A new C-Dory line?

The site listed above doesn't say where the Coastal Cruiser is imported from, but I found this with a little searching:

Castine Boat Company Offers Turkish Built Boats

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Joe. :teeth :thup
 
Based on reading Shawn & Tonie's blog (http://www.itsuro.com) they have had several good seasons with their Allweather "Itsuro" and they seem to enjoy this boat as much as they enjoyed their CD22. Itsuro is actually a 1986 boat which they bought used and modified to fit their needs.

Jim
 
Looks like a nice boat, but I think an Allweather would be a better choice in the PNW. It seems like Albin used to make a little low power diesel cruiser, too. Had an aft cabin if I remember correctly. The aft cabin seems like a waste, but the boat had reasonable lines.

Steve
 
Yes the Swedish-built Albins came in 25 and 28 flavors with aft cabins. Patty and I and Kate and David have been aboard a 28 belonging to a ham radio friend of ours from Victoria one Memorial Day at Cabbage Island. Extremely economical - and slow. But cool too. There are Albin owners clubs, I forget how many 28s my friend said there are, but it is not a large number.
Wandering Sagebrush":22rmzwd7 said:
Looks like a nice boat, but I think an Allweather would be a better choice in the PNW. It seems like Albin used to make a little low power diesel cruiser, too. Had an aft cabin if I remember correctly. The aft cabin seems like a waste, but the boat had reasonable lines.

Steve
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I really think the Allweather boat is a design whose time has come. The fuel economy and range are fantastic, and It seems to have superior capacity to deal with heavy seas. I really like the lines of the double ender displacement hull, too. It seems like a great Alaska boat. Speed of 6 knots isn't great if you're in a hurry, but with the ability to cruise an entire season on 100 gallons of fuel, for lots a folks it would be a good trade off. Personally, I'd love to see C-Dory (or somebody) buy the Allweather design and put it back into production. Bartender boats is developing plans for a very similar low power, displacement double ender called the timbercoast, which would be nice for people with the time and skills to build their own boat from plans, but I'd still like to see the Allweather go back into production.
 
Aiviq":k4ptmr52 said:
Bartender boats is developing plans for a very similar low power, displacement double ender called the timbercoast, which would be nice for people with the time and skills to build their own boat from plans, but I'd still like to see the Allweather go back into production.
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I'm glad you mentioned Bartender and the TimberCoast. I am sure Bill Childs will build one for anyone who does not want to build from plans or (in the future) a kit. Bill is up in Bellingham and welcomes visitors to his shop. I'm planning to go next month, if anyone would like to join me.

Warren
 
I agree with Sea Wolf, the Allweather boat is really a pilothouse sailboat without a mast, you still have to climb down into it, and no bimini. Also access to the water, imagine trying to climb down into a dinghy, see the little ladder steps on the back.

The really nice feature of the C-Dory is the walk-out cabin. (Yes, even though it eliminates a self-draining cockpit) It makes the cockpit just an extension of the cabin.

If I remember right the Allweather boat was about $90,000. For that much money I'll stick with the CD, go fast and have plenty of gas money left over. I suspect that paying someone to build a one-off Timbercoast would be similar.

I really think the time has come where there is a big enough market for a production version of this kind of boat.
 
Speaking of the Bartender and some of these other boats that you can build yourself, I wonder if Dave Kruger ever mentioned what it cost in $$$ and time to build his beautiful Bartender?

I don't think most people realized how much time and money they're getting into with a total build project like that.

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
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