C-dory 25 or 26 wanted

serpa4 · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:30 pm Post subject:

Nope. Emailed someone on YouTube about their boat. That ended up lediing to me purchasing their boat from them. One of their videos mentioned going bigger in the future and I asked if they would sell it when they found a new boat. They decided to sell their boat so when they found the bigger one they would already have some money and the old boat gone. It worked for me it worked for them and I consider myself lucky.
It has everything I wanted, EVERYTHING, except radar.
26, venture, autopilot, 200hp Suzuki, low hours, cabinet upgrades, 4 blade prop, solar, lithium, 9" chartplotter, trim tabs, stove heater, hot water, AIS, Bimini, stored indoors, and lots more.

DayBreak · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:54 pm Post subject:

Great find and good job again on being persistent and aggressive in your search. Glad it worked out for you and the seller for their quest to find a larger boat and to have ready cash for a deposit. On your list, the autopilot, AIS (transponder i'm sure) and stored indoors catch my eye in buying used. For our use we have found Radar to be very helpful and for you, it can always be added later. Gary

serpa4 · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:59 pm Post subject:

It's on my list. 1) boat cover. 2) kicker 9.8hp. 3) radar

Foggy · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:10 am Post subject:

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There is no perfect boat.

There are good ones, to be sure, but none perfect. Why? A perfect boat does not
exist because 1) it is man made, 2) it is not designed for all sea states, 3) it will
not last indefinitely, 4) maintenance will not be perfect, 5) the perception of being
perfect exists only temporarily in the mind of the beholder and anything that is
perfect can only do one thing: fail.

I bought a new C-Dory 26 Venture w/twin Honda 90s (about my 11th boat).
Thought I was in Heaven. Told myself "This has got to be as close to perfect as
possible". It wasn't. Sold it a few years later. Bought an older larger boat. It had
beverage holders at the helm and around the cockpit. Loved it for a while, then
sold it. You can do that with a boat and that may be the best part of having a
boat: you can have it, love it for a while, sell it and then go on if you want. That
doesn't work with a wife. I've tried that and it's a big mistake, costly too. More
costly that changing boats.

So, stick with the boat you're happy with, add radar if that helps for a while, then
sell it when you tire of repairing and improving things you once never expected
to do. Many on this website have done so. Look at their log of previous boats.
That tells you something: maybe it's not any boat's fault. Maybe it's us....

Now I'm boatless in boating paradise and feel just fine.

Aye.

serpa4 · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:54 am Post subject:

I now what you mean.
18ft cat power boat
16ft power boat
20' Maxum
23 ft stingray blue
23ft stingray red
16ft sugar sand jet boat
17.5 open now
21ft tri toon 150hp
21ft tri toon 90 hp
16ft pontoon 60hp
30ft 1988 c&c 30 sailboat sweet
40ft lagoon 400 catamaran
30ft cutwater C30
27ft world cat 450hp
26ft c-dory venture
I'm sure it won't be the last...

Foggy · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:58 pm Post subject:

Oh yeh. Variety is the spice of life.

(No comment on personal relationships.
The wife analogy may disturb some but
it seems appropriate albeit curt/terse.)

Aye.

My fourth boat's name: "My Last Boat IV".

srbaum · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:07 pm Post subject:

I too have not found the perfect boat, but I am always open to new challenges, as noted below.

1. Power: 1974, AristoCraft 18, 75hp Evin, trailer.
2. Power: 1975, Chrysler 17, 60hp Johnson, trailer.
3. Power: 1976, Mako 19, twin 50hp O/B’s, changed to 150hp Merc, EZ-Load trailer.
4. Sail 1978, Mayflower 15’ sailboat, Lateen rig, EZ-Load trailer.
5. Sail 1978, Snark 11’ sailboat, Lateen rig.
6. Power: 1978, Glasspar Avalon 16, O/B, trailer.
7. Sail: 1983, Prindle 16, Magic Tilt trailer.
8. Sail: 1994, Ensenada 21, O/B, trailer.
9. Sail: 1994, Sailfish.
10. Power 1995, Kawasaki Jet Ski.
11. Sail: 1995, Sunfish.
12. Sail: 1984, Ensenada 20, Evinrude O/B, trailer.
13. Power: 1986, Mako 21, Evin 200hp O/B, trailer.
14. Power: 1986, Boston Whaler 13, 40hp Merc O/B, trailer.
15. Sail: 1989, Catalina 22, Evinrude 6hp O/B, trailer.
16. Sail: 1990, S2 7.4, O/B.
17. Sail: 1991, Dyer 8 sailing dinghy.
18. Power: 1991, Bombaridar Inflatable 12 (dark blue).
19. Sail: 1992, S2 9.1.
20. Sail: 1989, Catalina 22, Evinrude O/B.
21. Sail: 1991, S2 24, Evinrude O/B.
22. Power: 1994, Avon 14, 25hp Evin O/B, trailer.
23. Sail: 1995, Laser 14, white.
24. Sail: 1996, S2 30, Yanmar diesel.
25. Power: 1996, Aquasport 19, 90hp Evinrude, trailer.
26. Sail: 1996, Capri 14, trailer.
27. Power: 1996, Kawasaki Jet Ski, trailer.
28. Sail: 1996, Laser (white), trailer.
29. Sail: 1996, Laser (orange), cart.
30. Sail: 1997, Windrider 16 (blue), cart.
31. Sail: 1998, Boston Whaler, trailer.
32. Sail: 1999, Alacrity 18, twin keel, trailer.
33. Sail: 1999, Laser 14, orange.
34. Sail: 2000, Eagle 20, Yamaha 4hp O/B, Pacific trailer.
35. Sail: 2000, Westerly Centaur 26, twin keel, diesel
36. Paddle: 2000, Wilderness Systems Cape Lookout 15.
37. Power: Zar Formenti RHI 14.5, 40hp Suzuki, trailer.
38. Sail: 2001, Windrider 17 (yellow), trailer.
39. Power: 2003, Sears John boat 12.
40. Sail: 2003, Windrider 16 (green), trailer.
41. Power: 2003, Parker 23, 225hp Yamaha, EZ-Loader trailer.
42. Power: 2004, Premier 22 pontoon boat, 90hp O/B, trailer.
43. Power: 2005, Apex 17, 90hp Honda, trailer.
44. Sail: 2005, Catalina 30, wing keel, diesel.
45. Sail: 2005, A-Cat catamaran, trailer.
46. Sail: 2006, Corsair F24, 6hp Merc, Pacific trailer.
47. Sail: 2006, Catalina 30.
48. Sail: 2007, Escape, Runba 13 (yellow).
49. Sail: 2007, Windrider 16 (red)
50. Sail 2007, A-Cat catamaran, trailer.
51. Paddle: Ocean kayak tandem.
52. Sail: 2008, Drascombe Dabber 16, 2hp Honda O/B, EZ-Load trailer.
53. Power: 2010, C-Dory 22, 90hp Honda, E-Z Load trailer.
54. Sail: 2013, Skipper 20, 4hp Yamaha.
55. Power: 2016, West Marine RU-250 inflatable 8.
56. Paddle: CLC Wherry rowing shell 18.
57. Paddle/Sail: 2017, Hobie Revolution 16, peddle w/sail.
58. Paddle: 2017, Wilderness Systems Pamlico 14.
59. Paddle: 2017, Stellar surf ski 18.
60. Sail: 2017, Mud Hen 17, O/B, trailer.
61. Sail/Paddle: CLC Waterlust sailing canoe 17.
62. Sail: 2018, Melonseed Skiff 14, trailer.
63. Power: 2019, Cape Cruiser 26, 200hp Honda, Magic Tilt trailer.
64. Peddle/ paddle: 2019, Hobie i-12 inflatable kayak.
65. Sail/peddle: 2016, Hobie Adventure Island 16.
66. Peddle: 2019, Hobie 12, inflatable I-12.
67. Sail: 2019, Sail/Peddle: 2008, Hobie Adventure Island 16, yellow.
68. Sail, 2020, Sail/Peddle: 2016, Hobie Adventure Island 16, red.
69. Sail: 2020, Sail/Peddle: 2009, Hobie Adventure Island 16, dark red.
70. Sail: 2021, Sail/Peddle: 2020, Hobie Adventure Island 16, gray
71. Row/sail: 1994, Bautech Marine, Bauer 8’2” dinghy.
72. Sail: 2011, Sail/Peddle: 2011, Hobie Tandem Island 18, gray. Malone Trailer.
73. Peddle/Paddle: 2012, Hobie Pro Angler 12.

smckean (Tosca) · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:56 pm Post subject:

OMG, Steve,

I would not thought this possible. Is it really true that you have owned 72 boats for private use (not connected to business at all)! I would not have believed it.

srbaum · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:11 pm Post subject:

Sandy,
Been boating since born and have enjoyed every boat that I have owned and always have been fortunate and never lost a dime, after enjoying them, then selling them, to enjoy another boat.
I have always had a home with a dock, or a ramp at the end of the street. I have mostly lived where boating has been possible year round (Governors Island was the exception) and get to go boating almost every day of the year.
At 69, I've got to ensure that I go out as often as I can, as I know that one day, that will no longer be possible...

gulfcoast john · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:30 pm Post subject:

I have had the perfect boat for over 10 years,

And the perfect wife for 40 years (after 12 other trailer boats together, but no other wives).

Yes, I am a very lucky guy.

John

serpa4 · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:40 pm Post subject:

I loved my C30 cutwater, but love my house without mortgage more. It was sad to sell it, but debt free house was a milestone in my life.

Foggy · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:00 pm Post subject:

colbysmith · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:52 pm Post subject:

Foggy, try seeing the joy in life, instead of misery. I feel as John does. Perfect may not last forever. But enjoy what you have! Maybe perfection is a state of mind. And who are you to deny others that perfection? Quite frankly, most probably don't care if you believe folks or not. Aye...Grandpa said, ignore the naysayers! Colby

JamesTXSD · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:59 am Post subject:

thataway · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:25 am Post subject:

Jim, this is one time that I will disagree with you. Foggy sold his Venture, but apparently loved this forum enough that he elected to stay and become a contributing member with some good comments. There were some roughness around the edges, and I certainly know since I was the butt of the early comments.
At that time I did a little internet investigation about Foggy, his profession, church activities etc...it is all out there. He certainly was a contributing member of his community.

Foggy wrote and shared with us, his tome on cold water/hypothermia, which is excellent.

As to the "Perfect boat". We had one "perfect boat". That was the Cal 46, motor sailor. If our health had allowed, we would still own her. We done extensive modifications to bring the range under power to 3000 miles, We could launch and retrieve a RIB when underway at up to 7 knots. The freezer contained entrees for a 6 months, etc... It was a rare breed which would run at 8 knots under power and under sail. We had several days over 200 miles on passage. We averaged over 180 miles a day. The couple who bought the boat from us continued to use and live aboard for over 22 years. They thought it was the perfect boat also--and only gave it up when they, as we, could not use it in the fashion for which it was intended.

So lets move on with our lives, and appreciate each member of this community for their positive contributions.