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Two mods I would like to make in my 22'. Cutting out some of the port bulkhead between the pilothouse and trunk cabin, to increase access and ventilation forward; and making a forward-facing front port seat. I have looked through lots of photos and posts on making a barber chair mod, all of...

I am wondering if anyone has a 25' cruiser I could walk through in the Mid-Atlantic area? I am looking at retirement in around a year, and am hoping to go from my 22' to a larger boat, a C-Dory 25 or a R'borough 246. I am familiar with the seakeeping qualities of the 246 and have a good idea...

I have a C-dory 22 that I keep under a pair of the cheap polytarp-and-steel-tubing shelters you can buy for around $100 online. I overlapped them to make a shelter 10' x 30', and extended the legs with pvc pipe so I can back the 22 boat underneath, with the shelter sides guyed to pegs driven in...

I have three "windows" to replace on Runt. One is the lens on the hatch--that came out easily. Second is the center forward window, which is fixed--I am going to put in a top-hinged window. I have not been able to remover it--I am having a heck of a time getting whatever it is bonded in to...

I got Runt a few weeks ago, and this weekend put trim tabs on her. The interior of the transom was pretty soft down at the bottom where the tabs go. Where I installed the top bracket, above the waterline, it was downright punky. I could use some advice. The motor mount bolts are not pulled...

Hello. I am about a month into my C-dory 22 ownership and enjoying cold-weather cruising in the Chesapeake region. It will be hot before I know it, and I am trying to find an opening center window to replace the fixed forward center window on Runt. I have contacted Diamond Sea Glaze but have...

Hello all. After several years, I finally got a great older 22 with a near-new motor. I drove from Delaware to New Orleans to get her. Took a shakedown cruise yesterday and was very pleased. I have a number of projects for the boat. After yesterday, tabs and/or permatrim have gone to top of...

Hello, all. I have been a lurker here for several years but have finally decided to take the plunge on a 22 cruiser. I am interested in the boat currently advertised in the "C-dories for sale" forum, in New Orleans. I am in Delaware. I am a little intimidated by the marine surveyors in NO...

I am looking--from a distance--at several used C-22s. One has twin 40s--carbed Hondas. I don't want to restart the single/twin squabble that I see in the archives, but I do note that most singles are 90s or better, and I assume twins are less efficient than singles. Is performance with twin...

Some boat builders are good--or bad--right through their run. Others have good and bad years depending on ownership and management--Chris-Craft being a prime example. Is anyone aware of problems with certain manufacturing years at C-Dory? Or were there any innovations that just failed, or...

I am hoping to get some advice from all the experience on this forum. What are the handling shortcomings/quirks of the 22? I have been fortunate to run a number of boats, but not a c-dory. The most similar were three: a St. Pierre dory with a heavy one-cylinder Sabb diesel in the...

I hope by the end of the summer to have a used 22 Cruiser. It will inevitably have a middle-aged engine with a few hundred hours on it. I would be grateful to hear opinions on how the common engines hold up. Obviously, individual condition/maintenance is most important, but with decent...

Hello--I am still looking for a C-22. One guy has a sport cruiser for sale, which seems to have the long cabin like a cruiser (not an Angler) but without the bulkhead and door; their place is taken by drop curtains. I mostly boat in warm weather, so this may not be a big disincentive, although...

I have (again) the cruising bug, and am looking at the C-dory 22, which has the combination of sea-keeping ability and shallow draft I need (plus they just look good). A guy on this site is selling one that has been winterized, then stored for 4-5 years. Twin '05 Honda 40s. My experience with...