Shoutout to Anita Marie

[Chester]

It's that time of year when we are thinking of getting something roomier than our beloved 22 Cruiser. I had not been considering the C-Dory 25 because of reported fuel tank access issues.
It is our good fortune to have docked next to Anita Marine. Now I know the 2005 (IIRC) and newer 25s have a hatch so's you don't have to cut up the cockpit sole to access the fuel tank and fittings.
Just a simple conversation has significantly enlarged the pool of potential boats should we decide to go bigger.
Thanks.

 

[Aurelia]

We loved our 2005 25 cruiser and the crew of Anita Marie would be good tour guides to the model. Ours developed a leak in the original plastic tank at the time we purchased it and it was easily replaced with an aluminum tank for a reasonable cost. That tank is still going strong for the current owner 7 years later up in BC.

If you have further questions about that model, feel free to get in touch and I would be happy to talk to you by phone or in person (we live in Wauna). I pretty much torn ours down and replumbed/rewired it so I am familiar with details of that vintage.

Just do it,

Greg

 

[South of Heaven]

Chester,
Here's a picture of my cockpit which shows the removable cockpit "sole".

Get a 25! You won't be disappointed. Much different than the 22 (although I'm basing my judgement on the 19 which I had).

 

[Chester]

That image is very helpful, thanks.
What is accessed via the round deckplate in the center of the cockpit sole?
Is there room for a spin on primary fuel filter somewhere in the cockpit?

 

[Pat Anderson]

Chester, you might want to look very closely at any given 2005 CD25! There WAS an inspection port in the cocpit floor over the gas tank...but it was over...nothing. Somewhere the design of the cockpit floor and the gas tank got out of whack. The inspection port was supposed to be over the fuel gauge sender unit, but it wasn't even close.

When we had a water in the gas problem last year, we had PetroClean come and polish the gas. This involved removing the cockpit floor (which I did), and pumping out all the gas through filters into 50 gallon drums, cutting in a new access port to the gas tank, thoroughly cleaning out the tank, and returning the good gas to the tank (which they did). I then cut a new hatch into the cockpit floor to gain access to the new port in the gas tank. Spendy but worth it in our opinion.

So I don't think you can generalize about "2005 and newer" CD25. Some may have the the inspection port over the fuel gauge sender unit, some may not.

Here is our new access port right next to the fuel gauge sender unit, both now easily accessible from the hatch I put in the cockpit floor.

 

[South of Heaven]

That image is very helpful, thanks.
What is accessed via the round deckplate in the center of the cockpit sole?
Is there room for a spin on primary fuel filter somewhere in the cockpit?

I think the sender is accessible from my center hatch. When I took off the hatch I saw a metal cap bolted in and some wires; I'm assuming that's the sender.

The fuel hoses from the gunnel are accessible by removing the steps on either side. The steps are not supposed to be removed BUT easily can be and then resealed if you need access to the lines.

My Racor filter is in the starboard battery compartment area. Very accessible.