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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/26/2007 : 11:18:01

Nice work, Oscar! I don't get to see the boat from that perspective... Thanks!

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Response Posted - 07/12/2007 : 22:33:53

Oscar, Do you still have a C42, if so, could you let me know your feelings on the boat as compared to some of Catalinas other larger boats...I have been thinking about a C36, but have of late been looking into the C42.
I tried to email you, but some reason I cant get to emails n stuff, I put in pass words and all but dont work...so feel free to email me back.
Barry

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 07/13/2007 : 07:13:57

Barry, I sent you an email from the forum.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/13/2007 : 07:17:21

Bear... To e-mail Oscar, click on his name (on the left) and then use the "Send an e-mail" link (or something like that). He'll get your message with your e-mail address as the return address. This keeps spammers from "harvesting" our addresses from the site.

Also, a question like this would make a good new thread on this forum. Various "upgrade owners" might have some useful information about their choices and observations...

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/13/2007 : 07:31:48

BTW, having spent some time on a larger boat with an open transom (a C-34 Mk II), I wouldn't buy a cruising sailboat without one. Dinghy access is wonderful, and if you get pooped (which wouldn't be likely for me), the cockpit doesn't fill up.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/14/2007 : 12:12:36

Sarge (and me) on the hook--Great Salt Pond, Block Island, RI--a couple of weeks ago.

I still wear a Tilley, like a real sailor...

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 09/14/2007 : 13:56:44

so why did you get one engine, instead of dual?
Price? weight? both? or something else?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/14/2007 : 15:01:30

Price, maintenance costs, fuel efficiency,... I talked to some mechanics who said that the only thing that goes wrong with the 4-strokes is fuel problems, and if the fuel is gonna get one engine, it'll get the other. So the traditional reliability factor is dubious. They said if the biggest engine is enough, get it. The single 225 drives that boat to the mid-thirties (faster than I can go most of the time around here) and cruises most efficiently at 20-22 knots. It's the same engine as I had in an Acura TL a few years back--very nice.

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Response Posted - 09/22/2007 : 11:20:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">and if the fuel is gonna get one engine, it'll get the other<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Not if you have two tanks and keep the fuel separated, with a crossover option for other problems....

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Response Posted - 09/22/2007 : 15:06:00

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Oscar
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">and if the fuel is gonna get one engine, it'll get the other<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Not if you have two tanks and keep the fuel separated, with a crossover option for other problems....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Eastern used to put in two tanks, but found that people were having trouble because they would let the gas/ethanol get too old in one of them (suffering phase separation). So Eastern switched to one tank twice as big. In any case, I don't need two engines--I have "unlimited" towing.

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