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1Wiley
Joined: 30 Jun 2018 Posts: 42 City/Region: Bay area
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1986
C-Dory Model: 22 Classic
Vessel Name: Fidelio
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:45 pm Post subject: Took chance on 22’ 1986 classic |
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So about 6 weeks ago I bought a 22’ classic with 2013 etec 90 hp with 8 hours on it. After looking on here at all the info regarding balsa core, wetness, laminating etc. I got a bit concerned. I looked it over pretty good when I bought it and didn’t see anything concerning. Yet that core and horror stories had me concerned. I decided to get a professional surveyor to check it out...
it wasn’t cheap but I now have a Clean Bill Of Health forum the surveyor. She’s right and tight. And I got a great new (old) classic...
Whew!!! Glad I spent the dough for the expert now... |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12632 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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An Oldie but Goody. Congrat. The C-Dorys are pretty tough good boats, and you will enjoy it.
Harvey
SleepyC _________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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C-Val
Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 296 City/Region: White Rock
State or Province: BC
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
Vessel Name: Seaduced
Photos: C-Val
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Just by way if interest did you watch what method he used to check for core rot? Did he use a meter or by tapping?
I wonder what is the best method as it’s time to go over my boat again
Thx
I want to stay on top of this kind of thing _________________ Writing a sea story with my C-Dory !
1982 22' Classic Popeye
1981 22' Classic Bad Boy Brutus
1988 22' Angler |
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1Wiley
Joined: 30 Jun 2018 Posts: 42 City/Region: Bay area
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1986
C-Dory Model: 22 Classic
Vessel Name: Fidelio
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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He did both. |
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oldguy83
Joined: 22 Mar 2013 Posts: 44 City/Region: minnesota
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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The only balsa core in your 86 is in the transom, the cockpit and foreward deck are one inch +or - plywood. Balsa core in the cockpit and foreward deck began in 1987. My 1985 leaked thru the two cockpit drains. You can pull the brass tubes and check for water and do a proper seal,easy one hour job. |
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C-Val
Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 296 City/Region: White Rock
State or Province: BC
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
Vessel Name: Seaduced
Photos: C-Val
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Are you saying the floor in the cockpit is plywood then on my 1981?
And an 1988 is Balsa? |
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starcrafttom
Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 7878 City/Region: marysville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1984
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: to be decided later
Photos: Susan E
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Bank ordered a surveyor for my 2005 22. He announced that he was going to use a hammer to check for rot or wet wood and then started to tap the SIDE of the boat all away around the hull. I took his hammer away from him and told him that there is not wood in the side and the only thing that was going to get tapped was him. I am sure there are good surverors but I have yet to meet one. The good thing is that after he was shown to be such a nit wit he valued the boat at the price I set. _________________ Thomas J Elliott
http://tomsfishinggear.blogspot.com/ |
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tomherrick Guest
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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C-Val: Don't know what your '81 bottom is cored with, but my '84 was definitely plywood - construction grade. Voids in the plys ranged from about a quarter inch to over two inches. I used my moisture meter to map out the water intrusion with grease pencil on the cockpit floor. When I pulled up the glass it also pulled up the first ply, revealing serious voids. The ply itself wasn't rotted, but it's all replaced with no-void plywood thoroughly soaked on all sides with epoxy before any further lamination. Most of the transom balsa core was a dark gray mush... As a cartographer I got a kick out of using a remote sensing tool to see inside, then revealing the reality. Kinda like ground-penetrating radar... |
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C-Val
Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 296 City/Region: White Rock
State or Province: BC
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
Vessel Name: Seaduced
Photos: C-Val
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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That is very helpful information.
Thank you! |
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Sea Wolf
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 8650 City/Region: Redding
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Wolf
Photos: Sea Wolf
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:55 am Post subject: |
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C-Val wrote: | Are you saying the floor in the cockpit is plywood then on my 1981?
And an 1988 is Balsa? |
The boats up through 1986 had a flat outer hull and inner floor, and were made of encapsulated flat plywood sheets of about 1" thick wood plus glass plies above and below (inside/outside) to make a sandwich laminate.
The curved outer hull of the new 1987 design (curved fore to aft and curved side to side) required a curved balsa core, which is little balsa blocks connected with a scrim material which can be laid up in compound (non flat) curves, and saturated with resin and encapsulated with fiberglass above and below.
The outer fiberglass skin is first laid up in the hull mold, then the balsa core added, then the inner skin/floor added lastly.
There are also some plastic foam cores that can be used in this way, and some were later used in other applications on the C-Dory such as the transom and deck structures, but to my knowledge the outer hulls have always used balsa.
Hopes this helps you understand the differences and why....
Joe. _________________ Sea Wolf, C-Brat #31
Lake Shasta, California
"Most of my money I spent on boats and women. The rest I squandered'. " -Annonymous |
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