05/16 - 05/20 - 5th Annual Delta/Bay Extravaganza

Got home last night.....tired but ready to go again next year...what fun...
This morning I drained out 10 gallons of fowl smelling fuel... no wonder I had a hard time keeping the mice running.... wow that stuff was stale...teach me to forget about the Stabil ....never again !!!
Today I am washing everything and getting ready to migrate north....Thurs.. the boat will go back into storage until Catalina....and new fuel...

Thanks for the Swell times....

Joel N Sue
SEA3PO
 
We made it home safe and sound 5/21 at about 6:30 MDT. Day and a half drive from Rio Vista. We stayed last night at Fallon Nevada, at the new super Walmart. We had a great time at the Delta gathering with all of our C-Brat friends. This is a great trip and one we look forward to every year. Thanks Jim and Kathy. Also want to thank John and Robin for hosting the group at Wheeler Island. Only, could you do something about the wind and tide at the dock. It's always an adventure to get tied up! It was great to finally get to Petaluma. What a cool place!! We appreciate all the effort Jim and Kathy go to to make everything work so smoothly. It was especially nice to have Natalie join us this year, even if it was just for a short time. We love those cookies! We were especially glad to have Jim and Joan (Wild Blue) join us. We had told them so much about the great time and nice people-- it was good they could see we weren't exaggerating. We have some terrific pix and will get them posted as soon as possible. We're going to be home for the rest of this summer and look forward to Catalina in August. If anyone gets this way, please let us know. We have a good stop over place.

Thanks again Jim and Kathy--great as usual!
 
WOW!!!! What a great trip!! The crew of Islander, me, Natalie and Bill had a great time. A special thanks to John and Robbin to the hospitality for Natalie at the Duck Club! It was great to have her there, and it would not be possible without your efforts! Jim and Kathy, thanks for your hard work as well. It really is a labor of love! Your efforts are much appreciated.

OK....I would go into the Cruising Club, but no one would believe it any way! I guess What happened at the cruising club should stay there anyway.

Really enjoyed my 12 mile walks each day, and my daily work out with my good friend Bill. I know Bill enjoyed meeting you all, and now you are probably on his mailing list!

OK now for the trip home!!! We broke down on I5 about 150 miles from home, in the middle of no where! The good folks at Toyota had changed my belts out and in the process failed to secure a nearby wire to a very important sensor! Well the belt took out the wire, and hence the sensor. Sunday night, in the middle of nowhere, and you get the picture. Out of luck, out of underwear, nowhere to walk Bill, no where to feed Bill, Natalie away from her creature comforts, and you get the idea! We spent the night in the Comfort Inn! By Monday morning we found out there was no replacement part to be had and then decided to just get towed home! WHEW! Back at home we bought the part and the truck is back and working!

Again thanks to all, looking forward to Catalina!
 
Hey Ron, sorry to hear about your troubles, happens to us all some time. I saw you pulled off at the same turnoff as we did, but went to opposite stations. Maybe next time we should consider trailering together? Glad you got her running again, nice to have a built in place to sleep!
 
Kath and I wanted to thank all the eight C-Dory boats, and the 16 hearty soles, that made this epic trip so special. We appreciate that this Extravaganza takes a lot of energy to even get to, given that most of the folks come from outside Northern California to attend.

This is the single best group of competent sea-going folks anyone could ever meet on the Internet. I always tell Kath that I would gladly take any single one of the Extravaganza attendees, and go anywhere with them. A very good bunch of folks.

This year we were extremely blessed with good weather, and it is fitting that on our 5th Year Anniversary we were able to make the entire 5 day itinerary, as-planned. It was very gratifying that we made it to all of our four venues.

New for us this year was the Petaluma Turning Basin, which turned out to be very nice. Also, our tour of Treasure Island this year was interesting. The Sausalito Cruising Club turned out to be an excellent replacement for the Sausalito Yacht Club, and was fitting to our more laid back style.

Thanks again to the following:

1. Steve and Alex on Dora-Jean
2. Ron, Nat, and Bill on Islander
3. Brent and Dixie on Discovery
4. Steve on SeaSpray
5. Sam and Kerry on Salty-Cs
6. John and Robbin on Dinner Belle II
7. Jim and Joan on Wild Blue
8. Joel and Susan on SEA3PO.

A special thanks to the Eudy’s for hosting us at their Duck Club. Also, thanks to Jim and Joan for joining us for the first time, and for the wonderful professional quality photographs.

Kath and I are already thinking about the Delta and Bay for next year, so mark your calendars. See you all in Catalina!

Sincerely,

Jim and Kath
 
Anybody else having problems loading photos in the Delta album? I've tried over past 3 days, succeeded on 2 at a time only occasionally, just hangs otherwise, never had this problem before.
 
Thanks Brent and Dixie for assuring that the site wasn't the problem. I think it's a combination of the gazillion pixel pictures my friend's camera takes and my getting-long-in-the-tooth puter (DSL connection). Dropped to 1 pic at a time, 50-70% success, 2-4 minutes per picture.
 
The high-number pixel photos are a definite problem, even with high-speed connections. They're slow to transmit, and have to be re-sized once sent.

I've started using the lowest setting on my camera for photos to be exclusively posted here and on the rest of the Internet. Saves tons of time!

Joe.
 
I agree Joe. My camera is one of those 'old' 4MP cameras. I use it primarily on 'medium' setting, files are about 350KB, much more manageable than 1.2MB and up. But even my files seem to drag along now, must be puter issues on my end, I'll live with them until I get frustrated enough to upgrade. I also keep my computer cleaned of temp files and other stuff to ensure my feeble memory (512K) is happy ($450 to upgrade to 1GB -- ouch!).
 
I shoot all my images at a fine setting and then simply resize any image to be used here (save AS, so you don't lose the original file). The problem with using less resolution: sure as heck, when you do get that OMG shot, you won't have enough resolution to make the image size you want... I'd rather start big and downsize as necessary. Most of the images I post here are in the 100k range.

Also, rather than repost images into the Delta Extravaganza image folder, here is a link to the images I have already posted in the Wild Blue cruising adventures thread:

http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_ ... _album.php

Looking forward to seeing more images of the Delta/Bay cruise.

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
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