SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??

rogerbum":mk6c3bbr said:
Took the SeaDNA out for an hour or so for a birthday cruise/fishing trip on Lake Washington today. Got back to the launch at Kenmore to discover that the Vehicle Use Permit must have blown off the dash when I closed the door and was "rewarded" with a $66 ticket. Hopefully, an image of the permit and an explanation will get me off the hook... If not, I guess I'll have to actually affix the sticker to the window (I HATE stickers/tape on perfectly good windows... and wish they had those plastic peel off jobbies for this purpose).

Roger on the SeaDNA
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Happy Birthday Roger! Hope that ticket wasn't a total bummer on such a special day! (I had a similar occurence last year at the Everett Launch, when my parking permit was blown off the dash and onto the floor. However, their approach was much more amicable in that they left me a note and an envelope for me to pay the amount of the day's parking. Before, I left the parking area I saw the enforcement officer and showed him the parking permit that I had purchased earlier in the day and he assured me that every thing would be fine).
 
Saturday towed up to twin bridges and launched just before a new dory from the factory was being deleivered. Talked to the owners for a second then left. ran over to center island and looked around. Iam told lots there are still affordable. we ran over to lopez pass and south. too much wood and wind. we hit a far size log that was submerged with out any damage. decided to go back up to upright head and fish instead. trolled up two crab pots and lost some gear. I have to get a fish in the new boat soon. Stayed the night in friday harbor and saw "hitch" very good movie. sunday we fished the area just east of were lopez pass opens up to the ocean. lots of really big sea lions hanging in the out going tide. Got cold and decided to run over to deer harbor for a hamburger. Cut back east on the north side of shaw and stopped to fish the area just west of blakley and then eagle cliffs on the west side of cypress? have to go look at a map but they are all in the boat. The run home was fairly smooth and uneventful. all in all a better weekend weather wise then I was hoping for.
 
Tomorrow is Kates 25th wedding anniversary. And I suppose it goes without saying that it is mine also. In as much as the last ferry on Mon-Thurs is at 6PM dinner is not an option. So we are putting the boat in the water at 10am at Guemes and heading over to LaConner. Dock at the city dock about 10:45 and take in the NW Museum of Arts. Then lunch at a nice little restaurant. Probably slip the little package to her with her dessert. 25 point diamond anniversary band. (Tried to get away with telling her I ordered HER the new 25' C-Dory. You know, 1 foot for each year. But she wasn't buying that). Then a leisurely cruise back to Guemes AND ?????????????
You know, Wash the boat, flush the engines, etc etc etc.
 
Happy anniversary, Kate and David. Congratulations.
By the way, I'm glad you omitted the details on this, the family channel.
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Congratulations Kate and Dave on your 25 years!

I'm not sure I like this foot per year stuff though, since that means we'd be selling the Lynn Marie and getting out the 8' "Walker Bay" from under the deck. Can't even upgrade to the 10' for another year.

Tim
 
Getting ready to change from mechanical steering to hydraulic and today I pulled out the old cable, wheel, and head. I'll bet the new stuff goes in back a lot easier than this came out or at least I hope it does.

I'm putting in a Baystar system that I bought from Fore and Aft Marine out of Florida. Their price was $554 plus S & H and it included a new 15" stainless steel wheel. Now all I have to do is wait for it to get here by Brown. Sure hope they didn't mess up All their equipment at Daytona today.

Now that it's out I'm looking for a good home for it so if anyone has a real old worn out mechanical system they want to replace let me know and I'll get it to you somehow.

Tim
 
Well, we had the last cruise on the 22' Daydream this weekend, since we close the sale on Wednesday...started badly, Saturday morning the starboard battery was dead (I am guessing it had something to do with the electrical problem with the windlass), so I bought a new one, swapping out batteries in the lazerette is a real knuckle-buster. I will charge up the old battery when we get back to Fall City, I assume it is still OK.

After installing the new battery, we got away from Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham just fine. We had a fine cruise over, wonderful stay at Blind Island State Park, which is a great little spot off the Shaw Island ferry terminal. The cruise back, whew - it was 3' - 4' waves all the way until we got to Bellingham Bay, which ironically was much calmer (B'ham Bay is usually quite choppy). Ten knots pretty much the whole way...I was sort of imagining what it would be like going to Alaska in a ten knot trawler!

So, we will deliver Daydream to Kas Kinkead on Sunday, or possibly Saturday, as we are going to try to persuade her to do Cornet Bay. We would tow it up for her and then stay in a motel, so we can have a de-naming ceremony and possibly a christening, assuming she has a name chosen, then on Sunday, we would tow it down to Shilshole for her. We shall see.

Either way, we will be boatless at Cornet Bay and looking to hitch a ride for the day cruise...
 
Well smack me on the side of the head with a fish/crab whacker! :crook Would you believe it?...I FINALLY got "Sea Shift" out on the water today. I talked the person coming on shift after me this morning to come in an hour early so I could zip home, drag "Sea Shift" out of the shop and down to the Everett Launch. Carol, Jessica and I cruised down to Kingston in the bright sunshine, on the cool clear crisp day, (kept warm by our "ever faithful Wallas stove" with Klean Heat) and enjoyed lunch on the boat before embarking on a leisurely walk about town. Then we returned to the Everett Launch in time for Carol to drive Jessica to dance class, while I secured "Sea Shift" for the drive home. (Took 2 rigs to the launch so we could extend our cruising time and still get J. to ballet). Gorgeous day with snow covered Mt. Baker to the north, snow covered Mt. Rainier to the south, snow covered Cascade Mtn. range to the east, and the snow covered Olympics to the west! Life just doesn't get much better!
Homeland Security was certainly at work today.....three Wa. State Patrol Officers at the Kingston ferry dock...one of them on a bicycle....then on our way back north to Everett, we met one of the Coast Guard patrol vessels cruising south towards Seattle.

P.S. Did I mention, the wonderful purring sound of those twin Johnsons behind me? :love those big Johnson's! LOL! :lol:
 
This site is a great place--for information, and for connecting people. Casey, who's been in this area for some time, came over yesterday, and we got out in Snowdon for a couple hours, yakked up a storm, and had a good meal together, thanks to my wonderful wife. This being sorta retired is all right.
Casey is from Arizona, so in the process I learned a lot about places in the West, and he got to see Thomas Point Lighthouse emerge out of the fog--it was a fine afternoon out on an almost deserted South River, all told. Hope you are all having a good winter in your necks of the woods, or desert, or mountains, or river mouths. Bruce Holly
 
Another weekend in the islands. saturday we launched at twin bridges again. i would like to launch at the state park near the ferry but if the wind comes up it is a pain to retreive at. water was smooth on the south side so we headed around the south end of lopez and then west and north up the side of san jaun. if we had pass ports on us we could have made victoria in no time flat. stopped for some fishing the cruised up to english camp for a look around. then on around the north west end of san jaun and back down to friday harbor for the night. very cold. Susan and i went for a night cap in town . We both like kalua and cream. drink them all the time ,even right now, so orderd one each at a pub. they were the color of paper. I like mine the color of hot chocolete. the cream is to take the bite out of the kalau not the other way around. so I sent it back and asked them to double up on the kalau. well two drinks each ran us $40 bucks. lesson learned, bring my own.

Sunday ran out to salmon banks but no fish. then over to blakley marina for the night. sunday we fished thrashers and lopez passes but still no fish. the weather was great and the seas were flat if you were on the south side. cant wait until next weekend. Daydream was only about 5 miles away saturday night but on the wrong side of the island. maybe next time. have to figure it out but put about 120 miles on the boat with gas to spare and a lot of that was trolling. Have had boat for one month and have over 60 hours on the motor so far.
 
The view from work was just awesome today--- white caps as far as you could see. Rain pelting down and the wind blowing like crazy-- as close to the boat as I could get today was to send $400+ payment to the Honda Dude (Eric) for service and tuneup on my engines.
 
Took the SeaDNA out today for a blackmouth fishing trip. Launched out of Edmonds and fished near there 'til about 9:30 when the fog let up enough to allow me to feel safe crossing the ferry route. Fished bait box (south east corner of Possession) for about 1hr then ran to Everett for a dog pit stop and hot cocoa. Then fished the south end of Gedney for about 2 hours. Total fish = 2 both flounder. Not a black mouth to be seen, not even a shaker. The DFW counter at Edmonds saw only one fish the whole day so it wasn't just me.

Tried a few times to hail the C-brats up at Coronet Bay but must 'a been out of range. None-the-less, once the fog burned off, it was a lovely day to be on the water.

Roger on the SeaDNA
 
Or, what did we do with our C-Dory that week! We had Feb 19 to 27 off (mid winter break). Over the week we spent a few nights at our cabin on Center Is. We also took several trips to check out some of our favorite marine state parks.

First was Stewart Tuesday night. As all of the Pacific NW Brats know, the weather was beautiful ALL week. The cruise around Lopez, between Orcas & Shaw, and though Pole Pass was easy and awesome. We decided on Prevost Harbor over Reed, and tied off for the night just as the sun was setting. We were the only ones on the dock. Frost on the boat in the am. fired up the wallace, cooked breakfast, and back to Center.

Thursday it was Sucia. We decided to circumnavigate Guemas to see if there was any sign of Anita Marie (now Spirit). No sign, but very fun to check out the island at a slow pace. The cruise to Sucia was great with stops at Clark and Matia just for fun. (The dock was in storage at Matia - Jones too). Only one dock was in at Sucia, the other was stored with three or four more (Matia's, & ?) tied off to some pilings just NE of the dock. Another frosty morning... and yep, we were the only ones on the dock!

Friday night was Cornet Bay with the Brats. We are coming up on our first anniversery as C-Dory owners and from our first C-Brat gathering. It was great to have some company on the dock - for once in our weeks adventure! Good to see all of the "old" ones and to meet Kas & Mart, David & Jo, and Tom, James, and Susan E.

This adventure had us on the boat for the longest stretch so far. First time really using the wallace for heat and cooking - worked great! We are looking forward to more nights and days on the boat. Also, only four more nights on the Sate Park Pass to break even - it will have been a good investment by next fall!
 
Sounds like a great week. BTW it was Anna Leigh that was bought by Jo and David and re-named Spirit. They called upon arriving safely back to Helena. Looking forward to seeing themagain in July.
 
Back to the subject :smile

Since San Diego is acting like Seattle should be (rain rain rain), I installed a "quick and dirty" shore power system yesterday. Pix are in the Jenny B album. All the parts cost less than $65 and about 2 hours time. More time was spent resting and stretching after "scrunching up under the Wallas" and finding tools than actually doing work.

I was loath to remove the excellent corrosion resistant marine plug off of the battery charger and shorten the cord, so I now have two alternatives. While at a marina I can plug it into one of the GFCI duplex outlets, and at home, when the boat is covered, I can route the charger cord through the cable opening into the cockpit and plug it into a household AC circuit. Why? This construction grade GFCI breaker automatically opens when the unit is plugged in or if power is lost and restored again. Not a problem at a job site but a little inconvenient while stored. Since Jenny B is parked bow downhill, some rainwater collects in the cabin bilge pump pocket, so I routinely leave the bilge pump in "auto". I'd hate to have adverse coincidences happen that might fully drain one of the nice almost new AGM batteries before it was discovered.
 
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