27 foot C-Dory

stevedenton · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 2:18 am Post subject: 27 foot C-Dory

I have a 1982 CD 27' extra long house set up for single outboard. Anyone out there know the approximate weight of the boat. Have made several inquiries to factory, but no response. Thanks.

starcrafttom · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 12:12 am Post subject:

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Jack in Alaska · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:25 am Post subject:

Steve,

Those 27 ft as well as the original 22 ft flat bottom's were all built by the original owners, Marben Marine. THere have been 2 or 3 owners since then as well as a fire that almost wiped them out. The present owners are struggling to make new models as well as the Sea Sport and I think Skagit.
You probably will not get too much info or help from them on those older models. They are too busy.
I am trying to get info on my 26' ProAngler w/o any success so far.
Your best source of info on C-Dorys is on this site by asking questions of other owners.
Any luck in trying to sell yours???
Jack

stevedenton · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 1:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks Tom, that helps a lot. Mine is an X-Long house but that should not add more than a few hundred pounds to the dry weight, which would probably be just about offset by the lighter outboard.

Hi Jack. Some pretty serious inquiries, but have not closed a sale yet. After posting my inquiry here, I did get help from the factory after a couple phone calls and e-mails. However, they gave me a dry weight figure of approximately 6500 pounds. I tend to put more faith in the actual spec sheet Tom posted, so I am guessing my X-long house version is in the 4000 pound dry weight range.

As a side note, Marben marine also made a sweet little semi-displacement hull troller, can't remember if it was a 32 or 36 footer. There was one in Ketchikan when I lived there and it always made me drool a bit to walk by it on the way to my first CD, a 21 footer.

JamesTXSD · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:19 pm Post subject:

Hard to tell over the years without weighing, but the factory under-estimated the weight of our 25 by close to a ton. I would think 6,500 +/- would be in the ballpark.

stevedenton · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:46 pm Post subject:

Thanks James. Looks like I should take it to the scales at the local landfill, they will weigh it for 2 bucks, its just 30 miles away.

journey on · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 6:17 pm Post subject:

I'd trust the present factory estimate, since Marbin and then C-Dory gave a very light number for the 25. That was a bare hull, no equipment, no motor, dry as a bone and someones dream. For a 27, with an inboard diesel, 6500# would be reasonable.

Here's a Marbin 31 which lives in BC. Wonderful boat.

Boris

stevedenton · Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 6:48 pm Post subject:

What a doll, they've sure kept her in great shape.