Odd-ball C-dory

[breausaw]

Been looking and came across this add-ball. Keep coming back to C-dory’s in my searches, funny how the past repeats itself. Too bad this one lacks a cabin, better suited for Hawaii or the keys. Nice motor setup.

Link to Seattle craigslist:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/boa/ ... 14465.html

 

[thataway]

Looks like one of the center console C Dory 22' with some custom features. I agree these belong in Southern waters.

 

[JT]

There is an open console 22 on Juneau craigslist with a 115 horse for $14,000.

 

[breausaw]

There is an open console 22 on Juneau craigslist with a 115 horse for $14,000.

Open console in Juneau makes about as much sense as having one in the Seattle area.

What I found unique on this one is having the Kicker in the middle on a 22, that and 120hp with no added cabin weight the boat should move out!

 

[BillE]

A 2017 Center Console? Did not think that current ownership was building such a creature.

 

[joew]

A center console open 22' C-Dory sounds like a swamping waiting to happen. I once had green water breaking over the eyebrow on my 22 Cruiser when I had to cross a 6 foot tugboat wake in glass calm water off Whidbey Island on my way down to Blake Island for a gathering. Just my opinion, but definitely not for me, not even if I lived down Florida ways. If it was built with flotation like a Whaler, maybe... Interesting, though. Definitely a conversation piece.

JoeDub

 

[Robert H. Wilkinson]

I once had green water breaking over

Joe, I took some green over the windshield of my 20' Stingray cuddy on Lake Erie one day. Think I was either going too fast or not trimmed up enough for the following sea. Stuffed the bow. The "weight" of that coming down on me was a bit of a shock. We survived but it certainly taught me the difference between green and white!!

I have met boaters that think a canvass cover on the front of their bow rider will protect them - from the white maybe, not the green.

Lots of bigger center console boats go out fishing on the ocean though. More freeboard and self bailing hulls probably help.

Regards,

Rob

 

[hardee]

A center console open 22' C-Dory sounds like a swamping waiting to happen. I once had green water breaking over the eyebrow on my 22 Cruiser when I had to cross a 6 foot tugboat wake in glass calm water off Whidbey Island on my way down to Blake Island for a gathering. Just my opinion, but definitely not for me, not even if I lived down Florida ways. If it was built with flotation like a Whaler, maybe... Interesting, though. Definitely a conversation piece.

JoeDub

Totally agree. I have had green water to the windshield once, and over the bow several times, mostly a result of wake crossings, but occasionally in big chop too. The time I had green to the windshield, I had white water over the top to the cockpit. That was a real wake up dose.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[JamesTXSD]

Down here in the Tropical Tip, a cabin boat like a C-Dory is a rarity. Small fishing boats are almost all of the open type; many like this...



Plenty of those center console boats (similar to the C-Dory in this thread, many considerably larger) here that take on the Gulf and bay waters.

 

[hardee]

I have seen a few of the CD Center Consoles around in the PNW. There was one up in the Broughtons, and I believe the same one I saw in Desolation. They were out of Campbell River. Do quit a bit of "cruising" in their boat. I saw another one in Roach Harbor. It was filled with crab pots, and 4 guys and the name indicated it was a tender to, (I am guessing here) a fairly larger vessel. They were headed out to set traps as I was inbound for fuel. Didn't see them again. There is also one that is a bit rougher, used as a working crab boat out of Hansville, WA. I have talked to that owner several times. He likes it because it is more seaworthy than his previous aluminum 25.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon