"Bout Done

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hoorenga

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C Dory Year
1983
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There's always something but I think I have this little 16 footer in the bag. I started out last year with a 1982 C-Dory Angler that had been neglected and abused. Over the past year she has been "my little project". After a lot cleaning up, fixing and replacing she's about as done as she is going to get with this owner. I replaced all of the rusty parts on the trailer including new rims and tires. The water entry into the area below the back seats was the worst. It's a floatation chamber with no access so I had to open it up and dig out all of the water saturated foam. It turned out rather well I think. I now have a place to put my battery as well as the gas tank. They sat up on the seat before. Not a good location in such a small boat. My brother completely rewired it and everything works as it should. There is even a battery shut off switch as well as a main fuse. Here she it.....




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Nice job! Enjoy!
 
that really looks great 8)
 
I'm still patching holes that the previous abusers drilled all over the place. I think I have them all now. Also just drained the oil from the lower units in the two outboards. Ugly stuff! I'd launch her tomorrow but I'm helping a friend launch his sailboat and he's been waiting longer. It's a Stone Horse design.
 
It looks great. I hope to cross wakes with you one of these days.
 
hoorenga":1du9o96r said:
I'm still patching holes that the previous abusers drilled all over the place. I think I have them all now. Also just drained the oil from the lower units in the two outboards. Ugly stuff! I'd launch her tomorrow but I'm helping a friend launch his sailboat and he's been waiting longer. It's a Stone Horse design.
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The Eddy - Duff Stonehorses are interesting boats. Have fun with that.
 
The Stone Horse is a very practical and seaworthy boat, much like our C-dories. A great design.
 
Dory looks great!
 
Congrats. Looks like a really nice job. Enjoy.

Harvey
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Very nice! Like they say, "Turning a sow's ear into a silk purse."
 
Couldn't resist doing one last thing to the rig.....

Raised Trailer Lights! It also gives me something to aim for when loading.
 
Finally got her in the water for the first time since I did all the new work. The trailer lights are great, up out of the way and the poles give me a target to aim for when loading. No more submerged lights. It ran like crap though so it was back home. I pulled the fuel pump and carb for a cleaning. A new set of spark plugs and a couple of gallons of ethanol free gas later and we were ready to launch again. This time it ran %100 better but still a little rough. I ran it up to full speed and felt a few burps along the way which was probably the last of the crud passing through it. It runs a lot better but I'm still going to have a local mechanic throw a tune up on it and check out all of the connections. I can't think of anything else to do with it. It's been a fun project and you folks have been a tremendous help. I'd have messed some stuff up for sure without your support.
 
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