Changes at C-Dory

hardee · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:30 am Post subject:

Scot wrote:

baboos_boat · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:

Scot. Business is a study of irony. Until I saw your post I was equivocating about moving up from my CD22 (which I dearly love) to a TomCat (grandchildren are getting bigger and bigger). I was concerned you had gotten too big for the one on one relationship I had with C-Dory four years ago when I bought my CD22. But now that you are cutting back, emphasizing QC and customer relations I am now committed to my move to the TomCat.

And that's the irony - when you are small you sell enough boats to warrant getting bigger. When you get bigger you sell too few boats. Sounds to me like you have achieved balance. Way to go and proud to be a CD owner and a C-Brat.

Jack in Alaska · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject:

Scot,
After reading your post about a slow down in production and an emphasis on QC I am looking forward to hearing good things again about CD products. There have been far too many negative comments recently about QC. We all know though that some folks just like to p--s & moan about any little thing.
I have been proud of my CD for 24 yrs and probably have lead at least 20 people to the CD line. Hopefully some bought.

In your "slow time" could you consider a 25' Angler model for us fisherman that do not want a full kitchen and a bedroom out with us every day. Need more rear deck room and a fish hold.

Thanks for your effort and good luck in your new plan.

Jack in Alaska

lloyds · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:58 am Post subject:

Just have to pass on something I heard friday from a pretty reliable source, there are supposed to be CC 23's coming off the production line shortly. Don't know how that figures into the changes at the factory. Maybe the rest of you knew that and I have just gotten behind?

flapbreaker · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject:

Scot,

Thanks for having the guts to keep us informed of factory issues. It's better that we know what's going on than have us guessing. I too hope that the QC becomes the focus rather than the production schedule. Most people will wait for a quality product.

lloyds · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject:

When I said "CC23" in my earlier post, I didn't mean center console, I meant Cape Cruiser.

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject:

Scot:

Thanks for your post.

Maybe a "monthly note from the factory" to this site could provide you an opportunity to keep us informed on a scheduled manner, without having to devote an employee's time to the constant post on this site of the owners that make up this cult/family.

Many of us simply have way too much time on our hands, and this site and our C-Brat family is our passion.

You have to run the business, and be where the rubber meets the road, taking the responsibility for the good, and any bad that comes out of the factory to your dealers, and then on to us as owners buying new boats. That is plenty of a job without having to hawk this site for dailey post/blogs. Build them right, build them tight, and we have you covered.

Now, when the "family" has over 2600 members, we are all not going to be nice all the time, but, I think as a total package there are truly great folks on this site. Most of which own or have owned at least one C-Dory. As you know I have owned 3 and still own the last 18' Angler built. It is a fine boat.

I was raised in family of 6, and have marks from stichs to prove some of our family "quality time" was no cake walk, but, at the end of the day, we shared meals at the same table. Another thing we C-Brats do at our gathering, is share laughs and great times around meals. None possible without the C-Dory boat giving us a platform/foundation to build this C-Brat family from.

I truly hope in your slowing things down at the factory, careful thought is given to the small dealerships in America. The ones who put C-Dory on the maps. I would hate to see happen to them what happen to our family hardware business when the big box people popped up all over the place.... Things just are not the same in big shops, or big box stores, or big box dealerships. Your boats are different. Folks just might have to wait for them to be built.

You, your father Rich, your brother Bret are always welcome in my home down here in the rivers Heartland. Just drop me a note and yall come on down... a few nice days/nights on the river may do yall good as family. We have just about enough C-Dory boats in the Byrd family for you each to have your own to travel on.

Byrdman

William and Beth Tucker · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject:

Scott,Bret,Rich or Tom.I will be attending the Annapolis boat show in Maryland this month and wonder if the center console and the 29 venture will be at the show? tucker

rogerbum · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject:

Tucker,

According to this listing, they will have the Venture 29 and the TomCat there.

Roger

scotty · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: annapolis Show

marvin4239 · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject:

Dr Bob touched on something when he said he may have sold three C-Dory's while traveling across country. I'm a fairly new C-Dory owner. In the last year I've bought two new ones which is testimony to what I think about the product. In the South East you hardly ever see a C-Dory and here in Florida we only have three dealers. I think your customers are your best sales people. Everywhere I go in mine someone asks me about the boat and comments on how nice it is. I always invite them to come aboard and look it over. I took my boat to a Suzuki Dealer this morning close to my house for the 20 hour service and when I came out the entire shop was around my boat looking it over. I don't know if I've actually sold any boats but I've darn sure left a lot of people wishing they had a C-Dory. Thanks for visiting and contributing to the site.

drjohn71a · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject:

An amazing thing about the TomCat 255 is that it draws admirers from owners of a wide variety of boats. My TomCat is about the smallest boat on my dock section. A number of 40-70 foot boats are just down the line, and their owners are constantly wanting a tour of the TomCat, and demo drives. One guy even flew in from Oklahoma City (they have an airport at the marina) to look at the TomCat!

Many like the closeness to the water in that cockpit as well as the handling (they've seen me spin it on a dime there) and the interior room.... and lower fuel use than the mega yachts.

John

William and Beth Tucker · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

A big thank you to Roger on the SeaDNA and Scotty Richardson..Roger now i will be up all night looking at boats on that site..Scotty will you be at the show representing C-Dory with the 29 Venture and if so I will be looking you up..I did not know that C-Dory had a factory sales rep on the east coast... I thought that was left up to all of us C-Dory boat owners...Thanks again and keep your life jacket on> tucker

scotty · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: Annapolis Show