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capt. meares
Joined: 04 Jul 2013 Posts: 146 City/Region: Tillamook
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Vianey
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Yes I have often thought it would be very interesting to talk to a Columbia River Tug Capt. Growing up I have always dreamed of how great of a job that must be, Possibly in my top 3 list of dream jobs. The Dalles to Bonneville is definitely the Wind Surfing / Kite Boarding capital of the world, Ideal conditions to experience some of the capabilities of what a C-dory excels at best. |
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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: Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:55 am Post subject: |
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I have talked to both Tidewater and Shaver captains there on the water, via VHF and they are very cordial and helpful. Might be worth trying to contact one of them via an office call. If anyone would have a good feeling for the "right timing" those guys should.
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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Jim Gibson
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 612 City/Region: Sacramento
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1998
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Pounder
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone for your valuable inputs.
John Firefly, that is great that you are going the 150 mile stretch from Lewiston to Tri Cities.
Brent Discovery, thanks for the magazine reference. There is good information in the article on the lower Columbia - especially for Astoria, Cathlamet, St. Helens, Portland, Washougal, Hood River, and The Dalles Areas.
El and Bill, we are just following in your historic footsteps. It is hard to do, but we will try our best. I read your entire writeups on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. Thank you.
Capt Meares- Yes, I too believe October is a good time to go. I spent some time looking at weather and wind data and came to the conclusion that this was a possible viable window of opportunity. One never knows on the weather, but I also agree with you that we have sturdy vessels, worthy of the journey.
JD, we hope you can make the trip. Please let us know your plans.
Best, Jim and Kath _________________ Jim on M/V Pounder
And the C-Tales Continue |
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Jim Gibson
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 612 City/Region: Sacramento
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1998
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Pounder
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Right now, we have four (4) vessels committed to this entire trip. They are as follows:
1. Jim & Kath on Pounder
2. Bernie on Vega
3. Floyd on Far C’R
4. Chuck and Penny on Two Bears.
In addition, we have John on Firefly doing the 150-mile Snake River stretch with us. If there are others still going on this trip, please confirm your participations.
Following are launch and retrieval dates, and high-level logistics, for this Expedition Cruise:
• The Group launches their vessels and is prepared to depart the dock by Noon, on Wednesday, October 18th at Hells Gate State Park. We would leave our trucks and trailers in the Park or Lewiston area (TBD exact location). It is an 800-mile road trip for me from Sacrament to Lewiston. I plan to leave Sacramento on Sunday, October 15th with truck and boat in tow to give myself plenty of time to get to Idaho.
• We would plan (weather and lock schedule dependent) to all arrive by boat in Astoria on Friday, October 27th. This is ten water cruising days. This is our goal, which is pretty aggressive, but we all realize that we may have to deal with some back-end contingencies.
• On Saturday, October 28th we would return by vehicle from Astoria to Lewiston (432 miles). We would either get a ride from a volunteer or we would rent a van in Astoria. One person could stay with each boat and one person could go to get the rigs.
• On Sunday, October 29th we would drive our trucks and empty trailers back to Astoria from Lewiston.
• On Monday, October 30th, we would all head in different directions back to our respective homes with our boats in tow.
The above is the simplest and most straightforward logistics for this adventure. For our next level of planning we will later discuss the mileage spacings and locations of our stopping points along the river cruise. Some have indicated that they may be interested in cruising with us the 150 segement from Portland to Astoria.
Jim & Kath |
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Jim Gibson
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 612 City/Region: Sacramento
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1998
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Pounder
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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This is a pretty good tutorial for our trip. Tony Fleming takes our same route in reverse on board his namesake Fleming yacht.
We will not have to worry as much about grounding as he did when he went into the small marinas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0PGkDY2EXc |
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Ordutch1975
Joined: 06 Jun 2017 Posts: 255 City/Region: Portland
State or Province: OR
Vessel Name: Boatless :-(
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Just happen to see this on BoatUS
http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2017/august/columbia-river-cruising-guide.asp _________________ "And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it, we are going back from whence we came. " -JFK |
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Ordutch1975
Joined: 06 Jun 2017 Posts: 255 City/Region: Portland
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Vessel Name: Boatless :-(
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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: Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Great videos, and a great trip. Best wishes for a as good a weather and a safe trip. Sttll thinking I may be able to help with transportation if needed.
Harvey
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Jim Gibson
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 612 City/Region: Sacramento
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1998
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Pounder
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:43 am Post subject: |
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Harold on PennyBridge, thanks for posting the George Grech video. This video was very encouraging for our own trip.
This was a trip by two guys in one 22 foot C-Dory. They took their Lewis & Clark journey in September of 2014, 520 miles from Lewiston to the Columbia River Bar, in 13 days. They reported that they had no problems finding food and gas on their voyage.
It looks like they left their tow rig at Port Clarkston on departure. I will check out this storage option for us.
It also looks like they did not need a tender for the journey as there were plenty of places to tie up along the way.
One other tip I got from looking at their video was to be sure to bring good bumpers along for the eight locks that need to be transited. |
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Jim Gibson
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 612 City/Region: Sacramento
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1998
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Pounder
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Dear All.
As an update, we now have the following attendees for our “Great Lewis & Clark Snake/Columbia River C-Dory Cruise”:
1. Jim & Kath on Pounder
2. Chuck & Penny on Two Bears
3. Floyd & TBD on Far C’r
4. Bernie & TBD on Vega
5. BBorosdy.
In addition, we have John on Firefly doing the first leg with us on the Snake River stretch.
Finally, we have three maybes’ as follows:
1. JD on Berta’s Boy
2. Harvey on Sleepy-C
3. Harold on PennyBridge.
Both Harold and Harvey have expressed interest in helping us with return driving if they decide not to attend. We appreciate these offers greatly.
Harvey, regarding some of your weather skepticism I just reviewed some weather data on Windfinder and found that October has the lowest probability of high wind for the Columbia River Gorge.
Who really knows what will happen on the weather, but I just wanted to give you some encouragement to come! |
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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 Aug 23, 2017 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Jim. I just drove the Columbia yesterday. Would have been a great day to be there on a boat. I stopped at the Arlington Marina and talked to the operator there. Said weather could obviously go either way, but they would not have chosen Oct. It is transition time and it would be hard to predict.
But as I drove, I watched the beauty of the Gorge and thought more of the trip. it will be epic.
Harvey
SleepyC
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4523 City/Region: Madison
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2009
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Traveler
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Just lurking/following. Would be fun to do this trip, but I've already got 12,000 miles on the trailer just this season since March, and seriously looking at a SE Alaska trip with the boat next summer. But who knows, if boredom sits in and I'm not doing much school bus driving... Colby |
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Two Bears
Joined: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 296 City/Region: Orofino
State or Province: ID
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Colby, don't wimp out.
You told me it was nothing to X-C the country with the c dory behind. Besides, if you dawdle a bit you can trailer home across the Rockies in the winter. That would be fun. _________________ Chuck & Penny Raddon
Orofino, Idaho |
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4523 City/Region: Madison
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2009
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Traveler
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Uh, across the Rockies in winter? Well I do have my heater that works pretty well...lol. I'd be better off to just stay out there until heading to Alaska...but then there is that gathering in Florida in March... Anyway, I never say never....you just never know... Colby |
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Big dave
Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 264 City/Region: Vancouver
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C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Raven Dancer
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Dave on Raven Dancer here; I have been following this thread with a great amount of interest, and even though I can not do the entire cruise there is a very good chance I could join the group at the Vancouver boat launch which is approx. half a mile up stream of the I-5 bridge.
It seems like a lot of planning has been invested so far and I was wondering if you had a day and time you would be in that area. I can always anchor up and be ready when you come by.
I will be watching for your reply or you can email me at drlaabs@comcast.net if you prefer.
My son will be helping me launch and then picking me up at the John Day boat launch right around Tongue Point so I will not require any transportation.
Thank you.
Dave
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