08/21 - 08/23 - Bellingham, WA

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:14 pm Post subject:

Brock, can't wait to hook up in B'ham!

Old Town Cafe is indeed wonderful for breakfast, but we will be competing for your business on P Dock! Here is what we are thinking:

We will have a big pot of boiling water on a propane burner and a lot of egg mixture. People will bring a bit of this and that to go into omlettes...onions, peppers, sausage, bacon, whatever! People will put whatever they like into a plastic sandwich baggie of egg mixture, we will mark it with their initials with a Sharpie, and into the the water bath it will go! We have tried this and it works!

And pizzas, don't forget, on the dock on Friday evening!

markwright · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:32 pm Post subject: Factory!!

Hey you Brats!! Excited to hear that you have a gathering planned for Bellingham August 21-23!! We should have a few C-Dory's in production during that time so that you could come take a look at how they are made!! Please let me know when you were thinking of touring the facility and we will make sure to have someone here to show you around. Currently in the factory we have a 26' Venture, 2 22' Cruisers, and a 23' Venture Sport. We will spray a Tomcat Hull on Monday!! Check out some shots of these boats at the C-Dory Facebook page!! Please let me know what you guys have planned for that weekend!!
Mark Wright
Northwest Marine Industries!
360-325-2006

Catman · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject:

Pat, it turns out there's no competition and Old Town Cafe came in a distant second! Count me in for your boiling cauldron of groovy breakfast grub on the dock. And the saltier and more outdoorsie the better. I could maybe even add a jellyfish or piling perch. A small one.

Mark Wright: I'd be happy to take a tour of your facility and see how our boats are made. That's nice of you to offer.
Brock

Pat Anderson · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:49 pm Post subject:

Mark,

The best day for a tour would be Saturday, August 22nd, it would be great if you could have the factory open and somebody there to show the Brats around! I have PM'd you so we can figure out some details!

Pat Anderson

Pat Anderson · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:06 am Post subject:

A couple of things!

First, I talked to the kind folks at LFS Marine and Outdoors today, and it looks like they will be offering C-Brats a 10% discount on eveyrthing except downriggers and electronics. Stay tuned, I need to confirm this via email with the store manager Zack Miller!

Second, as your humble Official C-Brat Rev, I will be reprising my function from Friday Harbor and Ladysmith in christening any boats in need of a christening, and can provide denaming services also, at my nominal fee of...zero! So PM me about any denamings / christenings so I can make a list and get the certificates perpared! I take this very seriously, as photos from Ladysmith clearly demonstrate!

chriscarrera · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:00 pm Post subject:

Would love to get a tour of the factory, saturday would be great, what time?
My daughters and I peeked our heads through an open door one day while on a bike ride and they even thought it was cool seeing boots being worked on.

Pat Anderson · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 4:41 pm Post subject:

I am not sure what time for the factory tour, Mark Wright will have to tell us. The big question is how people will get from Squalicum Harbor to Fairhaven. We could do some shuttling in our car, and I think Mark is also thinking about transportation.

johnf · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:33 pm Post subject:

Hi Pat/All....I'll have my truck there and can haul 5 adults comfortably and 6 if I squeeze someone in the middle front on the bench.

John

Aurelia · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:17 pm Post subject:

We will be there for Saturday and have two extra seats as well.

Greg

Pat Anderson · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks, John and Greg! That will be a big help! The factory tour should be great, we have not been able to do that for a long time!

The C-Dory factory tour plus the LFS discount should make this a great CBGT!

Jan is sending four 2015 Waggoners donated by Sam, and we are definitely looking for other C-Dory stuff for prizes for the give-away part of the evening! We still need to come up with some great trivia questions! Please PM me if you have any C-Dory related (or otherwise!) potential prizes! We will be kicking in a treasured C-Brat bottle opener, and maybe some other stuff!

Attendance is still looking a little skinny and if we are going to revive the B'ham CBGT and restore it to its former glory, we need you to sign up! For our Canadian friends, you know how close we are compared to the other U.S. CBGTs! For our PNW Brats, this is a tradition we need to keep alive, especially since it is where our boats are now built!

Looking forward to seeing you all in B'ham!

bshillam · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:11 pm Post subject: SYC house

I have the keys to the Squalicum Yacht Clubhouse, I however maybe somewhat lost and confused this weekend as we have a pending offer on our house and I might be (hopefully) packing. I can arrange to have the clubhouse open for a social gathering Friday or Saturday. We also have a BBQ on the deck, stove, tables, chairs - we just need to clean up after the party.

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: SYC house

Thanks, Byrick. If we needed the clubhouse, it would be for the potluck on Saturday, August 22nd, in case of rain!

Jazzmanic · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:06 pm Post subject:

Pat,

I see 15 boats have signed up, which is actually a nice number. We had 16 boats at Poulsbo + 3-4 couples who drove in and it was a nice intimate number. We really got a chance to talk to everyone, unlike FHCBGT which has gotten almost too biG, IMHO.

Don't worry old friend, it's going to be a fun time.

hardee · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:20 pm Post subject:

Wow, this one looks good. I am currently headed north on Vancouver Island for a while and have mixed feelings about missing this CBGT and about shortening an exploratory trip. Can's say for sure, but wish this one the best ether way.

Harvey
SleepyC

markwright · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 3:01 pm Post subject:

Ok guys!! We are excited to have you out!! We have a facility stuffed with items as we continue to transition into our new space!! Please give us some grace!! We will open the shop at 9 Am Saturday morning the 22nd for you guys to come and take a look. I am sorry to say that my daughter has a soccer tournament in Renton that weekend so I will not be here, but our foreman Greg Little and perhaps another owner or two will be here to take you guys through the place!!
Brats are always welcome through the NMI doors!!
Take Care--Mark