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Looked at all the photos. Some small things might be C-Dory like ,but over all it doesn't seem to be an iteration of the " modern" i.e. SBS 1979 era C-Dory. The hull number and info plate on the boat would help clear it up too I think. Dave and Ben would have the skinny on it I bet.
 
Interesting.........Boat and find in Utah :roll:

Agree with Jim. Not likely a near relative of the C-Dory brand. Grat price for a project boat :twisted: but not for me.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Wandering Sagebrush said:

Looks a bunch like a Harvey out of the Portland area.
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Hummmm.... I might resemble that remark. :oops: I know there used to be a marina in the Portland area by that name. I had a Tee-shirt from there for a long time, but never actually went there. A friend gave me the shirt. That was long before I ever considered anything but paddle craft. :cry

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Looks a bunch like a Harvey out of the Portland area.
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Click on the giant bunny to see some Harvey Dories


Harvey and the Giant Bunny Man
Posted by SheSue on January 26, 2009 under Out and About

bunny-manYou all probably know by now that I do love bunnies, so how could I resist a giant bunny man? The story behind this big bunny comes from Harvey, the owner of Harvey Marine in Aloha, Oregon. It seems that back in the 60’s a damaged statue of a Texaco gas station attendant was brought in Harvey’s shop for repair. When the gas station owner didn’t want to pay the high cost for repair he abandoned the statue.

Now shop owner Harvey was a big fan of the movie “Harvey”. The movie with Jimmy Stewart is about a 6-foot imaginary rabbit who keeps him out of trouble. Harvey the shop owner decided to put a rabbit head on the attendant statue in honor of the movie.

After some major cosmetic surgery, the 26 foot bunny man statue was erected in front of Harvey’s marine supply store. He became an instant hit. In fact he’s become so famous that he’s used as a landmark for giving directions. At the holidays, the bunny man is known to celebrate with a Halloween pumpkin, Christmas tree, Valentine heart, Thanksgiving turkey or an American flag in his giant hand.

It wasn’t a holiday when I went to visit Harvey, so he wasn’t holding anything. That’s okay, every day with a bunny is a holiday to me!
 
Looks exactly like a Harvey Sea Dory I almost bought a long time ago except orange instead of yellow. Made in Portland as mentioned above. There are a few that beach launch out of Pacific City, OR. I have heard they are not as popular for this purpose as they are more prone to cracking when run onto the beach at speed. Most of the guys run glass over plywood boats (better flex).
 
Definatly not related to the C Dory line, and I suspect a huge project. Wonder what is growing up in the foreward cabin? The engine/outdrive would have to go--probably bad floors, stringers, transom?--but you would start off cheap!
 
It is a Harvey. I remember the factory out west of portland, like in aloha or beaverton, right along TV highway. They never really caught on, the plywood dories were all the rage in the 70's.
 
I saw this post some time back but couldn't remember the name but it finally came to me so here it is.The boat in question is a "Crown Dory" that was built out around Willamina west of Portland on the highway towards Lincoln City. Don't remember the name of the company building them though but do recall that it was not the same as the boat's name of Crown Dory. I had several friends who owned them for salmon trolling off the coast and there are still a lot of them around. They do differ from the Harvey in that they only had one lap which was about 8" above the chine where the Harvey's had multiple laps. These were all big heavy boats with some in the 26' range and there was a slight v in the bow. Some were center counsel and open and some had large cabins but they all shared what I would call very rounded corner shapes at the transom and cabin corners which makes them much different than the molding shape of the Harvey.

As a side note on Oregon's dory history which has mostly been as surf boats, you may want to look at some of the pictures and content in this site.
http://home.comcast.net/~dorypage/index.htm

Several of the pictures are of boats I remember and use to fish with out of Cannon Beach back in the 80's and some are of more recent photos taken at Pacific City which still has a small commercial fleet.
 
Nice to hear from you, Tim. I hope the family is good and your new home is comfy. You're missing a doozy of a storm down here. I can hear the ocean from inside the house.
 
Hi, new to the forum.

I bought this in Utah last Winter. As you guessed, it needed a transom, floors, and some other repairs. I removed the I/O and installed a Yamaha 4S 100 on a bracket and I have been very happy with the result.

I know, not a C-Dory but very similar in shape and purpose. If you have any questions, let me know. I will have a few for you!

Trying to post photos, but don't know where..




Mike
 
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