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

Friday started with wind and rain showers - not a good day to go out on C-CHANGE. By noon, the sun had come out the wind had died and it was looking like a decent day. I took the afternoon off and Stacy and I were soon off to Gig Harbor. We motored to the locks and made it just as they were finishing loading the small lock. We had a wonderful, smooth, calm :D ride on the east side of Vashon Island to Gig Harbor. Stayed at Arabella's Landing - nice marina! Walked to the Tides tavern and had a nice dinner on the deck. On the walk back to the boat we spotted a C-Dory 25 at Jerisich Park dock and stooped to see if anyone was home on SCOOTER, but nobody was around.

Saturday we cruised Colvos Passage on the west side of Vashon and decided to anchor in Blakely Harbor on Bainbridge Island. The harbor is open on the east side with views of downtown Seattle. Had a nice dinner and relaxed before the rain just stated coming down. We had a cozy dry evening in the cabin. Headed home on Sunday morning and made it to the locks just as they were loading again - that will never happen again two times in a row :D.
 
Tom and Shan -

Sure sorry to have missed you folks -- we were up in Birch Bay, digging (and eating) clams with Pat and Patty. Glad our boats met and had a nice chat, though.
 
A beautiful day on the water here in Anacortes. I hired a local surveyor / yacht delivery / instructor to get my wife started driving the boat. (Very bad idea for husbands to try to teach wives things! :roll: ) She did well but has a much better idea of what I have to deal with when docking, etc. Money well spent!

Warren
 
We decided driving the boat on the trailer was getting too hard on the Touareg, so we installed a Powerwinch on the trailer...Also put up the grab rails in the cabin...now thinking of cutting the bulkhead on the port side of the berth to open it up more.. anyone done this yet?
 
So we rose early to take the dog for a walk at Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands. Dined on pancakes and sausage for breakfast/lunch. Cruised Juan de Fuca looking for Orcas. Having wine on the boat at Friday Harbor. Ahhh Vacation! [/img][/list]
 
Hi,

A late post from this past Saturday. I took part in a Navigation Contest put on by our local Power and Sail Squadron. We had the contest in the upper Chesapeake just off Middle River. The weather was perfect, sunny and 3-5 out of the S.

Had a crew of three plus myself. Being math challenged I drove the boat on the course the navigator told me and held the RPM s to give us 6 knots. We had a bearing taker that had never used a hand bearing compass before and the navigator only learned the basics of the computer program we used two days before the contest.

A 22 foot C-Dory is not a real steady platform for taking sights and staying on a straight course in big wakes from other boats.
We had fun and we won by about 10 seconds. C-Dorys do amazing things

Fred, Pat and Mr. Grey(the cat)
 
jimandlaurie":2w2fdf92 said:
...now thinking of cutting the bulkhead on the port side of the berth to open it up more.. anyone done this yet?
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Hi Jim,
John on "Farwest II" (a 22'), opened up the port bulkhead years ago in order to create an earlier form of a forward facing seat. His 1st mate was then able to sit on the forward seat with her legs extended onto the V-Berth. (Seems to me the pictures may still be on the old C-Dog site that Bill (Da Nag) managed to salvage).
 
Well as usual we left Everett and headed for Coupeville. Everything was in proper alignment, flat water, clear sky, no wind- this time we were going to make it! We toodeled up between Whidbey and Camano just like the big boats. After a few hours we turned left near Oak Harbor and started to negotiate the crab pot minefield. About 3:30 I surrendered and turned around. Lizzie flew back, going all of 14 mph at 4000rpm. Nearing Hat Island we saw several whales breaking surface, 4 sea lions, and a beautiful young eagle fishing. Another wonderful day on the slow boat to Coupeville.
 
Jim
...now thinking of cutting the bulkhead on the port side of the berth to open it up more.. anyone done this yet?
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I've just did this, along with spraying 5 gallons of Delta T insulation in Meander. I will try and get pictures posted this weekend.
The opening doesn't look too bad. I hope the dash is still strong enough to handle the large opening, I'm pretty sure it is. I still have to finish putting a top coat over the Delta T and figure out a way to put trim on the new opening. Because the bulk head is cored, when the opening is cut you have about a 3/4 inch thick piece of figreglass and core to trim. The current opening the edge is just about 1/4 inch so the black U channel trim works fine on it. Maybe there is trim available that has a wider U. I just haven't found it yet.
Ron
 
Hi Folks,

Yesterday, June 21st, was one of those days where everybody seemed to be in my face. I finally walked away, went to the local launch and went out to INN THE WATER, my 22' Angler C-Dory. I started the engine, prepared to go underway, and took the boat out across Nantucket Harbor, dropped the anchor with my windless in a sheltered area, and sat back and read a local newspaper. I than did some work , cleaning, waxing, sorting, etc. After a few hours, I went back to the mooring and did my Chinese Drill in picking up the mooring in a stiff wind (Grabbed a line attached to the mooring and secured it to the stern cleat, ran a second line from the first line to the bow cleat, then let the line go from the stern cleat, went forward a PULLED LIKE HELL until the mooring ball was under the bow.)

Now that I had my daily exercise, I sat back and enjoyed the scenery, called the launch, went ashore completely refreshed.

I then went back to the Inn to face the same crap.

My C-dory is saver. Every time I go out, I get the same feeling. It is said that "a bad day on a boat beats a good day ashore" I believe that it is true.

If you ever hear that I took off in my C-dory, unannounced, it is not that I l"ost it", it is I finally came to. Life is really short when you get up in the sixties.

Fred
 
ffheap":3d27aych said:
Hi Folks,

Yesterday, June 21st, was one of those days where everybody seemed to be in my face. I finally walked away, went to the local launch and went out to INN THE WATER, my 22' Angler C-Dory. ...

Now that I had my daily exercise, I sat back and enjoyed the scenery, called the launch, went ashore completely refreshed.

...
Life is really short when you get up in the sixties.

Fred
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Anyone with an "escape pod" has felt that way, Fred... boat, RV, great car, motorcycle, airplane - any conveyance that allows you to get away from the rat race. It takes some thought to operate and allows you to clear your mind. It gets your heart pumping. And the best part: with your hands on the controls, you are the one who decides what path to take (and there's always that thought in the back of your mind about "not going back").

As a former self-employed kinda guy, I can also empathize with having LOTS of bosses. Perhaps this is now why the Blonde refers to me as "hardcore unemployable"? 8)

Our C-Dorys are the perfect escape pod: we get the control, the physical workout, and you just know you could live there (away from the maddening crowd) for as long as you might desire. And that "sixties" thought: shucks, I got up in the 80s this morning! Seriously... it was 87º at 6:00 this morning! :disgust

When Joan and I finally came together after we "took turns" being ready to retire, it was the "rat race" aspect of the work that was the final push. In the meantime, it's nice to have that escape when you really need it.

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
We took the Sue C up to detroit reservoir yesterday afternoon for a little fishing, and also to try out the new puppy on the boat. Sue had me down 5-0 on fish so I put the downrigger away and went for count. Since we just signed the papers a week ago for a new house sue was feeling pretty guilty fishing on the Sue C instead of doing the lawn work and clean up on the old house. But I said "not me". This is what is important. The house will be there when we get back. And this weekend she gets me either saturday or sunday, but not both. The pup did great. Crawled up under the berth and went to sleep, except for potty breaks.
 
In a coffee shop with WiFi in Morton, WA (near Mt. Ranier). I'm excited because this afternoon I'm going with a guide for my first time on a WA river (the Cowlitz), and first time for steelhead and/or chinook. I've caught salmon (coho mostly) in the salt but this will be my first time in a sled. No C-Dory involved, but thought I'd share.

Warren
 
Spent the night in our home marina (Edmonds) testing out the sleeping arrangements with the wife and kids. It would have been fine, except my 2 year old only wanted to sleep with "Daddy" and I was on the converted dinette and I thought for sure he would fall! Made for a long night waiting for him to fall asleep and then moving him into the berth.

After that, we headed for Bell Harbor Marina and Pikes Market.

As soon as we docked we were approached by a nice couple curious about our C-Dory. They said they wanted to scale down and were very interested in the CD25 or the TC255. When I mentioned the price of a CR25, which they thought was in the $250+K range, they were even more interested in it.

A Norwegian cruise ship was docked next door (talk about dwarfing even the biggest of yachts!) and as everyone in Bell Harbor Marina mentioned, Pike's Market was a ZOO! All the passengers jumped ship and went to the market. It was impossible to walk down the sidewalk. We stayed a couple of hours, ate some ice cream and left.

Overall, it was a very pleasant day with my family!
 
Earlier this week we met up with Bill and El. From Bellingham we cruised on over to LaConner where this nice gentleman named Doug told us to go ahead and use his personal dock while we had lunch. We went through Deception Pass and then over to Hunter Bay (Lopez Island) and anchored out for the night. Have to mention that El had Key Lime pie that she shared with us!

The next day Barry (C-CAKES) joined us. We had lunch at Olga. What a delightful little village! Want to go back there again! From Olga all three C-Dorys went to Rosario Resort. At this point C-CAKES had to depart for home. After exploring Rosario for a while HALCYON & R-MATEY decide to depart for Orcas Landing.

Guess I must have been looking at the chart. Quite obvious that I wasn't paying attention to what was happening in the water...all of a sudden over the VHF I hear someone telling R-MATEY to look out their port window. Lo and behold! It's Jeff and Diane on IMMACU-NADA.... :D
What a wonderful surprise....Like where did they come from? On board with Jeff and Diane were their friends Chris and Sandy from Hawaii. IMMACU-NADA followed us to Orcas Landing. We had a great visit. Just wonderful seeing dear friends like that.

From Orcas Landing IMMACU-NADA left for Fisherman's Bay while HALCYON and R-MATEY cruised over to Blind Bay. Anchored out for the night. Nice anchorage. Very pleasant evening. Eagles soaring low over the water. Used the dinghy the next morning to explore the shoreline. Said our good-byes to Bill and El and came home.

Many thanks to Bill and El for showing us so many delightful places to visit. Also, the great photo of R-MATEY and IMMACU-NADA with Mt. Baker in the background. Awesome!

Ruth and Joe
R-Matey
 
In Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, right now, Sunday, 6:20 a.m., savoring the morning coffee! Just got back from Baxter duty. A very weak wireless signal from somewhere - "heronlane." Halcyon and Anna Leigh are anchored up nearby. Last evening there were story tellers and a folk music concert at English Camp, which was great fun! Our ham radio friend John, who lives in Friday Harbor, came over and took some pictures, and then came back and delivered prints! Maybe we can get his digital files to post. Yesterday around noon we docked at Olga for lunch, walked up and explored a bit - I bought a couple of Olga Symphony CDs, this is a great musical group, I don't know about the symphony part, but the music is tremendous. First night out, Friday, we had anchored up in Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island. I had not really even heard of this place until I read Clyde Ford's novel Precious Cargo (thanks, Jim - El is reading it now!). Anyway, in the novel a yacht brings up a dead body on the anchor - I HOPE there were no dead bodies there, but it certainly now will be one of our regular places, it is so close to Bellingham and Anacortes, nice and protected up at the head of the bay, and there are OYSTERS there!
 
On the dock at Olga, came back here for lunch, as C-Cakes Patti and Barry were here. Nice lunch at the Olga Cafe, but the sky just opened up, thunder and lightening, so we are going to sit it out. Serendipity, a nice little wireless access point "linksys" somewhere above us! The rain is incredible, just hoping the winds don't kick up - have to get back to B'ham today!
 
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