What's she worth?

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hoorenga

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I found a neglected 1987 C Dory Angler and have been trying to get her sea worthy. It has turned out to be a bit more of a project than I wanted. I have opted not to go whole hog on it but rather work with what she has. What she has is an earlier hull. No enclosed forward stowage, no fancy windows or wipers, just some very simple plexiglass and not much in the way of fancy motors. The main motor must have come with the boat originally. It looks to be a mid eighties, 35 horse Johnson Sea Horse with electric start and steering from the helm. The kicker is a 6 horse Evinrude of about the same vintage but in much better condition. I took the Johnson in for some work and the shop said it ran well and everything worked. It's not much to look at but it isn't a piece of junk either. There is no canvas except for some original pieces that had some stuff growing on them. I washed them. The top, rear cover might work but one of the two pieces of canvas for closing off the cabin is missing. Over all it's a nice little boat. Everything works and the trailer is solid. I just don't think it is the boat for me. At 6'3" and 65 years of age, I think I need something a bit larger. I see these thing going for prices in the teens but they are also newer and have some impressive power plants. This isn't one of those. If it were just another boat it would probably be worth around what I paid for it which was $2.100 but it didn't run then and was a mess. I know these are great boats but I have no Idea what this one is worth. I have tried to look for other examples but they tend to be newer and far better equipped. She's an original, early, basic model, runs well and that's about all I can say.
 
The missing canvas is not a big deal--any canvas shop can make new pieces. You don't mention any electronics--so I assume none are present. If there is no water intrusion into the hull core, and the cosmetics of the hull are good, the boat is probably worth about $5,000. The motor (35 hp Johnson and 6 hp kicker--were good motors in their day--they probably have unknown hours on them--so again not worth a lot--that is until you go to replace them. If the engines both run well, then maybe $500 or so.

You would do far better with a C Dory 22. The 19 is also a very similar boat--but many who buy the 19 later upgrade to the 22. Maybe someone who has a 22 and wants to down size, would consider your boat as a partial trade.

Good luck with the sale. Put some photos up--and they will give us all a better idea of the value.
 
Did this boat sell? There may be more than one buyer for it. I just talked to a fellow at the marina looming for an older 16 project.

What is this ones current status.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
I thought I had it sold to the first fellow but his situation changed and he was unable to purchase it. That was before I got started fixing it up. I originally took it on as a winter project for something to do and now I'm back at it. I'm not doing a full restoration, just cleaning things up and making it seaworthy. The trailer is over all in good shape but needed a new roller, some rusted parts replaced and the bunks re carpeted. I'm replacing the wood console as it was showing it's age. It's getting a new fish finder and VHF marine radio. Lots of little things that in and of themselves aren't that big of a deal but together add up to an "ugly boat". I decided to stick with the original, simple window installation. One window needed replacing and both need to be re caulked. I'm probably a month away from finishing it. It looks to be powered by the original 35 horse Johnson that it came with. I had it into the shop for a look see and they said it was running fine. I have also added a very clean, mid eighties, Evinrude 6 horse kicker and a couple of new seats. At this point I'd like to finish the project and at least recoup my investment. We can talk about it if you are interested but for now I'm enjoying tinkering with my new toy.
 
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