C-Dory 22 Accident

davidJ · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:31 pm Post subject:

It looks like the person that called in the report said that it was a C Dory and maybe it is, but if it is, then I would say that the picture they are showing us is a generic file picture of a upside down boat. The floatation in a C Dory doesn't start until you get in front of the gas tanks and most of it is under the V berths,

thataway · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:47 pm Post subject:

Tragic to have loss of life. If this is a C Dory (and no reason to doubt that despite the photo.), it would be the first loss of life that I am aware of. The 3 (counting this one) C Dorys which rolled were in near shore and shoal areas, with apparently large seas running. There is a document of a 25 which was swamped by stern to waves due to fouling of prop and anchor rode.

There are few boats which will survive rolling in surf--big waves. The 22's are not self bailing, and a heavy wave into the cockpit will swamp the boat. The boats are light and will rise very rapidly with stern seas normally.

The life jacket issues are valid. We rarely wear life jackets in the cabin...on the other hand we have never been in conditions in the c Dory which were threatening enough to cause capsize or rolling.

hardee · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:13 pm Post subject:

Gary and Colleen, your video going in across the bar shows the tip of the North Jetty I think.
The one “Crossing the Yaquina River Bar, 6/29/20” I believe shows the area where that Area D breaker line is, (Just right at the end) and it is in the 1 mile range where some of the breakers are busting on the shallows. That could do serious mayhem.

Kudo’s to you who cross that bar. May it be like flying, “every takeoff should have an equally successful landing”.

Please correct me if I’m wrong here. It has been a while since I was there.

Stay safe out there.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

Karl Konecny · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:54 pm Post subject:

What a tragedy. I looked at the data from the Newport buoy and the swell was over 10' that morning.

chromer · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:43 pm Post subject:

Capn Jack · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:00 pm Post subject: Up side down C-Dory

Odd that there is no motor visible. A 22' C-Dory would have the motor bolted onto the transum.

colbysmith · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:10 pm Post subject:

My thought is as someone else earlier mentioned, the photo may very well be a stock photo the media uses. It wouldn't be the first time...

DayBreak · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:52 pm Post subject:

ssobol · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:08 pm Post subject:

hardee · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:02 am Post subject:

Roamad · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:06 pm Post subject:

There is a lot of confusion about what kind of boat it was. This article describes it as an “aluminum C-Dory”.

https://www.newportnewstimes.com/news/one-dead-after-boat-capsizes/article_14a9dc82-62a1-11ec-87ee-f346638a4d0b.html

Others describe it simply as a “dory”.

Another_cdory · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:56 am Post subject:

Ron Backer (c-brat digger) shared this with me. Maybe the capsized boat was a Sea Dory.
https://kofflerboats.com/kofflers-sea-dory/
--Chelsea

ssobol · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:12 am Post subject:

Pat Anderson · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:23 pm Post subject:

We have been in some relatively big waves, most notably when going from Portage, Indiana, to Chicago on Lake Michigan. By our standards, it was a "no go" day but we went anyway. We were uncomfortable but never felt unsafe. The moral for me I guess is stay away reefs and bars in the ocean at the mouth of a river. Remember this photo of the C-Dory at the Columbia River bar?