C-Dory Sightings

gulfcoast john · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:47 pm Post subject:

Steve,

Likely Viewfinder.

https://www.soundingsonline.com/features/the-upside-to-downsizing

Say Hello to them!

John

hardee · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:29 am Post subject:

Hi John, Nice article with a well rounded discussion of the downsizing process and the attributes of the TomCat. Would be glad to welcome them to the C-BRATS fold. Wonder if they are still around, or were ever active here. The post-article note says "This article originally appeared in the December 2011 issue." of Soundings.

Hope they are still enjoying the advantages of the TC255. Love that boat name, "View Finder".

George Sass Sr., if you are here, check in and say "Howdy" and tell us how you are still doing with your TomCat.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

srbaum · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:24 am Post subject:

John,
The boat appeared to have Honda’s, based upon the color…

thataway · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:09 pm Post subject:

My gut tells me this was probably not "Viewfinder". Viewfinder definitely had black Suzuki's. They are based in the North Chesapeake area, and don't trailer the boat themselves--have trailering hired out.

I had the Privilege of spending some time with George Sass Sr. and discussing the Tom Cat 255. He agreed with me that the tunnel needed to be 6" higher. (the hulls 6" deeper).

Marco Flamingo · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:55 pm Post subject:

A couple of sightings. C-Rations came in to Port McNeal. Sam and Lou was fishing off Donagal Head on Malcolm Island.

gulfcoast john · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:42 pm Post subject:

We flew into Ketchikan, AK Sept 1 to depart on the David B ‘Learn to Cruise the Inside Passage of BC’ on Sept 5.

We saw several C-Dorys in Bar Harbor, cool!

Safe travels!

John

clayhubler · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:17 pm Post subject:

Saw 'Thataway' headed south on I5 this evening near Battleground

colbysmith · Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:17 pm Post subject:

Just came back from a week in the Apostle Islands. I think I found many of our midwest C-Dory's. There had to be a dozen of us up there! Met a few folks and saw several other boats as well. Even one of the employees at Madeline Island Yacht Club asked me if there was some C-Dory gathering going on, as she has seen quite a few recently. Anyway, it was a great week to be cruising the Apostle Islands! Colby

gstraub · Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 5:00 pm Post subject: Two C-Dorys in for service

Took our C-Dory into Whelan's Marina for annual service on the new engine and they parked us right next to another one! Almost twins! Ours is on the left with the radar dome. There is a C-Dory called "Greybeard" in storage there as well.

Wood Zeppelin · Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 12:48 am Post subject: Seattle to Utah - 2 C-Dory's

Driving from Seattle to Utah, I saw two C-dory's on the freeway.

Got to talk to the owner of a 22'Cruiser in a rest area, headed to Arizona.

The other one was headed the other way.

You know you love a type of boat when just seeing one gives you a lift! And makes you want to talk to the folks!

colbysmith · Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 1:15 pm Post subject:

Got to meet Tom Hruby and I think his wife, yesterday at Olympia. My brother and his wife came to pick me up to go exploring and I noticed Watt Now parked at the other end of the dock. Tom came back down before we left, and it was a treat to get to meet him and see the Watt Now. My brother decided if he were to get a boat, that's the way he would go. As Watt Now pulled away from the dock, we heard nothing. Smile

But it moved pretty smartly through the water.

Tom Hruby · Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 3:38 pm Post subject:

Yes it was my wife, Sherri, and we also had a friend on board. It was great to meet Colby and his brother (and his wife). We like to go out just for the day - launch at Swantown Marina, cruise around the Bay, and go have lunch at the Farmer's Market; all for about 24 cents worth of electricity.