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Rick from Maine



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:45 pm    Post subject: 08/20 - 08/22 - Maine Gathering
From Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:00 am to Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:59 am (included)
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H iKen, If you could make a sign up sheet we'd really appreciate it. It worked well with the New England Rendezvous in June.

A Maine C-Dory Gathering

Date: Friday, August 20, 2004

Location: Bath ME, Mid coast Maine,
Kennebec Tavern Restaurant/Marina
119 Commercial St
Just North of the Bridge on the Kennebec River

Time: 1:00 PM

Launch Ramps:

Morse Cove Public Launch, on Fiddler Reach Rd, off Rt 209, in Phippsburg ME. Free Paved Ramp that allows overnight parking, about 15 minutes south of the restaurant.
Washington Street Public Launch on Washington St, in Bath ME, A Free Paved Ramp only minutes from the gathering, next to the Maine Maritime Museum.

Possible Overnight Locations:
Anchoring Out: Love Cove or Cross River and Oven Mouth ( both are 4 - 4’s in Taft).
Marinas with or near Motels: Boothbay Harbor has several including:
Boothbay Harbor Marina 207-633-6003
Tugboat Inn Marina 207-633-4434
Carousel Marina 207-633-2922
Brown’s Wharf Marina 207-633-5440

Area Highlights: This midcoast location provides many scenic cruise options in sheltered waters. Possible Daytrips include The Inside Passage from the K’bec to Boothbay, Up the K’bec to Augusta ( tracing the footsteps of the 1775 Arnold Expedition to capture Quebec), Up the Damariscotta R. and the Back & Sheepscot Rivers to Wiscasset. This area is the Gateway to Penobscot Bay (Less than 6 Hrs from Ramp to Pulpit Harbor)

I can provide lots more info for anyone.

Rick & Carol from Maine

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Moxieabs



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:33 pm    Post subject: Maine gathering Reply with quote

To TyBoo Mike or DaNag Bill,
I think Rick meant to ask one of you to set-up the sign-up page for the August gathering in ME.
Thanks!

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Catman



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tyboo's in the San Juans till late this week, and at this very moment Da Nag's at the factory in Kent. However, Bill hopes to be home late tonight.

Have a good cruise, eastsiders.
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B~C



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

will this be the main Maine gathering?
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Rick from Maine



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:29 pm    Post subject: Maine Gathering Reply with quote

Ooh! Bad Pun!

But it is the first Maine Gathering this year. And three boats have already said they'll come, so maybe it is the main one.

Sorry, about the name error, Ken, Mike & Bill.

Rick
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:11 am    Post subject: Re: Maine Gathering Reply with quote

Wish I could be there, you guys will miss the Snoqualmie beer! Have a great time! Been in Maine once, a long time ago, passing through on my way to visit relatives in Nova Scotia. Have to get back there one of these days...


Rick from Maine wrote:
Ooh! Bad Pun!

But it is the first Maine Gathering this year. And three boats have already said they'll come, so maybe it is the main one.

Sorry, about the name error, Ken, Mike & Bill.

Rick

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Da Nag



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry, folks - got this on the calendar, but somehow the signup sheet request slipped through the cracks.

Here's a link to it, and I've also modified the original post in this thread to contain a link to it.

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Rick from Maine



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:43 pm    Post subject: 2004 Maine Gathering Reply with quote

Thanks Bill,

I hope we can show a photo with as many C-Dorys rafted in Maine as the feature photo.

Rick
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KenMcC



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi, You Maine and Down East Folks,

Looking forward to reports of your Down East activities.

While on the subject, have any of you been keeping up with the activities of Linda Greenlaw? I heard a while back that she dumped Swordfishing, to do some lobstering out of Isle de Haute.

I later heard that she got bored with that, and wanted to go back to Long-Lining for Swordfish again. Did she ever get captain of another Swordboat?

She's a real hero of mine, and my best friend back in South Jersey has the sister boat to hers, a 41 footer built in Novia Scotia.

Love to follow you Down Easters, since we used to drive through Maine and take the ferry (Digby to St. Johns or vice versa) up ultimately into Nova Scotia.

Anything you need for your Down East Cruise, just let me know!

Ken
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Rick from Maine



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:28 am    Post subject: Maine Gathering Reply with quote

Hi Ken,

Yeah, Linda Greenlaw's books and fishing experiences are something. Some of her writing reminds me of Mark Twain, in that it's what she doesn't say that cracks you up.

Her 3rd book has just been released. I haven't read it yet to see if it discusses going back to swordfishing.

Rick
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Rick from Maine



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:59 am    Post subject: Maine Gathering 2004 Reply with quote

Thoughts on The 2004 Maine Gathering

It was the Best of Gatherings. It was the Worst of Gatherings. (Apology to Mr. Dickens)

Best:
• Three C-Dory Crews and boats played together for 3 days. (Widget, Crescent Girl, & Hunky dory)

• Running white water in the Upper Hells Gate of the Sasanoa River.

• Rafting for lunch in the Oven’s Mouth

Worst:
• Saturday - Fog, Rain, Fog, Rain, Fog, Rain.

• Being socked in at Boothbay Harbor, where there are a gazillion Gift Shops, and spouses with VISA cards.

• Marina berth under a bar with a band that played until 1:30 AM
Best:
• Sunday – Glorious sunny day for cruising the Mid Coast Maine Rivers & Islands with a maritime history back to the early 1600’s.

• Lobster, Lobster Rolls, Lobster salads

• Having to walk by the Antique stores in Wiscasset because we had Ice Cream cones
Worst:
• The world’s worst Fish Chowder in a restaurant named “Chowder House”

• Rafts of Rock weed, and Lobster Buoys every where ( No Auto Pilots here)

Best:
• Having Eggs Benedict in a restaurant over looking 3 C-Dories

• Mid Coast Maine, home of the Bumpah Stickah “ Life is too short to have an Ugly Boat ”

• Sunday’s weather was so good & continuing, that I couldn’t resist cruising Casco Bay until Wednesday PM.

Rick from Maine
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awright!!! More Bests than Worsts!

Sometimes antiques and gifts get in the way of the west coast gatherings, too. They do, however, serve to help get the spouses and their Visas interested in the next one.

Good to hear that you enjoyed the best parts so much, and that you all had a safe cruise. Thank you for the lighthearted and enlightening recap.

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Moxieabs



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:51 pm    Post subject: Maine gathering Reply with quote

TyBoo/DaNag,
I've got some photos of the "best and worst" of the Maine gathering if I could have an album created. Thanks
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here you go!

Sorry we didn't have it ready, and thank you very much for the pictures.
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Plan C



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi New England Group. I had hoped to join you on this gathering, but had a conflict. To make up for it we made our first trip during this week over to Portsmouth and out to Smuttynose Island. I hope part of what you did last weekend was to plan for the next gathering.

Dave, and the still unnamed boat. NH
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