it's popcorn time again

cattlejack · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:57 am Post subject: it's popcorn time again

C-Dory, and not the Tomcat, or Rosborough, what's the better of the two for live aboard comfort?

san juanderer · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:48 am Post subject:

I owned a RF246. Nice boat.
It is a thru the water boat.
C-dory, on top of the water boat.
They don't make a 50 footer, I choose my house.

Foggy · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:00 am Post subject:

"Better" lies in the eye of the beholder.

Given the ''perfect" boat does not exist,
it's all a judgement based on your particular
likes and dislikes.

Worse yet, your tastes change. Just look at the
list of vessels owned, or previously owned, by
many in this forum.

Mine aren't listed. Still, I'm one of "them".

Aye.

PaulNBriannaLynn · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:04 am Post subject:

We've only ever spent any significant time on the 22, but have been aboard the other boats you listed. They are much larger but only a little more suitable for living aboard. I would want a much more comfortable, larger vessel if it was my home. If I had to choose, it would be the 255 Tomcat which you excluded. Than the RF246.

The 22 makes us want to get off the boat and stretch our legs often. In fact we have only done about 10 continuous days on the boat at a time. Its just too small for me to live in more than a week or two. Plenty of people have done it though and been just fine.

cattlejack · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:28 am Post subject:

A weed is an opinion.
I was looking for feed back from those who have experience with one or the other, or both

BillE · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:49 am Post subject:

cattlejack my only experience is as a boat shopper but I've been looking hard at both and I see two big benefits of the RF-246. First is that you have sit-up headroom in the V-berth, which makes this a second room usable for more than crawling in and sleeping. Second, the large cockpit with hardtop is yet another "room", and if not traveling solo then those extra rooms could be most important when the two of you need to not see each other right at this exact moment! We've stayed for married 37 years by knowing when to get out of each other's way. That hardtop would be handy for storage, too.

Other comfort factors will depend on your height, as a High-Top C-Dory will be better for taller people and the V-berth may be longer as well.

That is all about living comfort, but if trailering, that Rossie is big and heavy, and the tow would be outside my comfort zone, which is a different type of comfort.

Foggy · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:54 am Post subject:

I've been aboard a CD 22. Too little space.
I owned a CD 26. OK for a couple maybe a week or so.
Sold the CD 26 after 3+ years.
Now on a 32 twin inboard w/13' beam and happy about
the space but not the gas.
Does this help?

Aye.
Owned a 42' fractional rigged catamaran. Now you're talkin'
if you like live aboard space AND fuel economy!
Grandpa used to say, "Remember, our in-laws survived living in a cave."

smckean (Tosca) · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:59 pm Post subject:

Jake · Joined: 31 Jan 2012 Posts: 171

Rosborough based on my experience.

starcrafttom · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:59 pm Post subject:

cattlejack · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:03 pm Post subject:

Maybe I should have put my question this way on this site. Why is a C-dory"better" than a rosborugh?

Foggy · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:24 pm Post subject:

JamesTXSD · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:34 pm Post subject:

ssobol · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:05 pm Post subject:

The Rosborough 246 is more comparable to the CD25 than the CD22. The biggest difference between the CD25 and the 246 is that you can actually stand up in the berth on the 246. The main cabin on the two is about the same size although the 246 is taller.

On the 246 there are the side doors. However, these are kind of half size doors you cannot just step out of from the helm. You have to climb up and out. They are more useful than the sliding windows on the CD25, but probably not as much as you might think.

The 246 is about a ton heavier than a CD25 (using real world numbers). With the different hull shape, the 246 is likely a better ride, but you still have to move the extra weight around. Both on the water and on the land.

The 246 can be as either single OB, twin OB, or single diesel inboard. Current production CDs are OB only.

When I was boat shopping the 246 was on my shortlist. I looked at one and something about it put me off. Can't say what exactly, but I decided it was not what I wanted.

In my situation we have to drive a minimum of about 50 miles each way every time we put the boat in the water. We went with a CD22 because of it's portability.

colbysmith · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:14 pm Post subject:

You should have come to the St. John's River Gathering. We not only had all the various sizes of C-Dory, including some brand new ones from the factory, but we had/have one 23' Ranger Tug and one 24.5' Rosebourough. You could have climbed all over any of them and probably gone out for a ride to see how they felt on the River! All the boats are nice. I'm still quite satisfied with my 22' C-Dory! Colby