Hello C-Brats-
We have been enjoying your website for about 2 years and finally the time is right to introduce ourselves to the group. As part of planning for our retirement, we knew we wanted to cruise. But we were convinced a large cabin cruiser/trawler was going to be in our future until we started reading Bill and El’s travels aboard the Halcyon and realized that “bigger was not better” for us. Deciding the boat was going to be a C-Dory was easy when we met so many nice folks at the C-Brats gathering in Dubuque, Iowa last fall. Each owner welcomed us aboard and proudly showed us their boat. We knew right away that we wanted to be C-Brats too! After many months and several trips to the west coast looking at boats, we had a 2006 22’ Cruiser shipped to Minnesota. Now we are anxiously waiting for warmer weather to start outfitting. Thanks to the wealth of information shared by all of you on the C-Brats site, we are busy planning a list of modifications that will make her our own.
The boats new name is “Blue Rose”. We chose that name because of the legend of the blue rose. Real roses can be almost any color except blue. Finding a blue rose is similar to finding a pot of gold except, instead of being at the end of a rainbow; blue roses are often within our grasp… but we are just too busy to notice them. Large or small, blue roses are the unexpected moments that make your world a little brighter. You can keep them for yourself or even better; share with others. Whenever someone or something nice makes you stop and smile….you have touched one.
A big thank you goes to Les at EQ and Dr. Bob. Behind the scenes, both of them went out of their way to help us move forward.
Jim and Jeanine
We have been enjoying your website for about 2 years and finally the time is right to introduce ourselves to the group. As part of planning for our retirement, we knew we wanted to cruise. But we were convinced a large cabin cruiser/trawler was going to be in our future until we started reading Bill and El’s travels aboard the Halcyon and realized that “bigger was not better” for us. Deciding the boat was going to be a C-Dory was easy when we met so many nice folks at the C-Brats gathering in Dubuque, Iowa last fall. Each owner welcomed us aboard and proudly showed us their boat. We knew right away that we wanted to be C-Brats too! After many months and several trips to the west coast looking at boats, we had a 2006 22’ Cruiser shipped to Minnesota. Now we are anxiously waiting for warmer weather to start outfitting. Thanks to the wealth of information shared by all of you on the C-Brats site, we are busy planning a list of modifications that will make her our own.
The boats new name is “Blue Rose”. We chose that name because of the legend of the blue rose. Real roses can be almost any color except blue. Finding a blue rose is similar to finding a pot of gold except, instead of being at the end of a rainbow; blue roses are often within our grasp… but we are just too busy to notice them. Large or small, blue roses are the unexpected moments that make your world a little brighter. You can keep them for yourself or even better; share with others. Whenever someone or something nice makes you stop and smile….you have touched one.
A big thank you goes to Les at EQ and Dr. Bob. Behind the scenes, both of them went out of their way to help us move forward.
Jim and Jeanine
