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

This late in the season the coloration of both is about the same and when neither is fin clipped the only way I can tell is by the gums. And you have to get up close and personal to get them to open their mouths to look. The fight alone is a killer. Often when you release them there are sea lions and sharks lurking and the blood trail from the hook makes them a pretty easy target. I try not to net when there is a chance I will have to return the fish.
 
I put a new pair of tires (Les Scwab 10 plies) on the trailer today. Hopefully that will keep the flat tire/blowout woes away on the trip to Lake Powell.
 
Yesterday, after spending all day at the beach, my son and I spontaneously decided to go on an overnighter, just because it was the last night of the summer before school starts. We packed up and launched within 2 hours and spent the night playing cards, drinking rootbeer, eating chips and reading pirate stories. We got up at 0730 when we got waked by a waterman pulling crab pots, swam into the beach, looked for cool shells or other treasure, swam back out and had our coffee. Got home about 9:30 am today. Great send off to the summer vacation.
 
Just walked around her today admiring how she looks on the trailer. Love her looks just as much now as when we first met in 2003. As I walked gazing about her fine features thought back to just how well we got along this past summer with 42 days aboard on one stretch and how wonderfully she performed during that time.

If you have pondered over the thought of the 22 foot C-Dory just looking salty or can they really be you might if you haven't already done so check out the following threads for a start.

http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=6392&start=0
http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=13945&start=15

Though an eye catcher the photos of it messing about the Columbia Bar does not really do much for me. Its all the places it can access on the water and by trailer and how well it handles this variety that I have come to love and admire beyond just her fantastic looks.

Jay
 
DoryLvr":3o3tjfrj said:
Yesterday, after spending all day at the beach, my son and I spontaneously decided to go on an overnighter, just because it was the last night of the summer before school starts. We packed up and launched within 2 hours and spent the night playing cards, drinking rootbeer, eating chips and reading pirate stories. We got up at 0730 when we got waked by a waterman pulling crab pots, swam into the beach, looked for cool shells or other treasure, swam back out and had our coffee. Got home about 9:30 am today. Great send off to the summer vacation.
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Sounds like a great time Tivo. Enjoy your time with your kid now, it's unbelievable how time flies and how quickly they grow up. I can't believe my kids are all independent adults in their late 20's. Great pics too! Thanks for sharing.

Peter
 
Saturday Joyce and I drove out to Neah Bay to retrieve SeaDNA. My intention was to fish Sat. after and Sunday AM with a return midday on Sunday. I packed everything we needed - cooler, warm clothes, down rigger and fishing rods etc........... except the darn keys to the boat! I realized I was w/o keys somewhere just before Sekiu. So we had a nice hike on Cape Flattery, a wood fired pizza a Linda's and brought the trailer and boat home. It was just as well as I needed to go out and buy a new washer dryer anyway this weekend (the dryer crapped out Friday and both units were 18 years old).

Today I spent about 3 hours taking everything off the boat and beginning to clean her up for sale. The new (to me) Tomcat should be here one week from today or tomorrow!
 
Were they feeding? That's very cool. Made me wanna grab a mask, snorkel and fins and....
 
They have been here for about a week feeding on krill. In the hour we were out, we only had one fluke. The rest were at the surface feeding. Too bad the water was so dirty and choppy, plus the Lifeguard boat was nearby to make sure we didn't harrass the whales.
 
Unfortunately due to a medical condition my wife has, I just put C-Star up for sale on the C-Brat site after putting a ton of money into completely redoing the boat including repowering and a new trailer and just relaunching it in June. Hardly anything is original. Not something one wants to do after putting so much into redoing the boat but sometimes, you just have to do things like this.
 
Jim, Condolences are in order. It is a tuff decision to do that, but admirable that you would give that up for her. Contrary to what some of us say, there are some things more important than the boat.

Best in your endeavors,

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Hauled the CAT today in preparations to do some things and haul to Oriental NC for the CBGT in a couple of weeks and then to the outer banks (Manteo Isl.) for a family beach week. Forgot how big that thing is when out of the water. I really need some sort of indicator on the trailer that tells me when I'm close to the bow "stops" when powering it on by myself. Hard/impossible to see and I'm afraid of ending up in the truck bed... :cry That would NOT be a good thing.

Any ideas from TC or other 25' owners? The 22 wasn't too bad because of its size but the TC really limits visibility from the helm when powering onto the trailer. I use liquid rollers on the bunks and the hard plastic sliders on the aft 3' of the bunks. It slides pretty easily but it's really unpredictable. If I can't get it quite far enough, I hook it up securely to the winch, crawl down the ladder, get it on level ground and "bump" it forward manually with the brakes. Works fine but you gotta be VERY careful you don't overdo it.

A camera on the rear of the truck and/or one on the bow of the TC pointing down would be ideal! Or both....:thup

Charlie
 
That is one big advantage of the front ladder on the EZ Loader trailers. When you see your anchor go between the uprights you know you are there, or almost there.

Warren
 
Doryman":2437o9mr said:
That is one big advantage of the front ladder on the EZ Loader trailers. When you see your anchor go between the uprights you know you are there, or almost there.

Warren
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Warren, Nice meeting you today. Maybe we can get together for more C-Dory talk when you are back from Lake Powell. Have a great time.

Dennis
 
Brought the boat home today for clean and load for Lake Powell.
 
Sue and I have SEA3PO in the diriveway in front of the cabin...cleaning and loading for Lake Powell..... this morning I finished one side of the rub rail screw project....and now working on the other side of the boat...it came out really well...I am amazed... the aluminum was all bent up and it straightened up real well...everything on track so far....

We took a few hours off to go fly fishing....I bought a whole bunch of stuff and now have been trying to get the knack of it....don't think I have it yet as I have yet to catch a fish.... but it looks good.. Hopefully on Powell I will be able to fool some unsuspecting victim....

Joel
SEA3PO
 
Holly Cow !.... I just looked up all the licenses required to fish on Lake Powell.... Arizona, Utah and Nevada...depending on where you are...
I think I will just buy a book on fly fishing...and call it a day...

Joel
SEA3PO
 
All of you southern C-Brats are planning on trips, going out fishing and or cruising.

I spent yesterday and today winterizing my CD. Serviced both engines. Oil and filter change, clean up, put away things etc. Tomorrow the big tarp goes over it for the winter and will not be off until next April.

Damn.......I HATE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

You guys all have a nice trip though. :(
 
I spent a nice Saturday fishing (not catching) with Starcraft Tom on Tom and Susan's new (to them) 27' Cruiser. NICE BOAT-SO MUCH ROOM!!!

That was my first impression of the boat, how roomy the cockpit is and how comfortable it is to fish off of. Thanks for taking me out Tom, your boat is definitely a winner. Now if we could only get those darn Coho to unlock their jaws. :x

Peter
 
Thanks Peter, the coho fishing was way off this weekend. the Edmond's coho derby sold 900 tickets or so and only weighed 150 fish?? 1/4th of what they weighed last year at the same time.

I hope they show in the next week or so.
 
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