Calling all C- Brat historians !

[South of Heaven]

I have a trivia question....


Who holds the record for the most C Dory's bought and sold in 12 months?




I'm just curious that's all. I have bought 3 C Dory's in the last 12 months and have sold 2 of them. I'm not exactly proud of this feat; I think it's crazy the way I went about it! Lol. But it just happened to play out this way.

---I bought the 16 in August of 2015 and sold it in January of 2016.

---Then I bought the 19 in February of 2016 and sold it in August.

---And now I just bought a 25!.......Marc from Wefings emailed me and said that the Tomcat is next.

Let that be a lesson to all you youngsters out there, DON'T DO WHAT I DID! LOL. Oh, wait. Maybe I'm the youngest Brat on the site, not sure. I'm 34 years old. I hope there's some younger blood out there......

 

[PaulNBriannaLynn]

I've been quietly watching you buying and selling those boats and found it fun to live vicariously through you! You just experienced two foot-itus a little stronger and faster than most. I've done the same thing, it just took me 17 years and 9 boats to get to the 23' we have now. I never did go smaller, every boat was a little bigger. I've only had one C-dory though, but we loved that boat.

It may be a record I'm not sure, since I've been a c-brat I haven't seen it. Good for you though! I hope the 25 is the perfect fit and you can put some serious nautical miles on her.

As for the youngest c-brat, we're the same age I'm 34. I was 30 when we bought our c-dory but its gone now that we live in a much hotter climate. My wife is 25, but our daughter pretty much grew up on the boat in the San Juan Islands and Puget sound. She's 4 now and still talks about all the fun she had on that c-dory, fishing and hanging around marinas. I think its more rare that people our age can prioritize boating, but its been a really great family activity for us. I can't say it hasn't been a financial strain, but its worth it, we are a boating family and the times are priceless. Good luck with the 25, I always really liked that boat.

 

[Ron on Meander]

I would bet you would win for the quickest turnover of multiple C-Dorys, heck some dealers would like to move their boats that fast! I too have had 3 C-Ds.
It took me 4 years to do so though. I had a 16 for 2 years, a 22 for 2 years and now a 25 for the last 11. I still look but so far haven't moved any larger.
Cheers
Ron

 

[Blueback]

I would bet you would win for the quickest turnover of multiple C-Dorys, heck some dealers would like to move their boats that fast! I too have had 3 C-Ds.
It took me 4 years to do so though. I had a 16 for 2 years, a 22 for 2 years and now a 25 for the last 11. I still look but so far haven't moved any larger.
Cheers
Ron

I would be interested in who has owned the same C-Dory the longest. I bought our 16 Angler "new" in March-1990 and we still own and enjoy her 26 years later.

Geoff & Aline

 

[thataway]

I suspect it is a record, for boat turn over. But as I told Marie, I wonder when Jason calls about advice on that 35 foot sport fisher? Stick with the 25 for at least a couple of years! When you went to the 19, I had a suspicion that you would go bigger. However most go to the 22 from the 19.

I believe that here have been younger owners; I believe that one was 22 years old. A few under 30.

I have owned a number of boats, but cannot remember any that I kept less than 2 years--and that was a 13 footer in the late 1950's, which I traded for a 35 HP motor to put on 15 foot boat which was my "dream" at that time...(OK it did have a small hole in the Varnished mahogany plywood hull--but I scarfed a patch in-not noticeable, since it was in the bottom. which was painted.)

 

[SENSEI]

I have owned the 1983 since 1995 but I have a 14 ft aluminum Hewscraft that I got for my 12th birthday. I am now 62 so you do the math....lol....
in the last two years we have had a 25 cruiser then a 22 cruiser and now we have the 1995 angler.and also a used 14 ft Lund for crabbing.
now that shrimping is over I can clean up the 83 and get her ready to go down the road to someone who wants a great fishing and shrimping platform.

 

[chromer]

You should be over your Napoleon Complex. What are you naming the 25 ?

 

[Sunbeam]

---And now I just bought a 25!.......Marc from Wefings emailed me and said that the Tomcat is next.

I still wonder if you might not also have to buy a 22' at some point just to "fill in the blank"

 

[hardee]

I would bet you would win for the quickest turnover of multiple C-Dorys, heck some dealers would like to move their boats that fast! I too have had 3 C-Ds.
It took me 4 years to do so though. I had a 16 for 2 years, a 22 for 2 years and now a 25 for the last 11. I still look but so far haven't moved any larger.
Cheers
Ron

I would be interested in who has owned the same C-Dory the longest. I bought our 16 Angler "new" in March-1990 and we still own and enjoy her 26 years later.

Geoff & Aline

One of my quests for this summers cruise up north was to find a C-Dory owned by Alexandra Mortin, famous for her Orca research and then moving on towards salmon research, in the wild sustainable areas. She has owned a C-Dory, the same one since early or mid 1980's. (82 -84), and I found it, still in her possession, this summer. It has a new Yamaha engine, and other than that, it looks it's age, but is still afloat and looks very serviceable

That puts her in the 30 or 30+.years with the same boat.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[rogerbum]

Sam Landsman (editor of Waggoner's cruising guide) turns 27 today. He circumnavigated Vancouver Island in a 22 a few years ago. He now owns a Nordic Tug but is still on the site. So yes, there is younger blood here.

 

[South of Heaven]

Sam Landsman (editor of Waggoner's cruising guide) turns 27 today. He circumnavigated Vancouver Island in a 22 a few years ago. He now owns a Nordic Tug but is still on the site. So yes, there is younger blood here.

That's great. Good to see some young bucks.