Info about CD 24 Trawler

[Ken Marenus]

I am thinking about purchasing a CD24 trawler. Is there anyone out there who has had experience with this boat?...What was it..Is the
small diesel sufficient power?...Any help or info appreciated

Thanks



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[britt]

I am thinking about purchasing a CD24 trawler. Is there anyone out there who has had experience with this boat?...What was it..Is the
small diesel sufficient power?...Any help or info appreciated

Thanks

I noticed a CD 24 trawler for sale in Soundings. Call Wells Yachts at 781-631-3003 for information.



emily4444@hotmail.com

[britt]

I am thinking about purchasing a CD24 trawler. Is there anyone out there who has had experience with this boat?...What was it..Is the
small diesel sufficient power?...Any help or info appreciated

Thanks

Wells Yachts 781-631-3003 has a 24' Cape Dory Trawler for sale. They may also have some experience with the boat.



emily4444@hotmail.com

[Professor Ronald H. Carpe]

I am thinking about purchasing a CD24 trawler. Is there anyone out there who has had experience with this boat?...What was it..Is the
small diesel sufficient power?...Any help or info appreciated

Thanks

I know a great deal about the CD24 Trawler. I have one! It was built in 1983, and I have hull #6. Actually, a plaque mounted below says it was custom built for someone. I believe that because the woodwork below and the "extras" that came with the boat--I bought it about a year ago from a private party here in Florida--are pretty complete.
For instance, the aft cockpit is very roomy, and the boat came with a complete camper top that attaches securely to the back of the pilot house and goes back to the stern, with "windows" and zip "doors."

I am 6'5" tall, and the pilot house works OK for me to operate the boat. I like the pilot house because I have had my share of skin cancers from the sun in Florida over the years. Below, by the galley, there is standing headroom for me. And the vee-berth is prettty good, too (actually a tad longer, I believe, than that in the 28'Cape Dory power cruiser.

The boat weighs over 6,000 pounds, has positive foam flotation, and is built like a tank. Bow and stern rails give you a sense of security.
Below the waterline, there is the traditional "lobster" boat kind of hull. Actually, the CD24 has virtually a CD25 sailboat full keel with the aft two feet or so cut off for the huge prop, which is fully protected by an extended skeg.

The Westerbeke 30hp diesel is fine as far as I am concerned. I am not interested in speed. We keep the boat docked on the ICW between St. Augustine and Daytona Fl so we are required to to pretty slow anyway. I think the boat easily could go out in the Atlantic (not too far, though), but this is my first power boat and I want to be in complete control and mastery of it.

My enhanced version of the CD24 also has sails! A stub mast is stepped atop the pilot house, and a little main--more of a steadyiny sail is there; the boat does have a rather large roller furling jib, though. I have not used them yet, but being a former sailor I believe I could get the boat back to port under sail if the engine failed for some reason.

I love the boat for being seakindly as well as salty in looks. Every couple of weeks I will find a note placed in the boat or at the marina office from someone who wants to buy it. Unlike many other boats, I think this one is an investment.

Cape Dory did not build too many of them. The craftsmanship combined with the cost of the diesel power made the boat simply too expensive for but 24 feet (at least that's my interpretation of why its production was stopped). Oh yes, the beam is within trailerable limits for the road--if you had enough of a truck or big car to pull it. We had it transported just that way from where we bought it, and it was launched off the trailer at the marina.

Again: its a great boat. I love it. Ron Carpenter



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