The boat is definitely not manufactured by C Dory. It is built by Sea Sport, which is also a fine boat, but requires much more horse power and fuel to get you where you wanna go. May not be as stable in rough water as the C Dory, but it will go faster and get you to the next fuel dock before any C Dory. It has an entirely different hull style...like a deep V hull. C Dory is basically a flat bottom boat with only a small rise in the bow section.