Do C-Dory’s have a chambered hull?

[asg074]

Do C-Dory’s have a chambered hull or is it solid? I recently purchased a 1992, 22ft angler (love it!!!). After several months of refurbishing, I used it for the first time the other day and really enjoyed everything about her. I made a weekend out of it hugging the coast, catching fish, sleeping and dinning on her. It was truly a great time. The problem is it did list (lean or tilt) to the port side. I have looked the boat top to bottom, up and down and do not notice anything that would or could make the boat list, except two small holes about two inches up from the bottom of the transom and one foot in from the boats lower port corner. The two small holes I am guessing once housed a fish finder.

Back to my question, are these boat chambered? If so, the two little holes are taking water, filling the chamber. That would be an easy fix. I did not notice anything that was noticeably uneven in terms of weight, the keel is strait, and the boat is symmetric. Any ideas?

 

[Alyssa Jean]

C-dorys have a balsa core bottom. There are no voids in the floor at all. The transom is also solid. However you need to fill the holes so no water can soak into the interior wood.

This listing is only a result of weight distribution. Without a person at the helm it must really list to port at the dock then.
Look for heavy things on the port side. Batteries, kicker, fuel tank(s), etc.

 

[thataway]

Welcome aboard--glad you found this site, even after you purchased the boat. The site is like an encyclopedia of C Dory knowledge.

As Dave says, the bottom of the hull has a 1" end grain balsa core. There can be some water in the core--any holes (screw or otherwise) should be filled with an epoxy filler after they have been ground out. I agree that it would be almost impossiable to have enough water intrusion into the hull bottom to cause a significant list. The boats are symetrical (not all boats are due to lofting errors, but C Dories are OK). The transom is cored with plywood--and again, any holes should be filled, but any water would not be enough to cause a list.

Water tank on the port side, batteries, kicker, gear etc--as Dave noted, the helmsperson will weigh from 100 to 250 (or more) lbs---so there has to be more than that much weight there--

Another question is how much list (use a level on the floor or transom) is there--you can give an answer in 1/16" per foot...(2 foot level). when the boat is at rest, with no-one aboard? Or is this only when the engine is running at XX speed--(prop torque?).

The other possiblity-is the port lazarette being used as a bait tank--many were plumbed for that use--or are there two batteries in the port lazarette?