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seabran":ndhdn01s said:How much weight in in the top? Do you notice the weight when you have an inflatable up there and it gets rough?
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Hello Steve, thankyou for the reply. I been swamped the last few days with poopdecks and packing our "can" so we can finally move to our island, :rainbow so I am going to be tardy with my post on here and on my "CD and CC" site, for some time mon... :xtongue
If I recall right, the hardtop stainless frame alone was exactly 57 pounds, and the seaboard material is exactly 52 pounds. I still have yet to finish the hard top (top part of the "Poopdeck") so it may end up at about 120 pounds total, when all said and done. :disgust
The handling: Both me and my first mate like the handling BETTER 8) ! It acts like a "counter-weight" up there, but it ain't really all that high-up to worry about (if ya ask me -- LOL) The 'counter affect of the weight up there from the hard top slows-down the rocking when your in waves in any direction. It is anyone's guess if that makes it "less sea-worthy" or not... in my thinkin (and maybe some others too :wink: ) if you slow a boats tendency to get "rocked" you may be making it "more sea-worthy" ... I'm sure the case is going to be all speculation: giving the almost infinite circumstances in any sea condition...) on top of that, it may not even be possible to sink a C-Dory anyway


How do I like my old C-Dory in rough water: I love it! sure there are times I wish I could "fly through the chop" like all the v-bottoms do, but then I find it rides better and quieter than them 'v-bottoms just slowing it down, and also better to let them all get back to the docks (ha)! that way they are out of my way when I land. :xtongue