Ozark built C-Dory

Note: "C-Dory Type"... that is using the C-Dory brand type VERY loosely. It's a boat. It has a home-made looking cabin. The seller is making a comparison to try to add some value to that... that... well, that.

If I were affiliated with C-Dory, I would be sending them a "Cease and Desist" letter. That boat is all kinds of ugly.

:disgust
 
:Looks lik a distant relative of the 29, from the shear line down :wink:

Nice looking wood inside ---- if you like that style.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
That's a "knotty pine" tongue and grove interior.

Popular in the late 1940's and 1950's (and perhaps later), particularly for the interiors of summer cabins, etc., and apparently still available!

That boats shows the difficulty in designing pleasing lines (and in particular compound curves) in wood (and especially in plywood), by home builders.

All carpenters are not necessarily cabinet makers, nor naval architects.

Makes you appreciate the inherent capabilities within fiberglass and the use of molding forms for boats!

Working in aluminum presents some similar challenges and some of its own.

The grace of the C-Dory lines can really be appreciated in the light of these considerations.

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
Chuckpacific":1uvzo960 said:
Now let me get this straight....a 28 foot boat powered by a 30HP engine???
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I'm not a big fan of the aesthetics of this boat, and I think the C-Dory reference is inaccurate, but I don't see any problem with a 30hp engine on a 28' boat. It all depends on the hull design and the goals for the boat.
 
I had a 40 hp Yami on a 15' Boston Whaler. I had trouble getting up on plane when it was fully loaded with four adults and all the picnic gear etc. So the 30hp that comes with this Dory wannabe could be a tad light. If you do not want to plane, then a smaller outboard will push the boat along at displacement speed.

Martin.
 
The hull has a nice shape to it but the cabin doesn't. I can't help but wonder if the builder used a decent set of plans for the hull but then just put a "quick and easy" cabin on it.
 
I like the lines of the hull a lot. Probably a serious and experienced wood boat builder working from plans did the hull. Got weary of the project or died, then someone like me got hold of the hull and decided to finish it out from Lowes materials. I've seen attempts by many to make home made campers etc. and they end up looking like the cabin on that boat. If one could acquire the thing for 3 grand (mostly because of the trailer), then tear off the top and start over again copying some Glen L lines for a cabin, they might have a unique and pretty boat for not much money.
 
It looks like the boat out grew the trailer. Those tie down straps are way over kill. I hope that sucker has a good bow eye. :mrgreen:
D.D.
 
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