A fellow in Gustava Ak has a pair of these boats listed on www.Alaskaslist.com.
Both with new 225 Yamaha's and other items. 34K
Martin
Both with new 225 Yamaha's and other items. 34K
Martin
26ft anglers, yes theres 2 of them!
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Captains Cat
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They sure look different (from each other). Doesn't say the 225's are "new" though. And they're $32,995. Each.
Charlie
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Jack in Alaska
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In an old C-Dory brochure, that I have from that era, shows both of those models as 26' ProAnglers.
My 2005 ProAngler is different yet from either one but also much newer. My friends 1994 26' ProAngler is exactly like mine except his motor is hanging on the transom in a cutout with a transom box inside the boat. Mine has the motors hanging on an Armstrong type bracket as do the two for sale.
I really do not understand how all of those different models came to be and still be called ProAnglers.
My 2005 ProAngler is different yet from either one but also much newer. My friends 1994 26' ProAngler is exactly like mine except his motor is hanging on the transom in a cutout with a transom box inside the boat. Mine has the motors hanging on an Armstrong type bracket as do the two for sale.
I really do not understand how all of those different models came to be and still be called ProAnglers.
WOW... nice... and I like the motor bracket set up too as to give all the cockpit space to the boat instead of to the motors and rigging gear. I like the back slanted pilot house windows too!!
Now, I wonder why when Jeff Messmer and Scot Reynolds brought the CD 25 back into action....why did they not bring these back?
After 3 years of getting told no.... I bought my Rosborough. A much different hull for sure, but I have a great big ol cockpit that I was after.
Interesting...as I did not even know these boats were out there. Guess they were built in the years that SERENITY and some of the first generation 25s were built.
Byrdman
Now, I wonder why when Jeff Messmer and Scot Reynolds brought the CD 25 back into action....why did they not bring these back?
After 3 years of getting told no.... I bought my Rosborough. A much different hull for sure, but I have a great big ol cockpit that I was after.
Interesting...as I did not even know these boats were out there. Guess they were built in the years that SERENITY and some of the first generation 25s were built.
Byrdman
Years ago I was at the C-Dory plant in Kent and viewed an older model C-Dory. My recall about the vessel is a bit "hazy", so I don't remember its' size, but I do remember that it had been built with an inboard engine.
Over the years C-Dory has constructed some very unique vessels that most likely only the "old timers" on this site remember seeing or hearing about. I do know that there was one C-Dory with a fly bridge that ended up in California, didn't sell and returned to the factory for some changes.
There are pictures somewhere on either this site or they were featured on the "old" site of the "fly bridge C-Dory". However, I don't recall if pictures were ever posted of the C-Dory with the inboard. (P.S. I'm not referring to the one of a kind C-Dory that also has an inboard that belongs to our C-Brat member that divides his time between Alaska and Africa.....sorry I can't remember his name at this moment).
There is also an older model C-Dory in the Edmonds Marina and that could possibly be a 26'. Perhaps one of our members that have slips in the Edmonds Marina can enlighten us on it. (It is in a covered slip).
Over the years C-Dory has constructed some very unique vessels that most likely only the "old timers" on this site remember seeing or hearing about. I do know that there was one C-Dory with a fly bridge that ended up in California, didn't sell and returned to the factory for some changes.
There are pictures somewhere on either this site or they were featured on the "old" site of the "fly bridge C-Dory". However, I don't recall if pictures were ever posted of the C-Dory with the inboard. (P.S. I'm not referring to the one of a kind C-Dory that also has an inboard that belongs to our C-Brat member that divides his time between Alaska and Africa.....sorry I can't remember his name at this moment).
There is also an older model C-Dory in the Edmonds Marina and that could possibly be a 26'. Perhaps one of our members that have slips in the Edmonds Marina can enlighten us on it. (It is in a covered slip).
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A M E N !!
Thanks guys...
Now, not to sure how long you have to be a member before you are considered an old timer.... particuarly being from the east side.... but there were many years the Tolands just kept these jewels over there in the NW corner... then....they spread a bit later.
Guess I saw my first one somewhere in the 91-92 time frame... I am trying to link it to an assignment location.... I have it located back to a Sergeant Major who was just about as crazy about boats as I am.... but I am not sure if we were in the we work together mode....had worked together in the past mode...or, would be working together again mode. We both transfered around a bit.... and those days are fuzzy at best.
First one I bought was a 16 Cruiser, up the beach a bit near Daytona. The military had me in one of those touchy-feely 3 week classes...right on the beach in the Coco Beach FL area... and I drove up on a weekend and bought the boat, had to fly home, drive over and back with tow vehicle from AL to Daytona area... Then the next one was Dusty's TC24 that had the year before been in the doorway as your enter the Seattle Boat show... Man,, these boats have brought me many good friends and many good times.....even if the touchy-feely course did not stick.
Was part of the old C-Dog group....but, I think I fit the C-Brat mode a bit better...as do most of us on here....who like all of their statements and coments to stay posted...as posted...and not cut all up or deleted all together. What fun was that???
Thanks guys...
Byrdman
A M E N !!
Thanks guys...
Now, not to sure how long you have to be a member before you are considered an old timer.... particuarly being from the east side.... but there were many years the Tolands just kept these jewels over there in the NW corner... then....they spread a bit later.
Guess I saw my first one somewhere in the 91-92 time frame... I am trying to link it to an assignment location.... I have it located back to a Sergeant Major who was just about as crazy about boats as I am.... but I am not sure if we were in the we work together mode....had worked together in the past mode...or, would be working together again mode. We both transfered around a bit.... and those days are fuzzy at best.
First one I bought was a 16 Cruiser, up the beach a bit near Daytona. The military had me in one of those touchy-feely 3 week classes...right on the beach in the Coco Beach FL area... and I drove up on a weekend and bought the boat, had to fly home, drive over and back with tow vehicle from AL to Daytona area... Then the next one was Dusty's TC24 that had the year before been in the doorway as your enter the Seattle Boat show... Man,, these boats have brought me many good friends and many good times.....even if the touchy-feely course did not stick.
Was part of the old C-Dog group....but, I think I fit the C-Brat mode a bit better...as do most of us on here....who like all of their statements and coments to stay posted...as posted...and not cut all up or deleted all together. What fun was that???
Thanks guys...
Byrdman
Big Mac,
I'm also unable to locate the picture of the C-Dory with the Flybridge. I even tried google enhanced search, but no luck.
Perhaps when Da Nag sees this he can repost it. If I'm not mistaken he posted the original pictures of it because a dealer in California had it on the lot for quite some time.
I'm also unable to locate the picture of the C-Dory with the Flybridge. I even tried google enhanced search, but no luck.
Perhaps when Da Nag sees this he can repost it. If I'm not mistaken he posted the original pictures of it because a dealer in California had it on the lot for quite some time.
Jack in Alaska
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I always thought that the boat I purchased in Fla. this spring was the very same flybridge boat in those pictures. Mine is exactly like it including the ladder up the stbd. side (totally useless)of the rear cabin, the two flat spots on the cabin top where those two round bases are attached and the enclosed transom ready for a motor bracket.
But........there is no evidence on mine of a flybridge ever being attached or those other do-dads on the cabin roof. Also in pic. #6 the switch panel on the dash is on the port side vertically and mine is on the stbd. side horizontally.
Does anyone know what happened to the flybridge boat???
As the story goes........my boat was the one unsold one of a bunch made and sold to a charter business in S.E. Alaska in 2005. It is also the last 26' made, hull no. 21 of 21. My boat has a factory installed 2002 Honda 200hp (a left over model at the time) on my 2005 boat.
It was sent to Three Rivers Marine in Fla. They could not sell it there and they had it for at least 2 yrs. I tried to buy it 3 yrs. ago but could not come to an agreement on price. They did eventually sell it with 40 hrs. on it but the owner apparently missed too many payments and it was repossessed with 139 hrs. on it. The bank sold it to a dealer in W. Palm Beach, Fla. and they put it on E-Bay. That is where I bought it in April and towed it to Alaska.
Apparently it was used as a dive boat as I found a bag full of divers weights in it as well as 4 heavy (25 lbs.)zincs. Anyone need weights or zincs????
If anyone knows anymore info on my boat or thinks my info is baloney please let me know.
Thanks,
Jack
But........there is no evidence on mine of a flybridge ever being attached or those other do-dads on the cabin roof. Also in pic. #6 the switch panel on the dash is on the port side vertically and mine is on the stbd. side horizontally.
Does anyone know what happened to the flybridge boat???
As the story goes........my boat was the one unsold one of a bunch made and sold to a charter business in S.E. Alaska in 2005. It is also the last 26' made, hull no. 21 of 21. My boat has a factory installed 2002 Honda 200hp (a left over model at the time) on my 2005 boat.
It was sent to Three Rivers Marine in Fla. They could not sell it there and they had it for at least 2 yrs. I tried to buy it 3 yrs. ago but could not come to an agreement on price. They did eventually sell it with 40 hrs. on it but the owner apparently missed too many payments and it was repossessed with 139 hrs. on it. The bank sold it to a dealer in W. Palm Beach, Fla. and they put it on E-Bay. That is where I bought it in April and towed it to Alaska.
Apparently it was used as a dive boat as I found a bag full of divers weights in it as well as 4 heavy (25 lbs.)zincs. Anyone need weights or zincs????
If anyone knows anymore info on my boat or thinks my info is baloney please let me know.
Thanks,
Jack
Jack-
My memory is fuzzy on the details, but the boat in the photos at Gunther's in Bodega Bay/Sebastapol (Calif.) was photographed* by Bill and discussed at length on this site, or perhaps the former MSN site. Originally they wanted $75,000 for it, and it was considered a one of a kind custom boat built on speculation. Many posters thought the boat would be top-heavy in the ocean with the fly-bridge.
*(The "Properties" of the photo gives the date taken as "Date/Time 2001:06:28 08:49:12")
It was there for a long time, then shipped elsewhere. Reference was eventually made to it being returned to the factory in Washington, where the fly-bridge was removed, and the boat shipped back east somewhere. At some point, it surfaced in Florida, or at least one matching the description of the original boat, sans fly-bridge.
I'm not sure how much of this story is factually accounted for in the posts on the old or on this site, and how much of it is conjecture and surmising on my behalf as I attempted to fill in the blanks.
Bill probably has a better memory of the details of this story, as he took a personal interest in originally photographing the boat, was pretty excited about it at the time, and probably followed it closer than I in subsequent developments.
Joe. :teeth :thup
My memory is fuzzy on the details, but the boat in the photos at Gunther's in Bodega Bay/Sebastapol (Calif.) was photographed* by Bill and discussed at length on this site, or perhaps the former MSN site. Originally they wanted $75,000 for it, and it was considered a one of a kind custom boat built on speculation. Many posters thought the boat would be top-heavy in the ocean with the fly-bridge.
*(The "Properties" of the photo gives the date taken as "Date/Time 2001:06:28 08:49:12")
It was there for a long time, then shipped elsewhere. Reference was eventually made to it being returned to the factory in Washington, where the fly-bridge was removed, and the boat shipped back east somewhere. At some point, it surfaced in Florida, or at least one matching the description of the original boat, sans fly-bridge.
I'm not sure how much of this story is factually accounted for in the posts on the old or on this site, and how much of it is conjecture and surmising on my behalf as I attempted to fill in the blanks.
Bill probably has a better memory of the details of this story, as he took a personal interest in originally photographing the boat, was pretty excited about it at the time, and probably followed it closer than I in subsequent developments.
Joe. :teeth :thup
Jack & Joe and others just as sick as I am....
Man, built in 2005 I would not think so...but it could have happened. I have an email out to Jeff Messmer to find out. I had bugged the shoes off of him and Scot at the time to build me a CD25 angler.... which they told me for years ....No,,, No...No... so, I bought a Rosborough.
But, if this turns out to be true on a build date...it would be close to the time that Scot Reynolds and Mike Shotwell had the not so good meeting due to Mike picking up the CC line of boats..... (no...not really wanting to get all that mixed up again...just a time reference)
So, Jack... how do you like your boat? It looks sweet...and I really like the aft mounted motor bracket as to give you the full transom area cockpit space rather than giving up about 20" for motor well and rigging gear. Not sure why more of our CD owners do not chop into the back ends and pick up more room....but, it is hard to take out that saws all/zippo and cut a nice boat up.... but...the end results... SWEET...and feet.
Interesting.
Byrdman
Man, built in 2005 I would not think so...but it could have happened. I have an email out to Jeff Messmer to find out. I had bugged the shoes off of him and Scot at the time to build me a CD25 angler.... which they told me for years ....No,,, No...No... so, I bought a Rosborough.
But, if this turns out to be true on a build date...it would be close to the time that Scot Reynolds and Mike Shotwell had the not so good meeting due to Mike picking up the CC line of boats..... (no...not really wanting to get all that mixed up again...just a time reference)
So, Jack... how do you like your boat? It looks sweet...and I really like the aft mounted motor bracket as to give you the full transom area cockpit space rather than giving up about 20" for motor well and rigging gear. Not sure why more of our CD owners do not chop into the back ends and pick up more room....but, it is hard to take out that saws all/zippo and cut a nice boat up.... but...the end results... SWEET...and feet.
Interesting.
Byrdman
Jack in Alaska
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Byrdman......
So far I am extremely happy with the performance of the boat. I really like the very large fishing deck. In some respects it is too large for only two people. A little more cabin would have been good. It handles rough water with ease and cruses at 22mph @ 3800 rpm easily. It will stay on step at 18 mph. and 3200 rpm. WOT is 33 mph @ 5200 rpm. I do NOT want to know the fuel burn rate at WOT but I am in the middle of installing a fuel scan gauge so will know the rate soon. That is a must know thing for long range travel and efficient travel. I have put approx. 50 hrs.on it so far with maybe half trolling. Now I have a kicker so that will be used for trolling when the wind/waves allow it. THe best thing is the fish holds. After dealing with salmon/halibut in a 22' Classic for all these years the holds are wonderful.
A puzzler for me...........the serial number is not molded into the hull like other CD's. It is stamped into an aluminum plate and riveted to the hull. Could it have been made at an earlier date, modified and renumbered and sold??? That would help explain the 2002 motor on a 2005 boat. Maybe it was originally a 2001 or 2002 boat.
Who knows??? I would really like to know the history if anyone has some solid info to share. It is an unusual C-Dory so someone in the manuf./transporting/selling may remember something.
So far I am extremely happy with the performance of the boat. I really like the very large fishing deck. In some respects it is too large for only two people. A little more cabin would have been good. It handles rough water with ease and cruses at 22mph @ 3800 rpm easily. It will stay on step at 18 mph. and 3200 rpm. WOT is 33 mph @ 5200 rpm. I do NOT want to know the fuel burn rate at WOT but I am in the middle of installing a fuel scan gauge so will know the rate soon. That is a must know thing for long range travel and efficient travel. I have put approx. 50 hrs.on it so far with maybe half trolling. Now I have a kicker so that will be used for trolling when the wind/waves allow it. THe best thing is the fish holds. After dealing with salmon/halibut in a 22' Classic for all these years the holds are wonderful.
A puzzler for me...........the serial number is not molded into the hull like other CD's. It is stamped into an aluminum plate and riveted to the hull. Could it have been made at an earlier date, modified and renumbered and sold??? That would help explain the 2002 motor on a 2005 boat. Maybe it was originally a 2001 or 2002 boat.
Who knows??? I would really like to know the history if anyone has some solid info to share. It is an unusual C-Dory so someone in the manuf./transporting/selling may remember something.
Since the date on Da Nags photo is 6/28/2001, it was obviously built before then. Like Joe, I am "fuzzy" on the details, but quite certain that since it was not purchased in California, it was sent back to the factory and the fly bridge removed. What happened beyond that, I'm not even "fuzzy" regarding the vessel.
I'm still curious about the older C-Dory that I saw at the Kent Factory with the inboard engine. It was not this vessel as it looked quite "old and tired". Certainly someone else must have seen it there, in fact I believe there was some discussion about it on most likely the old C-Dog site.
I'm still curious about the older C-Dory that I saw at the Kent Factory with the inboard engine. It was not this vessel as it looked quite "old and tired". Certainly someone else must have seen it there, in fact I believe there was some discussion about it on most likely the old C-Dog site.
Jack in Alaska
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Dave S.
If you look in my album you will see another 26' that looks just like mine except for the motor mount. His is in a transom box right on the boat.
When he bought that boat used in Seward, Alaska about 12 yrs ago there were two to choose from. That one and the other was an inboard/IO set-up. He chose the outboard model. Both were ex-charterboats. That may be where the IO boat came from that you saw at the factory.
Jack
If you look in my album you will see another 26' that looks just like mine except for the motor mount. His is in a transom box right on the boat.
When he bought that boat used in Seward, Alaska about 12 yrs ago there were two to choose from. That one and the other was an inboard/IO set-up. He chose the outboard model. Both were ex-charterboats. That may be where the IO boat came from that you saw at the factory.
Jack