Best and Worst C-Dory Moments of 2004

[dogon dory]

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[Butch]

During the last huricane that hit the Gulf Coast and came up the Applachian Mountains I was in Utah working the better part of the summer. All the rain went up into Pennsylvania and New York. I got a call at 8 AM on a Sunday morning from my wife who informed me the marina called and said the docks were breaking up. I have a 27' slipped there. This was at the mouth of the Susquanna River at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Talk about a sinking feeling (no pun intended). The Conowingo Dam, abour 4 miles up river, had 38 gates open. The water was ripping. I saw it on the good old Weather Channel in Salt Lake. The Coast Guard would let boat owners only go out on the floaters to try to save their boats.
I was so relieved when a couple Captain friends of mine at the marina came to my wife's aid. Talk about a useless feeling! 2500 miles away and could not do a thing except wait .... Bummer.

[Helen O]

Good Topic!

Cruising the San Juans this summer with Tyboo & Crew.

The Warrenton Sturgeon Festival last June.

All of Spring salmon season.


The traffic and bumpy I-5 section between Ft. Lewis and Edmonds on the way to Blakely.

[Wheeler Dealer]

Cathlamet C-Dory gathering

First salmon caught on the "Denebola"

Having to sell our boat. See posting for 16' Angler for sale.

Jon

[stevej]

Cathlamet C-Dory gathering
Taking Tom, Rene and Larry on their frist trip out to the chicken ranch (and catching halibut)
More halibut and salmon trips out of Newport
Catching a six foot blue shark (what a kick)
Dolls porpose playing with us on a trips out and back from the halibut grounds
Big Mola Mola circling the boat 4 times at the ranch
Seeing whales
first tuna trip no tuna but made it 54 miles off shore
End of the ocean fishing season

[Anita Marie]

First trip in the Gulf Islands

Second trip in the Gulf Islands

Kicker stolen off of boat

[rogerbum]

Shrimping off of Blake Rock in April.

Two days in August at Neah Bay - 90lbs. of salmon fillets, my first good size king (only about 20lbs. but big for me).

Running out of gas in the tow vehicle on the way back from Neah Bay (first time I've run out of gas in my life). It's a long way between the last gas station near Seikiu and the one just east of Lake Crescent! Won't make that mistake again. Disconnected the gas line from the engine to pump gas into a make shift container, made a funnel from an empty water bottle and transferred enough gas from the boat to the tow vehicle to get to the station (which was only 2 miles from where I ran out ). Felt very stupid. Wife was nice - she worked VERY hard to hide the "I told you to stop earlier" smirk.

Should point out that the thumbs down part was actually not on the boat - I've never had a "bad" day on the boat. Always better than work....

[R-Matey]

January Attending our first CBC & meeting many of the C-Brats.

May Cruising to the Lopez C-Brat event & having our first overnighter on our C-Dory. Special thanks to Rev Dave for christening the R-Matey on such short notice and thanks to Jim & Laurie for the christening document. Everyone was just great welcoming the ARRR-Matey.

July We attended the Blakely event. What a blast. The weather was fantastic along with the crab, the cheesecake and just lots of food and wonderful people.

August : First time at Langley with the C-Brats & meeting Ben the harbormaster. Joe couldn't get enough of those mussels, not to mention Cynthia's chili

September Taking R-Matey down the I-5 to the C-Dory factory in Kent. Arriving safely .

September Call from C-Dory that R-Matey is ready to be picked up. Great service I-5 is definitely in need of some resurfacing Arriving safely .

October We were able to see everyone at Sequim but we weren't
able to take the R-Matey . Took some great pictures but for some reason the ones taken with the digital were to faint to share . Good thing I had the regular 35mm with me for backup

November Our very first cruise with the C-Brats. What an awesome day . Many thanks to Rev Dave . On this trip Joe saw the Kakua which he'd worked on during the 1970s down in Coos Bay. Brought back a lot of memories.

December 18 We wanted so much to do the locks with everyone
It turned out to be such a beautiful day . Well, perhaps next year

Most grateful that we returned safely from all of our journeys that we went on this year . Plus I am now armed with a
new Sony digital

Looking forward to the SBS & CBC next month.

Ruth & Joe
R-Matey

[Sneaks]

The day Jenny B was delivered

The day we scheduled our maiden voyage. (the first rain in San Diego in 182 days, and it was a gully washer)

[starcrafttom]

the day i paid off my truck
the day susan 's stock hit $21 a share and we paid off her credit cards
running over to langly and meeting some of you and looking at c-dorys
getting to go fishing with roger in a c-dory nice 10lb black mouth
ordering a c-dory from les
having to wait until jan 15th to get it.

[C-Hawk]

The Lake Mohave cruise in February

The California Delta Cruise in May- we did 300+ miles in 8 days on the boat

The Catalina Cruise in August- A week at Two Harbors with a day trip out to Santa Barbara Island

The Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival in October

The weekend cruise with the Anacapa Yacht Club out to Little Scorpion on Santa Cruz Island in November

The high winds while on anchor at Little Scorpion

[B~C]

Best C-Dory moments, the Blakely whale watching trip...Jarrel Cove trip... days salmon fishing on a flat ocean

Worst C-Dory moments, HelenO Larry schooled the kid and I on steelhead fishing, we are now hooked on bank angling for steelhead. The poor boat may never see much use during steely season now.

[Captains Cat]

The Potomac river gang at my place in June. Tom and Kathy on Otter, Bruce and Jane on Snowden and the others who couldn't make it but we were ready for them and would have had a better time had they been there!!

The radar and autopilot installation, more gadgets to play with, my bride is still waiting for me to prove that I need them, hope I never have to "prove" we need the radar, the autopilot will speak for itself the first time we both sit in the cockpit with our cocktails on a long leg, keeping an eye on traffic of course

The hauling of Captain's Choice the week before my knee replacement in September, knew I couldn't do it later than that. Knee is doing better though, will be ready for the spring!!

The progress on the Garage/Apartment at Cod Creek on the river, will be ready for a better Potomac/Chesapeake Bay Get Together in 2005! Will post pix soon in the Capt's Choice album.

Happy New Year to all the C-Brat's and all our good friends. Still hold hopes to get to the SBS but need to get closer to be sure!

[Catman]

Hooking up with Jon and Fred off Anderson and McNeil islands March 25th, then Bill and his brand new Da Nag's arrival at Penrose Park, where four boats spent two nights before Saturday's cruise to Jarrell Cove.

Opening Day weekend at Lopez Island April 30-May 2. When I arrived fully five Brats were there to take my bow line. Now, that's service. Fireman Dave helped assemble my new camper back; 20 boats congregated; the Saturday night potluck after a cruise to and walk around Jones Island.

The June 24-27 cruise to the Gulf Islands with our brightest stars: Halcyon's Bill and El; also starring son Brad, and his delightful kids Ami and Bryce. Too, Pat and Patti on Daydream, David and Kate on Anna Leigh, and Fred piloting Anita Marie. Perhaps most memorable about that Canadian trip was the stay at Wallace Island.

The cruise from Lake Washington with Da Nerd to the C-Brat clamfest August 27-29.

Last, and what a feast: Sequim! The food, company, enthusiasm, and chart-busting big fun cruising to Victoria. Another banner year.

[Mr. Fisherman]

The most incredible Halibut season EVER. 3 fish over 100# and every day a guest or myself got into the fish of a lifetime. I think the record is safe for years to come. All I can say is WOW!

First Tuna on the Sea Lion!

My son's first Tuna on Sea Lion, 55 miles off shore at the tender age of 11. I don't think he realizes just how lucky he is yet.

Getting pictures of a pod of Blue Whales. A fluke shot of a tail that was wider than my 22' Angler is long. Another shot with about 65' out of the water, which was only about 1/3 of the total mammal... very humbling 50 miles out...

Meeting Bill and El and all the rest of the brats that made the Warrenton dock party in their honor. Great food, great company, great time.

Missing Cathlamet due to trailer problems.
getting to eat all the Tuna salad

Missing the Opener at Lopez

Getting the new tow rig for Sea Lion

having to make the payments on the tow rig.

This could go on and on so I'll cut her off here....
What a great year. I sure am looking forward to this next season. In fact I am going to go for a cruise and maybe fish tomorrow.