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Hello all. I am moving up in size (to get an enclosed head) and am putting Runt up for sale. She is an older hull in good operational shape, although she shows her age in ugly filled screw holes, stains, etc. Runt has a very low hour Honda 90, 2021 I think. It had twenty hours on it when I...

Two mods I would like to make in my 22'. Cutting out some of the port bulkhead between the pilothouse and trunk cabin, to increase access and ventilation forward; and making a forward-facing front port seat. I have looked through lots of photos and posts on making a barber chair mod, all of...

I am wondering if anyone has a 25' cruiser I could walk through in the Mid-Atlantic area? I am looking at retirement in around a year, and am hoping to go from my 22' to a larger boat, a C-Dory 25 or a R'borough 246. I am familiar with the seakeeping qualities of the 246 and have a good idea...

I have a C-dory 22 that I keep under a pair of the cheap polytarp-and-steel-tubing shelters you can buy for around $100 online. I overlapped them to make a shelter 10' x 30', and extended the legs with pvc pipe so I can back the 22 boat underneath, with the shelter sides guyed to pegs driven in...

I have three "windows" to replace on Runt. One is the lens on the hatch--that came out easily. Second is the center forward window, which is fixed--I am going to put in a top-hinged window. I have not been able to remover it--I am having a heck of a time getting whatever it is bonded in to...

I got Runt a few weeks ago, and this weekend put trim tabs on her. The interior of the transom was pretty soft down at the bottom where the tabs go. Where I installed the top bracket, above the waterline, it was downright punky. I could use some advice. The motor mount bolts are not pulled...

Hello. I am about a month into my C-dory 22 ownership and enjoying cold-weather cruising in the Chesapeake region. It will be hot before I know it, and I am trying to find an opening center window to replace the fixed forward center window on Runt. I have contacted Diamond Sea Glaze but have...

Hello all. After several years, I finally got a great older 22 with a near-new motor. I drove from Delaware to New Orleans to get her. Took a shakedown cruise yesterday and was very pleased. I have a number of projects for the boat. After yesterday, tabs and/or permatrim have gone to top of...

Hello, all. I have been a lurker here for several years but have finally decided to take the plunge on a 22 cruiser. I am interested in the boat currently advertised in the "C-dories for sale" forum, in New Orleans. I am in Delaware. I am a little intimidated by the marine surveyors in NO...

I am looking--from a distance--at several used C-22s. One has twin 40s--carbed Hondas. I don't want to restart the single/twin squabble that I see in the archives, but I do note that most singles are 90s or better, and I assume twins are less efficient than singles. Is performance with twin...

Some boat builders are good--or bad--right through their run. Others have good and bad years depending on ownership and management--Chris-Craft being a prime example. Is anyone aware of problems with certain manufacturing years at C-Dory? Or were there any innovations that just failed, or...

I am hoping to get some advice from all the experience on this forum. What are the handling shortcomings/quirks of the 22? I have been fortunate to run a number of boats, but not a c-dory. The most similar were three: a St. Pierre dory with a heavy one-cylinder Sabb diesel in the...

I hope by the end of the summer to have a used 22 Cruiser. It will inevitably have a middle-aged engine with a few hundred hours on it. I would be grateful to hear opinions on how the common engines hold up. Obviously, individual condition/maintenance is most important, but with decent...

Hello--I am still looking for a C-22. One guy has a sport cruiser for sale, which seems to have the long cabin like a cruiser (not an Angler) but without the bulkhead and door; their place is taken by drop curtains. I mostly boat in warm weather, so this may not be a big disincentive, although...

I have (again) the cruising bug, and am looking at the C-dory 22, which has the combination of sea-keeping ability and shallow draft I need (plus they just look good). A guy on this site is selling one that has been winterized, then stored for 4-5 years. Twin '05 Honda 40s. My experience with...