboard side and built an aluminum adapter so I could install a 14 inch RV roof vent in that window to vent cooking orders to the outside, and 2) I had a new window made for the rear cabin door that slides open and has a...

Click on "bridma" under the icon, then click on "Media", then scroll through the albums. Or go here directly... https://c-brats.com/media/users/bridma.5532/page-7

Thank you Bob. This is great information! I am still not clear on what approach to use for a ground plane, but I have a couple months to mull this over. My inclination is to install some sort of radial counterpoise on the ceiling of the cabin, and then carefully bond it to a Yaesu ATAS-120A...

I’ve been wondering about that and curious to hear what people do. I have an inReach and relied upon it once for communication in an extreme situation. It definitely has its place, but it’s awkward to communicate with text.

This is not the C-Dory website. Call the number above or go to c-dory.com.

This post is addressed to ham radio operators. I have a current extra class amateur radio license, but haven't been active for decades, have no radio gear, and am no longer plugged into the ham radio community. I'm looking for suggestions for what amateur radio setup would be useful on a C-Dory...

If someone did a repair job that sloppy it's safe to assume the top of the transom was compromised and moisture got inside and it's now trapped, which means rot. Click on my icon to the left and then click on the number 91 under "Media" to see what I went through to repair the sloppy repair job...

Nice job and great color scheme!

Newer post... https://c-brats.com/threads/limited-supply-of-old-style-23-gal-plastic-fuel-tanks-left.31914/

I also have a '99 22 and I've purchased windows and window parts from the C-Dory window supplier, Advantec Marine in Chilliwack, B.C., where Diamond Sea Glaze windows are manufactured. The best contact there is Buffy Light, Office: 1-604-607-0091 EXT 3917, Cell: 1 -604-340-9639...

Thanks for the heads up. This is a great deal from a well-respected manufacturer!

It's available from Amazon without the bag for $449 (minus taxes, no taxes for me in Oregon).

I don't know how your boat is wired and without a schematic no one is going to be able to give you a definitive answer. The situation you describe shouldn't occur though if things are wired properly. The dock power should easily be able run a heater and refrigerator and still charge batteries at...

Here's a diagram of the AC control panel I'm building for my '99 restoration. It shows conceptually exactly what Tom is talking about. The upper right double breaker is where shore power comes in. Unlike home electrical panels, both hot and neutral have a breaker. This is because some sloppy...

Claude could possibly be an enormous help. I’m not a programmer, but from what I hear, you could probably give the source to Claude and tell it how you want it changed, and it could actually be as easy as that.

Nitpicking here, but generating electricity with a hydroturbine under power from a gasoline-powered outboard IS a gainer (it gains you more electricity albeit at a higher cost), and it doesn't violate any laws of thermodynamics. If you need more electricity, this will give you more. It's just...

Dang, the new software allows only 15 minutes for editing, half the time of the previous software. Here's slightly better version of what I'm trying to explain... Cost aside, this makes sense for a sailboat, but with a prop driven boat it doesn’t. In theory, yes you could generate more...

In theory, yes you could generate more electricity on a C-Dory this way, but it would literally be less bang for the buck, not more. The energy produced by the turbine in the water takes more fuel per watt than that produced by the alternator. Cost aside, this makes sense for a sailboat, but...