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C&PBerkeley

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found a nice 2007 22 cruiser, 47hrs one owner, can"t wait to take a her out, I'm on the Eastern Shore of Va. Had one ride on a 25, never seen 22 live, these boats are head turners, just in time for rock fish as my open skiff is getting a little cool. What do most of you do for rod holders? clamp on? any help would be appreciated thanks Paul
 
C&PBerkeley":1654z30w said:
found a nice 2007 22 cruiser, 47hrs one owner, can"t wait to take a her out, I'm on the Eastern Shore of Va. Had one ride on a 25, never seen 22 live, these boats are head turners, just in time for rock fish as my open skiff is getting a little cool. What do most of you do for rod holders? clamp on? any help would be appreciated thanks Paul
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Since there's no railing around the cockpit on a 22, most who put rod holders on wind up using mounts that are attached to the boat by screws. Scotty rod holders are probably the most popular out here on the west coast. Folbe is what I use.
 
Welcome and congradualtions on the new boat! For rod holders we moslty use the ones on our downriggers, but when were freshwater fishing, we use these two that are mounted to the transom with a stainless steel bar. It doubles as kindof a safety device to keep crew from falling over the transom when its rough!

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Ok I guess I don't know how to imbed a photo, but if you go to our album you can see the bar I mentioned.

On our old boat I had stainless smith rod holders, that I was really happy with. I had to use a hole saw to cut out a whole on each side of the cockpit gunnel. I havent felt the need to do it on our C-dory but might one day
 
Thanks, I like the idea of the rod with a couple holders on the stern, I was thinking maybe one clamp on on each handle on either side of door, where would one find the bar for the stern ? thanks again Paul
 
C&PBerkeley":3eeoz032 said:
Thanks, I like the idea of the rod with a couple holders on the stern, I was thinking maybe one clamp on on each handle on either side of door, where would one find the bar for the stern ? thanks again Paul
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The bar for the stern is custom made and any company that does rail work should be able to make one. Also, I believe the factory was supplying them for awhile as an add-on but I don't know if they do now and given the fact that they are busy recovering from a fire and setting up a new shop, they might be difficult to contact for such an item. As for clamp on for the handles on either side of the door, that works great (especially for a net holder). Just don't get the cheap West Marine $50-75/pair on sale ones - they come apart too easily. I've found it well worthwhile to invest in the CE-Smith variety.
 
PaulNBriannaLynn":3w3uvbfp said:
Ok I guess I don't know how to imbed a photo...
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Yeah you do. It was great except for the URL you used. Instead of copying the picture location from the browser address bar, you needed only to right click the picture and copy the URL from the properties box (or, as I did using the Chrome browser, click Copy Image URL). If the address below had been between your image tags instead of the longer one, it would've worked great on your first try.

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However, as always, anyone can pretty much do it however they like on C-Brats!
 
Congratulations, Welcome aboard! You live in some pretty great boating country--and with the C Dory 22, you can pretty much do year around boating up there…. If your boat was prepped by Cutler Marine, it most likely has 100 feet of proof coil chain in the anchor locker. Mine did. I took that out--used about 25 feet of it, then eventually put in a windlass.
 
Paul,
Congratulations on your purchase. I can ensure you that you and your family will be thrilled with the simplicity and service that your C-Dory will provide.
On another note, not sure where you are located on the ES, but MUNCHKIN and OSPREY will be doing an overnighter, from Portsmouth, VA to Cape Charles. We will be at the city marina the afternoon on 11/8 and depart in the morning on 11/9. If you are anywhere within a reasonable drive (boat or car) pay us a visit, as socializing is one of the things we do best.
Give us a call at 757-477-1453.
 
I grew up on the Chesapeake and now run my 22 cruiser on the Puget Sound. I have often thought what a fun boat it would be on the bay and inland waterway. I recommend the bar across the transom. Mine came with one . You can troll off it without down-riggers, think blue fish or rock. And, with the substantial bow and gunnel I use it as a hand hold with one foot in the transom well and one pushing off the beach for a beach launch. It gives me much more confidence than a fuel or hydraulic line.
 
just dropped my new purchase in the water, Harborton Va, took her on a couple hour ride, no experience with CD"s, I had K&E marine "Onancock Va" go over engine only 46 hrs. but had not run for several years. never been in a 22 but had one ride in 25 Venture. All smiles really nice handling at the docks. In checking out new ride seems to like 4500rpm"s might be a sweet spot, WOT 5000 21kts if that is about the norm that"s fine, just wondered if that is about right, It"s Nov and we were opening windows, We had three adults 50 gal fuel, boat has alumimun prop, I'm liking this boat
 
C&PBerkeley":1i1od5t3 said:
In checking out new ride seems to like 4500rpm"s might be a sweet spot, WOT 5000 21kts if that is about the norm that"s fine, just wondered if that is about right...
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That's probably a little low on the WOT RPM's.

Didn't see a reference to what engine you have, but most of the modern outboards seem to fall between 5700-6000 WOT when propped correctly.
 
Paul,
Sorry that MUNCHKIN and OSPREY's crew missed seeing you and your wife on our weekend visit to the Eastern Shore, but we did have a very pleasant trip and look forward to another one in the near future. Hopefully to Onancock on the next trip east...
We were very fortunate crossing the Chesapeake Bay, as both days while crossing were very smooth. We ran at speeds between 13 and 14 knots with an average speed in both directions at or near 13.2 kts. We ran upwards of 15 knots off and on, but slowed a bit for a better ride. I did occasionally look at the tachometer and as I recall, it was around 4000 RPM most of our trip. Our round trip was about 76 miles and we both burned 25 gallons of fuel (MUNCHKIN has a fuel injected 90 Honda and OSPREY has a carbureted 90 Honda).
Again, looking forward to seeing and boating with you in the future.
Best regards,
Steve Baum
 
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