What is the recommended capacity (in people)?

Andy, not that simple. You could carry many small people or a few large people. I've found that 3 adults or two adults and 3 kids are about right. Look at the sleeping accommodations. Two in the v berth and two in the dinette. If they are friendly. I'm sure others will chime in with what they've found.

Charlie
 
atmcpm":1fhngzw4 said:
What is the recommended capacity (in people) of the 22' Cruiser?

Thanks in advance,
Andy
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I'd say no more than 4. Three adults is comfortable - one at each side of the dinette and one at the helm. Four is doable, but one person is usually standing - e.g OK for short trips and for fishing but pushing it. Anything beyond that is too many for me - regardless of the size of people.

I don't know how more than one kid can sleep on the dinette bunk unless they're both quite small (<7). For over nighting, we find 3 to be the limit (one on the dinette bed and two in the V-berth - 4 if you count the dog who sleeps under the dinette berth). Even that is a little uncomfortable since the 2 in the V-berth have to wait for the one on the dinette bed to get up so they can eat breakfast. With a teenager sleeping on the dinette berth, you might as well walk, swim or paddle to the nearest restaurant! When our kid goes off to college (in 1 year and 9months but who's counting?), the CD 22 will be the ideal 2 person cruiser....2+ the dog of course.

Roger on the SeaDNA
 
I often transport 7 to 9 accross Rosario Straits into the San Juans. This is why I had the galley lowered and a seat over the top. The trip is about 1/2 hour but has never been a problem, even in 3ft seas. Not sure if my passengers would go for much more the that. ( I avoid wind vs tide)
 
Dan, I agree with your empirical assessment, relative to the passenger capacity of the 22 C-Dory, at least in theory.

If you would be kind enough to reduce your formula to a mathematical equation I feel confident that clarity and understanding would result.
 
Thanks Dan, excellent.

Now I know why you tow your dingy instead of carrying it on top of the cabin. You've got that baby loaded with fruit and grains on the outbound leg with a transitional shift of cargo to finny meat.
 
I have a friend who ran a commercial charter operation out of Ninilchik/Deep Creek on the Kenai Peninsula with a '85 22' Angler. He liked to take 4 fishers a trip. He also had another hand assisting the fishermen w/ netting, harpooning, baiting, etc.

That make 6 adults on board in what he considered an ideal charter.
Naturally this is a 1/2 or full day trip only. Overnight trips with a load like that would force Dan back to the calculator and just thinking about that scares hell out of me. I've been there, done that and it's too many in too small a space. Then some one else tags along & the number gets as high as eight. 2nd hour out we pass out straws and the short one goes over the side. With each successive hour the straw thing is repeated, until we get back to four.
 
Dan, good thing you're up on the hill a little ways. It'll cut you a break. Just checked with the weather bureau and it is supposed to hit -50 in places on the valley floor. OUCH!

I'm going to tie up some herring rigs tomorrow.
 
3rd Byte":1opqn5d8 said:
Just checked with the weather bureau and it is supposed to hit -50 in places on the valley floor. OUCH!
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Well, you all were invited to the SBS. It was right around 100º warmer there.

You guys are cracking me up with all this senseless banter. I love it. There have been over 100 messages posted today, and while 7 of them were of a serious nature and contribute to the value of this resource, the rest have been just plain fun and make this Pub what it's meant to be. Thanks.

My take on this subject of this discussion? Four adults can cruise comfortably all day in a CD 22 Cruiser. Well, three of them wil be comfortable - the other guy has to sit in the sink.

Salmon trolling on the Columbia and out to the ocean is good with four people, so long as one is at the helm and only three poles are fishing. When sturgeon fishing at anchor, we often fish four poles with no problem other than the minute or so of chaos when one of them hooks up.

Our very first trip in the 25 at greater than idle speed was at Cornet Bay when we had an impromtu-turned-official CBGT for the occasion of my delivering the boat to Les for some motor work. There were six adults on board, plus a dog or two. Pat was out on Daydream and got a little ticked because I wouldn't answer his radio hail. Really, Pat - I wasn't ignoring you, I just couldn't get to it.
 
Seriously, 95% of the time I am fishing with just two rods for salmon, one off each downrigger. Three people on board, I consider ideal. One at the helm and the other two handling the serious stuff. Halibut fishing is another deal. Up to 4 people and 4 rods is cool. Me, I absolutely love to fish, but in truth I get every bit as big a kick, maybe more, seeing some one else hook up.

Hey Mike, senseless banter? This is serious stuff we've been talking.

And yeah, I know I blew it by not taking a break last month but it's so cold up here that my dog won't go out to pee unless I drag him out of the house and my poor little wife isn't big enough to drag him. What else could I do?

I'll look for some pics of your custom storage projects on Tyboo 25 Cruise Mama.
 
Mark and Dan-

Wow!!! That's cold. What a contrast! It was 74 degrees on Shasta Lake yesterday afternoon. T-Shirts and (if I'd had 'em) shorts! Hope it thaws out sometime soon up there! Stay busy on warm projects for the Spring! Joe.
 
Dan, frankly, I don't understand the question. Further clarification would have to wait until i've had more coffee, re-read your query and my post, see where I mislead you, or why, and if you had both oars in the water when attempting to interpet the literal content of my abbreviated epistle.

Joe, as you can see we are frequently dealing with a limited options in our ability to work and play, on and with, our vessels up here, largely due to the extreme climatic condition imposed, by the big weatherman in the sky. Offsetting that, somewhat, is the fact that the summers are
nice ( though short) and the days are loooooong. Everything is a trade-off. Make sure you have lots of sun blocker on when your soaking up those rays.
 
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