pdoe
New member
My daughter and I picked up our new CD 22 Cruiser last Thursday from EQ Marine in Oak Harbor. The following is a "brief" description of the transaction:
In early July, I took my wife down to Cornet Bay to look at my choice, an Arima 19 Sea Ranger. While going over the boat I noticed she kept glancing down to the end of the line at a beautiful blue C-Dory. I had not considered this boat thinking it was out of our reach, but that didn't deter her.
The following weekend I showed up at EQ an hour before closing time. Les Lampman then spent two hours with me discussing various topics and items of consideration. After the seminar all it took was a simple handshake for him to remove the boat from available inventory.
A week later Les informed me that he was going into hiding in order to get Patrick's Rosborough rigged. He then introduced me to Kathy Kranig who would work with me on my boat. Kathy had some additional items for me to consider such as my choice for an autopilot and a windlass. When I left it was about an hour after closing time again!
The rigging began in August and the boat was ready a month later. During this time I endured all the comments regarding the QC issues and the "status change". I was not worried in the least and confident my boat would be delivered free of defects and that EQ would continue to service the boat, regardless of their status with C-Dory.
The sea trial with Les was quite an experience! I haven't trailered a boat in over 20 years so I was a little nervous backing down the ramp. After Les told me to turn to the "other" left, he then told me to follow the boat. When he told me to stop, I was no more than a few inches from the dock with the entire trailer submerged! After an hour or so on the water, my daughter found her way back to the dock and then turned the helm over to Les. I've read the discussions about crab-walking a twin engine boat but did not think it could be done with a single engine. Les proved otherwise as he got the boat perfectly parallel with the fenders kissing the dock! He then had me go get the trailer and had my daughter drive the boat up, something I was extremely nervous about doing myself. She handled it perfectly. By the time we got home, it was pitch dark and pouring rain. I backed the boat into the driveway and was amazed at how easy it is to trailer. The weather has turned for the worse but hope to get on the water later this week.
Thanks to the entire EQ team for the quality craftmanship and outstanding customer service! Thanks also to C-Dory for producing the perfect boat for our use here in the PNW.
In early July, I took my wife down to Cornet Bay to look at my choice, an Arima 19 Sea Ranger. While going over the boat I noticed she kept glancing down to the end of the line at a beautiful blue C-Dory. I had not considered this boat thinking it was out of our reach, but that didn't deter her.
The following weekend I showed up at EQ an hour before closing time. Les Lampman then spent two hours with me discussing various topics and items of consideration. After the seminar all it took was a simple handshake for him to remove the boat from available inventory.
A week later Les informed me that he was going into hiding in order to get Patrick's Rosborough rigged. He then introduced me to Kathy Kranig who would work with me on my boat. Kathy had some additional items for me to consider such as my choice for an autopilot and a windlass. When I left it was about an hour after closing time again!
The rigging began in August and the boat was ready a month later. During this time I endured all the comments regarding the QC issues and the "status change". I was not worried in the least and confident my boat would be delivered free of defects and that EQ would continue to service the boat, regardless of their status with C-Dory.
The sea trial with Les was quite an experience! I haven't trailered a boat in over 20 years so I was a little nervous backing down the ramp. After Les told me to turn to the "other" left, he then told me to follow the boat. When he told me to stop, I was no more than a few inches from the dock with the entire trailer submerged! After an hour or so on the water, my daughter found her way back to the dock and then turned the helm over to Les. I've read the discussions about crab-walking a twin engine boat but did not think it could be done with a single engine. Les proved otherwise as he got the boat perfectly parallel with the fenders kissing the dock! He then had me go get the trailer and had my daughter drive the boat up, something I was extremely nervous about doing myself. She handled it perfectly. By the time we got home, it was pitch dark and pouring rain. I backed the boat into the driveway and was amazed at how easy it is to trailer. The weather has turned for the worse but hope to get on the water later this week.
Thanks to the entire EQ team for the quality craftmanship and outstanding customer service! Thanks also to C-Dory for producing the perfect boat for our use here in the PNW.
