New Dealer in Oxnard, CA

C-Hawk · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: New Dealer in Oxnard, CA

I was just informed yesterday that we have a new Dealer in our area.
Catalina Yachts, the dealer for the Catalina Sail Boats, has their office at the Channel Islands Landing where we store our boats.

journey on · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:35 am Post subject:

Well, that may provide the muscle to start C-Dory sales in SoCal. There are only 2 C-25s and less than 20 C-22s in SoCal. And one of the 22s is sold and gone. Dive Cat can't sell his boat, and they keep getting these out of the way dealers.

Hopefully this will be a big step forward. I wonder what happened to the 1 ea C-25's that each of the last two dealers had. They must of left SoCal.

Another thought: do we need more C-Dorys in SoCal.

The Southern Boris

C-Hawk · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject:

On order is a 2008 TC225, 2- 25', 2-22' (angler and cruiser)
Should arrive sometime in April.

Bob Cat · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject:

Hey, Roger

Is that the guy next to Peggy @ CI Canvas?

If so, call me when he get the TC255. I'd like to see the changes.

Bob

Sealife · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Right, Bob. They are doing a make over of our facility at Channel Islands Landing, and incorporating their Calalina Yacht Brokerage on our lot. The building that previously housed Channel island Canvas is condemed and is to be torn down and rebuilt. Peggy has moved. The brokerage plan is to sell Catalina sailboats, C-Dorys, and possibly Boston Whalers. It's a great marriage because they also own marine storage property in Marina Del Rey and in Ventura. In addition, in Channel Islands, they own the boat repair yard also. Our new hoist is rated for 4 tons, and all the old slips have been removed, to be replaced by new ones. They are also going to sell Hondas. Honda is finally going full electronic iginition.

Additional plans call for moving the parking lot to the area inside along the waterfront, and extending the storage yard to the area that's now parking. The entire area is to be resurfaced.

C-Hawk · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject:

The new dealer- Catalina Yacht Anchorage
No Joel, you don't need to go look at the 26' Nordic they have for sale in MDR.

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

Good News Roger Man! So..that is two pieces of good new you got... Getting your "brother" back home after his little bike ride Mr. Green

and a new local dealership, that is leaning forward and fixen things up a bit. Cool. I may need to fly back out there some time leaving Sherryl at home so I can control the schedule. But, I gotta hand it to the girl....she did put together one great trip out in yalls parts. Those Rudy Burger joints are AWESOME... Take your pickup truck and wheelbarrow... you will hurt after one of those bad boys. Forget driving home...just get er to roll you out and toss ya in the bed of the truck for the ride home...even if you do not try one of the greak shakes too!!

Good News. Shoot...we might just need to put some heads together and link up some stop over/hide from the weather stops over there on the west coast and work our way down from Seattle some time... Hummmm

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject:

On a re-read on the above post...and it being CA we are talking about... Rudy Burger "food establishment" might be more accurate than joints. Mr. Green

journey on · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

Uh, what does "Honda is going to full electronic ignition" mean? My (the boats) 150 engine seems to be fired electronically. Have they got rid of the coils and the $15 plugs?

Boris

Sealife · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

Boris,

It means Honda's smaller engines (40s-50s), previously carburetor, will now be electronic fuel injection.

journey on · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject:

OK, I thought I was missing something. I think that fuel injection is a good thing, because it'll make any engine better. As long as it comes from the factory, as I've proved to Judy. I tried putting fuel injection on my '63 Chevvy, and as long as it worked it was great. When it quit, I had a dead truck, and she had a new truck. I've never had a factory injection system quit, by the way. Well, a fuel pump went out, does that count?

Boris

mikeporterinmd · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject:

I've had the computer die. Or more accurately, randomly start and
stop the engine (GM V-6 in auto)

Mike

Sea Wolf · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject:

For what it's worth, the general understanding is that fuel injection is being added by all manufactures on engines larger than a certain size because it's the only way they can meet clean-air requirements.

The laws are probably written to be a little more lienient on smaller engines where fuel injection would be inordinately expensive and impractical.

Anyway, fuel injection is good for both the consumer and the environment, if possibly an engineering task for the manufacturer.

Joe.