C-Dory Reviews/Articles/Brochures

Speaking of research and C-Dory 101...what's a university buy when it's looking for a sturdy research vessel? Gotta have a C-Dory 22!
www.vancouver.wsu.edu/news/releases/pl/ ... ake-algae/
Click on the lil pic for a much bigger view of the "Sea Coug". Ain't she a beauty?

Can that little craft handle a load of gear and three fellas doing the Great Loop? Yup. And apparently it can even be recycled into an educational watchdog afterwards:
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/ar ... eeper0.txt C-Dory 22!

Looking to do some whalewatching? C-dory's your boat!
www.carliwhalewatch.com/soulmate.html

Bears your thing? C-Dory 22!
www.accentalaska.com/campaigns/0409katmai/ Hope that fella brought lots of fresh underwear with him! Tip for landlubbing RVers: Hyder, Alaska is a good stand-in for bearwatchers. Been there several times (before and after the fancy boardwalk) and it never fails to come through with action. That scenic, out-of-the-way region is one of my favorite spots on the continent -- and the Salmon Glacier is a must-do, too.

Remember the guy who fell in love at first sight and then fell into a deep financial Black Hole? Him again with the crabby details:
http://crabbinginthehood.com/category/c ... dventures/

Taxi!
www.acadia-schoodic.org/component/busin ... Id=5&Id=72 C-Dory 22!

Searching for shipwrecks on Lake Superior?
www.startribune.com/local/27052529.html ... anchO7DiVI
Gotta have a C-Dory 22!

Looking to update a classic cruising guide? Time for a C-Dory 16!
www.metskers.com/244926/products/Cruisi ... herer.html

Renting boating equipment from the U.S. Army in Alaska? Gotta have a C-dory!
www.usarak.army.mil/framwr/ODR%2009REI.pdf

How far are you willing to go for a dream boat? As Dr. Bob Austin confesses elsewhere in the C-Brats forum, some folks will go half way across the continent for a new/used C-Dory. This smitten fellow only did a Michigan to Maine run for a coveted CD 22. But I'm sure he would have gone farther:
www.pointseast.com/template.shtml?id=Ek ... tyle=story

And speaking of travelling, some C-Brats will go almost anywhere for the right company:
www.carolinacurrents.com/detail.php?1028
Crikey, that Nick fella gets around! If he and Marcia aren't stirring up water on Lake Erie or prairie dog dust in the Black Hills, they might be in the Carolinas or Florida. It's a C-Dory thing! (And Nick, don't forget to check out Jewel Cave and Wind Cave -- leave the dog with one of you and take turns going down under. Every bit as good as Mt Rushmore!)

Since we're onto the subject of C-Brat gatherings, here's a last link (best to save this one for the don't-have-a-C-Dory-yet down and dirty blues):
http://wefings.com/albums/c-dory-gath/index.html Turn up the volume and enjoy!

And so ends today's C-Dory 101.
 
Remember that fella with the dirty underwear -- the one who chased 800lb Kodiaks around for photos? Think this is his CD 22:

www.accentalaska.com/lightbox/index/mod ... 41/start/o Note how he stored his extra fuel containers (somewhat like the rooftop arrangement Casey used on Naknek)

Once that link is loaded, click on C-Dory in the Keywords field for a few more shots.

Since we're on the subject of wildlife, let me digress for a minute about one of the last links I gave (alaskaphotography.com/alcan2003)...If you're heading north to Alaska by road DO NOT rush through northern B.C. thinking that hordes of wildlife await in Alaska. You'll see more wildlife around B.C.'s Muncho Lake and Liard River Hotsprings -- rare Stone sheep (seen in one pic on the link), caribou, moose and Wood bison -- than you will in Alalska. The caribou are sometimes so close to the road around Muncho (they come down to lick the mineral salt used on the roads in winter) that you can hear the tendons around their hooves clicking. Rare treat! When the big herds move during migration a strange sound can be heard over all the continuous belching and grunting -- it's that clicking sound multiplied by a few thousand fold. One of the best places to see caribou in Alaska in summer is on a section the old Denali Highway -- yup, pothole heaven! -- but the animals are not usually this close to that road -- nor do they hang around licking minerals. Tip: Slow down through northern B.C. and enjoy it.

Now back to C-Dory 101....
 
Best in Show? Why a C-Dory 22, of course!
www.neworleans.com/index.php?option=com ... temid=2938

A nautical version of the VW campervan? Where do I sign up?
www.tugstrawlerstn.com/pilothouse_boats.html

Patrol boat? A C-Dory 16!
www.baltimorewaterkeeper.org/about/the- ... y-cruiser/ Polluters beware!

Rescue at Sea? Call for the C-Dory 22!
www.coastalscience.com (bottom of page)
Oh, don't forget about the science end of things either. Speaking of which...

Marine Archaeology? Dig up a CD 22!
www.searchinc.com/Facilities.aspx
Check out the "specialized" equipment list near the bottom of the page (below the pic of the guy with the funny yellow hat). :D

C-Brat gathering? What really goes on at one of these affairs? CDs Ahoy!
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 5646238694
Lake Powell 2006. Everything is, um, Hunkydory...great boats, great scenery, great people. Does life get any better?
Question on the tight slots: What happens when someone is coming out while you're squeezing in?

Going on a long expedition? Count on a C-Dory!
www.long-expeditions.de/608931/590215.html
Now that's a rigged out boat! Follow Chris Breir as he travels the Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River to the Delta in his CD 22, Orca. This year he's moved along by smaller things: a recumbent trike. New Motto? "Burn Fat Not Fuel" With gas prices the way they are, maybe he's onto something?
Check out the C-Brats Orca's Expedition thread for more on his travels/boat modifications.

Speaking of fat, is your C-Dory getting a little pudgy around the rear end?
www.portlandpudgy.com/mail.htm (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
Click on photo for a closer look.

Not fat but definitely bigger -- and more expensive: The Tomcat!
http://tomcat-tales.blogspot.com
The perfect pocket cruiser? Yabbut...what about the CD 16, CD 22 and CD 25?? More Tomcat fodder: http://bassreport.com/forum/rec.boats.t557896.htm

Love at first sight (again and again and again and ... ). Gotta be a C-Dory!
www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11153518_ITM
A contagious disease. Early confession by diehard C-brats Pat and Patty Anderson. You really don't need to read the full article -- the story's always the same. Reread Jim B's 21 stages of C-Dory ownership/addiction for the consequences of a quick glance at a C-Dory.

Document that love affair!
www.mytripjournal.com/TheFanc-Dory2009
Stay tuned...

Final lesson: Watch out for three-footitis!
www.tallahasseemagazine.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=81
A C-Dory 22 may be all you need! Then again...

Desperate? Can't afford one?
http://egyptian.net/~raymacke/index.html
Build your own C-Dory lookalike!

Any questions wannabes? No? Class dismissed!
 
Oops! I forgot some required reading for the wannabe homework assignment. There's a 1975ish book by Time-Life called "Cruising" (part of the old Time-Life Boating series) that brings home the concept that El and Bill (and others) espouse regarding mini-cruisers: "Buy the smallest boat you can be comfortable on, not the biggest boat you can afford."

Chapter 4 of that book, Living Comfortably Afloat, has a great illustrated piece from page 122 to 133 that focuses on that K.I.S.S. concept: "Plenty of Room on a Pint-sized Sloop".

Here's the opening paragraph: "Take a family of five on a three-week cruise in a sloop that measures only 24 feet overall? For most skippers the prospect would be unthinkable. Yet that is the way Peter and Mary Gray and their three daughters spend their vacations. Every spring they load their sloop, Presto, onto a trailer and drive from their front yard in upstate New York to Florida -- there to embark for the Dry Tortugas or the Bahamas. And on a long summer weekend, they may trailer to the St Lawrence River to spend a few leisurely days poking about the Thousand Islands." The 16 color photos included in that article are what really sell the concept -- and that lil sloop didn't even have standing headroom!

If you'd like to read the rest, check your local library or order a used copy from bookfinder.com or abebooks.com for a buck or two plus shipping.

Is this a revelation? Hardly. Would you believe that the August 1922 issue of Power Boating magazine contained a folding plan for "A Small Sea-Going Cruiser with Full Headroom." Sound familiar?

Today, folks like Robert Meyer on his CD 22 Brazo II -- along with his wife, 16 yr old and 11 yr old -- are replaying that family vacation scenario and loving it. For details see his recent Trent-Severn thread.

C-Dory 22 = K.I.S.S. (for motorboat cruisers)

www.volumelists.com/detail.php?ser=The% ... %20Boating
 
C-Wannabe":eo8z1f9w said:
Since we're onto the subject of travelling and C-Dorys, I can't resist:
http://wefings.com/albums/cruising/ Gotta turn up the volume again. A sampler of what a southbound C-Dory Looper might encounter down Florida way.

Wefings: Great taste in boats, even better taste in tunes!
Click to expand...

OK nerds out there. I listened to the great song and watched the slide show a couple of times, very nice. Then something asked me if I wanted it in an Active-X window on my desktop. I thought that would be neat so I did it. Now it's on my desktop and I can't get rid of it. Every time I turn on the sound, I hear that song.. :note :note :cry :note :note

The first 300 times it was OK but now I'm getting a little weary of it. How can I make it go away? Clicking on it does no good. I went to the MS website and did what they said but it's still there.... :crook

Help!

Charlie
 
Can't help you but I simply minimized the screen so I could still hear it while I surfed the Web. When I got tired of it -- after 259 times! -- I just closed that screen. Sorry for causing you that trouble, Charlie! :embarrased
 
That's OK, was my own fault. I got rid of Adobe Flash Player Active X and that got rid of the music and pictures but I've still got a black box in the corner of the screen. Will keep futzing with it...

Charlie
 
The ultimate, niggling wannabe question:

Can a C-Dory 22 comfortably overnight more than three, average-sized people?
If so, how??? (Remember the K.I.S.S. principle and the dreaded $$$ wasting three-footitis disease)

Wayne McCown on his CD 22 "Little Mac" firmly answers the question with words and photos:
www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=1686 page 2

Also see what he does with two folding bikes for ground transportation. Back cockpit table for food preparation etc? Yup, all on a C-Dory 22!

Ohters see things differently:
www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=9115&highlight=mpg
www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=8387
Three-footitis!
 
A few more thoughts for wannabes about size and the perfect nautical RV from a piece I wrote some years back on the land version: www.peoplesguide.com/1pages/chapts/note ... 29-01.html (Carl Franz and Lorena Havens were partial to VW vans and folding boats themselves).

Considering that many folks view the C-Dory 22 as the on-water equivalent of the venerable VW campervan www.tugstrawlerstn.com/pilothouse_boats.html then you might guess where this is going. In fact, the diminutive CD 22 actually offers more living space than a VW Westphalia. After taking our little camper up to Jasper National Park in search of mineral-licking mountain goats last weekend -- me, my wife, our 18-yr-old daughter and little 15lb mutt all stuffed in there -- I decided to pull out the measuring tape to see how the C-Dory 22 stacked up for size against the Westphalia (known to its happy fans by the pet name of Westy).

According to the C-Dory website, the interior dimensions of the CD 22 are 6'3" for the V-Berth (length), 6'2" for the living area of the cabin (length of helm, galley and dinette) and another 4'6" for the cockpit length. All up, that's 17 feet of living area with a useable width of 5'9" or so for a good portion of it. And by adding a camperback, you have weatherproof living space out back, to boot.

The VW? Total interior length from front to back is only 13' with a width of 5'4". The three-feet of rear storage area behind the back seat really isn't useable as living space until the bed is converted so we're down to ten feet. The van's "cabin" area from the back of the front seat to the back of the rear seat is about 6', close to what the CD 22 offers. Its "front cockpit" -- from the windshield to the back of the front seat is 4 feet. Of course, we can also throw in the top bunk when the poptop is up -- that's a full double bed up there. For a look-see at the interior setup: www.mts.net/~rrh/WestyBrochure.html as well as the exterior/interior link on that page.

Unlike a CD 22 with its Wallas stove/heater, my van has no built-in cabin heat and we definitely noticed that when we overnighted across from the Athabasca Glacier at 4 degrees C on Thursday! Since we routinely camp in griz country, I sleep up top in the vulnerable canvas-sided bunk with the girls in safety below. Due to ursine activity, we have never used our stovetop (to reduce food smells inside) and instead use two single-burner stoves which we cook on away from the van. An enclosed CD 22? Cook away in a heated cabin!

Time for bed? I have to get the girls to take the dog for a walk (or sit up front if it's raining) while I make BOTH beds up from stuff stored behind the rear seat. Then the reverse is undertaken each morning before we can get underway. The CD 22? A piece of cake in comparison: The V-berth is made up night and day -- even if a bunch of gear/packed bags are tossed on it while underway. At most, you have to deal with the conversion of the dinette bunk in the morning and in the evening -- again with the heat on! I warm the interior of the van up by driving it for about ten minutes. :shock:

To sum it up: Although some think the CD 22 is a bit on the small side, it is larger -- and has more comforts -- than my old 1989 Westy. I will admit, however, that my front captain's chair looks much comfier than the newer cheapo C-Dory helm seats (yes, I read Jim B.'s comments in the Just an Opinion thread).

Does size matter? Sometimes it does, but many folks do wonderful things with what's at hand or in the budget:

www.vwvagabonds.com/ (referred to in my 2001 piece as Los Ligatos Overland Adventures)

www.windcanyonbooks.com/product_info.ph ... cts_id=130 Continental Drifting (the link appears to be broken in the original piece)

Do whatever works, whatever doesn't, don't!

BTW Fully loaded last weekend, the ol' Vdub still managed to crank out 23.5 mpg over the hills and dales between Calgary and Lake Louise. 'Course that was with a good tailwind helping us along. :lol:
 
Something else to think about on the topic of size and space needed by a cozy couple....

Don Watson wrote the book "21,500 Miles Alone in a Canoe" about his experiences in a 15-footer with an engine tagged on behind. In the next stage of the voyaging game, he married his wife Shirley and continued the adventure with a larger craft called Freedom. By 1988, the Watsons were still plugging along in that canoe-craft which was 22 feet long, 5 feet wide and held 150 gallons of fuel. Their ultimate goal was to do ALL the navigable rivers in North America and then take to land in an RV. Find out more about them by searching Google News. One pic in the link shows the interior with the two of them in in it and the layout sure does resemble a CD 22.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 74,2623073

And make that a 75 horse, not a 750!
 
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