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Hi all, I'm going to go look at a nice 1986 classic 22. It has a 90H Yamaha 4 stroke with 200hrs, and a mercury kicker (not sure what year/hours). I was wondering what y'all might suggest I keep an eye out for with this particular model/year when looking at the quality of the boat/hull. For...

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions! I think I will first try out a low angle spotlight mounted low on the bow, hopefully that will take care of the backscatter issues and just direct a narrow beam of light on the water in front of the boat. I'm boating at night to get home, and...

Not too fast, maybe 8-15kts. We usually haven't felt confident enough to get up on step at night. Too much light is an interesting idea, might be better if we just had a smaller focused beam. I had visions of lighting up everything in front of us like it was daytime but maybe that was a little...

Hi everyone, I've got a bit of a lighting issue and I was hoping to get some wisdom from the C-Brats. I live on a small island about a 5min ride from town that I commute to and from every day. As the days get shorter we've been traveling in the dark more often and are in need of a...

Hi everyone, so we ended up getting a beautiful 16ft '96 angler! One turned up unexpectedly at a great price and we were first in line. It's been a wonderful little boat and I couldn't be happier about it! It came with a '96 50hp 4stroke yamaha and a '01 6hp 2 stroke Johnson. I started from...

Here's what the owner said about the boat in Juneau: "The hull appears to be sound, but the transom has had to be reinforced due to compression of the balsa core between the inner and outer fibreglass. I believe that the balsa core in the bottom is probably saturated. I'll look for the engine...

Everyone, thanks so much for the sage advice and honest opinions. I think we're going to walk away from this one. This boat has a few to many questionable parts to gamble our current financial stability on. This has been an amazing introduction to the C-Dory community! Thanks again for all...

I really appreciate all the advice everyone! I've had a few chances to spend time looking carefully at the boat - I removed a few small screws in the transom to look for rot and for me it's hard to tell what's there. Water doesn't seem to drip out but the fact that there are at least a dozen or...

Thanks! I've been really excited about this opportunity, but I'm trying to determine if this is a dealbreaker and/or something that should significantly reduce the offer I make on the boat - as I said the rest of the hull seems pretty solid, still has fairly new-looking cushions for the v-berth...

Hi all, this is my first post (and potentially fist boat!) so thanks for your patience with my slight lack of boat-related vocabulary. I've been looking into buying a 1982 22ft CDory in town. The main problem that I can see with it is in the transom area - not where the engine is attached, but...