New C-Dory 29'

I think the solution for a 14 is simple: cut two feet OUT of a 16. Sell that 2 feet to Dave so he can go into the "16 to an 18" conversion business. Everybody wins!

How many models can we talk the factory into making? :wink: My take is: 25 feet is about perfect... if they'd give us a few more inches in the v-berth, take that space from the dinette, and put in real seating that is comfortable for long-term use. We have no use for the dinette-to-a-berth conversion; most of us (certainly not all) are using these as a couple's cruiser. A great place to comfortably sit for a couple would make these even better cruisers.

After this first year, we both have some ideas... if only I had the building skills (or a David like Pat has).

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
I kinda agree....I love the towing ability of my 22 and admire the space of the 25 but I am disappointed in the looks of the 29.... I don't know what I expected...but it just looks like a fat 22.... just too big of a boat for it's lines... maybe a 29' tug would have been a better choice.

Joel
SEA3PO
 
We might be talked into renting David out...make an offer! (Just kidding, David - you know we need you here!).

JamesTXSD":21mqpcin said:
After this first year, we both have some ideas... if only I had the building skills (or a David like Pat has).

Best wishes,
Jim B.
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Maximo (the big green boat with the small C-dory as a tender pictured above) belongs to one of the Oberto familiy members. So remember, when you buy beef jerky and pepperoni, you're supporting a fellow C-dory owner!
 
I'm stopping at their store on South Rainier Ave tomorrow. Then I'm going to the Snoqualmie Brewery for a beer. A perfect day in C-Brat land. Oh oh, I'm "off topic". Sorry.
 
OK, then! Really? I can't help with the pepperoni, but let me know when you are coming (you have my cell number), the beer is on me!
dotnmarty":2b4l941t said:
I'm stopping at their store on South Rainier Ave tomorrow. Then I'm going to the Snoqualmie Brewery for a beer. A perfect day in C-Brat land. Oh oh, I'm "off topic". Sorry.
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No doubt about it......it's butt ugly. Absolutely nothing inovative about it....just a big overgrown c-dory without the graceful lines. Thing looks like a tub. And I agree with the previous post that no consideration seems to have been given to ergonomics for the helmsman. I guess he's supposed to steer with his knees? I think the thing that ruins it's lines is the attempt to give it a softer ride with a deeper V hull. But the result is a squat, fat, ugly boat.
 
Hey Mike....tell us how you really feel about it ???

Butt ugly ??? You ole silver tongue....


Were getting on the road in da darkness in the morning....headed fer Catalina.....

Joel
SEA3PO
 
Sea Wolf":3g90ffcp said:
Then there was the C-Dory 14 used as a tender that Jay and Jolene saw and then visited with the owner's on their voyage up to Alaska's northern part of the SE Alaska venue:

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Joe.
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Joe

He did mention visiting this site. Couldn't remember if said He was a member or not, so checked when we returned home. Couldn't find the little Maximo here either.

The couple was very friendly and took the time to talk to me awhile even though they were in the process of getting under way. I had gone over on the mokai after noticing the small c-dory unlike any I had previously seen and which was the first of any size c-dory we had seen on the trip. Also it was the only mokai besides our own we had ever seen other than in photos. Was very intriguing to us to see that combination.

When we were aboard the yacht Rhapsody, which was in Red Bluff Bay along with the Maximo, the owner mentioned the Maximo had a previous history of stability problems now corrected. Its beautiful, but there is a lot of vertical boat out of the water.

More on topic----concerning the 29 footer. Its right up there high on the list of the ugliest boats I've ever seen. Now that little 14 catches the eye.

Jay
 
Good afternoon all!!

I trust this note finds all of you well. I have just updated the 29 Venture photo album to include pictures of the interior along with various running shots. I have also removed the renderings and mold photos. You will find the link here

http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_ ... _album.php

The interior shots were taken with a digital camera at shipment and unfortunately do not include a photo of the galley and the mid-berth. As an FYI, the mid-beth under the dinette has a length of 76 inches and is finished in the same manner as the forward berth; including the light fixtures, upholstery, and headliner. We will have professional photography taken shortly of the galley and mid-berth for various literature and merchandising materials being created for the boat's official introduction.

Best Wishes,

Tom
 
The running photos look fine. Still hard to visualize how functional the interior is. To me it looks as if the door to the head is very short. Same with door foreward to bunk. There looks to be a seat right in back of the head--wonder how tall one has to be to see out over the head aft wall. Again, it may just be prospective.

I would never consider one of these for the gulf coast--and would wonder about prop protection even in the PNW. The prop and rudder seem quite vulnerable..
 
I agree that the C-29 looks pretty good in the water (much better than the initial photos on the trailer). I also agree that the interior seems a bit awkward - but perhaps I would have a different perspective once on board. The 'co-pilot's' view appears to be blocked by the head and the helm seems to sit down too low?

But to be a bit of contrarian - it does seem to have C-Dory heritage. (IMHO).
 
I still don't think this thing looks right in the water - especially when there is not a lot of spray towards the stern. It just seems "chunky" at the back end.
 
Just for info,

My dock neighbor has a neat, mid '70's Chris Craft 35 foot cruiser with 14 foot beam, BUT it has a head arrangement similar to the new CD-29. The actual head compartment is huge with separate tub/shower/stool, but it is almost impossible to see over the top of the head compartment there on the port side. Of course, it has control cockpit on the roof too, but still amazing that the top of the head blocks most of the view.

It is a wonderful craft, though....

John
 
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