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Thanks for the response. Points well taken. Decades ago I sailed a 24’ sloop on the Chesapeake near my house and ran a 17’ center console on Cobscook Bay and the Bay of Fundy near a cabin we built up there. The demands placed on an anchor and ground tackle there were serious indeed. These...

A quick field note: Yesterday I installed an Osculati “Twist Anchor Swivel” on the small Rocna Fisherman anchor that rides on the anchor roller that the previous owner provided—uninstalled—with my Cruiser 16. (To accommodate the Rocna, I had fashioned a bigger bail out of a nine-dollar strip of...

Well, since I’ve had it only one week as of 11:15 this morning, and it’s been registered and tagged only since Saturday, its adventures here have so far been limited to our local lakes. The first time under the Smith River Bridge was an adventure, to be sure, thanks to the storm’s high water...

Not all manufacturers respond to requests from owners of out-of-production products, but Julie Scammel at NMI Boats was most helpful when I asked if C-Dory had the original Cruiser 16 lines drawings that we can sometimes find in fuzzy form on various boating web sites. Yes, indeed. After a few...

In an earlier post I had asked for recommendations of shippers who were reliable and affordable. I managed to track down one particular reference for a shipper who had brought a boat safely from Indianapolis to Moultonboro, New Hampshire, just up the lake from us. The reference praised the...

Our search for a Cruiser 16 has had a happy ending, and our C-Dory days have had an even happier beginning. A heartfelt thanks to the whole C-Brats community for the very prompt, helpful responses as I searched for, acquired, and launched our Cruiser 16. Few things in life exceed expectations...

Cruiser 16 JPEG Artwork from the factory

Cruiser 16 Artwork from the factory

Many thanks for the responses. I’m on the road right now, working from a hotel room on an iPad. The GoogleDrive link should be in my last post. I’ll work on setting up a proper album when I get back to soggy New England tomorrow evening. I’ll ask the surveyor tomorrow about the transom test...

The boatyard out on the Mississippi that I hired to survey the 2004 Cruiser 16 that I might buy and ship a thousand miles to New Hampshire has sent me photos of fine cracks—very fine—in the gelcoat, extending from the aft end of the rub rail around onto the transom—on both sides. The cracks are...

You’re right about that. I hired an independent dealer across the Mississippi from the seller. So far, seems straight arrow. Thanks! A lot of sharks in the ocean of boat transport, though. Checking their references almost has me gassing up the Tacoma for a 2000-mile round trip. —Rick

Thanks! Good advice. No hurry, so doubling up could work. Your trip makes mine seem minor! I’ll check out your shipper. Thanks. —Rick

Finally, I think that I have found a C-Dory Cruiser 16 east of the Mississippi—just east, in fact—it’s a mile or two from the eastern shore of the Mississippi. I put out a request for shipping bids on uShip.com and got nothing. This morning I listed on CitizenShipper.com and quickly received...

Kevin— Thank you for a very helpful response! Fortunately, it is not Back Bay and its four-foot bridge I’m measuring. It’s the Whitten Neck Bridge over the Smith River between Lake Wentworth and Crescent Lake, where we have a beach and a mooring. I dropped a weighted tape measure from the...

Thanks. They’re the ones who had listed a C-Dory Angler 16, but when I called today they said it had been sold. I’ll ask about others in use in the area. —Rick

My wife now shares my interest in a C-Dory 16 Angler or Cruiser. She’d like to see one. I’ve measured the clearance under the bridge between our lakes here in Wolfeboro, NH, and the clearance is ample. Now, where in New England does one find a C-Dory 16? Thanks for any recommendations. We...

Excellent! Many thanks for the reply. At current spring levels, clearance is about six feet. —Rick

On a glorious day in the NH Lakes Region, I was just out on the Wolfeboro Rail Trail, measuring the clearance under the bridge on the Smith River connecting Crescent Lake and Lake Wentworth. How much clearance does a C-Dory 16 Cruiser generally require? Thanks!