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05-03-2018, 03:43 PM
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City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,195
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Yeah don’t go anywhere, David. Just get yourself another something that floats and put a mast on it. I could see you in one of these. Congrats, BTW.
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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05-03-2018, 04:38 PM
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Valued Technical Contributor
City: Litchfield, Ct
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,694
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"Have you looked at Rosboroughs?"
Yes I have. The older diesel models are too heavy to tow with our SUV and the newer outboard powered models are too expensive.
" Your Pilot 34 single screw was a perfect boat for the SW Florida cruising area."
I agree, but the Pilot just got to be too much of a pain to maintain and I always said if I couldn't do it myself I would sell it, so I sold it.
The C-Dorys are vary simple. Just an outboard, starting battery and a few helm instruments. No potable water, head, genset, A/C... to go wrong.
But flash!!! I am now seriously considering a C-Dory 16 that is for sale up in the Florida panhandle. I got to thinking that since my wife won't go out with me overnight anyway (another story) and I wouldn't go out that many times by myself, why not get the smallest C-Dory. I do love the looks of these boats.
Most of our use will be day cruises down the bay somewhere for lunch with an occasional overnighter with me only. Overnighting will be like very rustic camping, but I can live with that.
It has a very truncated pilot house with no back, so it is wide open to the cockpit but you do have protection from sun and spray. The v-berth is probably only big enough for one person sleeping diagonally but that is ok. There is no galley and no head but hey all I want to do is grill a steak on the aft cockpit for dinner and I can pee overboard and hold the other until I get back the next morning (y'all didn't want to hear about that I know).
I may drive up to look at one next week. Here is a pic of a sister ship:
David
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05-03-2018, 04:44 PM
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City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,278
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djmarchand
"Have you looked at Rosboroughs?"
Yes I have. The older diesel models are too heavy to tow with our SUV and the newer outboard powered models are too expensive.
But flash!!! I am now seriously considering a C-Dory 16 that is for sale up in the Florida panhandle. I got to thinking that since my wife won't go out with me overnight anyway (another story) and I wouldn't go out that many times by myself, why not get the smallest C-Dory. I do love the looks of these boats.
Most of our use will be day cruises down the bay somewhere for lunch with an occasional overnighter with me only. Overnighting will be like very rustic camping, but I can live with that.
It has a very truncated pilot house with no back, so it is wide open to the cockpit but you do have protection from sun and spray. The v-berth is probably only big enough for one person sleeping diagonally but that is ok. There is no galley and no head but hey all I want to do is grill a steak on the aft cockpit for dinner and I can pee overboard and hold the other until I get back the next morning (y'all didn't want to hear about that I know).
I may drive up to look at one next week. Here is a pic of a sister ship:
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Another option is to bring that aboard with you:
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05-03-2018, 04:52 PM
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Valued Technical Contributor
City: Litchfield, Ct
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,694
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Lou: What do you call those? I will order one on Amazon right now if you can tell me what they are called.
David
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05-03-2018, 04:54 PM
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City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,278
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djmarchand
Lou: What do you call those? I will order one on Amazon right now if you can tell me what they are called.
David
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In french this is called "Pot de Chambre", litteral traduction would be a chamber (bedroom) pot?
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05-03-2018, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 4,980
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djmarchand
Lou: What do you call those? I will order one on Amazon right now if you can tell me what they are called.
David
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A Homer bucket? LOL
Hey David congrats.
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Jay Leonard
Ex boats: 1983 40 Albin trunk cabin, 1978 Mainship 34 Model 1
New Port Richey, Fl
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05-03-2018, 05:04 PM
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City: Beaverton, Ontario
Vessel Name: Looking Glass
Vessel Model: Carver 370 Voyager
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Congrats David. It is always a relief when a decision has been made and things go as planned. Always enjoyed your posts, hope to see more.
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05-03-2018, 05:25 PM
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City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,338
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Greetings,
Re: Chamber pot. Also known as a Thunder Mug....
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05-03-2018, 05:29 PM
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City: Seneca Lake NY
Vessel Name: Bacchus
Vessel Model: MS 34 HT Trawler
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,627
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I will always remember the young lad that was touring a nicely equiped cruiser commented....
Grampas boat has a head... he calls it a bucket!
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2008 MS 34 HT Trawler
"Bacchus"
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05-03-2018, 06:34 PM
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City: Northport
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djmarchand
"Have you looked at Rosboroughs?"
Yes I have. The older diesel models are too heavy to tow with our SUV and the newer outboard powered models are too expensive.
" Your Pilot 34 single screw was a perfect boat for the SW Florida cruising area."
I agree, but the Pilot just got to be too much of a pain to maintain and I always said if I couldn't do it myself I would sell it, so I sold it.
The C-Dorys are vary simple. Just an outboard, starting battery and a few helm instruments. No potable water, head, genset, A/C... to go wrong.
But flash!!! I am now seriously considering a C-Dory 16 that is for sale up in the Florida panhandle. I got to thinking that since my wife won't go out with me overnight anyway (another story) and I wouldn't go out that many times by myself, why not get the smallest C-Dory. I do love the looks of these boats.
Most of our use will be day cruises down the bay somewhere for lunch with an occasional overnighter with me only. Overnighting will be like very rustic camping, but I can live with that.
It has a very truncated pilot house with no back, so it is wide open to the cockpit but you do have protection from sun and spray. The v-berth is probably only big enough for one person sleeping diagonally but that is ok. There is no galley and no head but hey all I want to do is grill a steak on the aft cockpit for dinner and I can pee overboard and hold the other until I get back the next morning (y'all didn't want to hear about that I know).
I may drive up to look at one next week. Here is a pic of a sister ship:
David |
Due mostly to your posts I have been looking at C-dorys and similar style boats. We have recently been looking at 29' SeaSwirls and similar boats and they may be the ticket for us anyway.
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05-03-2018, 06:54 PM
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City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,266
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Punta Gorda is really nice. Does your condo have a dock? If so think about keeping the boat in the water when you’re there and rack storage when you’re away. If the boat is in the water behind the condo, you’ll use it more often.
Have you eaten at the Torch restaurant on 41? One of my favorites.
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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05-03-2018, 07:08 PM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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Congrats David!!! Punta Gorda is a great boating area and I agree with Hopcar look at a high and dry
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Skype roatan63
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05-03-2018, 07:14 PM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,880
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Congrats on your sale.
Have you considered a small walk around like a Grady White Adventure?
Boat motor and trailer around 4500#. Easily powered with a 150 hp OB. You don't really need an enclosure in FL, just a bimini top.
The little C-Dory is a little strange. You basically stand on the hull insides.
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Archie
Irish Lady
1984 Monk 36 Hull #46
Currently in Stuart, FL
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05-03-2018, 07:30 PM
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Valued Technical Contributor
City: Litchfield, Ct
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,694
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Yes our condo has a dock behind it. I plan to keep the boat in the water at the dock for the 6 mo we live in PG. During the summer months I will pull it out of the water and store it on its trailer at a nearby storage yard. If I didn't have a trailer I would consider a rack storage facility.
There is a rack storage facility near by but I would bet it won't hold up in a Cat 3 or better hurricane. I will take my chances with land storage. I only hope it is high enough so my boat doesn't float off its trailer in a big storm surge.
The Torch is on our list. We have tried quite a few so far and FM Don's and the Blue Turtle are our favorites so far. But for good Tex-Mex you can't beat Deans South of the Border. Great local bands on weekends too. For fish I like Laishley's Crab House, but there are lots of good ones to choose from.
What I have found interesting is that the population of PG has dropped in half over the last few weeks. Places where we had to wait for a table, we can now walk right in. Restaurants are now posting reduced summer hours and some volunteer based public places like the Alligator Creek Nature Preserve have closed for the season.
By June when we leave for Connecticut I expect the population to drop further. This town really rolls up the sidewalks in the summer.
David
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05-03-2018, 10:18 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djmarchand
What I have found interesting is that the population of PG has dropped in half over the last few weeks. Places where we had to wait for a table, we can now walk right in. Restaurants are now posting reduced summer hours and some volunteer based public places like the Alligator Creek Nature Preserve have closed for the season.
By June when we leave for Connecticut I expect the population to drop further. This town really rolls up the sidewalks in the summer.
David
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Yup, season is over. That’s why I was there last week. My friend who owns a house there had to go check on things after his winter tenant left. His boat, a twenty five Ft Aquasport, usually lives on a lift behind the house but his seawall was damaged in the last storm. He has it on the rack up Aligator Creek until his seawall, dock, and lift get fixed.
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Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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05-04-2018, 12:20 AM
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Guru
City: Southwest MI
Vessel Name: Sobelle
Vessel Model: C-Dory 22 Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,220
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Quote:
Originally Posted by High Wire
....The little C-Dory is a little strange. You basically stand on the hull insides.
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How is that "strange"? You literally stand on the hull insides on lots of boats. Plenty that you don't too.
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05-04-2018, 02:37 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
Re: Chamber pot. Also known as a Thunder Mug....
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Aka a "gezunder" here, because it "goes under" the bed.
Seriously, thank you David,it can`t have been easy. To wax philosophical,as we go through life we find ourselves doing things we didn`t think we would, and not doing things we thought we always would.
"All part of life`s rich pageant"(RJ Burbidge QC)
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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05-04-2018, 05:10 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Brisbane
Vessel Name: Insequent
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 50 Mk I
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 4,132
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David
May you have another 'happiest day of your life' soon. I believe the adage says their are two.
How about a little cat, Glacier Bay, or whatever. You could then get into the 'two engines are better than one' debate again! Most have a cuddy cabin for 'camping out' occasionally, are stable and have big floor areas.
And don't go away for any length of time!
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05-04-2018, 09:19 PM
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Guru
City: Gibsons, B.C., Canada
Vessel Name: Island Pride
Vessel Model: Palmer 32'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,358
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You will be missed. Hopefully you will maintain a presence here. Good luck and good times with the new setup.
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05-04-2018, 09:26 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shrew
Congratuladolences
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