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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Today's blog post is about Sleeping Bear Bay and Glen Arbor!
Brock, for sure there are sundowners every day, and ice cream whenever we are near civilization!
Chuck, the bill to fill Seaquest's 20,000 gallon fuel tanks could buy Daydream several times over! And paying the crew of 12? Forget the $40 million price tag, just operating this puppy is pretty much above the combined pay grade of all the people I know!
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DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
http://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
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City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Today's blog post is about Frankfort and our visit with a would-be Looper! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Today's blog post is about Pere Marquette Lake across from Ludington! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Catching up! This blog post is about our weather day on Pere Marquette Lake and some new Canadian Looper friends/1 |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about White Lake! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about Grand Haven, which along with Mackinac Island, is among our favorite places so far! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
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City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
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C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about Day Two in Grand Haven, our Grand Haven Trolley Tour, and Sears Kit Homes! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about our third day in Grand Haven! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about Kalamazoo Lake - we did not get as far as Saugatuck! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about the St. Joseph Free Wall, where we will be spending three nights! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about Day Two in St. Joseph! |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post is about Day Three in St. Joseph and our worst night ever - really. |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 20808
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: Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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What happened to Pat and Patty is so important in cruising, that I am going to start a new thread about prevention of damage and the importance of being ready to move at any time when there is danger.
Basically this means having a plan of where to go if the wind/wave conditions change, as well as a plan to get there. This may mean checking alternatives when you first arrive at an anchorage. Having routes mapped out, compass bearings, and Radar pictures of where to go.
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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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jennykatz
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
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City/Region: naples
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Vessel Name: Little Treasurer
Photos: Jennykatz
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:54 am Post subject: rub rail |
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Pat looking at your pictures the alum rub rail they should be able to piece in a 10-20ft piece and the rubber might be able to be saved .I love the blog and pictures Thanks
I'm glad you found your kayak .
that reminds me of loosing my deck boat in a storm on Lake Keowe in SC which was moored in a cove We found it about 5 miles away in Clemson not a scratch on it and it went under a few bridges ?Hopefully will meet you in Fl before you hit the big O take care JIm (jennykatz)
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Duck c-22 cruiser sold 6/23/08
06 Venture Cruiser with merc115CT
00 cd16 cruiser honda 40 sold 3/12 |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 8553
City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:33 am Post subject: |
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On reflection, the one SERIOUS error we made was not checking what the wind direction and speed would be overnight. That would have been so easy with SailFlow, which we usually check morning, noon and night. If we had known that overnight the wind would shift to the west and hit speeds of more than 20 with gusts to 30 mph, that night would not have found us tied to the Free Wall, since the St, Joseph River, and the Free Wall, are wide open to west winds off Lake Michigan.
Another thing that Ed, our repair guy in New Buffalo told us, was that we should always consider tying up bow into the direction where winds could come fron. As it was, each wave hit out stern, pushed us forward, then the boat came back when the wave passed, and so on, over and over all night long. The waves hitting the bow would have been much less damaging than hitting the stern.
Woulda. coulda, shoulda...
Dr. Bob is right to make this a teaching moment for all C-Brats who may find themselves in a similar situation in the future.
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