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dotnmarty":2i6gb3ub said:
Stan- I had a cruiser with a 40 and now have an angler with a 50. Both motors were/are Hondas. Frankly, I haven't seen any significant difference in the performance of the two. Our 40 maxed out in the lower 20's and the 50 may get a mile or two more. That's our comfort limit anyway.
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Marty - i thought you never came off the kicker !
 
..trudat... :lol:
 
Thanks Dave
Those 2 seats came off of my Duffy Electric.
Blueback
30 MPH would be "flying" for me. I'm sure weight on board is a factor and I probably carry more "stuff" than I need.
 
..for C-Jeep who started this thread. ..We just bought a 4 cylinder 2014 Jeep Compass. It's our only car and it pulls the 16 footer just fine.
 
dotnmarty":w9beg19t said:
We just bought a 4 cylinder 2014 Jeep Compass. It's our only car...
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Is your 245 driving an endless, gently curving, perfectly banked traffic-free, vista-filled highway in the sky? I enjoyed seeing the photos of it in your album. (I had thoughts of going with a 16 just so I could tow with my wagon!)
 
you mean the car I would never sell? Well it was a birthday present for a friend's 16 year old daughter. I miss it already! I try to console myself with the fact that the Jeep was made by union workers in Indiana. (although the wonderful six speed auto trannie was made in Korea)
 
dotnmarty":y9o063tb said:
you mean the car I would never sell? Well it was a birthday present for a friend's 16 year old daughter.
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Well then you didn't sell it after all :) What a nice gift. I bet the sky-highway is many years and miles off yet.

dotnmarty":y9o063tb said:
I miss it already!
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I bet! The Jeep has a tough act to follow . Kind of like starting a new job after a beloved (former) employee leaves it.
 
Marty, on of my favorite vehicles was my Jeep. Bit different than yours, prior to the CJ-5 but with a Buick V-6 and a 4 speed split twice, it would tow anything and go anywhere. Now stopping the big loads ----> that was a whole nuther thing. :shock: :shock:

AS TO THE SWEET 16'S. I LIKE EM WHERE THEY ARE. I read most of what is posted by/about/for them and may at sometime go that way, but for now, I see them as part of a big happy family.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Harvey- you are, of course, absolutely correct! I do hope to see you and Sleepy C in the new year. Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the best to you and yours. :gift
 
dotnmarty":2bpj6z5k said:
Harvey- you are, of course, absolutely correct! I do hope to see you and Sleepy C in the new year. Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the best to you and yours. :gift
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This "speed of the 16-C-Dory has morphed into tow vehicles so I will add to that subject.
Some see the 16 ' C-Dory as the little Jeep that could and does. I have the matched tow unit. Its a 2005 Jeep Liberty diesel -2.8 L. 5000 lbs rated tow package. In BC. Canada there is no requirements for brakes until the tow package exceeds 1500lbs. This just squeaks Blueback into that range and without brakes the maintenance of the trailer is far less. The mileage I get towing on a run 25 mpg.
OK guys and gals-- would we not all agree that on a retirement budget our little Dory's fills the bill.
Merry Christmas to all on this amazing Dory Chat Line
Geoff & Aline
"Blueback"
Qualicum Beach, BC
 
..well said...
 
C-jeep":3vjerbp0 said:
Okay. At the risk of being turfed from the site. I would like to propose a 16's only sub-forum. 99.9% of all the discussions are related to to the 22's. While we teeners absorb a bunch of info and general C-Brat wisdom most is not directably relatable to our boats. I would like to see a cd16 sub-forum. To be clear this is in no way a critique on C-brats.com which I believe is the gold standard for brand specific forums.
Cheers
Chris
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OK lets talk about seaworthiness and what the little guy can handle.
What are the biggest seas you have encountered--how did you handle it etc.
 
I also tow with Jeep Liberty 2003 with 130,000 miles and a very rusty tow hitch. May be time to upgrade. What ever happened to the six passenger sedans that could tow almost anything? As far as roughest seas, I have yet to venture into the open ocean however I have been waked by some pretty large boats in the ICW that don't believe in slowing down as a courtesy. The 16 rocks pretty well but is not nearly as scary as my Duffy would be rocking side to side after a large wake.
 
Stan Major":3b3iyfse said:
I also tow with Jeep Liberty 2003 with 130,000 miles and a very rusty tow hitch. May be time to upgrade. What ever happened to the six passenger sedans that could tow almost anything? As far as roughest seas, I have yet to venture into the open ocean however I have been waked by some pretty large boats in the ICW that don't believe in slowing down as a courtesy. The 16 rocks pretty well but is not nearly as scary as my Duffy would be rocking side to side after a large wake.
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To go to my question--worst sea conditions encountered with the 16-CD--?
For me it was at the mouth of the Fraser River -fast ebbing tide against wind. The waves were about 3-4 feet, short, steep chop, and confused with other boat wake. My little 30 Yamaha was nearly powering out in an attempt to crest some of the bigger waves while running against a 5 knot tide. After that experience I re powered with a 50 HP Honda.
 
I got in a great squall in August, I saw gray on the horizon and closed my windows. I was on an inland lake with 6 to 12 ft of water I had no idea that this was RED on the radar screen and with in 20 min it went from glass to water pouring over my bow of my 16 cruiser up to the wind shield and stopping underneath the sun visor. Four times my wind shield looked like shower door glass. I headed straight into the wind any port or starboard felt like trouble, the boat handeled great and the prop stayed in the water all the time, yes this boat handels well.
I learned a lesson from Sea Tow, in one of their safety articles
they suggested taking your boat in bad weather when you see some comming. Start light and build your way up in bad weater strength and build your skills. I've done this many times and dam if it's not been educational.
 
Are there any 16 CD cruiser owners out there that are 6'3" or more . Is it a constant head bumper or do you learn to adjust? Have any of you lowered the seats so that you do not hit your head in rough conditions.
slowtrot
 
Hi Slowtrot,
I'm 6'2" and have no trouble with headroom, even when conditions are rough. The learning curve is short, since I instinctively duck in doorways. For me, I saw a problem with the 16 Angler: since the pilot house is set further forward, the seats are in a narrower portion of the hull and there is a reduction of shoulder width and foot/leg room. I was glad we were able to compare the two models.
Rod
 
Thanks, Marty, And Merry Christmas back to you and yours. I do hope to get to cross wakes with you sometime soon and on the lake would be great.

Sorry for my part in diverting the thread, but it is tough to talk trailerboats and not at some point discuss the front half of the package. I have not really gotten too far into it but retirement plans, could certainly include a 16, (and no, I am not selling SleepyC anytime soon) That would pull behind a "View" size "Sprinter" type and maintain some modicum of efficiency.

Harvey
SleepyC:moon

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jimicliff":xypbo9pq said:
I got in a great squall in August, I saw gray on the horizon and closed my windows. I was on an inland lake with 6 to 12 ft of water I had no idea that this was RED on the radar screen and with in 20 min it went from glass to water pouring over my bow of my 16 cruiser up to the wind shield and stopping underneath the sun visor. Four times my wind shield looked like shower door glass. I headed straight into the wind any port or starboard felt like trouble, the boat handeled great and the prop stayed in the water all the time, yes this boat handels well.
I learned a lesson from Sea Tow, in one of their safety articles
they suggested taking your boat in bad weather when you see some comming. Start light and build your way up in bad weater strength and build your skills. I've done this many times and dam if it's not been educational.
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I have to ask ask-- was it breaking spray over you bow or were the waves breaking right over your fore-deck and hatch? If it was, you may have been in real danger as waves could roll past the cabin deck and into the cockpit--yikes.
Further I was a marine engineer on many different ships and tugs. On one tug in the Johnstone Straits (again wind against tidal current) be had a wave punch out the main window of the wheel house and it was shatter proof armored glass! It burst into hundreds of little shards of glass and the water flushed thru the wheelhouse down into the galley. Needless to say the cook was not impressed with the mess and glass bits in every corner of the galley. We turned tail and put up marine plywood storm ports over the wheelhouse windows before heading back into these nasty haystacks - as we call waves created by wind against tide and current.
Yeah I am way off track here but give an old salt on a lea shore a bit of slack here--LOL
and a Very Merry Christmas to on this great Brat site.
 
Blueback":1h8hu3rc said:
dotnmarty":1h8hu3rc said:
Harvey- you are, of course, absolutely correct! I do hope to see you and Sleepy C in the new year. Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the best to you and yours. :gift
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This "speed of the 16-C-Dory has morphed into tow vehicles so I will add to that subject.
Some see the 16 ' C-Dory as the little Jeep that could and does. I have the matched tow unit. Its a 2005 Jeep Liberty diesel -2.8 L. 5000 lbs rated tow package. In BC. Canada there is no requirements for brakes until the tow package exceeds 1500lbs. This just squeaks Blueback into that range and without brakes the maintenance of the trailer is far less. The mileage I get towing on a run 25 mpg.
OK guys and gals-- would we not all agree that on a retirement budget our little Dory's fills the bill.
Merry Christmas to all on this amazing Dory Chat Line
Geoff & Aline
"Blueback"
Qualicum Beach, BC
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that's incredible, my Liberty (2002/gas) doesn't get near that gas mileage driving to work.
 
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