Recent content by CNL43

Thanks for all the recommendations. This will most certainly help the selectors.

Other than Chapman's, what boating books would you recommend for a public library? I work at a Public Library in Wisconsin and we are in the process of updating our very sad boating collection. I was considering recommending Pascoe's 'Mid Size Power Boats: A Guide for Discriminating Buyers,'...

Don’t rule out an oversized v-berth. It has the equivalent of a queen sized mattress on one side and a full sized mattress on the other with lots of shared space at the top and a handy little step/bench where the two sections split off. While hubby and I were at first disappointed that our...

Mobile Version? I ran into a similar experience yesterday. The pictures of the poster’s boat did not appear on the left, resulting in a wider text field. Then I noticed I was in the ‘mobile’ version. I selected ‘view full site’ at bottom left of page and everything went back to how I normally...

We learned today that Wisconsin requires the registration sticker to be put on the transom by the boat name; no numbers, just the registration sticker. I believe our registration number will be the same as the number on the certificate of documentation; but we will know more when the sticker...

No hassle at all - just pure ignorance on our part! It is a great learning curve which includes all new nomenclature/terminology. After years of being comfortable in our profession (engineering) we are beginning this incredible venture into boating. I certainly am not blaming our wonderful...

I agree it is very confusing! In May of 2018 we bought a documented vessel in Wisconsin; the owner was out of Texas. The Wisconsin dealer handled all the paperwork for us. Being newbies we really didn’t know what we needed. It took months to get the paperwork for the documentation, which finally...

They do make for great pictures: https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/captain-stands-on-bulbous-bow-of-queen-marry-2-1.jpg https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/captain-stands-on-bulbous-bow-of-queen-marry-2-4.jpg

Gosh, we understand your desire to know more about the history of Iris. We purchased a C&L 43 last spring and were delighted when we discovered the previous owner kept a blog about their adventures which included plenty of maintenance history. Good luck with your search and welcome to both TF...

A couple days ago we received a PayPal notice that the ‘item is on the way’ but today when I checked the tracking number it simply indicated the shipping invoice had been created but the package had not yet reached the post office. Has anyone checked their tracking number to see if it is in...

I ordered via my phone without any issues. Also received an email confirmation from PayPal shortly after placing my order.

Our order is in. Thanks much!

Solid hull Our surveyor indicated the hull was solid fiberglass but the decks are cored.

Thank you so very much for your wise words, RTF. I believe my enthusiasm is fixed at age 33; however, my muscles and bones have continued to keep beat with the march of time. Great timing on the advice about changes too. We were considering adding a thruster, but the $$$ scared us off, plus...

I was planning on tackling the whole job (clean and wax) but have been advised by folks who store with us that it is simply too big of a job. Maybe I’ll see how the cleaning goes and hire out the waxing. We have one day a week to devote to her (I’m still working; husband newly retired). Or...