Finally Bought My C Dory

CDory23 · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:07 am Post subject: Finally Bought My C Dory

Hello All,

I joined this site a while back when I was interested in a C Dory and was inquiring on their rough water capabilities. I am an avid ocean fisherman and went back and forth for a while in between a Deep V hull style and the C Dory. Almost too many opinions out there on that topic. In the end I just couldn't find anything that offered everything I wanted except the C Dory. Enclosed comfortable cabin with heat and I really like the design and how economical they are to run amongst many other things.

I bought my 2003 22' C dory Cruiser with twin Yamaha 40's yesterday and I'm excited. It was a one owner boat and came from the factory with Furuno Radar/gps/sonar. Raymarine auto pilot, and VHF Radio all installed. Everything installed from factory and never any other modifications. I am in the California Bay Area and would like to meet some other members here and I'm interested in the meetups that happen on this site. This site is a great resource and I'm looking forward to gathering information from others experiences with their boat as well as telling about mine.

I hope I run across other fisherman on this site that have outfitted their boats. My first modifications will be to add 4 Downriggers, rocket launcher holders, and a portable bbq. I feel like I"m in the right place to get ideas and share my future experiences.

My first problem is finding a good dory name that isn't taken!

Thank you

Captains Cat · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:05 am Post subject:

Welcome to the fold! There are thousands of pictures in albums and lots of info about rigging boats. We're on our fourth or fifth CDory, see my profile. As for meeting others, check out the calendar and event sigh ups buttons at the top of all of the pages. Ask the moderators for a photo album and let's see that "new" boat!

As for names, check Our C-Dorys button at the top, you can sort it by boat name! Pick one, we share nicely!

Charlie Cigar

rainger · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:57 am Post subject:

Hey welcome. I bought my DORY just about a month ago. Nothing but totally satisfied and happy. I know you will be too.

Wandering Sagebrush · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:49 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the cult! We're a benign group of crazy people, but we have a lot of fun with our C Dories.

CDory23 · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject:

thank you all. I will post pictures soon.

rogerbum · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Bought My C Dory

CDory23 · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the reply. Yes that would be the way I would set it up-2 off the sides and 2 straight back on corners. I figured rigs with long booms going off the sides would fix any tangle issues. I agree space wise the boat fishes best with three. I also do quite a bit of Landlocked Salmon fishing, Kokanee, trout etc... and 4 downriggers come in handy at the lakes since each person can use two poles in that situation. Financially I will be starting with two anyway. Then hopefully I can figure out a way to run 4 problem free. I do a lot of crabbing too so I'm looking at the Scotty rigs because they have a line hauler that fits directly on the downrigger mount.

A little early and maybe not the right place, but with 4 rigs in a dual battery setup any opinions on if you should run all 4 off the house battery or break it up for a more even load. I know normally you don't want anything except perhaps a bilge on the starting battery but In this case I wouldn't be worried about drawing the batteries because at least one motor is constantly running on the troll. FYI my method of connecting power would be direct connection to battery with in line fuse and disconnect.

Sorry if I should of started a thread in a more appropriate place this just seemed to pop up.

Captains Cat · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:17 pm Post subject:

Any place you wanna put it is fine! We're mostly a respectful bunch but always nice or Bill or Mike, the Moderators will take away our birthdays! Mr. Green

That having been said, I'm not a fisher person and won't be until they teach cows to swim! Exclamation

Pick a name yet? There's a special ceremony for that!

Charlie

1TUBERIDER · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject:

Welcome and enjoy your boat.

I have 2 down riggers on my 22 angler. Its plenty and you still need to be on task when you hookup. I cannot image how that would work with 4 down riggers and a smaller deck and probably 4 or 5 fishermen.

I was introduced to mooching this year. I love it and down riggers saw less use. You could mooch 4 if all know how to stay untangled.

My house battery has the down riggers on it. A couple of weeks ago I left my rig off the charger and when I went boating next time my house battery was dead.
Bummer no electronics and no down riggers. We went out any way and it was old school. Mooching was fun and fortunately sunny. When I got home I charged the battery and it held so maybe I had left something on. But it was a bummer to not have down riggers.

Good luck and as suggested I would start with two and see how it works. My down riggers are on the gunnel ahead of the fuel fills by a couple of inches.

rogerbum · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:34 pm Post subject:

CDory23 · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:29 am Post subject:

Hello all. I have done quite a few mods/upgrades on my C dory since I started this post and was wondering who to contact to set up a photo album for me on this site. BTW. I ended up going with 2 scotty Downriggers. After a closer look I agree with everyone that suggested the sticking to 2 as 4 rigs would be very cramped IMO.

Thanks

bridma · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:45 am Post subject:

Twin Yami 40s, ya gotta love them. As for boat name, BUMSQUEAKER is still free, my missus said no Laughing

Martin.

TyBoo · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:57 am Post subject:

Check your messages.

hardee · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:20 pm Post subject:

Hi CDory23,

Not a fisherman here, but I do have twin 40 Yami's and love the twins. Tons of good reasons. The "meet-ups" or gatherings are typically called CBGT's here, for C-Brat Get Together's. A great time, with good fun and info shared all around.

As to the boat name, most people like to have an individual one but there are plenty of names that are shared. You can look through the C-Dory names on this site, (as suggested earlier) or another good place is on BoatUS web site. They have several thousand names listed there.

One hint I wish I had had prior to mounting the name on my boat was that if you place it forward of the nav lights, you are less likely to get a foot into it when you are going forward on the combing (side deck) when walking that narrow passage.

Enjoy the boat, and hope to see you at a CBGT sometime.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

journey on · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:31 pm Post subject:

Glad you joined the C-Dory family AND the C-Brats.

Just out of curosity, did you get a C-Dory 22 or Venture 23? Sounds like a 22, but both are great. And one more question, while I'm about it: what bay, San Diego, Monterey or Tomales?

Hope to see you out and about.

Boris