All purpose c-dory

[johnr]

A couple of buddies and I took a run from Bellingham to Stuart Island to fish the pinks. It's a 30 mile trip, something I wouldn't have contemplated last year when I owned a wooden scowl/trawler with a top speed of 8 kts. In less than 2 hours and six gallons of gas we were in the thick of it, limiting out that afternoon (12 fish). We came home the next day (we have friends on Stuart Island with whom we spent the night) and encountered 20 kt winds and lumpy seas out of the SE. The C-dory handled it like a champ staying on the plane at 12 kts with little fuss. It was actually fun, especially with a following sea during the last bit. That old flat bottomed c-dory really surfs! Anybody else but me like that kind of thing? What a hoot. What a boat.

On topic, pinks may not be the best eating, but they sure are fun to catch.

 

[Jack in Alaska]

I had a 1983 Angler for 26 years and ran around Cook Inlet fishing halibut and salmon.
My son owns it now and he runs around Prince William Sound and frequently goes out 30-40 miles fishing and shrimping.
I could go out 8-10 miles for halibut, come back to shore and troll salmon on the main engine for 5 hrs and burn maybe 6-7 gals. total.
Great and safe boat.

 

[jimicliff]

I don't fish but I used to race dingy sail boats, the 470, C-15, Laser and I now own a 16 cruiser with a 50 Honda 4 stroke. It's like sailing, adjusting the trim tabs and engine tilt I can even move my body some to adjust the boat trim. I'm so in love with the boat, I was reading and old post on this sight about a Dory 22 with twin 90's and this owner was doing 30 and he did not know if he was on plane or not, what I'm saying is because of racing small sail boats so many years is my boat is like having the main sheet in one hand and the tiller extension in the other hand as may ass hangs off the side of the boat. The boat has such a great feel, I heard your passion and totally understood.

 

[DuckDogTitus]

we compare the dory to a jeep, it can go pretty much anywhere! we consider ourselves quite fortunate to have it. from swimming and 'rv' type play to fishing and exploring the salt. we are really enjoying ours. in the south sound we dont see a lot of nasty water, but the few times we did get into some decent rollers we really enjoyed (at least I did) surfing and seeing what the boat could do.

 

[bridma]

We came home the next day (we have friends on Stuart Island with whom we spent the night) and encountered 20 kt winds and lumpy seas out of the SE. The C-dory handled it like a champ staying on the plane at 12 kts with little fuss. It was actually fun, especially with a following sea during the last bit. That old flat bottomed c-dory really surfs! Anybody else but me like that kind of thing? What a hoot. What a boat.

I'm good in that weather as long as I'm wearing my 'depends'

Martin.