Up-dated C-Brat Charts

oldgrowth · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: Up-dated C-Brat Charts

I have updated the charts;

* added two new charts (on the last page of PDF file for "C-Brat Charts")
* added the new boats since the last up-date, I think 8 or 9
* fixed a couple of links on the list
* up-dated information on several boats
* added two new columns to my list.

The charts are still here.

stevej · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:

Dave fantastic job on this I love it.
Something about numbers and charts that fascinates me.

BTW Sherewater does have a Yamaha 15hp kicker.

stevej

oldgrowth · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject:

stevej

Otter-BelleHavenMarina · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject:

Very cool Dave. Happy New Year to all!

Jazzmanic · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

Hi Dave, thanks for all the hard work. I consider myself pretty Excel saavy as well.

Just to update, we repowered to a Suzuki 90 hp from the 70. Still have the 9.9 kicker. Thanks and keep up the good work!

Peter

Sea Wolf · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

Peter-

Regarding your repowering from the 70 to the 90 Suzuki- What are your initial impressions, etc? Joe.

MOOSE · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:

With regard to C-Dory statistics, does anyone have a clue roughly what percentage of all C-Dory owners on earth are C-Brats? Do we represent a small, medium, or large percentage? Of the three C-Dories on our home waters, I don't think the other two owners are Brats. And I can think of some other Dories I've seen elsewhere whose owners don't belong. Can anyone hazard a guess?
Al

fisherkb · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject:

Hi Dave,

I'm relatively new to the group. I have been looking at C-Dory 22 cruisers since last summer when I sold my Catalina 27 sailboat. I looked at C-Tex's 22 cruiser in Matagorda, TX earlier this fall but couldn't decide whether to take the leap. My wife snuck into my e-mail and closed the deal and surprised me for Christmas. What a present! Well, its a 1989 blue 22 cruiser with a 2003 Yamaha 90 four stroke. I just updated my profile and thought I'd let me you know for your charts. I'm really looking forward to interacting with the group and benefiting from the collective knowledge of all the members.

regards,

Karl Fisher

Sea Wolf · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject:

Moose- REVISED*********************************************

I first thought that you could use the charts and find the most recent of each model made of each boat, you could then add them up to find the approximate total number of C-Dorys made ((the exact hull number of each boat used to be included in the overall Hull Identification Number). From there, it should have been simple to determine what percentage of them that have signed on here with the C-Brats. Unfortunately, the HIN does not contain enough digits to list the full hull number, or may start over with the new factory ownership.

So an email to the factory shouldbe necessary to give us the total number of all the hulls delivered. Joe.

oldgrowth · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 6:24 am Post subject:

Sea Wolf · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

Karl-

Congratulations on the new boat! What a present! And welcome to the group, great to have you aboard! You'll love the C-Dory!!!

Dave:

Dusty's famous for switching boats! Kinda like a serial offender of some sort!!! Must be something they have no cure for*......I think Byrdman came down with it too......everyone ought to be very careful when at tending the SBS / CBC....maybe we should wear surgical masks......and drink lots of disinfectant!!!

However, to be perfectly honest, I don't know if he's gone and done the deed, again!!!

Joe.

* Although now that I think about it, one member, Lyle, I believe, went though some kind of exorcism, sold one boat, and now is in apparent remission. (Accordidng to HIM, anyway....)

The malady at work and the victum exposed:

Link

Link edited by Da Nag

Jazzmanic · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

Joe, sorry for the delay in replying.

oldgrowth · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject:

Moose;

Sea Wolf · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject:

Dave-

Good work, again, as always!

Very interesting that the %age of boat owners that are C-Brat members for the last two years is almost identical (29.1% and 29.3%). This would seem to indicate that there's some consistency in the sampling and that there's a definite %age of new boat purchasers that join the site, or who are already members buying a second boat, which we know happens a lot!

Thge higher %age of older boats (37.1% from 2001), may also be indicative of a real trend. Hazarding a guess, I'd suggest the larger number is due to some turn over of models as they age, with one of the subsequent owners becoming more of a permanent owner and joining the site sooner or later. This phenomenon is probably really several separate things happing concurently, and may be more complex in reality. It would be revealing to find the real numbers produced in each year and compare them to the #age of members to see if this is a real trend and how it progresses over the model years. Again, I'd guess that it rises as expected, but plateaus off at some point.

Your guess of 1/4 to 1/3 of C-Dory owners being members is probably very good, and perhaps even conservative if the %age of members gradually rises with the age of the model year, but only knowing the real number of boats produced in each year will answer that question.

Another way of looking at all of this is to look at what %age of actual C-Brat members participate and at what level. We have members who have joined but never posted, and others who have posted over 1,000 messages. Certainly all that have joined are members, but there is quite a range in levels of participation. Click on the "Members" listing at the top of the Home Page, and then use the controls to have the members listed by "Number of Posts" in decending order, and you'll see what I mean.

I'm also sure that there are many C-Dory owners that have visited this site that have not become members, and that tons of folks have visited that are not owners, both good events for all of us, but not included in the statistic we're exactly looking at.

So all of this is to say that the exact %age of C-Dory owners that are members of this site is only one of many possible indicators of the level of activity and value produced by the C-Brat web site, and the exact %age of owbers thaat are members, while interesting, is certainly not the final criteria of the value of this fine endeavor.

We all know what fine fun and friendship we'ave all had talking about our C-Dorys, sharing ideas, and meeting together. That feeling alone tells us that what we're doing is valuable beyond numbers.

Joe.

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject:

Might be interesting to see how many of us have passed away Rose

and are still posting.

Even more interesting to run a poll to see how many of those have twins vs. a single and a kicker.....

Seriously, it's a great set of statistics, interesting to see the spread.

charlie