SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??

Arrg, ya, lots of junk in the river. What kind of heater did you get?

It's amazing how that V-berth mattress gets harder every year :)
 
We got a West Marine Turbo Heater & Fan, Model #164411. It has several settings including one that simply comes on if the temp drops below 38 to keep it from freezing. We leave it on the low fan setting that is supposed to use 2/3 less electricity. The key is it's a low profile heater so we don't have to worry about it tipping over if a barge goes by and rocks the boat.

We also got a Turbo Dryer that keeps warm air circulating in a small space. It is supposed to use no more electricity than a light bulb. We'll see. Anything has to be better than what we were using.
 
rogerbum":1yo0k1gh said:
On Sat at the factory gathering, I was introduced to Bill and Brenda Russell of Stamps, Arkansas (22' CD cruiser, 2005, green) who were looking for a ride on the sound. We made arrangements for them to get dropped off at Edmonds marina on Sun at 10AM (thanks to Ruth and Joe of R-Matey :thup ). I had thought about cruising up to Everett with them for lunch but after a little looking at the map, I realized that Port Ludlow was almost as close. Given that Port Ludlow is a bit more scenic, we decided to head over there.

Roger on the SeaDNA
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After we dropped off the Russells in Edmonds, we went up to Mukilteo to take the ferry over to Clinton. No wonder we didn't see the Sea DNA heading north towards Everett (Port Ludlow is an excellent destination) Just a very slim chance we would have seen your boat but it was fun looking for you anyway. That one slowdown in Seattle at the Convention Center (where else!) kind of slowed down my pace so was pleased with myself that I wasn't too terribly late. Thanks for waiting and for taking the Russells out on a Puget Sound trip. They were really excited about getting to go with you.

Ruth and Joe
R-Matey
 
Joe and I went up to EQ Marine and picked up Miss Mirth. We had dropped her off a while ago to get the new trim tabs installed. Talking to Les about C-Dorys is like taking a seminar in your favorite subject with with your favorite professor. We raced the sun back to Everett where we took her out on a shakedown cruise. What a difference the tabs make! We went zippin around the sound faster and with fewer revs, no pounding in the chop and no list to starboard. Finally we rigged up our new slip at Everett Marina. A very good day. :tux
 
SeaDNA and R-Matey: Thanks to the two of you for giving the folks from Arkansas a lift and a ride on your fine waters. They were beaming like a lighthouse Monday morning at breakfast. It was great to see yall again, and another fine example of our C-Dory family. Thanks!

Byrdman
 
dotnmarty":q1552bm3 said:
Finally we rigged up our new slip at Everett Marina. :tux
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Saw Miss Mirth yesterday (since it is now 0235 HRS on Sunday) at the end of a cruise from Everett to Kingston and back. She was sitting proudly in her new berth. (I think she was happy to see another C-Dory "checking" her and her new trim tabs out! :lol:
At the beginning of the days' cruise I'd just pulled into the Everett Launch when Jeff Messmer drove up in his car for a quick chat. He'd been traveling the opposite direction on the roadway when he saw me pull in and he did a U-turn to come visit. (Talk about factory interest in us and our boats......outstanding!).
In the middle of the cruise we saw Scott on C-Puffin just outside the Edmonds Marina. I believe it is the first time that I've seen your fine vessel on the water.....looks great!
Perfect day for a cruise, cool enough to keep all the other boats (except C-Dorys) off the water so we had the waters to ourselves! (Love that Wallas Heat!).
 
Went out fishing today and had a nice boat ride (and only a nice boat ride). Cruised from Edmonds to Pt. No Point over to Possession and back. Only trolled for a couple hours or so. Water was almost flat and the sun was shining. 20-25kts easy without pounding.

Pulled to boat out of the water after about 2 months in moorage to build a new retaining wall and parking spot. After it was all done, getting the trailer in and out was still tough - doable but tough. This week I had a hitch put on the front of the truck and that made it easy as pie. When I get a chance, I take some pics of SeaDNA in it's new spot.

Roger
 
We also could not stand being inside on such a great day. We fished the elger bay area and baby island. Had a hot tip that it was the place last week for limits. That was last week, not today. Nice and flat out. We cruised around some at 20 mph and just enjoyed being on the water again.
 
Departed yesterday AM at the Everett Launch for a quick cruise around Hat Island then back to the Everett Marina. Carol came down to the boat after taking Jessica to a B'Day party and we indulged at Anthony's Home Port for dinner. Carol then had to return to pick up J and then on home. I then spent a gorgeous night (moon and stars overhead) on the boat. Awakened this AM, did some studying, then back to the launch and home.
(Sure makes for a great escape from pagers and phones!). Oh yeah....how could I forget to mention?.....SUNSHINE, snow covered mountains etc!
 
After a wonderful day on the water yesterday, I decided that I would install my new Garmin 192C GPS today. After drilling a few new holes in the boat, :disgust I now have a functioning 192. I will use my Garmin 60 as a back-up. Photos in album.
 
work work..............
Changed the crankcase oil & filters, changed the gearcase oil, changed the fuel filters, changed the water separator filter, greased all of the grease zerts, new spark plugs, syncronized the carbs, washed the boat.............work work.

Now I'm ready for San Diego. :D
 
Play play play. Went out on Clearlake for a few hours in beautiful weather. Looks like next week is going to turn cold again, so we will stay home and do some much needed cleaning.
 
Just a quick note, we did get out on Daydream this weekend for an overnighter - barely. Saturday morning the battery was dead on the Expedition, and in changing the prop from the stainless 3 blade back to the ProPulse 4 blade, the castle nut got stuck inside the prop wrench...finally did get launched, usual spot, Eddie Vine Ramp at Shilshole. Quick run out to Blakely Harbor on Bainbridge Island, which is actually a very cool spot, has a park at the head of the bay to land Oscar, it is the site of the old Port Blakely sawmill, the concrete powerhouse building is still there. Maybe 4 or 5 other boats anchored up there, view is the Seattle skyline, not bad. Played with the Navman, will post more detail later, but discovered that our "sweet spot" is actually 4400 - 4600 RPM, running about 20 - 21 mph, fuel economy screen shows about 3.5 - 3.6 mpg, while down in the area we THOUGHT was the sweet spot, 3500 - 3800 RPM is is actually .2 - .3 mpg LOWER. Overall at the end of the day, used 7.1 gal to go 20.3 miles, so average fuel economy was 2.85 mpg. This is lower than what I would have expected from the instantaneous readings, which seemed to stay mostly over 3.0, but OK I guess. Weather was awesome, nice relaxing trip!
 
Pat and others with NavMan or similar: I would be interested and seeing numbers with the motor just in gear... as in just trolling along. Please include RPMs and speed. I guess if you are going to do extended trolling the prop pick would be important as to either slow the boat down for trolling baits....or get the most speed for "trawler" type travel in the 1500-2000 rpm range. Going to have to get me a Navman for sure.
 
OK, well, I didn't check it down just in gear, but here is what I recorded. Conditions were dead calm, no wind, no waves - really unusual for Puget Sound, especially in February. Honda BF150 with ProPulse 4 blade set at 15 pitch on CD25, fully loaded (100 gal fuel, 30 gal water, generator, food, beverage, dog, us). Also, not sure how much confidence in the MPG readings, some of the numbers were just jotted down, might not have run long enough at the given RPMs to really let the Navman settle in. But here goes (RPMs from tach, MPH from Garmin GPSMAP76, MPG from Navman connected to Raymarine C-80):

RPM MPH MPG
2000 7.5 9.0
2500 8.3 5.5
2800 8.8 4.2
3000 10.3 3.0
3500 13.5 3.1
4000 17.0 3.2
4500 20.7 3.6
4600 21.1 3.5
5000 23.8 3.3

We'll continue to record results at different RPMs and report...



Byrdman":370qhe8u said:
Pat and others with NavMan or similar: I would be interested and seeing numbers with the motor just in gear... as in just trolling along. Please include RPMs and speed. I guess if you are going to do extended trolling the prop pick would be important as to either slow the boat down for trolling baits....or get the most speed for "trawler" type travel in the 1500-2000 rpm range. Going to have to get me a Navman for sure.
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Ran a power cord to the fridge so it will run on ac while plugged in to the shore power. It will change back to dc when we unplug from shore power.
I have a 1000 power inverter that I need to hook up.
I should keep the boat home more often, it's hard to do some of my projects when it is at the storage yard all the time.
 
One of these days I'm going to get me some real wood working tools, something beyond the collection of old rusty hand saws I have now. I did a little rearranging in the helm area earlier, and, after going to the boat show, I (actually M) decided that although the functionality is improved, the asthetics where lacking. I've been whittlin and sawing and scraping on some wood to make some drawers and a door to fill in and cover the old icebox cavern (which is now only 12 3/4" wide cuz I moved that forward wall back)
 
a generous offer Ray but I can't actually build something and be done. My woodworking is more of an evolutionary thing, whitttle, look, ponder, whittle some more the next day, ponder, replace obsidian on cutting tool and modify some more. If I ever come with a serious plan, I may take you up on your offer.
thanks
 
Interesting issue concerning shop tools.

I was spoiled for 35+ years when I was teaching in high school and could also get anything I wanted fabricated through a friend in the Fremont Sailing Club.

I knew the woodshop teacher well, and had full access to the Wood Shop, even after hours and on weekends. No poject too big or too small. Could also use the Metal and Auto Shops.

For more serious hardware projects in stainless, titanium, or whatever, a friend in the sailing club was in charge of welding fabrication at the Marine Division of Westinghouse's facility in Mountain View, Ca. They built everything from missle tubes for submarines to repairing steam turbine blades to military specs all over the world, where ever the U.S. Navy had problems.

I could get anything conceivable built by my friend and his buddies as a "Government Project" worked on during lunch hours in trade for a few favors.

Kinda spoiled me for the home workshop approach with Craftsman hobby tools.

Still, you can't build anything much without a few power tools, so I'm gradually picking up at least the basic ones necessary to do some fabrication work.

Hopefully, I'll soon get beyond the stage of simply drilling the boat full of holes over and over and moving hardware around.

Otherwise, I'll have to think of re-naming it "Swiss Cheese, Revision XLIV".

One more problem I've noticed in moving to a smaller town like Redding, as opposed to a metropolitan / industrial area like the Bay Area:

Down there, they're were lots of industrial and electronics outlets where you could get all kinds of metals amd electronic surplus stuff to play with and get creative. Not so in a "small" town. Kinda limits one's sources of fun material.

I didn't really know if it was worth it to drag all kinds of left over metal and electronic pieces up here from Fremont, but that stuff is "priceless" in this rural, pre-industrial society!

As Mike would say, "Ain't boats fun?"

Joe.
 
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