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SeaSpray
Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 1007 City/Region: Brentwood, CA
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: SeaSpray
Photos: SeaSpray
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: |
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Wow! That workboat looks a lot like the drawing of Dave's 16 streched to a 26.
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Bearh
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 128 City/Region: Annapolis
State or Province: MD
C-Dory Year: 1999
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Snowdon
Photos: Snowdon
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:09 am Post subject: Good to see you here |
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Ben, ex-Snowdon looks good in your care. We're glad to see you and your family on the water, obviously enjoying the boat. And as you see from these responses, this group is a wonderful part of the experience you will have. Enjoy the thin water open to you now, and if you are ever on the Rhode River, make sure to poke around the corner into the coves behind the islands, across from where Jane works at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. it's a nice place, and plenty shallow if you get back toward the head of the river. Season's greetings to you and your family. Bruce and Jane Holly |
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Captains Cat
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 7313 City/Region: Cod Creek>Potomac River>Chesapeake Bay
State or Province: VA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Captain's Choice II
Photos: Captain's Cat
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Hey Ben, I didn't realize that the former "Snowden" was in your care now. Bruce and Jane came down to our place in the summer of 2004 with Tom and Kathy on Otter. Here's a good picture of your boat leaving to go home....
This was taken just before he went on the wrong side of a green channel marker and ran (softly) aground , much to his embarassment. We miss you on this site Bruce, you're welcome to chime in anytime.
Look forward to meeting you, Ben, on the bay or at a gathering..
Charlie _________________ CHARLIE and PENNY CBRAT #100
Captain's Cat II 2005 22 Cruiser
Thataway (2006 TC255 - Sold Aug 2013)
Captain's Cat (2006 TC255 - Sold January 2012)
Captain's Kitten (1995 CD 16 Angler- Sold June 2010)
Captain's Choice (1994 CD 22 Cruiser- Sold Jun 2007)
Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay
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Ben
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 15 City/Region: Baltimore
State or Province: MD
Vessel Name: TBD
Photos: Ben (Name-TBD)
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Bruce,
We have really been enjoying the boat; as you may remember I am a sailor at heart, but I have really appreciated the greatly increased cruising range due to the increased speed. Also I love to get away from the crowds and get back to nature, which is much harder with a 5 foot draft of a sailboat. I am looking forward to trying out a push pole as was mentioned above and getting a little inflatable kayak to poke around on.
We are trying to get the most out of the boating season, in fact I am not really "winterizing" except to empty the water tank and porta-potty, so that we can get out on a moments notice. We still haven't settled on a name but we are thinking about Bon Temps as a remembrance of our last home in New Orleans. If you really start missing your old boat just let me know, I'd happy to let you take it back out. I know you would take special care of it. It is good to hear from you. Ben |
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Bearh
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 128 City/Region: Annapolis
State or Province: MD
C-Dory Year: 1999
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Snowdon
Photos: Snowdon
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: BonTemps |
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Bon Temps sounds like a good name.
I just got back from two months down in the Big Easy, doin' my ting with FEMA and all--spent my days in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish, and stayed in the Warehouse district. The French Quarter and much of the Uptown area are coming back now, or were relatively unhurt by flooding and wind--but out where I was was really tough. Good people though.
Keep on enjoying the boat, Ben, and I hope you get to Langford Creek this year, if that's where the rendezvous is going to be--the Chester River is beautiful. Lemme know when you want your trailer back. Bruce |
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Otter-BelleHavenMarina
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 390 City/Region: Alexandria
State or Province: VA
C-Dory Year: 2001
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Otter
Photos: Otter
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Shallow draft is truly one of the joys of the C-Dory in our area. I have a few such spots up here on the other end of the Potomac. One is on Piscataway Creek, just on the south side of the creek from Fort Washington. A sandy beach that, for lack of a true name, we refer to as Zoe Beach after our Belgian Shepherd who loves to run up and down it and sniff out all a the critters that have recently passed by. Another if called Pomonkey Beach, and it is on the east side of the river just across from Gunston Cove, I believe. A bit farther south, Mattawoman Creek is a lovely cruise, and the C-Dory can get way far up it past the where anyone but kayaks and skiffs would fear to tread. Kathy and I have overnighted there and woken up to gorgeous misty sunrises. The cruise around Wye Island is also one of our favorites when we venture farther afield. Happy boating!
Best wishes, _________________ Tom on Otter |
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Otter-BelleHavenMarina
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 390 City/Region: Alexandria
State or Province: VA
C-Dory Year: 2001
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Otter
Photos: Otter
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Here's a photo of Zoe on "her" beach.
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oldgrowth
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 2196 City/Region: Rochester
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2002
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Voyager
Photos: C-Voyager
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Tom - Zoe is a good looking dog and it looks as though she could have been made from the sand.
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Otter-BelleHavenMarina
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 390 City/Region: Alexandria
State or Province: VA
C-Dory Year: 2001
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Otter
Photos: Otter
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! She's a sweetheart. Lying at my feet right now waiting for me to go to bed. Mark Twain once said, "I aspire to be the kind of man my dog thinks I am." |
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