Naw - this has to be another one of those things we are reading too much into. They wouldn't do that. One of the reasons the C-Dory has so much charm is because it really doesn't have any until the owner provides it. Among the first things that cross people's minds when they really study the simple interior of the boat they just bought is, "I'm gonna change that...". And then they do. Maybe twice. Look at how much fun we have all had with the so-called electronics shelf in the CD22 over the years. It is a dorky looking thing; almost an afterthought by the builders, it appears. But it is so easy to make it into anything you want. And if you save the original chunk of wood from up there, you can restore it to original.
Everything you buy has something about it someone doesn't really care for. In today's stamp-it-out, build it-here-and-assemble-it-there, plug-and-play, uni-body, wussywig world there are too few products that can be easily and inexpensively made "your own". While I am still in disagreement with the aptness of the term, the majority believes that C-Dory owners are members of a cult of sorts. Well, cults have to have their icons and cult members have to be able to make the icon suit their personalities or they will lose faith. If the collection plate is molded into the pew it can't be passed around the congregation.