cd-16's all the time

DuckDogTitus":w5661wmv said:
Blueback":w5661wmv said:
dotnmarty":w5661wmv said:
Harvey- you are, of course, absolutely correct! I do hope to see you and Sleepy C in the new year. Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the best to you and yours. :gift
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This "speed of the 16-C-Dory has morphed into tow vehicles so I will add to that subject.
Some see the 16 ' C-Dory as the little Jeep that could and does. I have the matched tow unit. Its a 2005 Jeep Liberty diesel -2.8 L. 5000 lbs rated tow package. In BC. Canada there is no requirements for brakes until the tow package exceeds 1500lbs. This just squeaks Blueback into that range and without brakes the maintenance of the trailer is far less. The mileage I get towing on a run 25 mpg.
OK guys and gals-- would we not all agree that on a retirement budget our little Dory's fills the bill.
Merry Christmas to all on this amazing Dory Chat Line
Geoff & Aline
"Blueback"
Qualicum Beach, BC
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that's incredible, my Liberty (2002/gas) doesn't get near that gas mileage driving to work.
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Maybe he has the diesel version or maybe he is using imperial gallons. I've only heard tell of mileage that good on the diesels and even then using with some after market mods.
 
jimicliff":35kisjq2 said:
I got in a great squall in August, I saw gray on the horizon and closed my windows. I was on an inland lake with 6 to 12 ft of water I had no idea that this was RED on the radar screen and with in 20 min it went from glass to water pouring over my bow of my 16 cruiser up to the wind shield and stopping underneath the sun visor. Four times my wind shield looked like shower door glass. I headed straight into the wind any port or starboard felt like trouble, the boat handeled great and the prop stayed in the water all the time, yes this boat handels well.
I learned a lesson from Sea Tow, in one of their safety articles
they suggested taking your boat in bad weather when you see some comming. Start light and build your way up in bad weater strength and build your skills. I've done this many times and dam if it's not been educational.
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this reminds me of a situation I was in last year and I timidly will ask a question that feels a bit silly. In the case of a lightening storm, what are the direct risks of being on a boat? Increased?

We launched one evening in the dark and motored slowly across a stretch of south sound into a small harbor. the 'open' water of the sound was starting to build as we saw lightening flashing over mt rainier. weather forecast wasn't actually that bad and the storm appeared to be quite a ways inland. It did build, but from within the harbor we were safe. Once we got about 1/4-1/2 mile in the water became glasslike, while a light storm built outside. even though we had almost no rain at all, it was amazing for me to sleep on the dinette with a view through the windows of an incredible lightening storm. we slept only 100 yards or so off the shore, in a protected area on the hook, so I felt if things got really nasty I could always just beach the boat and take shelter, but it was incredible to sleep on the anchor and witness such a storm. My only thought was I never really knew if there was an increased risk being on a boat during a lightening storm.
 
Anyone want to recommend trips on their 16's? Here in New Smyrna The River View Grille and Hotel as well as The Night Swan are great little B&B's with boat docks. The Night Swan's is free.
 
Blueback":1ovp3rfi said:
I have to ask ask-- was it breaking spray over you bow or were the waves breaking right over your fore-deck and hatch? If it was, you may have been in real danger as waves could roll past the cabin deck and into the cockpit--yikes.
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I've told this story in the past....in 2000 while enroute to the C-Dory gathering in Langley, We encountered heavy seas between Everett and Hat Island (aka Gedney Island). Our daughter (who was 10 yrs. old at the time) was with me in our 16' Cruiser. The seas built up to the point that we took green water over the top. At one point Jessica said, "I'm not sure but I think this is the perfect storm". Fortunately, we had secured the camper back. Even then, we had one wave that hit us from the starboard front quarter and managed to dump about 5 gallons of water into the cockpit after popping open a couple of the side snaps. We managed to gain refuge in a private marina on Hat Island and sat tight in there for a couple of hours until the winds subsided.
On our arrival at Langley, Fred and Robbin who had been cruising in their 22' alongside Brock in his 16' C-Dory Angler on the other side of the island at the same time, said that at times Brock's 16 footer was vertical in the waves.

The sudden increase in the size of the seas took us totally by surprise, but I learned that day that the C-Dory would take more seas than I care to venture out in. I definitely was concerned whether we were going to make safe refuge and whether the windshields were going to remain intact.
 
You're very welcome. Lightning is one of those forces of nature that can just destroy all sense of your own ability to control your fate. Do what you can to avoid being out in it at all; then do what you can to reduce your risks if you are caught; then laugh, cry, or pray as the spirit moves you.
 
I am thinking of upgrading my seats. Stationary buckets or reclining captain's chairs? Anyone particularly in love with their seats? Any suggestions. Ideal on the 16 would be a more narrow seat that reclines.
 
Hi Stan this is Jimi the guy over in Mt Dora, go to the Forums and look with "New Seats". Yesterday I ordered an Attwood Centric SAS for the pilot seat along with a Garelick 75090 seat slide and swivel, I found both on Amazon. I learned about seat & mount on the Forum, "Cabelas" on line is a great place to look at a variety of seats.
 
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