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I just returned from the Annapolis Power Boat Show. Given that C-Dory prices are a frequent topic on the forum, I thought folks might be interested in a couple prices I saw posted. Cutter Marine had a new 2007 CD-25 (moderately equipped ???) with a 2006 Honda motor for 70K. I think they...

I was recently assigned to a much wider slip (the old one had two inches of clearance on either side of boat at the outer pilings). Since I had to redo my docking lines, this seemed an appropriate time to examine how I wanted the boat to be positioned in the new slip. Our dock is fixed (not...

After several fits and starts, my freshwater pump failed completely about a month ago. I removed it today and disassembled it to determine what was wrong and repair it, if possible. Water had gotten into the pump motor. The bearing at the pump end of the armature was frozen solid and could...

We were about 2 hrs from home Saturday and lost all 12 volt current. It wasn't fun crossing the Chesapeake without tabs but we pulled it off. Periodically there would be enough juice for the radio and/or GPS but adding anything else killed it again. There was nothing readily identifiable as the...

I've disconnected my CO detector for the moment and am attempting to contact technical support at Fireboy, the vendor. It was manifesting a fault condition that would not go away. It was also quite warm to touch on the outside of the case and some of the internal components were actually hot to...

Several months ago I removed unused diesel fuel from the Wallas fuel reservoir. However, each time I get on the boat I smell diesel fuel in the cabin (but very little under the sink where the reservoir is located). The hotter the day the stronger the smell. Today when I got on board, the...

Yesterday after running for about two hours my GPS turned itself off and my radio "blinked off and back on". This happened twice about fifteen minutes apart. I was almost home so I just turned them off. Both are the only items on the same 10 amp accessory switch. I figured I'd take the...

The freshwater system worked fine yesterday in the slip. Today I turned the water on and it petered out quickly. After calling Cutter Marine for tech advice, I removed the filter (held in by a difficult to see little ear) and then removed the filter holder from the input line. I'm so glad I...

We were in some two-three foot waves yesterday and had the tabs at 100% for much of the time (2-3 hrs). Upon returning to the slip there were some globules of black gunk in the bilge and the precoiled hose I store under the starboard cockpit hatch felt oily. This had not been the case when I...

About two hours after a heavy rainstorm, I went down to the boat to affirm things were OK. I was rather surprised that there was still almost two inches of water in the cockpit up against the transom. This spoke well for the reduction in leakage into the bilge but very poorly about scupper...

My Garmin 498 is reporting the depth infrequently. How often seems to be a function of a)how much fuel I have (the less fuel the better it works), b) how fast I am going, and c) the approximate depth of the water. I strongly suspect the problem is cavitation due to incorrect installation of...

All of the window covers we received with the Barnacle Bill snap over the interior of the windows with the exception of the windshield cover. It snaps over the exterior of the windshield. I'm sure this is a stupid question, but can anyone enlighten us as to why this one cover is an...

My 2007 CD-25 came with a Guest 5-5-10 three output charger but I only have two batteries. I could see color coded wires corresponding to the diagrams in the 2006 manual but that manual showed a Guest 5-5 charger, not the 5-5-10. I e-mailed the factory and just received a call back from them...

Honda is conducting a safety recall of the shift arm installed on certain Honda BF135A and BF150A motors. My Honda dealer believes that this applies to the 2006 150hp motor that was destroyed in the November accident but not to the 2007 replacement he installed, but he is checking serial...

Just washing the cockpit floor while on the trailer last night caused a substantial amount of water to enter the space under the cockpit floor. Prior to the washing I made sure the floor hatches were properly fastened and they seemed tight. There was enough water to keep the bilge pump...

With my CD-25 and trailer shortly to be released from their respective repair shops (see post "It shouldn't happen to a dog ..." for details), I've been looking at ways to improve the rear visibility of the boat and trailer. Eye level lighting would be a major safety enhancement. Because...

I picked up my new 2007 CD-25 exactly two weeks ago at Cutter Marine in Baltimore. This past Monday afternoon on the way back from having the trailer fitted to the boat, I was "rear ended" after I had stopped at a red light prior to making a left turn. The driver of the offending vehicle...

I just stumbled on regulations that seem to imply my brand new 2007 CD-25 is wider than permitted for normal road travel. Neither the C-Dory dealer nor the trailer dealer had indicated there might be a problem and both knew my plans included trailering throughout the United States and probably...

When we picked up our 2007 CD-25 this past Thursday, I thought I remember being told that these pumps will come on regardless of their rocker switch positions. Empirically, turning them on via the rocker switches causes them to run continually, even when bone dry. Page 22 (revised 5/23/2006)...