The 2024 C-Brats Calendar is ready for purchase

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The 2024 C-Brats Calendar is ready for purchase. Order yours today on the link below and use the coupon code for 15% off.

Thank you Julie at NMI (Northwest Marine Industries/C-Dory factory) for making this happen.

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Desert Dory · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:35 am Post subject:

ORDERED!!

Thanks for the heads-up.

Salmon Fisher · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:05 pm Post subject:

Ordered ours! Thanks for making this possible!

real550A · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:25 pm Post subject:

Ordered, thank you!

kevinnuckles@icloud.com · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:49 pm Post subject: CALENDAR ORDER

DONE! THANKS VERY MUCH TO ALL INVOLVED. Very Happy

Desert Dory · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:30 pm Post subject:

Calendar arrived today! Sooooo nice and so happy to have one again this year. Thank you to all that made it happen!

Merry Christmas and have a great New Year!

DayBreak · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:13 pm Post subject:

Yosef · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:06 pm Post subject: What's on Colby's bow?

With regards to the March 2024 calendar picture: what are those two bundles on the bow of Colby's boat? Is carrying bundles like that on the bow common practice?

I've been meaning to ask this all month...

-Joe Dowd

colbysmith · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:44 pm Post subject:

Hi Joe. That's a photo I took of Dora Jean probably in the PNW. Steve carries his inflatable dinghys up there. And to my knowledge, I don't think many others do it that way. Colby

real550A · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:47 am Post subject:

" Is carrying bundles like that on the bow common practice? "

Joe- I live on the ICW in Florida, and down here, it's a very common practice. Folks traveling long distance tend to have lots of various gear secured to the bow rails, ie; gas/fuel cans, tarps, coolers, dinghies, etc.
They have to make do with the space they have, and there's a lot of space up there. Cheers!

thataway · Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:42 pm Post subject:

I have especially seen Jerry 5 gallon yellow cans of Diesel and blue containers of water.secured on the side decks in cruising boats particularly sailboats. We carried either one or two motor bikes on the deck forward of the main mast on our 62 footer, there was a windsurfer lashed on one side, and the boarding "Passerelle" on the other side. We carried our HD Achilles 13' dinghy also rolled up and in a sunbrella cover forward of the mast. I made specific hold downs for these items bolted to the deck, and made "double" sunbelt covers. The "pants" part were pulled up from the bottom, up to the fuel tanks and seats etc. The second cover "Shirt" went over the top, and secured under the bikes and to the hold downs--even though there were cables with turnbuckles securing the motor bike in place. That way, it would be very difficult for salt water to get on the bikes. We also sprayed them liberally with LPS #3, sort of like Cosmoline, as a rust preventive.

We have avoided items on the foredeck, in the C Dory, because it tends to lessen our visibility forward.