SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??

thataway · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:25 pm Post subject:

Phil,
Every time you post the photos, I am astounded by not only the quality of the photograph, the use of light and the artistry of your photography! It also verifies that the diving in Southern California, is excellent, and many people miss the wonders which lie just below the surface in the California near shore and offshore waters.

Thank you taking the time to share your talents!

Pacificcoast101 · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:30 pm Post subject:

Thank you Bob. Most people wouldn't even get in the water in King Harbor, especially when it's as dark and green as it has been lately. I work hard to get those images, but couldn't do it without patience, good equipment, and Photoshop.

DayBreak · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:12 pm Post subject:

Wow Colby,

Your boat looks like a new. Also, love that rear helm station set-up. Good job on making your new purchase even better!

Pacificcoast101 · Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:26 pm Post subject:

I made another dock dive yesterday. Visibility was between one and two feet, not exactly conducive to underwater photography. I looked at the bottom right in front of my face and was excited to find a bolt I dropped last week. A foot away were two Aeolidia loui, Shag Rug nudibranchs. I've never seen one south of Morro Bay, so it turned out to be a productive dive after all.

Swee Pea · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:23 pm Post subject: Flag Pole

Here is the 20’ flag pole I put up at my dock.. I have a C-Brats flag on order.

Tried to post the picture per directions bu it wouldn’t work

http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_albumName=SweePea&id=20200822_093705&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php

John
Swee Pea[/img]

hardee · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:29 pm Post subject:

Here you go John. Nice. Thanks for flying the Stars and Stripes.

The issue could be with your browser version, or operating system, certainly not the operator.

Harvey
SleepyC

thataway · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:08 pm Post subject:

The information you should be gathering from your album should look something like this:

Jack in Alaska · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:01 am Post subject: to bed...again

The boat launch closed for the season so it is time to scrub and put the dory tp bed. I hate this time of year.

Jack in Alaska....scrubbing his dory.

Pacificcoast101 · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:12 pm Post subject:

Ash from the west coast fires blanketed the area a couple of weeks ago, including the ocean. I don't know if it fed the latest plankton bloom but we had less than five feet of visibility around Palos Verdes this week. I managed to get a few decent shots from inches away.

Capn Jack · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:12 am Post subject: Pocket Yacht

Due to Chinese virus restrictions on Canadian travel, we spent a lot of time
at Stuart Island, back and forth between Reid and Prevost in pursuit of crab.

Other than a couple of trips over to Roche Harbor, we spent more time towing
The Pocket Yacht than we did running her. Sad

Right now, she needs a good cleaning to remove all of the harbor grunge then, it's back on the trailer for the winter.
Sad

Desert Dory · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 5:52 pm Post subject:

Today I made a transducer spray shield out of an old license plate.

If you have one of these newer Garmin transducers you may have noticed they kick up quite a bit of spray. It's mostly coming up thru the gap between the front of the transducer/bracket and the transom.

On my Powell trip back in May I REALLY noticed it. Any time I was in the cockpit while my buddy was driving I'd get pretty wet from the spray being sucked back into the cockpit.

Anyhow, Garmin makes a spray shield for these transducers now and they're about $20. I figure, what fun is it to fork out $20 bucks for a finely crafted piece of flat stainless when you can waste an hour making one out of crappy aluminum.

ssobol · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:12 pm Post subject:

Airmar (which makes a lot of the transducers on the market) makes a piece the snaps into the bracket that blocks the gap between the transducer and the mount. Have it on my boat.

Not sure how long a piece of license plate will last. I have a hard enough time keeping them intact on my trailer and that's not going through the water at 20-30 MPH. Lost one already and caught the current plate just before it came completely off.

DayBreak · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:38 pm Post subject:

[quote="Pacificcoast101"]Ash from the west coast fires blanketed the area a couple of weeks ago, including the ocean. I don't know if it fed the latest plankton bloom but we had less than five feet of visibility around Palos Verdes this week. I managed to get a few decent shots from inches away.

Phil, your underwater photography never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for showing us that which is lying just under the surface. Smile

hardee · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:51 pm Post subject:

[quote="DayBreak"]

Pacificcoast101 · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:09 pm Post subject:

I was about sic inches away. California two-spot octopus get to about 18" long. This one was fully grown.