Downeast 24

[Barry Rietz]

https://providence.craigslist.org/boa/5952806766.html

 

[Robert H. Wilkinson]

Interesting boat but seems strange not to have a bow rail on that type of boat.

Regards, Rob

 

[hardee]

I/O drive. No interest from me. Nice shape though.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[South of Heaven]

I see these types of boats all the time up here. I'm in Downeast boat country! Lots of Easterns, Rosboroughs and custom Maine's. But most of the Downeast guys have never seen or heard of our boats. Lol

 

[westward]

Cool-looking boat. The Mercruiser I/O ruins it for me however.

 

[anchorout]

Nice boat. One has to have owned an I/O to understand the hate relationship.

 

[Pandion]

Nice boat. One has to have owned an I/O to understand the hate relationship.

Never EVER again!

 

[hardee]

Nice boat. One has to have owned an I/O to understand the hate relationship.

Never EVER again!

That's one thin I learned from watching others (mistakes). Never did, never will own one.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[hardee]

Nice boat. One has to have owned an I/O to understand the hate relationship.

Never EVER again!

That's one thing I learned from watching others (mistakes). Never did, never will; own one.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[hardee]

OK,, Sorry for the double post. Don't know how I did that. It was not intentional emphasis, but it's true.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[South of Heaven]

OK,, Sorry for the double post. Don't know how I did that. It was not intentional emphasis, but it's true.

Harvey

But you like true inboards, right Harvey?

 

[hardee]

OK,, Sorry for the double post. Don't know how I did that. It was not intentional emphasis, but it's true.

Harvey

But you like true inboards, right Harvey?

Actually, :wink: I'm not much into having holes :shock: below the waterline :twisted: on my boat :roll:

For a long time I considered an Alweather25, due to it's use of drops of diesel per mile, but.... It had that silly hole down there with a stick running through the bottom, to make it go. :smileo :cry

I guess I will stick to my twin OB's instead.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[westward]

To me, a true single inboard with a prop shaft is a great marine propulsion system. With a single keel-cooled inboard diesel and a shaft that didn't change directions a bunch of times, and with the addition of thrusters, it would be the power of choice for a larger vessel. My problems with the I/O arrangement (based on hard personal experience) are the gearing complexity of the drive unit, and the fact that so many of the propulsive mechanicals are always submerged. I also personally believe that Mercruiser is of marginal quality; more prone to failure than Volvo Penta, Kodiak, Crusader, and some of the other makes. Despite fastidious maintenance I had to have my Alpha 1 outdrive rebuilt 2x and the Mercuriser 470 motor rebuilt once during my 5 year ownership of a trailered boat which never stayed in the water more than 2 weeks at a time, and mostly lived on the trailer. Outboards have been much more reliable in my experience. I have not had a single problem with any of the 5 (new) Honda outboards I've owned., had few/minor problems with a used Johnson 70, had a catastrophic failure of a Johnson 40 (which had sat unused for decades and the owner had made no guarantees), and no real problems with a Merc 15 kicker, or with a Tohatsu 6 kicker. I also had good service from a couple of older Evirudes (20 nd 9.9) which had previously been sitting for long periods of time and whose carbs I had rebuilt. I will say quite clearly that the 4-stroke motors have been much more enjoyable to own than the 2-stroke despite being much heavier.

 

[hardee]

I like the looks of the typical "downeast" style with the high bow, and somewhat curved shear.


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but It is hard to beat the combination of the higher bow, lapstrake and outboard that the C-Dory puts together.


Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[ken35216]

I like Sleepy C the best Harvey!

 

[hardee]

I like Sleepy C the best Harvey!

Thanks Ken. I live in an area where there is a huge variety of boats and love looking, but I agree, being practical, I love my C-Dory for what it is.

I have often dreamed of what I would do if I won the lottery. (Guess it's probably not going to happen unless I buy a ticket, and that's not likely either.) Probably just buy a whole lot more fuel.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon