The "C" in C-Dory

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dotnmarty

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So, where does it come from? Is it supposed to represent "Sea"? Was it first used as a captains gig for the USS Constitution? Were Charlie Chaplin and Eddie Cantor coowners of a Classic? Who knows? Who cares? What's the story? What's you're story?

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Marty, this subject came up some years ago on the original site. It was just after we bought the MOOSE. So for the heck of it, I called the factory and Mark Toland happened to be there. He said they had initially wanted to use the name 'Sea Dory' but that the name was already somehow in use. So they opted for 'C-Dory' instead. So it either stands for 'Sea' or nothing. Take your pick. And actually I posted this information on the original site just a day or so before its demise, so I am hereby again resurrecting it from antiquity.
Al
 
dotnmarty":1lebrgqz said:
Somebody told me it came from a short (very short) prayer often heard while docking. (probably apochryphal)
MartyP
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That makes sense.

MOOSE wrote that Mark Toland first wanted to call them S(*)-Dorys but that was taken so's they became C(*)-Dorys!

* insert letters as you see fit, possibly (hoot) or (rap).

If the designer were Irish our boats may have been named O'S(*)-Dory or O'C(*)-Dory...
 
MOOSE":267f2385 said:
Marty, this subject came up some years ago on the original site. Al
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Al, I remembered that the question had been asked in the past and that someone had researched and found the answer. I'm glad that you chimed in here on the subject as I was going to start "searching" for the answer in the archives. (Since, it was on the old site, I probably would not have found it).
 
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