To Jack in Alaska and Bill the Nerd, Thank you. I have a 1983 22' Angler. The pictures in the catalogue could be my boat.
I purchased my C-Dory from a Coast Guard Officer who purchased it from the Harbor Master in Kodiak Alaska about seven to eight years ago. It had a little water damage on it transom which I fixed when I repowered her about four years ago with a 75 hp Four Stroke Yamaha. It was the best thing I could do, though I had to raise the waterline three inches on the stern. At the time I added two 16 gallon tanks which just fit under the cockpit seat.
The other thinks I have done were to fill in the sides of the motor well with storage areas, and added a cockpit seat for storage on the aft of the cockpit. I had a canvas enclosure built for the cockpit which gives a great
water tight area with plastic windows and screens. I usually run the boat with the top on, but the sides stowed on the berth. I also added Dritek over the cockpit and storage deck. It allows the water to go aft where I pump it out into the motor well before going overboard. It will allow me to use a Sunshower.
In the cabin, I have secured the table on an upright position. This allows a co-pilot to seat with a seat with back on the table while cruising. I have added a galley with a single burner alcohol stove and a stainless steel sink. I will be adding a tank and pump for water. The sink drains into a large jug. I don't believe in putting more holes in the boat and I think gray water will not be able to be pumped into the harbors in the near future.
I also added two shelves, one to the right of the helm area for navigational items and one under the table next to the hull side for books. I am now putting hooks up into the deck along the sides of the bunks to hang bags to hold different things like SHORE POWER KIT, USCGAUX PATROL ITEMS, etc.
Future projects will include cutting into the area under the bunks to put a water proof hatch so as to store food supplies and maybe water tank. I will be offsetting the loss of flotation by adding flotation under the cockpit coamings. I am also planning to add shelves under the coaming to hold dock lines and other things. I have already put brackets beside the cabin door to hold the boat hook ready to go.
In adding all these things, the boat still get up to a plane at about 9 Knots in salt water and 11 knots in fresh water. She cruises best at about 15 knots, as the catalogs says. She pounds in any kind of a sea at 20 knots.
With all this, on the Erie Canal she averaged about 4 to 5 knots/hour.
I will be weighing the boat and trailer this fall when I take her out..
Total cost of this boat at this time is about $22,000.00. Not a bad deal.
Another small feature that I like. Because the port side of the cabin is open and there is no shelf by the forward window, a man can use the head while under way. Very important for a lone sailor like me. you can't do that with the post 1986 22' C-Dory's.
Fred
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