I posted this on the Seattle Boat Show thread but think some brats not looking at that thread may want to find out about the Sea Sport 22' C-Dory. So...
I didn't take pictures but looked over the Sea Sport built 22' pretty well. Here's my recollections.
Lazarette hatches are much smaller. Looks like you could just barely get a 24 series battery inside. The starboard lazarette is now sealed on the bottom. On my 2006 the aft 6 inches or so was open down to the area above the fuel tanks. I like the sealed lazarette and would either get larger hatches put in during construction or install larger ones after purchase.
Interior gelcoat paint is still speckled but has a much glossier appearance.
Dinette table is much changed. The surface is brown laminate with no raised lip and I don't much care for that but the table support is now a large telescoping cylinder (about 4-6" in diameter) that slides up and down so to convert the table to a bed you just need to unscrew the lock and slide it down. That eliminates the short support post we've all grown to "love". Much much stronger than the old style and much easier to use. Flipping the leg up and pulling the table off the wall to make up the bunk was a PITA on the old style. A disadvantage to this is that the cylinder now protrudes into the under table storage area. The support for the half of the table that folds down is also much improved. On the old style that half was supported by a barrel bolt that attached to the cabin wall. hard to latch and not great support. Now there is a sliding panel about 4-6" in width that extends from the fixed side of the table out about 6" under the folding side. Much stronger. A good fix that I will incorporate into C-Cakes.
Interior access hatches are very small, way too small and there is only a single tiny hatch to access the area under the dinette. That should be changed. They look like getting anything into or out of the various storage areas would be a PITA. Changing the hatches would really improve the boat.
The slanted storage area under the rear seat cushion is now gone. I'd really miss that. I keep spare prop, spare anchor, lines, emergency hull repair kit, etc. in that space and it is very important to me.
The under cooking area storage now extends from the front of the helm seat all the way back to the cabin bulkhead so you could put larger things in there, but...there are no shelves built in at all, its just a big open space. That opens up opportunities to customize but if you're not into that there is a lot of wasted space.
The helm seat is way better than the old factory design. I replaced the factory seat on C-Cakes a few years ago but this looks better enough that I may pull the aftermarket one out and install a Sea Sport factory version.
The wheel is now a tilt-wheel that looks like it would be a great change.
There is a center cabin light situated under the chart flat storage shelf at the front of the cabin area and there is a teak ring about 1" thick to which the overhead cabin lights are attached. Not sure why.
The slides for the "Barber" seat are wider and the barrel bolts that held it in place are gone. On reflection they were probably never necessary.
In the Vee-berth the porta-potti area is recessed further so a person could actually sit on it with the curtain closed and there is a fold down flap that hangs in front of the porta-potti so it is not visible all the time. The privacy curtain is now a pull-across curtain instead of the older split curtain with snaps, a better solution. There is a round hatch about 10" in diameter under the center mattress giving access to what looks like a pretty good-sized storage area obtained by removing some of the flotation that filled that void in the older design. That may make up for the loss of storage in the cabin. There is a hatch covering the anchor rode storage area. A nice addition that I will probably copy.
That's about all I can recollect. Others will undoubtedly see things I missed.
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Patti and Barry on C-Cakes
I didn't take pictures but looked over the Sea Sport built 22' pretty well. Here's my recollections.
Lazarette hatches are much smaller. Looks like you could just barely get a 24 series battery inside. The starboard lazarette is now sealed on the bottom. On my 2006 the aft 6 inches or so was open down to the area above the fuel tanks. I like the sealed lazarette and would either get larger hatches put in during construction or install larger ones after purchase.
Interior gelcoat paint is still speckled but has a much glossier appearance.
Dinette table is much changed. The surface is brown laminate with no raised lip and I don't much care for that but the table support is now a large telescoping cylinder (about 4-6" in diameter) that slides up and down so to convert the table to a bed you just need to unscrew the lock and slide it down. That eliminates the short support post we've all grown to "love". Much much stronger than the old style and much easier to use. Flipping the leg up and pulling the table off the wall to make up the bunk was a PITA on the old style. A disadvantage to this is that the cylinder now protrudes into the under table storage area. The support for the half of the table that folds down is also much improved. On the old style that half was supported by a barrel bolt that attached to the cabin wall. hard to latch and not great support. Now there is a sliding panel about 4-6" in width that extends from the fixed side of the table out about 6" under the folding side. Much stronger. A good fix that I will incorporate into C-Cakes.
Interior access hatches are very small, way too small and there is only a single tiny hatch to access the area under the dinette. That should be changed. They look like getting anything into or out of the various storage areas would be a PITA. Changing the hatches would really improve the boat.
The slanted storage area under the rear seat cushion is now gone. I'd really miss that. I keep spare prop, spare anchor, lines, emergency hull repair kit, etc. in that space and it is very important to me.
The under cooking area storage now extends from the front of the helm seat all the way back to the cabin bulkhead so you could put larger things in there, but...there are no shelves built in at all, its just a big open space. That opens up opportunities to customize but if you're not into that there is a lot of wasted space.
The helm seat is way better than the old factory design. I replaced the factory seat on C-Cakes a few years ago but this looks better enough that I may pull the aftermarket one out and install a Sea Sport factory version.
The wheel is now a tilt-wheel that looks like it would be a great change.
There is a center cabin light situated under the chart flat storage shelf at the front of the cabin area and there is a teak ring about 1" thick to which the overhead cabin lights are attached. Not sure why.
The slides for the "Barber" seat are wider and the barrel bolts that held it in place are gone. On reflection they were probably never necessary.
In the Vee-berth the porta-potti area is recessed further so a person could actually sit on it with the curtain closed and there is a fold down flap that hangs in front of the porta-potti so it is not visible all the time. The privacy curtain is now a pull-across curtain instead of the older split curtain with snaps, a better solution. There is a round hatch about 10" in diameter under the center mattress giving access to what looks like a pretty good-sized storage area obtained by removing some of the flotation that filled that void in the older design. That may make up for the loss of storage in the cabin. There is a hatch covering the anchor rode storage area. A nice addition that I will probably copy.
That's about all I can recollect. Others will undoubtedly see things I missed.
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Patti and Barry on C-Cakes
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