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Derek Crawford
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Initially Posted - 01/15/2026 :  13:36:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Are there actually no postings since 12/31 or is my forum messed up
(which is quite possible)!
Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
Previous owner of "This Side UP"
1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas

islander
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Response Posted - 01/15/2026 :  15:13:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes,It's been very quiet around here.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 01/15/2026 :  22:18:18  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage  Reply with Quote
This seems to be the quietest period ever.

My boat activity especially during the winter seasons has been dropping probably in direct proportion to getting older....and body feeling somewhat colder.
Years ago, if the sun was out, I would potentially go sailing if temps were rising to mid/high 40s.
I recall sometimes putting the boat cover on when snow predicted to be over 4" or so, Then, if sunny and temps rising, I would go down and brush the snow off the tarp, remove it and sail the next day.

These days, I might go sailing if temps get into 50s or above but I believe last sail was before Thanksgiving! For me, that is the longest period I have gone without sailing. (I still manage to get down to check out the boat every 2-3 weeks and run the outboard.)
Larry
'89 Robin's Nest#5820, Potomac River/Quantico, Va
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 01/16/2026 :  08:05:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Larry, that’s interesting. Mid-Atlantic winter weather is a bit more forgiving than New England’s.
While I’ve always hauled out over the winter season (this year included), now I have the slip year round and the marina has installed ice-eaters / bubblers.
We’ve had a January thaw this past week, so “boat time”, at least in the marina, would have been nice.
Maybe next year!
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
Edited by - Voyager on 01/16/2026 08:22:24
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zeil
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Response Posted - 01/16/2026 :  13:28:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote


ah... you guys winter was and still is for us, living just north of the USA border in the Vancouver area the time to make extraordinary long and exotic trips to warm climates always aboard our beloved C250.

While the electrical heater was humming, soft classical music playing in the background, food and snacks aboard to last for months at sea while braving storms and swimming on occasion with the dolphins as we approached the Panama Canal waiting with fellow sailors to be shuttled through and... never left the driveway!!

Ask, and we'll tell you more about our trips around the world and the many exotic places we visited safely from our driveway where the boat happened to reside while making modifications, additions and upgrades matching the existing teak trim interior.
Henk & Johanna
"Floating", a few off your "barnacles".
"Someday Lady" '95 C250WB #151 ('03 - 2016)
"Sea ya" 30ft Bayliner (04-2018 - 09-2018)
"Mariah" '96 C250WB #191 (05-2019 - 15-05-2023)
"Lady J" '00 C250WK #499 (05-2021 - 09-2022)
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 01/18/2026 :  06:29:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here’s a toast to having good company and brilliant imaginations!
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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crystal_blue
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Response Posted - 01/19/2026 :  15:29:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Henk, I'm always game to hear more about your adventures--real, imagined, or any combination of the two!

It's been a frustrating winter for us; we got Mariah hauled out and snugly tarped up in anticipation of our lake (Utah Lake) icing over and heavy winter snows; but it's been a very mild season so far and several of our marina neighbors are still in the water and still sailing.

We're probably going to be replacing the in-mast wiring before we splash again in early April (as near as I can tell, there was chafe where the wire exited the mast, and I didn't notice it until the sheathing had worn completely through and the lights were no longer working). So I'll probably be making some bewildered/panicked posts here in the near-ish future once that project gets under way!
Jim and Crystal Smith
Lehi, Utah
1996 Catalina 250 WB #191 "Mariah"
Edited by - crystal_blue on 01/19/2026 15:35:09
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zeil
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Response Posted - 01/23/2026 :  17:30:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Jim... Mariah rumbled, some years ago, all the way west some 4500 km (2800 miles) over sometimes rough surfaces with the mast horizontally supported by bow, stern and midway holders. Road vibrations, even though dampened by closed cell foam in the cup holders, may have been amplified and chafed in-mast wiring or affected terminal connections. The longish trip you made from Vancouver to Salt lake City may have added more of the same.

Unfortunately I'm not at all very good with connectors, wires, terminals or de-likes. But...lots of people participating on the forum are and should be able to provide good pointers. Including, if I'm not mistaken, with the spare parts provided at the time of sale, was a complete set of deck/mast connectors. Perhaps you will start here before looking further up the mast.

Ah... of stories and tales there is lots to tell. Perhaps when, like most of you, we're snowed under with the wind hauling through the rigging...

By the way just to show that we're on the west coast in balmy weather our geraniums are still blooming outside on... January 23 2026...

Henk & Johanna
"Floating", a few off your "barnacles".
"Someday Lady" '95 C250WB #151 ('03 - 2016)
"Sea ya" 30ft Bayliner (04-2018 - 09-2018)
"Mariah" '96 C250WB #191 (05-2019 - 15-05-2023)
"Lady J" '00 C250WK #499 (05-2021 - 09-2022)
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zeil
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Response Posted - 01/24/2026 :  15:44:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Even though the balmy winter weather here on the west coast just north of the 49 parallel, it would be nice if we could have access to more warm sunshine without costly medical emergency insurance...
Henk & Johanna
"Floating", a few off your "barnacles".
"Someday Lady" '95 C250WB #151 ('03 - 2016)
"Sea ya" 30ft Bayliner (04-2018 - 09-2018)
"Mariah" '96 C250WB #191 (05-2019 - 15-05-2023)
"Lady J" '00 C250WK #499 (05-2021 - 09-2022)
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