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Les Lampman":1orazejy said:
Lori Ann":1orazejy said:
Sealife":1orazejy said:
the cruising crowd will prefer the C-Dory.
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Am curious why you feel that the TC is less preferable for cruising.

Thanks,
Warren
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I'd hazard a guess here Warren and say that's it strictly a distinction in speed range rather that the suitability of either boat. For laid back old geezers ( :teeth ) running along at 30 is more than they had in mind.
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Who are you calling "laid back"??? :wink After all the sailboats, we thought mid-teens was really smokin'!

Best wishes,
Jim B.

PS - It is GREAT to see the participation of all the fine C-Dory dealers here. :thup
 
We have our regular Club Dinners on Saturday at the Yacht Club. I can get use of the club for a private BBQ on Sundays.
Memorial Day weekend would be great for me- it would be Fishtales 5th birthday. I took delivery on Memorial Day 2002 when the truck arrived from the factory and we used the hoist to unload from the truck.
Sunday, May 27 is open at this time- let's get this going. Everyone should be back from the Delta Cruise and ready for some Southern Hospitality!

The club is at the Landing where we store our boat---- and it is upstairs of Catalina Yacht Anchorage, Channel Islands Harbor.
 
The difference between a cruising TomCat and a cruising C-Dory is about 15mph. In a TomCat the scenery is a blur at 30+mph, while things are much more leisurely in a CD Cruiser, not to mention the difference in fuel economy. At slow speeds, the Tomcat is mushing, pushing water, not fully up on plane where it's most efficient.
 
My experience is that the TomCat cuises comfortably in the high teens to low twenties in mph. Of course, it also cruises fine up into the mid 30s. "Mush" has not been a feeling of mine on piloting the TomCat.

John
 
Well, perhaps "mushing" is not quite the word. What I meant is that the TomCat is not up on plane at low speed, not at it's most efficient. The Dory hull is just about as efficient at low speed as high, which is how it can handle rough water (by going slower). When the water is rough and choppy, the C-Dory has to slow down, but the TomCat cuts through it.

Let's not get defensive here. Both boats have their advantages, but back on point, it's my opinion that the C-Dory is designed as a slower speed cruiser/trawler, the TomCat as a higher speed "cruiser".
 
Hey.... Rather than looking at what we can squeeze out of the poor new dealer
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Ok, now I have lots of good friends who just happen to be Boat Dealers....now with that said...please remember it is our job to Squeeze as much stuff out of these guys as possible before we let them Squeeze the green stuff out of us....it's our duty.
 
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