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Pat, You must be psychic....for years i've been fooling with a lyric to a song to be titled "The Old Bateau" These boats, some still around, were the ''entry'' crabbing and fishing boat for young kids planning to be watermen. flat bottom big skiffs, heavily built..and they'd do about five...

Nick, I have followed your "adventures" on Valkyrie on and off. We will look forward to seeing you at the gathering. Actually, i'm a little embarrassed to have such a "yacht"...have to scuff it up a bit... It does have a nice cockpit for banjo playing...and maybe i'll take up fishing! tom

C Sick I loved my 22...had very mixed feelings about selling....I've owned eight boats...all but one wood. Only one had a marine head. Cedar buckets. And here is the key: except for the CD 22, all had top speeds of about 8kts. So, any worry about speed with the Ranger is not in my thinking...

Thanks, and i'll surely be writing to all the Ranger people for advice. terraplane (tom)

The deal is closed and I will have a Ranger 25 at the Chesapeake gathering. See the posting titled "New Ranger 25 in the slip" for details. 'Seemed like the right thing to do...so i did it. terraplane

Ranger 25, 2008, #52. Rock Hall. Yanmar 110 Mdnight Blue..Red water line All the standard stuff plus: generator, Mase, 2.5 diesel Air conditioning Rev cylce heat pump cabin heater macerator mast spot light bow and strern thrusters deck wash ,raw water windlass 12v lewmar stainless garmin gps...

This year the music will be just The Banjo Man...and if there are any musicians out there, bring along whatever you play...a tuba would be great. As Charlie says, lots of diversity in region and type of boat this year... "Boat tours" will , no doubt , be a feature. Don't forget: potluck on...

.....and would it be possible to give figures for the Yanmar 110 also?

As a possible purchaser of a Ranger 25, it seems to me that doing all this stuff, sucking fuel, putting in loops, etc...reminds me of my teen years fooling with the engine of a 51 Ford...not what i would expect of a purchase well over 100 grand. Factory problem, right?

Hello all, Well, June 6 is coming up fast. PLEASE if you have not made your reservaetions at Lankford Bay Marina, do it now. John A. is the one to ask for. We have 29 listed on this site, but he does not have that many with reserved slips. Once his slips are filled, then the options are mooring...

I look forward to seeing you at the gathering...lots of new faces and boats this year! tom

Minnow, We'll look forward to seeing you. Yesterday, returning from Hungary, Peggy and I drove by the Essington Marina, to right of 95 and spotted a C Dory in a slip. Is that you? If so, my brother, Jim, once kept a boat at that spot. He lived in the Essington area all of his adult life. tom mchugh

Maryilyn and Denny, Well said!! There is an old Eastern Shore of Md, expression: "No matter where you go, there you are."

I have ordered the kazoos. I have ordered a higher quality than last year based on the fact that you have now had a year of practice (you have practiced, right?) Practice for The C Brat Strutters Symphonic Marching Kazoo Band (CBSSMKB) will take place Saturday afternoon, after cocktails. Be...

John, Probably, ....it is kind of in the middle of all the whatamajiggers...i guess that 's the circuit board. tom

My field is now full. I can't host any more rigs for parking for the June 6-8 gathering. However, if you plan to cruise after the gathering, some of the rigs will be departing, and you can park on my field while away...long as you wish. terraplane

My C Dory 22 has been sold.

I had a malfunction of my Wallas about a year and a half ago. Some of the similar circumstances. Turned out it was a fuse. The fuse was located down in the guts of the stove..kind of front center, difficult to find, Pulled it out with needlenose , replaced, stove worked again. terraplane

I think we are at 23 signups for the June gathering. Yesterday i was walking down by the marina...boats still wrapped up, pretty empty. I sat for a while and watched two ospreys construct their nest on top of a telephone pole. Spring is here. terraplane

Roger, thanks for the input. I'll pass it along to the ones handling the shirt...i tend to agree...I really like the shirt..it is one of my "good" ones. tom