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

More stuff added to Sea Angel :lol: and more to be done.

DONE: The remote search light is up and running.

DONE: Added a 12" SS grab handle in front of the Mate's seat.

I have the parts to install 3 momentary switches to be used with the wiper
motors; 2 at the helm and one on the port side for the Mate.

I still have not decided on the location of my 4-battery monitor meter;
though it will probably be inboard of the Mate's grab handle along with
the wiper momentary switch.

The 2mtr ham radio is on hold till I decide where it can be placed. I have
all the necessary items to do this, also.

Can't say I don't have a few projects to keep me busy in my retirement.
Now if my time management could just be a little tighter. :roll: Wow, is
this a square knot in time, or a reef knot? Good gReef Charlie Brown!

Keep an eye on the sky and the wind to your back.

Art
 
The weather held off just long enough to enjoy a trip to the New Dungeness Lighthouse with my Nephew from CA and his family. Their daughters, seven and eight, got to drive the boat. A great cap to a wonderful visit with them.
 
My daughter Tory has been visiting for a week, on her way back to Salt Lake City from 6 weeks studying British Literature in London. With the credits from this class she is now officially a college graduate! This is the same daughter that has been to a couple of the Bellingham CBGTs.

She wanted to take a quick cruise in the boat so we took 3 days and 2 nights. First night, Saturday, was in Victoria, at the Wharf Street Marina (recommended, it is closest to the loo and showers). Tom and Susan showed up after dinner in the Susan E. The next morning, Sunday, we all went to breakfast.

The Elliotts stayed in Victoria and Tory and I headed up to Sidney, where we spent Sunday night. My first time there, Tory's first time in either city. Checked out the bookstores and bakeries which Sidney is noted for. The marina is ultra-spiffy and ultra-busy & crowded. The first time I tried to dock I had a meltdown and had to withdraw in shame. Fortunately these episodes are becoming fewer and farther between! :shock:

On our way back to Skyline after clearing customs in Friday Harbor on Monday we passed Sam (20dauntless) in Retriever, going the other way.

Today (Wednesday) on our way to the airport we checked out Snoqualmie Falls, the brewery, and said hi to Pat.

Warren
 
Doryman":1qamoabt said:
My daughter Tory has been visiting for a week, on her way back to Salt Lake City from 6 weeks studying British Literature in London. With the credits from this class she is now officially a college graduate! This is the same daughter that has been to a couple of the Bellingham CBGTs. Warren
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A huge congratulations to Tory for her recent graduation from college. What a splendid way (studying in London) to earn the last credits for her graduation!

....and yes, of course I do remember Tory from the B'ham CBGTs.

(That certainly made for a super Father's Day for you, having Tory with you on the boat! :thup )
 
i guess it was yesterday to be specific, but I finally took the boat out for a good cruise, anna and myself, and two other friends left from shilshole and went out with no particular destination. We stopped at blake island and from there went around the back of bainbridge, stopping at a town or two and then on to poulsbo for a drink, then from there went around the north end of bainbridge and up into a bay which i cant remember the name of, then back to shilshole. The weather was amazing and the water was calm for the most part, we logged about 55 miles with no problems on all the new systems in the boat. The no feedback teleflex steering was great, and the fuel tanks worked well...life is good
 
Finally splashed "FanCdory" yesterday ! Ran a couple of circles then to the marina in Plattsburg, NY to continue the fitting and finish the loadout.

Friday (is that tomorrow already ?!?) we'll rent a car, take the P/U & trailer over to Seneca Lakes Park, then back to Plattsburg. Our "plan" is to go down the Champlain to the Erie and turn west.
 
One more 600 mile day today, hopefully the last for a month or so. Took the P/U & trailer from Plattsburgh to Seneca Lake State Park today made the round trip in 13 hours including "organizing" stuff to be left in the truck. Tomorrow we shop & sight-see here, then head south down Lake Champlain Monday.
 
We're getting the boat ready for our annual Neah Bay trip. Due to the kid getting married on Aug 1, we'll be going in the 2nd week of July and will be in Neah Bay from July 6-12. (What was the kid thinking? Scheduling a wedding during the best coho fishing time?!?).....

So today we emptied everything out of the boat and started with a full cleaning inside and out. Most of my accomplishment for the day was working on getting the top of the cabin clean. It was fairly oxidized so I hit it with some McGuires rubbing compound. After that it got a coat of Collinite heavy duty cleaning wax. After that a coat of Collinite liquid wax. It took about 3-4 hours, but it's looking pretty good now.
 
So the kid is getting married! Wait a minute. The last time I checked he was getting his Eagle Scout badge! Time does go faster here in the upper lats! And Toyman is going to Seneca Lake! Holy mackeral, what memories. Dot and I were married in Ithaca on Saturday, June 11, 1961, the day she graduated from the Ag School at Cornell. She wore a lime green dress she got as a bridesmaid in her roommate's wedding the week before. I wore a borrowed brown wool suit with a wilted flower in the lapel. After the wedding we took off in a rented Chevy Corvair, over the hill to Watkins Glen, at the foot of Seneca Lake. The first motel wouldn't rent us a room because "we don't rent to prom kids". On Monday we were back at Cornell where Dotty began work as a lab tech in the Vet School and I continued my janitor's job at the Hotel School. We spent another year there while I finished my senior year. Years later both our kids went there and one was married there. They, however, honeymooned in St. John, VI!
 
Took Sea Skipper up the Napa River as far as one can go in a motor boat, to the town of Napa. On the way back down the river we stopped for a late lunch at a little dock in the relative middle of nowhere. I say "relative" because this isolated little venue is in the midst of the north Bay Area, a highly developed area and yet it is off the beaten track. Sometimes off the beaten track is not far from the beaten track. A sweet little place it is for a quick stop via boat, take a look:

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This facility is a nice example of tax payer money well spent. It was built with state taxpayer money and is maintained by Napa county taxpayer money. There is no launch fee and guest docking is free.

Here is a photo of my lunatic best friend at the cockpit helm pretending to steal my boat while I was ashore. I told her before I stepped ashore to not do anything that would burn the boat down to the waterline. Instead, she pulls this stunt.
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I put in a Navman 2100 fuel sender now it works a lot better . It will actually measure from about 1500rpm .Not sure how accurate it is yet I will refill fuel 60 gallons then reset my GPS (mileage) and then see what kind of mileage So far getting about 4.2 mpg as far as reading 2100 navman goes .

It's very hot down here 90-93 with Heat index it's over 100 not good for running wires and fixing things next time ill wait until Christmas about 75-80 degrees .
 
Yesterday we cleaned Placid C inside and out. We added a new anchor, chain and rode. The boat came with an 8 pound Danforth copy with 4 feet of chain and about 75 feet of rode. That was replaced with a Delta 14 pound Fast Set anchor, 20 feet of one fourth inch HT chain and 200 feet of one half inch rode. We also installed an anchor lock. That will do until it's time for a windless. We'll keep the Danforth as a spare/auxiliary.

If the weather cooperates today the wax will go on. We also have to replace the VHF antenna which was broken when we got the boat. We'll be spending a few days later this week on Watauga Lake.
 
Nothing on the CAT yet. Sally looked at both our boats at the pier as we were reading the Sunday papers in the Great Room and wanted to go out on her sailboat, a Gloucester 22, SALLY'S CHOICE. So we did. Warm here, 83 or so but overcast with about 15 knots of steady breeze. I had a little trouble with the sails, my shoulder isn'.t 100% yet after the surgery but we got them up and had a good time.

The river is about 5 miles across here so you can go a long way on a reach without tacking. Back in now for lunch, will clean both boats today and maybe take a TC255 ride this afternoon.

Next week is Gramma Camp with 8, 10 and 12 YO GKds coming for the week! I'm looking for places to hide... :wink:

Charlie
 
"I've never been boarded by the Coast Guard" I remarked to my neighbor as I borrowed 2 PFD's. We were heading out to take 6 folks including 2 visiting Basque students for a ride. We took them to the New Dungeness Light House and dropped them off by dinghy.

We took on 7 new passengers and set off to reverse our course and tour Protection Island on the way back to John Wayne Marina. "That looks like the Coast Guard" said our friend jokingly pointing at a spot on the horizon. I checked with the Fuji 14x40 stabilized binocs. Yes it is!

Janet was driving at about 20 kts as they slowly caught up to us and flashed the blue lights. They questioned our destination and departure points. The Border Patrolman on board asked about everyone's citizenship. Two 15 year old Basque girls? Got Passports? Sure, at home in Sequim!

The situation then became one of cell phone conversations and long deliberations among the uniformed folks on our boat and theirs. Bottom line, we'll escort you back to your marina where the "aliens" will stay on the boat while some one brings their Passports.

We sat on the dock with the CG boat close by, lots of uniforms all around the boat while the passports were rounded up. As a final send-off, the CG did a vessel inspection of my boat. As usual, everyone was very polite and professional.

The Basque students now know to carry their Passports everywhere as is required by US law. I know to make sure I have legal PFD's for everyone on board and to run a zip tie through the locking hole on the Y valve.

Not a fun way to end a boat trip, but one they'll write home about!
 
May have been the Coastie we crossed at 20+ as he was coming out of Guemes Channel about 0930 leaving a wake 4 ft high. :(
We had AIS on but he wasn't showing up. I suppose he can also track AIS so he would already have known who we were and where we came from.

Love your story though. Reminds of of the time we had a Polish AirForce General on board going down the Piscataqua past the sub base and he was out back with his camera. Until I gaffed him. Didn't want to have to explain that one. :shock:

Merv & Kathy
 
Just returned Monday morning from a wonderful weekend in the San Juans with Bill and El, their son Brad and three grandchildren, Tye, Bryce and Amy (6 people on a CD22!) and a visit from Barry and Patti on C-Cakes.

Friday night on the dock at Doe Island, a little two boat float. Very pleasant!

Motored over to James Island Saturday. B&E got a spot at the dock, we couldn't fit a 25 foot boat into a 10 foot space, so anchored out. A little excitement - about 11:00 p.m. there was a light shining in our vee-berth hatch, Patty yells "get up"! We pop up to find a sailboat fending itself off our bow in the pitch black night, they are yelling "sorry, sorry!" They had evidently slipped anchor. No damage anyway. Patty was a wreck, stayed up two hours watching them - I went back to sleep and was sawing logs in 5 minutes!

Got into the dock for Sunday night when a Bayliner left. Barry and Patty came by for a visit. Up at oh-dark-thirty Monday morning, dashed back to Hilton Harbor, and back to the salt mines. I took quite a few pix, but left my dang camera on the boat, so it will be a while before I get them uploaded. Damn I wish we could have stayed out!
 
Today we ran Sea Angel after her 90s carbs have been rebuilt. What a difference!

My mech suggested I add 16oz of 2cycle OB oil to my 110gal fuel tank
when I filled today along with some 'Full Throttle' stabilizer... I jumped
from abt 26.5 kts to 28.6 kts at WOT (heavy). No side affects nted, yet.
This has been tried here for abt 2 yrs now without any problems.

I got a BIG approval from the Mate for the addition of the grab handle
mounted on the forward bulkhead on the port side.

A great day in the 90s with W 5-15 kts winds. A busy day on the water for
a Thursday. A lot of people must have gotten a jump on 4th of July
weekend.

Art
 
Today I rearranged by trailer bunks back to the up position and all in a straight line. Yesterday I un-arranged them on a rough beach landing on my trailer. Some my fault, some the weather and some the d--b a-s launch boy that was not paying attention.
Also today I built the oak shelf and mounting above the windshield for my sound system. It is all stained and ready to install the radios and speakers. It is made of oak and a starboard face plate for the radio to mount in.

Time off from projects tomorrow as it is time to kill some halibut and with luck a king salmon or two.
 
Pix of our outing last weekend finally got posted here on pages 2 and 3 of our Summer 2009 sub-album - had left the camera in the boat, and just retrieved it! I especially like this one!

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