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Don't MESS with the teak on a Grand Banks, just keep it BRIGHT! OR buy a Chlorax bottle [ie BOAT]. Speaking from experience it's a lot of WORK but worth it! Roy

C-ness, At least you didn't learn about BLISTERS during the survey. They hurt a lot more on your boat's bottom than on your hands! Then again if you have them on your boat's bottom you'll probably get them on YOUR hands. Roy

On our GB 42 we had more TEAK than any 100 boats should have! Did the varnish, Cetol etc. Finally went to Honey Teak a 2 part epoxyish varnish, made in Fl. The beauty is once you do the std. prep like for varnish, you can put 6-8 coats on the SAME day. Wet on tack, one on top of the other, NO...

C-ness, You'll love your GB 32, we lived on a GB 42 for 9 yrs. & our good friends had a GB 32. We did a lot of cruising together, it's a very well made boat, with a great layout. If you have the 120 Ford Lehman you can't go wrong with "low Tech power" If you have the Lehman PM me and I'll give...

Thanks ALL, for the replies. Have another busy day today, boat lift installed yesterday, electricians today, boat soon! Will read/study replies asap. Roy

Hi all, Been in the market for a CD-25 for a while here in SW Fl. none under $65K are close bye. [ ie 1,500 mi.] Like the C-25 in Ca. for 40K, but would have to buy a truck & trailer. So wondering if anyone has added a hot shower to a CD-22? or a marine head with a holding tank? looked at a...

Maybe a LOT has changed since the "40's" but NOT the Oklawaha River, it's TRUE OLD WORLD Florida. Manny areas of the St. Johns River have NOT experienced the housing boom that the rest of Florida did, this is coming from a retired builder who lived on the River! Roy

molly brown, we lived on the st. johns river for over 12yrs. 4 on land, georgetown, [n. end of lake george] and 8 on our boat, mostly at acosta creek marina, just n. of welaka. you definitely need to travel north of lake george. from there to plataka is some of the most beautiful parts of the...

colobear, Doing the trip you are planning a dink could come in handy. When we did the "LOOP" we had our 10'6" hard bottom dink with us. We used it once or twice on a big lake or exploring areas in Canada that our 42' boat couldn't go. it also a safety factor. Roy

We couldn't agree more with NO dinks! We hardly even used our bikes. We walked to most stores, bars, ice cream parlors etc. We found the "locals" VERY friendly, always offering us rides back to our boat. We thought we had "boater tattooed" on our foreheads. Just to prove a point, one day we...

Sunbeam, I understand the irony, I had a '57 wooden Chris-Craft that had to stay damp/wet & a few FG boats that had to keep dry. I guess it truly depends on HOW much time the C-Dory spends IN the water. I avoided a C-D that stayed in the water it's whole life [6 yrs. & owner didn't want a survey...

I don't want to go too far off subject, but can some one expand on the need for an epoxy barrier coat on a trailerable boat? I did a 8 coat West barrier system on our 42 GB so I am familiar with back pain & how to mix/apply it. Just not sure of the need on a late model C-Dory. Roy

Bob, You should read the thread Looking for a C Dory25 or Venture 26, I started a few days ago. I received a ton of good info, much of which answers some of "your changes over the years" I too am looking for a C-25, but in the south east, good luck. Roy

Thanks, Good info, the 22 is sounding better to us all the time. Roy

Thanks for the replies. Jim, we did the Loop 10 yrs. ago on the 42 Grand Banks, would like to parts of it again in a C-Dory. Mostly 3-6 week trips, also hauling to CD to Maine, Mi. etc. So we like the size of a 25 for those trips. But with the cost: boat, fuel, tow truck etc. the 22 is looking...

Jim B, We are looking at buying our 3rd trawler,so your comments hit home. We are waffling between a 22-25 also. Looked at both, liked the ecomony of the 22, which we need, BUT we lived on a 34' Marine Trader for 9 mons. & a 42 Grand Banks for 9 yrs. Now fully retired the 25' C-D looks GREAT...

I agree with Bob about dinghy's getting you out of trouble. We lived on a Grand Banks 42 for 10 yrs. We towed it a few times with our dink & 8 hp std. Yammy. That's over a 22 TON boat! Also towed/pushed many other boats with that dink, it was like the marina's workhorse. Ocean/strong currents is...

I looked at this boat this past Tues. Very clean CD 25, went under contract the day before I looked at it. Roy