01/24 - 01/27 - Seattle Boat Show/C-Brat Extravaganza

Pat Anderson · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

Posting from Treo - anybody here (Hawthorne) have a spare Ethernet cable? This works but is a pain!

Byrdman · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

Yes David. You spelled downunder properly as best as I can tell.

Got some bad news that Les and Dusty will not be able to make it tonight. Bummer,... Cry

We all know how much Les, Kathy, and the crew at EQ Marine has made on each of us. Many of our boats and rigs on our boats are a result of one of the founding dealerships for the C-Dory boats. Quality service and instalation on complex systems. We appreciate it all Les and Kathy.

Dusty, Thanks for your coffee runs in the mornings keeping the EQ shop rolling. We will miss you tonight.

Lizzy: Thanks for the pics. You boat looked great as we looked thre the locks. Yes, it was a beautiful day. My 4th year in a row to enjoy my C-Brat friends at the Hawthorne House around this event and the cruise too.

Great foods/dishes last night, and look forward to the factory opening the doors this year.

Byrdman

Sawdust · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

Pat,

Thanks for the "heads up" - sure wanted to go, but I'm just not up to the trip. A big "Howdie" and "Wish I was there," to all my friends.

Crying or Very sad

Dusty

Pat Anderson · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

Les and Dusty, sorry you could not make it...we missed you both!

Well, the SBS/CBC is in the books for 2008 except for breakfast and goodbyes for most of us! A few are headed back to the boat show, but we'll be headed home.

This was very a very interesting year. At the SBS, Scot and crew were once again displaying the C-Brat collage from 2005 and the video slide show I made, and at the factory party Scot made a big point of thanking the Brats for their support and loyalty. C-Dory is going back to the Decraguard interior on the CD22s. I think our collective opinions matter at C-Dory. I feel quite a bit better about the direction of the company, although I still wish I could go there for service.

The boats themselves are looking good as always! The CD22, CD25, Venture 23 and Venture 26 make a GREAT line-up, and I think in this economy, they are priced right (there were LOTS of Brand X boats at the SBS that made you scratch your head - $100K for THAT??), so here is hoping for a good sales result for C-Dory from this and all their other shows.

The reports from the Hawthorne have been sketchy because the hotel's internet connection has been non-functional - I finally got my Mac to Treo tether working, so I don't have to punch out my message on those tiny little buttons! I am sure others will have lots to say about the show when they get home.

A HUGE thanks to Sensei Roger and Linda from the travel desk, and of course to Tyboo Mike and DaNag Bill who make all of this possible!

dotnmarty · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

And to top it off, you guys always bring a sunny day. See you all next year!

photo/chromer

JamesTXSD · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:21 am Post subject:

Thanks C-Brats for all the posts on this thread. It's been fun watching the planning and coordination. It was two years ago that we attended the SBS, signed the contract for Wild Blue, and no looking back since. We will get back there again sometime... the cold and drizzle were a deterrent for us, but this past week has been gray and chilly in the Tropical Tip. We actually turned on the Wallas while out yesterday for something besides cooking!

I hope some of you will post photos of the gathering, the boat show, and the V-26 for those of us who couldn't make it this year.

Best wishes,
Jim B.

Leo Smith · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks to Scot for opening the doors of the factory and putting on a great dinner and a wonderful party! I enjoyed catching up with "the usual suspects" and meeting new C-Brats.
Thanks also to all of the hard working C-Dory employees that spent time away from their families on a Saturday night to make this party a success!

Best Regards,
Leo

C-Hawk · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks to Scot and the rest of the Factory Crew for the dinner Saturday Night. Also, thanks for the tickets to the Boat Show.

Capital Sea

Well, the South Puget Sound has a proud new owner, deposit paid in Nov, cash plunked down in December, took partial delivery last week, returned to SeaRay for some final work, and will tike final delivery Monday. We did manage to have the dealer fix us up with boat show tickets and ran into a few folks Sat who advised of the boat show Brat factory dinner tour/ get together which we had no knowledge of. Crying or Very sad

Next year perhaps.
As this is my first post, I must thank all of you for the excess of great debate, with photos, over options and modifications. I think we drove the dealer a little crazy but we were able to make so many correct decisions up front that many hours and more dollars were saved.

Alyssa Jean · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject:

Capital Sea, welcome to the site. To bad you just didn't show up at the Hawthorne or the C-Dory Factory. You would have been welcome at either or both. There are many CBGT's (C-Brat Get Togethers) all during the year. The next major one is in Friday Harbor on May 16-18. You will find listings under Event Sign-ups at the top of the home page. There are 27 boats signed up so far for this one. This is a geat opportunity to meet a lot of like minded boaters and have a great time. C-Cakes (Barry) has arranged for a special dock price of $.70 a ft and we will have a meeting room for a potluck.
Hope to see you out on the water sometime. We generally use 68 for a hailing channel in the Puget Sound area, as well as always monitoring 16 of course.

There is usually also a christening/naming ceremony for new boats.

R-Matey · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: SBS/CBC 2008

We had a wonderful time and wish to thank Sensei Roger, Linda Dreher, CD Factory Guys, our C-Brat administrators and everyone else involved in putting together a wonderful weekend. More than words can express, it was just fantastic visiting with the CD folks we already know and meeting so many new people, too.

Of course, Joe's weekend was absolutely complete with winning the C-Dory jacket Thumbs Up

Ruth and Joe
R-MATEY

Capital Sea · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject:

David, well, I was told to just stop by, but we had made dinner plans prior to the drive North for the show.
I did see the May event in Friday Harbor and have some interest. We tend to hit the spot prawn season as hard as we can with our boat at guest moorage in Edmonds. So the Wed's and Sat's only season will dictate what we do and where we do it. Catch preservation is hard from the islands. But we may motor up on the Sunday and overnight at a friends over in Dear Harbor if we cannot set a firm plan ahead of time.
As for the ceremonial christening, we hope it does not involve the bashing of heavy glass against our new baby. We are friendly but not that friendly.
Till then if you see a 22 green high top being pushed around by a Honda 90 hale away.
Regards, Steven and Kathleen

CatyMae n Steve · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: SBS/CBC 2008

rogerbum · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

DaveS · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject:

It certainly was great to spend time again with C-Brats (to reconnect with old brats and connect with new brats.....not in an age sort of way... Wink

) . Roger (Sensei) as usual did a fantastic job of organizing the Hawthorn event with the help of Linda, Lizbeth, Larry H., Byrdman etc. Thank you to Scot and the C-Dory Factory employees for such a great feed, fellowship, and raffle drawings. This was truly a great weekend!
For those C-Brats that have never attended this particular function, I highly recommend it!