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

oldgrowth":19ge7pf5 said:
Sunday, I went to Riff Lake in Lewis County Washington and won a prize. The un-official dock master said "You Win". When Terri gave him a questioning look, he said she had the cutest boat that was launched there that week. That had to be quite a complement because I know there were at least three other C-Dorys launched there that week. I have a feeling it had as much to do with her as the boat but she was pleased.
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Well, the only thing cuter than a CD-16 would be Terri ON the 16. Sorry I can't tell you two about the "warmth" (inside joke) - we had to turn the heater on this morning. But what a beautiful anchorage in Prevost Harbor... and blissfully quiet. Joan and Molly are still both asleep, I'll be starting some coffee for her when I finish this post. Tell Terri that this is VERY good.

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
Steve,
I use both methods of getting the squid. I have a fine mesh net for the squid- they tend to go right through the regular fish nets. For jigging squid, I use the Candy Catcher and for fin bait I use Sabiki Rigs

J & J,
Hope to see you guys at Catalina in a week and half-- but I don't know---- sounds like you are having a blast up north.
 
This morning my lovely wife intended to place a paint brush in my hand in order to complete the painting of our sunroom..... :sad ...however, my pager sounded off.... :thup ....and our hovercraft was requested by the Sheriff's office to assist in the recovery of several individuals out in the mudflats West of Jetty Island in Everett. The first time using the hovercraft in the salt and we sure turned a few heads when we flew the hovercraft back up the Everett Launch Ramp at the end of the operation!
Since, we had planned on taking "Sea Shift" out this evening, I only had time when I returned home to hitch up and we launched "Sea Shift" and took friends out of Everett to Langley for a delightful evening cruise.
Now the bad part of this story............tomorrow AM the paint brush WILL return to my hand. :disgust.....shoot, I just looked at the :clock and it is already "tomorrow", perhaps I should hit the rack!
 
well owlbe, I was just reading about two guys getting resued after getting stuck in the mud. That hovercraft has to be a kick in the pants, do they let you borrow it for "training"?
 
B~C":19i5824y said:
That hovercraft has to be a kick in the pants, do they let you borrow it for "training"?
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I wish! They are tricky to operate and are high maintenance. Powered by an ultralight engine. In the beginning we trained weekly, but now train at least once a month on it, which includes running it at night in flood waters on the river.

Since we took delivery on the hovercraft, we've used it to rescue folks and dogs stranded on the river, to "ferry" divers in water searches for drowning victims, and for assisting the Sheriff's in drug lab interdiction at remote difficult to access locations.

P.S. Just finished painting the sunroom.....YIPPEE! :lol:
 
We are in Roche Harbor Marina after the last few nights on the hook or a mooring. Shore power, long hot showers, restaurant food... and Molly got to walk on grass for the first time in 5 days. Livin' large!

We are one of the smaller boats in the marina, but we have just as nice a view as the 50 footer next to us (and we are staying on our boat, unlike our unoccupied neighbor). Can you find the C-Dory in this photo?

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And this one made me take a second look. Some of you NW folks have probably seen this, it was new to me. Check out the dinghy on this big fellow!

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We are loving this C-Dory cruising!

Best wishes,
Jim & Joan B.
 
JamesTXSD":36knhr70 said:
Check out the dinghy on this big fellow!
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Well Jim, you know they have to have something they can get into in case they run into rough weather.

Have you had any seas five feet or more? If so how has the boat handled it? I have been checking the marine weather for that area and it seems like the forecast has always been waves of five feet or less.
 
oldgrowth":wgxmssju said:
Well Jim, you know they have to have something they can get into in case they run into rough weather.

Have you had any seas five feet or more? If so how has the boat handled it? I have been checking the marine weather for that area and it seems like the forecast has always been waves of five feet or less.
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Hi Dave,
We had 3-5 foot closely spaced chop, winds around 20 knots on Monday morning coming out of Bellingham. The boat handled it fine, but we slowed to around 7 knots. Lots of spray, a couple things got tossed off the countertop, and Molly got wide-eyed about that time. The boat is a real confidence-builder, though. A bit of fog on Tuesday gave us a chance to try the radar in a real world situation. We've gotten pretty good at getting the inflatable on and off the top of the CD-25. Anchored a couple nights - the windlass is nice!

The E-80 quit on us today, but I think I found the culprit: the connection at the in-line fuse. Got it working, now. One of the fittings on the water heater has developed a slow leak, but I think I can take care of that in the morning (when the water has cooled a bit). It has been a good shake-down for the boat.

Back to the factory for some work on Monday... and we really don't want to leave this area. We are struggling between staying around here for a while longer or heading to Catalina. Today, Joan said, "I think this would be a great place to come every August." :D That woman has her priorities straight!

All our research paid off - the boat is a good fit for how we will be using it; we are very comfortable onboard. :thup

Best wishes,
Jim
 
Jim,

This overcast weather ain't fer ever -- if you leave now you will miss some of our best boating. IMO the best cruising is after Labor Day - kids back in school, lots of dock/buoy space and beautiful fall colors. And what a shame it would be to miss our Sequim Bay bash - Jon and Cynthia are the non pariel local hosts and many of the Brats will be there.

Where will you be the rest of the week? May drop by for an eyeball QSO while out salmon fishing.

73

Dusty
 
Sawdust":1fhsndom said:
Jim,
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Where will you be the rest of the week? May drop by for an eyeball QSO while out salmon fishing.
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Hi Dusty,
While a bit cool for what we are used to, we are truly enjoying the weather, the scenery, and the cruising. When the factory turns us loose on Tuesday, we have to decide if we are heading south to the Catalina gathering... or staying around here a while. We have been trying to stay "loose" with our schedule, but circumstance just don't seem to understand what we're trying for. :wink:

We have already decided we are coming back to this wonderful area, regardless of what happens after Tuesday... probably next year. We understand "mellow time" (what we call it in the Black Hills, when the tourists go away and the kids are back in school).

Not sure what you call it when your sweat glands have forgotten how to work? :crook Pittus Frozenus?

I will be looking forward to the time our paths cross.

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
Hi Jim,

I am looking forward to the Catalina trip and hope you guys make it. Over the last sixteen years we have spent most of our Sept. vacations in the PWN and the San Jaun's. It is probably our favorite place.

If I were up there now I would find it very difficult to load up and drive south - but then I prefer Pittus Frozenus to Pittus Stinkyus when living on a CD22 :crook

Steve
 
We took at 62 mile cruise today -- from Onset, MA to Clark's Island (near the Plymouth town center) and back. On board were Sherry, Keelin, Sherry's sister Eileen, Eileen's daughter Jen and Jen's daughter Iona, along with the two beagles, Little Bit and Corky. We made our first trip through the Cape Cod Canal, had one dog repeatedly puke, pee and poop, accidently dropped our anchor after hitting some hard chop coming out of the canal, retrieved it despite the lumpy water, and survived 4-5 foot waves a good part of the way up. On the island we visited with family and took a nice hike to the rock where the pilgrims had a worship service on December 20, 1620, saw the island graveyard, toured a the island caretaker's house, ate a nice lunch, picked up some horseshoe crab shells, played a game called corn bag (sort of like horseshoes but with bags stuffed with corn kernals) and watched the dogs cavort about off leash.

The trip back was much calmer but not without its exciting moments. We hit the canal right at slack current and were cruising along beautifully, but just as we were getting to the railroad bridge it started coming down and we had to stand by and wait for a train to pass by. It was really a cool thing to see, but it was getting late and we were ready to get home. As we were coming in past Onset Harbor, we ran into a little sand bar, but no harm was done. We hooked the mooring just about 12 hours after we started out.

I'll post some pics if I can stay awake a little longer.
 
I took SeaDNA out today for a bit of coho fishing in the sound. Launched using the Edmond sling which this time of year doesn't open until 7AM so we missed the early morning bite. Fished in front of Edmonds - fuel docks for about an hour. Marked lots of bait and fish but no hits/take downs. This was the pattern for the day as we moved from Edmonds to Jeff Head to Point Monroe. Caught a few shakers and called it quits about noon.

Had a nice guest out with me today (a friend from the wine shop). I didn't make the bold fish catching promises this trip that I could make out at Neah Bay. Had a nice lunch at Athony's Beach Cafe - I had coconut shrimp, he had blackened rockfish tacos. A couple of beers, flat water, beautiful blue skies and nice scenery. All perfect except for the non-cooperative, lock jaw fish near the boat today. Still a great day in C-Dory land.
 
We spent Friday night in Friday Harbor (somehow, that seemed appropriate :wink: ). While there, we visited with a nice couple who commented on our boat as they walked by. He mentioned that his son had a C-Dory and really liked it. At the end of the conversation, as he was walking away, he mentioned this list ("Do you know about that internet owners' group?").

I didn't think to ask who his son was. We received a PM last night, and lo and behold (how often can you work that saying into a conversation?), the guy we visited with turned out to be Tom's (StarcraftTom) Dad! Yes, the very Tom of Tom and Susan, who own the Susan E (interesting how we identify people by their boats) - the folks who gave us our first ride on a C-Dory! Small world.

On another note, you might like to hear that we are starting to get the hang of making this boat go where we want it to... in Roche Harbor, I tucked it into the guest dock between two MUCH larger boats, with very little room on either end. And didn't scratch anything. In Friday Harbor (on what must be one of their busiest days of the year), we rotated the boat between slips and put it up against a walkway (no real slip available) between poles. Joan said, "Nice!" I said, "Thanks"... but I was thinking: "Whew!" :wink

On the down side, we lost our first bit of gelcoat :cry , but it wasn't because I hit anything. When the anchor came up using the windlass, the chain rolled off the roller (no guide bar there) and the anchor rolled onto the bow. Of course, it's right next to the roller, where it is oh SO obvious.

And in another small world occurrance, we got to meet Pat and Patty Anderson (and their daughter, her boyfriend, and of course, Baxter the boat dog, who drew a crowd on the dock) yesterday. What nice people! It was a short, but very pleasant visit. I got so wrapped up, I forgot to take a photo. :crook

Best wishes,
Jim B.

PS - For any of you pilot types, Friday Harbor reminded me of flying a small plane into Oshkosh during the fly-in... there were boats everywhere, but with no real "pattern". Quite a sight!
 
JamesTXSD":1zbuhd7m said:
For any of you pilot types, Friday Harbor reminded me of flying a small plane into Oshkosh during the fly-in... there were boats everywhere, but with no real "pattern". Quite a sight!
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Speaking of Oshkosh, yesterday when Sally and I had anchored in Smith Creek Maryland, about 12 miles across from us at the mouth of the Potomac, we were eating lunch and were treated to a small aircraft, couldn't get the type but it was single engine, low wing and it did about 45 minutes of real great stunt flying. Outside loops, inside loops, the "hammerhead", where he flew straight up until he (could have been a she too I guess) lost flying speed and tumbled back down until he/she leveled off just off the trees. I suppose he was part of an airshow of some sort but I didn't know where the nearest airstrip was, didn't think to look at the chart plotter. A great show. (On Edit: Looking at my chartbook, I see that right across the little peninsula where we were at anchor is the St. Indigoes CG Station and the Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and an airstrip. I suppose there was an airshow going on)

I may have found my engine problem with the lack of full throttle on the stbd Honda 45. When tying up at our pier, I noticed that the throttle/shifter for the stbd engine, usually hard against the one for the port engine just to the right of the helm seat was almost falling off. Need to check and see if the cable may have slipped some there, would certainly explain it.

Great day yesterday, light winds, clear blue sky with big white clouds and only about 78 degrees, a great relief from the 98-100 degree weather of last week. Nice day here today too, were going to go out in our 22 Ft sailboat (Sally's Choice) but alas, a little too warm and not enough breeze. Besides, I had promised to clean out the garage! :cry:

Oh, well, another time! :D
 
Perform various small projects, you know the type, the ones that you say "I'll get that done sometime". One of which was to remove the Wallas exhaust and reseal it where it goes through the hull, with some high-temp sealant. It kept letting water in when we were in quartering swells.
 
Finally got around to cleaning up and finishing some of the projects that I started. A friend of mine made to my specs some storage items out of oak. I borrowed many of the ideas you fellow Brats came up with. Thanks a bunch.
By the way, my buddy Jack has way too much time on his hands too. If anyone wants him to make some racks, chart racks and such for your 22', he will. He's not that expensive. We kept the measurements and plans for each item. (I told him I would give him a plug).
Special thanks to Salty Dog for the Bomar Hatch Screen Install directions. I promised him a year ago to get some pictures of how I finished the gaps around the trim ring. I posted all the pictures in the Swee Pea Photo Album.
I even made a make shift couch out of pillows already in use on Swee Pea.

Thanks to all of you. Safe Boating

John
Swee Pea
 
Roger, hate to say it, but that's ONE reason I do all my installs, hate to do over what somebody else didn't do right in the first place! I know you do too.

This weekend, final preps for the Catalina trip and working more items off THE LIST. Had precious few minutes/hours on the boat though, mostly yard work, plumbing and other chores around the house. The "replace the bimini roof railing/snap support" job finally bubbled to the top, about 4 hrs (broke the original one deploying a Porta-Bote about 2 yrs ago). Then finish the bait pump replacement and add a marine grade on/off switch rather than the 12V plug trick. Also 3 out of 20 more on THE LIST I'd like to get done, just not sure if I'll get the time.
 
I hear you there Steve- I installed all of the electronics and have had no trouble with them as yet (knock on my wooden head)
The only items that I had someone else do was install the Wallas and the autopilot. The Wallas works great, but was letting water in around the exhaust. The autopilot works great, hope it continues to.
I will be re-routing the bait tank supply to the wash down pump, and remove the bait pump from the stern. It kicks up too much water.
I will also be lowering the sonar transducer in order to obtain a better reading while under way-- too much noise where it is now.
And the list goes on :!: :!: :!:
 
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