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

[Pacificcoast101]

Merry and I went to the edge of Redondo Canyon a couple of nights last week for Blackwater dives. We hung our green fishing light overboard and waited for jellies, salps, and siphonophores to arrive. Instead, we were bombarded by millions of squid. We're hoping the swells will calm down soon so we can take photos on the sand to see the eggs and the animals who feast on the dead squid.

 

[DKennaC25]

Amazing!

 

[Yosef]

Varmits chewed through Heron's radar data cable:



Let's see them chew through this:

 

[greencatdude2]

I took my newly acquired 2004 C-Dory 16 Cruiser on its maiden voyage. This is the first boat I’ve owned (besides kayaks), and it’s been 30+ years since I’ve launched or retrieved a boat. Things went pretty good and the boat is impressive.

I stuck close to my normal kayaking places, but I’m looking forward to many adventures.

 

[Pacificcoast101]

After nearly sixteen years at Port Royal Marina in Redondo Beach, Merry and I moved No Pressure to its new home in Portofina Marina. We're only a hundred feet or so from our old slip, but it feels like a whole new world. We have cement docks instead of the rickety wooden docks at Port Royal. We tried for a few years to get them to fix the dock floats with no luck. Our old slip had docks that felt as if you were land-surfing. Our neighbor had a dock step that took up so much of the dock that we nearly fell in the water every time we hooked up the hose to rinse our starboard motor.

The restrooms at Port Royal were in need of repair for years as well. One of the toilets in the women's restroom has been out of order all year. There are over two hundred slips at Port Royal, but only two decent dock carts for the entire marina. Portofino Marina has two carts for every gangway. The restrooms are private with a shower in each one. We also have use of the Portofino Hotel pool, jacuzzi, and gym, plus a 25% discount at their restaurant and a discount at the fuel dock. I think we will be happy here.

 

[Pacificcoast101]

A few more amenities at our new marina.

 

[greencatdude2]

This last week Mostly Harmless (C-Dory 16 Cruiser) took part in the Erie Canal Bicentennial Voyage of the replica 1825 Canalboat Seneca Chief. We joined the flotilla from Buffalo to Lockport, overnighted, and then were the only escort from Lockport to Medina. She did a good job of making the other boats look big.

I was one of over 200 volunteers who helped build this replica from scratch-- it's 73 feet long, 12.5 feet wide, and made from raw slabs of wood (except the marine plywood on the roof). I've later crewed the canalboat from Fairport to Newark to Lyons, and will join it again next week on the Hudson.

Following the Canal Corp tugboats was interesting- the wash could make the bow turn at any time. Overall she did great, and was pretty comfortable to sleep on at the marina.

The voyage is getting a lot of attention here in NYS, and it is cool to see my little C-Dory show up in some of the videos and photos of the first part of the voyage.

I even passed a big sister C-Dory at the lift bridge in Medina! The canalboat crew was enamored with the C-Doy (and unfamiliar with it) and tickled to see their 2nd one ever at the same time.