Great circle loop/ cd16

flrockytop · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject: Great circle loop/ cd16

Has anyone done the Great Circle Loop in a CD16? I'm sure they have. I just haven't found it in my search.

Thanks Roger

thataway · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject:

I doubt that the Loop has been done in a CD 16. It has been done in an open Evinrude 16, a kayak, a canoe and on two jet skiis--so the CD 16 would not be the smallest.

There are some minor challanges for the smaller boat-but the D Dory 16 would be certainly up to the task. If you do the Loop, please stop by my house--right off the main flyway....in Perdido Bay.

Bob Austin

flrockytop · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

OK, Thanks BOB,

Yes, I figured I would be behind on the size thing. I guess my 49cc motorscooter trip form Jacksonville to San Diego and then to LA will be my only claim to fame, hi hi. But still, WCOA radio is always willing to put me on the air with my exploits.. Its been a couple of years since I've done anything so it's about time. People are always asking "whata you gonna do next?"

I just downloaded all the NOAA charts yesterday. It took almost all day. I went went ahead and did all 1000+ of them. It least I'm up to date for awhile.

Now, I need the inland rivers won't get those until closer to time. How about mounting HF Ham rig on the 16CD? Anyone done that? I plan on making as many ARLHS lighthouse contacts as I can. I also plan on having APRS for live tracking for the entire voyage.

Roger
K1PNS

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:58 am Post subject:

Roger --
Your CD-16 is more than enough for the trip. As long as you are comfortable aboard, it will be perfect. The small size will make stops in towns (tie to the dinghy dock), shallow anchorages, inside sneaks (like along the Jersey coast), and economy a perfect match for the Loop. We completed the Loop back in '92 in a 20' sailboat and it would have been a great trip for us in the smaller CD-16.

Link onto the Great Loop internet site for lots of info (of course, virtually all the discussion is from larger boats but there is useful info there for you).

We have been doing highlight trips along the Loop in our CD-22 and tales are up on the Halcyon Days website.

Two pieces of advice from us:

1. You are already doing -- travel in the smallest boat on which you can be comfortable and resist the 'extra' stuff that encumbers life on a boat (or anywhere, for that matter). KISS

2. Take lots of time -- get off the 'main highway' of the Loop and explore the 'back blocks' -- like circle Manhattan Island, cruise extensively throughout the Carolina Sounds and Chesapeake (don't, for goodness sake, blast through those marvelous areas along the blue line route of the Loop, unless you are doing the Loop just to brag about it). Go up the Cumberland River, the Tennessee, the Tellico -- travel up the Rideau Canal to Ottawa, down the Ottawa River to the St Lawrence, down to Quebec, then back up St Lawrence to Richeleau into Lake Champlain, down the Champ. canal back to the Hudson, then the Erie to Oswego and over to the Trent-Severn. Dawdle in north Channel -- etc. etc. It's the trip of a lifetime -- take a few years, if you have them -- you won't be sorry.

Have fun planning -- its a great adventure -- one of the finest experiences one can ever have on a boat -- and the CD-16 is PERFECT!!
el and bill

thataway · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

I would think that the hook up of the ham rig would be about the same on the 16 as most of the other C Dories. I will be back in Pensacola (sorry I missed that you were from there--and we had missed you at some of the local gatherings..) in a couple of weeks--and we can discuss this in person. The ground is the hardest issue--and I don't see it as a major problem. I use ham sticks--also for the loop--the Water Way Radio and Cruising Club is a great place to be making the contacts. Also we have used 2 meter a lot on the ICW. We have the Icom 7000--but any of the radios work well.

If I had known you need the charts, I have all of them on DVD's and CD's. There are some gaps on the electronics in the river systems, but that is really not a problem.

Byrdman · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

Florida Rockey Top?? Interesting. You must love orange. I loved my 16 and agree with the others. The loop is way do-able in that vessel. Might not be on the charts yet, but on the Cumberland River, in "down town" Clarksville, TN, there is a new 270' dock, no water, no power, but, clean and walking distance to a few restruants and some nice hills to streatch yer legs on. Further up the Cumberland River, town of Mt. Juliet, TN, is my Mom's ..and my Brother's place. We have had a couple of gatherings there. Some about those in Halcyon's journal...and other links on this site. I am about 15 minute drive from the Clarksville City Dock. PM or email me if you need the contact numbers for reservations. No big deal outside of weekends, but, being new, they attempt to log users...which is tied to funds...which will make it possible for electricity and water, which is tied to who and how often it will be used. What a circle. .... no pun intended.

Byrdman

flrockytop · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks thataway, el and bill and Byrdman, (i've heard about you Byrdman....javascript:emoticon('

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Laughing),

Things are starting to come together, in my mind at least. All is still in the rough planing stages at this point. Considering doing my thing as far as Boston then I would fly back to Pensacola and pick up the wife and bring her and the motorhome back to Boston. From there I would continue in th CD and she in the RV until Nova Scotia. We would then take a side trip. We would trailer up to Labrador where we would boat and RV as we see fit. Work are way back down to NS where I would again pick up my circle loop. She would again tag along in the rv as far as Buffalo. I'd park the CD again, drive her and the rv back to Pensacola. I'd fly back to Buffalo and finish the Loop.

Now there is a question in here. Anyone got any suggestion on where I could safely leave the CD for a few days both in Boston and in Buffalo? The ideal spot would be where I could get easy transportation from the boat to the airport. Time period for Boston would be end of May first of June. Buffalo probably August.

Thanks
Roger

thataway · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject:

The first thing that strikes me--is what is the timing of this plan? Most folks take a year to do the "loop"--some as done it in as little as 2 months--but that is really moving in a fast boat, and missing most of the "stuff". Even a year seems too fast to me.

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject:

Roger --
Care to share more about those plans in Labrador?? We've cruised that coast and it ain't easy. Where do you plan to launch and what routes are you considering?

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

Roger --
Still thinking of doing the Loop?

flrockytop · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

Well actually we sort of did it last year. Only problem was it was in the RV. Just prior to starting in a CD, I was involved in a nasty auto accident. In short I wasn't in a condition to make that much of an adventure solo in a boat, however, in May we struck out in the RV from Pensacola. We went to Key West (mile 0) then headed north. We went to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador (Red Bay) as far as the paved road goes. We returned down through Louisville, Ky stopping for a few days along the Erie Canal. We clocked about 9,000 miles. We did save many waypoints into the gps that are now "must do's" to tow the CD to. So now have plans redo the trip just not all by water and by multiple trips.

Next scheduled trip is New Zealand for the end of May, first of June. Then thinking of making the Lake Powell trip in Sept. Being retired, there is just NOT enough time to fit everything in.....

Roger

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear about the nasty auto accident -- great that you could make the trip in your RV though, and perhaps will be able to do some of the best segments in your CD.

Hopefully, we'll be at Lake Powell in September and look forward to meeting you down there in the canyon country.

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:47 am Post subject:

Roger - sorry your plans from last year got waylaid by the auto accident. We are about five years away from retiring, so the Great Loop is a ways away for us, but sure sounds like something we need to see at least once in our lives. I will have some pix up of how we will be sleeping two on our 16 Angler (if it every stops raining here on the Upper Left Coast so I can take the cover off again). Brock (Catman) has perfected cruising for one on the the 16 Angler Bambina. I am pretty sure when we do the Great Loop it will be on the CD25, especially if we are out for six months or a year! Hope to meet you at Powell!

jennykatz · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: cd16

Where could you sleep in a 16 angler would that be outside or in the little cabin ?? would love to see the pictures thanks jim on duck

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: cd16

Jim, it is a challenge! Ultimately, it might involve opening up the bulkhead to the cuddy and doing a mini-coversion to an "Angle-Cruiser" - Patty has so far nixed that idea, we'll see how David (Alyssa Jean) pulls it off. I'm betting it will be way cool. In the meantime, our solution is a camperback, changing the seat pedestals out for Cabella's freestanding quad pedestal stands, which allows the seat to be folded down and stored in the cuddy stand and all, and a double airbed in the cockpit (pedestal seats needed to go because the airbed and our bodies are just a little longer than the cockpit). We have tested the airbed in the driveway, fits perfectly and very comfortable! Patty just is finishing the privacy curtains for the camperback. Add to that a Mr Buddy Heater, a one burner propane stove, a gallon of water, cold food and hot food that gets hot with pouring in hot water, and the all-important porta-potti. Oh, yes, and an iPod and a little speaker cube for the tunes! First test on the water is at Jarrell Cove the first weekend in May. Pix to follow!