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gulfcoast john
Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 989 City/Region: PENSACOLA
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2010
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Cat O' Mine
Photos: CAT O' MINE
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Our fav comment was silent...a 40,000 ft high smoketrail heart drawn by two diving USAF Thunderbirds onboard NAS Pensacola on our maiden weekend boating season in April. I'm quite sure it was because they loved the TomCat. (On second thought, there was nothing 'silent' about that air show).
It's also possible that one of the Thunderbird pilots is getting married, but I prefer to stick to my theory.
Happy Boating!
John _________________ John and Eileen Highsmith
2010 Tom Cat 255, Cat O' Mine
Yamaha F150, LXF150 |
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ken35216
Joined: 12 Mar 2013 Posts: 569 City/Region: Destin, Florida
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2017
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Lady Onyx
Photos: ken35216
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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gulfcoast john wrote: | Our fav comment was silent...a 40,000 ft high smoketrail heart drawn by two diving USAF Thunderbirds onboard NAS Pensacola on our maiden weekend boating season in April. I'm quite sure it was because they loved the TomCat. (On second thought, there was nothing 'silent' about that air show).
It's also possible that one of the Thunderbird pilots is getting married, but I prefer to stick to my theory.
Happy Boating!
John |
That's coming up again on July 8th. Are you going? If I can I'm heading over! _________________ 2007 25 Cruiser 150 Suzuki (2013-2016)
2017 25 Cruiser 200 Yamaha (2017-present) |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20841 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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ken35216 wrote: |
That's coming up again on July 8th. Are you going? If I can I'm heading over! |
I doubt that you will see the Thunderbirds. They did several days practice together here April 24 (first time in 15 years flying together) , but the July 8 show is only the Blue Angels. Well worth going to see, if you have not been before. We only go if we have guests who want to see the show--its a zoo! We were involved with the show for a few years when we had the 41 trawler, as a mark of the visual flying line off Pensacola Beach.
I like to anchor in Quiet Water Cove--get there early--and plan on thousands of boats around you. _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Home port: Pensacola FL |
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gulfcoast john
Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 989 City/Region: PENSACOLA
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2010
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Cat O' Mine
Photos: CAT O' MINE
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Ken!
Bob is right, as usual. The USAF Thunderbirds (based at Nellis AFB, NV) and Navy Blue Angels (based at PNS NAS) demo teams are actually prohibited by law from performing at the same time at the same airshow, so they were 3 hours apart April 24.
The Navy Blue Angels practice/show schedule:
https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/show/
We'll be visiting my brother in SC that week, so can't meet up with you then. But hopefully another time soon; we need your input on exploring the FL Gulf coast as Eileen retires July 21 and we plan a bunch of cruising!
Best,
John |
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Foggy
Joined: 01 Aug 2013 Posts: 1524 City/Region: Traverse City; Northern Lake Michigan
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2014
C-Dory Model: 26 Venture
Vessel Name: Boatless in Boating Paradise
Photos: W B Nod
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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I've watched airshows in West Bay of Grand Traverse Bay (Lk MI) anchored offshore
Traverse City for years in conjunction with our annual Cherry Festival.
Blue Angels are almost a staple; last seen July 2016 w/missing wing man due to
recent loss. Touching. Is flying jets dangerous, yeah. Nevertheless they are totally awesome!
Year before, 2015, the Thunderbirds performed at the Cherry Festival airshow.
Also, totally awesome.
Glad they are on our side despite not 'state of the art' aircraft.
Starting to understand relative low speed C-Dory appeal.
Aye.
Grandma used to say, "Speed kills." _________________ "I don't want any cake" - said no one ever.
If someone tells you they don't eat cake, unfriend them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. |
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ken35216
Joined: 12 Mar 2013 Posts: 569 City/Region: Destin, Florida
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2017
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Lady Onyx
Photos: ken35216
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:36 am Post subject: |
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thataway wrote: | ken35216 wrote: |
That's coming up again on July 8th. Are you going? If I can I'm heading over! |
I doubt that you will see the Thunderbirds. They did several days practice together here April 24 (first time in 15 years flying together) , but the July 8 show is only the Blue Angels. Well worth going to see, if you have not been before. We only go if we have guests who want to see the show--its a zoo! We were involved with the show for a few years when we had the 41 trawler, as a mark of the visual flying line off Pensacola Beach.
I like to anchor in Quiet Water Cove--get there early--and plan on thousands of boats around you. |
And were is this Quiet Water Cove you speak of Dr Bob? |
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ken35216
Joined: 12 Mar 2013 Posts: 569 City/Region: Destin, Florida
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2017
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Lady Onyx
Photos: ken35216
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:58 am Post subject: |
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I'm thinking close to the big X?
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20841 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Probably a good place at the X. There is a lot of shoal water in the middle--and so you skirt around to the East (best), with the C Dory's shoal draft, you may want to be back a little where there may not be as many boats...and watch them ground as they see your boat there...(depends on tide). |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | "....you may want to be back a little where there may not be as many boats...and watch them ground as they see your boat there...(depends on tide)." |
Bad kitty
I had that happen once, anchored in a tiny pocket, surrounded by a rocky reef, that I went in to at high tide, looking for some wave protection from a wind predicted to clock around later in the evening and a 35ish tril-level came heading straight in for what looked like a big spot behind me. I saw him coming, and tried hailing on the VHF but no response. Finally got the lady out on the foredeck waiting to drop the anchor's attention with my hailer. Told her to look at the bottom, and get on the radio. She did, and they backed out, and called me back to say thanks. Don't know where they ended up, but it wasn't on "my" rocks.
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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Baxter
Joined: 04 Jul 2015 Posts: 85 City/Region: Sheridan
State or Province: WY
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Vessel Name: Baxter ll
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 4:42 pm Post subject: what people say |
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I have travelled coast to coast with trailer been on Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound,
Mississippi River, Lake Yellowstone with our Venture 23. The comments in
gas stations or other non marine places are "neat boat". On East coast marinas
that I am usually the smallest boat no one interested. In Puget Sound comments have been "neat boat"
Frankly I did not buy a boat to please other people. We like our boat and
it does a good job for use and we are happy with it. Anything I would like
more is out of what I want to spend on a boat so I enjoy looking at them but
and I am still happy with my choice.
Really I have never seen a C-Dory I did not like. _________________ What we do for ourselves stays here, what we do for others goes with us |
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Wandering Sagebrush
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 2770 City/Region: Northeast Oregon
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Constant Craving
Photos: Constant Craving
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: what people say |
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Baxter wrote: | <Snip>
Really I have never seen a C-Dory I did not like. |
What about the CD 29? That's the only one I've never cared for... _________________ "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
Photos: SleepyC
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: what people say |
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Wandering Sagebrush wrote: | Baxter wrote: | <Snip>
Really I have never seen a C-Dory I did not like. |
What about the CD 29? That's the only one I've never cared for... |
Steve,
Maybe he never saw a 29. For me, that would be the one I didn't like. But, not everyone has seen that (thing).
Harvey
SleepyC
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smittypaddler
Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 337 City/Region: Neenah, Wisconsin
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Na Waqa
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:49 pm Post subject: Cute little boat |
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My 22 C-Dory was originally named "Na Waqa," which is Fijian for "The Boat." On my great loop she was called the "Cute Little Boat" so often I changed her name to "Na Waqa Lailai Totoka" which is Fijian for "The Cute Little Boat."
When calling a Marina in Chesapeake Bay on VHF I sent my boat's name, "Na Waqa,' and was astonished when the lady at the marina replied, "Oh, 'The Boat.'" Later I learned she had friends in Fiji and knew the language. |
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little wing
Joined: 21 Sep 2016 Posts: 110 City/Region: Oakland
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Toots
Photos: Toots
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:46 am Post subject: |
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From the cockpit of a Nordic Tug as we were leaving a marina:
"that looks like a happy boat" |
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Ferg
Joined: 18 Jun 2015 Posts: 187 City/Region: Oak Island
State or Province: NC
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Here & Now
Photos: Here & Now
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Tied up next to a new big Ranger Tug, and said to the owner "I really like your boat", and he replied "but yours is legendary" |
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