Hi, folks. I'm new here and thought I would introduce myself. My name is Mike Garrett. I live just a few miles from Asheville, NC, and in a few weeks I'll be the owner of a C-Dory 22 Angler. The dealer called yesterday afternoon and told me they should receive the boat from the builder next Friday. It will take them a couple of weeks to get the boat rigged and a few things I wanted added installed, then I'll be on my way to pick it up. So, after 25 years or so of wishing I'll finally be a C-Dory owner.
My first look at a C-Dory came in an envelope from Capt. Jim Orrell of Texas Dory Boat Plans, Galveston, TX, in June of 1986. I had ordered a set of plans for a 20' Carolina Dory and he included several pages of advertisements for other plans he offered. Two of those pages included photos and descriptions of C-Dory boats, the 16 Angler and 22 Angler, although he called them “World Boat/Sampan Express.” I have no idea if he was associated with C-Dory in any way, if he was selling plans from the original designer or C-Dory, or if he just used C-Dory's advertisements to showcase similar plans he offered. I've uploaded the flyers to the Documents Forum in a .pdf format for anyone interested.
Those advertisements caught my attention. Light weight, low powered, shallow draft, and simple, all things I liked in a boat. Over the next few years I read a couple of magazine articles about C-Dory boats and thought they would be quite good for a store bought boat but they were out of my price range since I was making a living as a police officer. I eventually saw a couple of C-Dories, one on a trailer on I-95 and another on Pamlico Sound. Both at a distance so I couldn't get a good look but I did like what I saw.
Fast forward to 1998, I had changed jobs and transferred to the mountains of NC. I found myself boatless for the first time in 20 years. But, I had other interests and was working too many hours to even begin entertaining the idea of a boat. Then came retirement. So far it's the best job I've ever had. I have spent the last five years traveling all over the U.S., mostly on a motorcycle. Last winter, when it was too cold to ride much, I started thinking about building another boat. Specifically, that 20' Carolina Dory. I had lofted it back in '86 and built the frames when I got side tracked with work and raising kids. There just wasn't time to finish it. So, I dug out those old plans and began to study them again. But I kept going to those two pages of advertisements featuring the C-Dory boats.
Searching the internet for information on C-Dory led me to this site. This site led me to purchasing a C-Dory. It's all your fault. Thanks!!!
My first look at a C-Dory came in an envelope from Capt. Jim Orrell of Texas Dory Boat Plans, Galveston, TX, in June of 1986. I had ordered a set of plans for a 20' Carolina Dory and he included several pages of advertisements for other plans he offered. Two of those pages included photos and descriptions of C-Dory boats, the 16 Angler and 22 Angler, although he called them “World Boat/Sampan Express.” I have no idea if he was associated with C-Dory in any way, if he was selling plans from the original designer or C-Dory, or if he just used C-Dory's advertisements to showcase similar plans he offered. I've uploaded the flyers to the Documents Forum in a .pdf format for anyone interested.
Those advertisements caught my attention. Light weight, low powered, shallow draft, and simple, all things I liked in a boat. Over the next few years I read a couple of magazine articles about C-Dory boats and thought they would be quite good for a store bought boat but they were out of my price range since I was making a living as a police officer. I eventually saw a couple of C-Dories, one on a trailer on I-95 and another on Pamlico Sound. Both at a distance so I couldn't get a good look but I did like what I saw.
Fast forward to 1998, I had changed jobs and transferred to the mountains of NC. I found myself boatless for the first time in 20 years. But, I had other interests and was working too many hours to even begin entertaining the idea of a boat. Then came retirement. So far it's the best job I've ever had. I have spent the last five years traveling all over the U.S., mostly on a motorcycle. Last winter, when it was too cold to ride much, I started thinking about building another boat. Specifically, that 20' Carolina Dory. I had lofted it back in '86 and built the frames when I got side tracked with work and raising kids. There just wasn't time to finish it. So, I dug out those old plans and began to study them again. But I kept going to those two pages of advertisements featuring the C-Dory boats.
Searching the internet for information on C-Dory led me to this site. This site led me to purchasing a C-Dory. It's all your fault. Thanks!!!
