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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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| Ferg wrote: | | My buddy saw you cruising the ICW near Oak Island! At first he thought it was me |
Cool! Don't know where Oak Island is, anywhere near the Cape Fear River? Because that is where we were until we left this morning!
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Ferg
Joined: 18 Jun 2015
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City/Region: Oak Island
State or Province: NC
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Here & Now
Photos: Here & Now
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Yes, it's just below Southport at the entrance to the Cape Fear.
He thought it was me until he saw how loaded up you were. I immediately knew it was you doing the loop. |
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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 Apr 29, 2017 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| Ferg wrote: | Yes, it's just below Southport at the entrance to the Cape Fear.
He thought it was me until he saw how loaded up you were. I immediately knew it was you doing the loop. |
Yes, it was undoubtedly us. And we are loaded to the gunwales! |
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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 Apr 30, 2017 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| The next blog post covering yesterday and the next couple of days will have to wait until Tuesday! We are enjoying the hospitality of Benton and Ann Blalock at their lovely home (and Benton's Man Cave in the garage) on the ICW. We will be doing the service on Daydream's outboard today, getting Baxter groomed and re-provisioning on Monday, and heading out Tuesday. Daydream is in the wet slip out in front (a concept unknown in the Pacific Northwest, where the boat is held in place by lines on six pilings). We may or may not actually travel on Tuesday depending on the weather! |
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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: Mon May 01, 2017 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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I should have a blog post tomorrow, but update for today, the fluid extractor worked great, the oil filter has been changed, 7 quarts of new oil have been added, the lower unit lube has been drained and refilled, and the fuel - water separator has been changed. By me that is all fluids and filters. I now have a few other tools I didn't have before, including an oil filter tool that fits over the end of the oil filter and lower unit lube pump with the Honda adapter. I now am pretty sure I can do this myself, I will just have to find a marina with a sling that I can rent.
We have been having a wonderful time with Benton and Ann, and we are headed out to dinner in Swansboro right now. It is AIS 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning to get the boat back in the water!
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Hunkydory
Joined: 28 Mar 2005
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City/Region: Cokeville, Wyoming
State or Province: WY
C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Hunkydory
Photos: Hunkydory-Jay-and-Jolee
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| Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Pat, we're really enjoying following along with you on your blog & your updates here. Thanks much for sharing this adventure.
Jay
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ken35216
Joined: 12 Mar 2013
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City/Region: Destin, Florida
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C-Dory Year: 2017
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Lady Onyx
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| Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Pat Anderson wrote: | I should have a blog post tomorrow, but update for today, the fluid extractor worked great, the oil filter has been changed, 7 quarts of new oil have been added, the lower unit lube has been drained and refilled, and the fuel - water separator has been changed. By me that is all fluids and filters. I now have a few other tools I didn't have before, including an oil filter tool that fits over the end of the oil filter and lower unit lube pump with the Honda adapter. I now am pretty sure I can do this myself, I will just have to find a marina with a sling that I can rent.
We have been having a wonderful time with Benton and Ann, and we are headed out to dinner in Swansboro right now. It is AIS 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning to get the boat back in the water!
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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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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Today's blog post covers the last four days. Enjoy! |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Posts: 12632
City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Great post, Pat. Sounds like you made some good friends. Never thought about needing a translator there.
Harvey
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BrentB
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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How often do you change the intermal and Racor fuel filters?(
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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: Thu May 04, 2017 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Here is the blog post for yesterday. Today's is yet to be written. We got the sh*t knocked out of us on the Alligator River, which I suppose is a taste of the crossing yet to come. We are in a nice protected spot with good shore access for Baxter, and will probably be here tomorrow too, when the forecast says winds of 25-35 mph with gusts to 45 - NOT a day to try to cross Albemarle Sound (note: I have been misspelling this because Skipper Bob misspelled it, it is Albemarle, not "Albermarle"! The forecast for tonight after midnight is high winds and a thunderstorm with heavy rain. The cockpit is all buttoned up, and we are snug as a bug in a rug. Plus, the Verizon Jetpack works here, so all is good! |
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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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| BrentB wrote: | | How often do you change the intermal and Racor fuel filters?( |
The Racor fuel filter is changed along with the engine fluids and filter, which with a lot of good advice from a lot of folks here plus Pete at West Coast Marine, we are doing at 150 hours, and will not have heartburn if it goes to 200 hours. The internal filters, per West Coast Marine, are a 400 hour interval item. I have them in my parts box, but probably won't bother until I get back, when I will let Pete at West Coast Marine handle it! |
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BrentB
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Thanks
Are you finding E zero gas at marinas? |
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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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It rained and was windy last night here at Broad Creek just a few miles from Albemarle Sound but no thunder and surprizingly little rocking and rolling. Today's forecast high winds (25-35 with gusts to 45) are just starting and are howling like crazy now. This is a VERY protected spot, as you can see from the Garmin Blue Chart screenshot, and despite the high winds, there is a chance that Baxter will get to shore this morning. We are anchored in 4 feet, right off the entrance to the channel to the boat ramp, so I could wade ashore if I needed to! The boat ramp symbol is right under the boat icon! Anchoring in shallow spots is just one of the benefits of a shallow draft C-Dory! We have more than 10 to 1 scope on our Rocna anchor! The water in here is rolling a little but surprisingly less than we might have expected
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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 May 05, 2017 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| BrentB wrote: | Thanks
Are you finding E zero gas at marinas? |
We fueled when we left Birch Bay with ethanol free gas, and once on the water we fueled at New Smyrna Beach Marina, again at Isle of Hope in Savannah, then at Barefoot Marina in North Myrtle Beach - these only offered on grade of gas, I assume it was ethanol free but I don't know that. I topped off at at gas station in Newport, N.C., while the boat was on Benton Blalock's trailer, and that was not ethanol free but it was only 38 gallons, and since we are moving almost every day and the gas is not sitting in the tank for extended periods of time, I am not too concerned about the gas. I have Stabil 360 and if I put a substantial amount of e gas in, I will add the Stabil just as a general precaution.
At our 2,000 RPM cruise speed, we are getting excellent economy, always at or knocking on the door of 5 statute miles per gallon. We still have at least 50 gallons left from our top-off back in Newport, and will be good probably to Norfolk, which is less than 100 statute miles away now. The big question is when the wind will subside to let us get on our way! |
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