05/20 - 05/22 - 2016 Friday Harbor CBGT

Ditto what Roger said! Fun gathering, lots of sharing of stories on the dock and a wonderful potluck, even if the weather deteriorated a little towards the end of the evening! CBGTs are just such an added bonus of owning this great little boat!
 
It has been a wonderful week. Craig and I and the dogs, Tess and Charlie are almost back to Cap Sante. Huge thank you to Greg and Cindie for taking this on and all the great organizing. It was good to see old friends and even meet some new ones. Wishing everyone safe travels to home and we will see you all next year!
 
We managed to squeeze in a quick visit. Nice to see many familiar faces. Border services is a bit more complicated than it used to be! It was a nice day trip from Bedwell harbour!
 
Greg, Cindie and Aven,

Many thanks for all of the work, planning and time that you put in to make this GBGT a memorial event.

Joe and Ruth
R-Matey
C-Brats #22
 
Greg, Cindie, Aven: Thanks for leaving our bucket on the dock. We found it! :-)

Great weekend. We went back to Deception Pass via Thatcher Pass, with a lunch stop at James Island...a very peaceful hour on the warm stone beach.

All home safe now. I even backed the trailer into the Ballard ship canal to rinse it off and run freshwater through the engine...that always makes me feel better. It's not that late, but we're tired...we'll unpack tomorrow.
 
Greg, Cindie and Aven,

What a great time we had, thanks so much for all your work!

This is the World's Largest C-Brat Get Together! Wow, that's saying a lot!

Wonderful weekend seeing everyone, we took out a couple interested in 25 C Dory, John and Misty from Gig Harbor and it turned into a whale watch trip from Yellow Island to Parks Bay! What fun!

Looking forward to next year already!
 
It was a great weekend and like others, I must thank Greg, Cindie and Aven for an OUTSTANDING job of organizing the largest C-Brat gathering. I did a walk down H-Dock on Sat. AM and shot a video of the boats present there. Towards the end, I panned over to the G-dock and you can see more brats over there. I posted it to the C-Dory facebook page - you can view it here.

Highlights of the weekend for Joyce and me -

Seeing Ruth and Joe - after 55 years of marriage, they are still in love and such a wonderful couple. You can always count on Joe for firm handshake and a hug and you can always count on Ruthie for cake, a hug and impromptu photos. Since Susan Elliott wasn't present, Joe couldn't hug his "favorite scientist" and instead of Susan, I was the beneficiary of his hugs. Susan - I've saved the hugs up for you and will pass them on next time I see you.

Seeing all the families and their children. In a time when many parents are over protective of their kids, it was great to see so many kids paddling and rowing around. Allowing a child an opportunity to take some (calculated and minimized) risks helps to build self confidence and self esteem.

Seeing all the other C-Brats - new friends and old friends - especially Peter and Caryn, Pat and Patty, Greg and Cindie, the ever gentle Brock and too many others to name.

The Sat. AM soap box derby. Joyce and I wandered up the hill to watch the local kids and families "compete" in the soap box derby. There were cars of all shapes and sizes -
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and some good races

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I put more images in the gathering's photo album. It was a fun event. One family had one vehicle but with three kids the dad designed it to have three different boxes that could be interchanged so each kid was able to display their own personality. A lot of creativity was on display also - one racer was a "stretched" wheel chair, one was two bicycles with some wood cross braces clamped on to create a platform for the box, others were more elaborate creations. The county sheriff was present and was clocking the racers who reached blazing speeds of up to 15mph. When the kids passed his car, he'd activate the siren to increase the overall excitement. A local guy was on a mike/loud speaker providing "color commentary" that was actually pretty colorful. Overall - it was a good time. If the CBGT falls on the same weekend as the soap box derby next year, maybe we can provide an off-island entrant. Perhaps a vehicle shaped like a C-Dory. Then more of the Brats would have a good excuse to go watch what was a truly fine family event.

The potluck and the chowder in particular - Oh My God - that was some darn good chowder. The food from everyone else was great also, but clearly I've been missing out on chowder by not attending hardly any recent CBGT's. The chowder alone made it worth the trip.

I'm sure that there are many wonderful people and things that I forgot to mention. It was a great weekend. Thanks again for organizing, Greg, Cindie and Aven. Here's a picture of their boat looking like it needs a piece of cheese.
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Thanks Greg, Cindie and Aven....and everyone!!!

Amy says hi to all and wishes she was there but glad Teddi and I could enjoy the trip!

Safe Boating and Kind Regards,

John and Teddi the wonderdog (she makes me wonder :D )
 
Rodger, thanks for collecting that hug. i just can't believe we had to miss friday harbor. first onw we ever missed in over 10 years of boating.

thanks for posting video and pics. Those Soap box races looked fun too.


thanks to Cindie and Greg for taking Tana under your wing and introducing her to the group.

susan
 
We are finally back home in Birch Bay this morning! We spent Sunday and Monday nights on the dock at Reid Harbor on Stuart Island with Traveler, saw Terry and Ann and John and Susan (the Rosboro folks from Ohio) at Reid, and Tuesday night in Ewing Cover on Sucia, all with Toni and Russ on Traveler! All in all, out 10 days, a very relaxing time with a great CBGT included in the middle!

Note on Ewing Cove, it really should be called Ewing Pass, the tidal flow runs through there like a river! You need to be on a mooring buoy and NOT rafted like we were! It is a pretty spot but you need to be ready for some serious current!
 
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This C-Brat family is a great bunch! :thup They missed your smiling faces at the gathering. A nice "warm, fuzzy" start to the morning.

Wishing Susan a fast recovery.

Jim & Joan
 
Thanks so much Greg, Cindie, and Aven for looking after us in Friday Harbor, we had a blast.
We are still enjoying the southern hospitality. After FH we spent a night at Cypress Island. From there we went to Anacortes, then on to La Connor, at present we are in Coupeville. Today we are heading for the Deception Pass area, most likely Cornet Bay. At the weekend we may do one more stop in the San Juans before heading North to the Gulf Islands and on to Comox.
It was great seeing old friends and making some new ones. We look forward to many more gatherings.

Martin and Andrea.
 
This was such sweet suprise. I am truly touched. Thanks for all of the nice wishes and letting me know that we were in your thoughts. The c-brats are an exceptional group of people that I am blessesd to have in our lives. I really can't wait to see you all this summer boating so I can say thank you in person

Susan.
 
Another great Friday Harbor gathering in the books. Thank you Greg and Cindie for all the hard work you put in to make the event so successful. Caryn and I had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

On to Powell River and Bellingham!!
 
At Friday Harbor last weekend, somebody was talking to Harvey about selling their Garhauer davit they no longer need. I need one, so if you've one to sell in the Puget Sound area or Portland, Oregon, please let me know!

Thanks!

~ Brooks (The Ticket, 22 Cruiser) email btboat@olympus.net
 
`Must add Judy and my great thanks to the trio who made the FH meet especially enjoyable! You folks are mighty kind, cheerful & helpful and we appreciate it!

If I heard right, you're putting next year's Friday Harbor fest together too - please let us know how we can help!

Your fans,
Brooks & Judy (The Ticket)
 
A super big thanks to Aven, Cindy and Greg for another great CBGT.

Worlds biggest CBGT. Great fun with good people about neat boats. Hard to beat that combo.

Really fun to see everyone, old friends and meet and make new ones.

I think this is the first time we have had 5 TomCats, (4 of the 255;s and one of the 24’s) and there were 4 16’s there, which is the most I remember at one time.

And we had good representation of non- boating C-Brats too. Good to see all of you there and sorry we didn’t have more face time. Just know it was great to see each one, get hugs, and share quick stories.

Crossing Juan de Fuca on the way over was a boat ride, (2 – 4ft) due to the late leaving from Discovery Bay and a kayak support detail lasting until late morning. They got the quite early waters I usually cross on. The return, in company with Ticket, went east from FH through Lopez Pass, past James Is and across Rosario Strait then down the west side of Whidby in surprisingly calm water, considering the reported conditions on the mid-Strait of Juan. The return was a Monday trip, and Monday night was at Mystery Bay, for a quiet rest and allowing the Juan de Fuca to settle some before an early morning trip around Point Wilson and back to Sequim Bay.

On Sunday night, Sea Gypsy, and Sea Spray and I worked on the C-BRATS Group MMSI number process. Getting it entered and then practicing using it.

Official C-BRATS Group MMSI # 036697831 just in case you are looking.

As I left the dock Monday morning I got Tickets VHF set up for the group call too and Steve, Brooks and I were able to use it until we lost VHF coverage, about 6 miles out through the islands.

Just after I left for the gathering I got a call from Bill “DaNag” and confirmed that that MMSI number will be the official group call for the C-BRATS. More on that in the “Communicating on the Water – MMSI” thread.

It was a great time, much too short, and not enough fish and chips, but just enough to keep the interest up for nest year.

Thanks again to all who came and participated, to the Ari crew for their excellent work and to those who weren’t able to be there, you were missed, and you missed out.

Harvey
SleepyC:moon

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I just finished reading thru the "FH" Gathering thread. As has always been the case, as far back as I can remember - thanks now to Greg, Cindy, & Aven on Aurelia and formerly thanks to Barry & Patty on the former C-Cakes - it sounds like it was a wonderful time and a great opportunity to spend the weekend w/ so many people sharing a common interest.

Tanya and I regrettably missed this year's gathering due to the recent passing of Tanya's mom at 104 y/o. We were both in Texas for the funeral which was on Friday, 5/20. Tanya had been in Texas for the last 5 weeks taking care of her mother and also assisting her brother who - although only 68 y/o - is dealing w/ both Parkinson's and diabetes. Though loosing one's mom is of course a traumatic event it was a bit of a relief to see her suffering finally end since the human body is not really designed to exceed the century mark.

Hopefully we will have an opportunity to see many of you out on the water this summer. We will definitely plan to hit the Bellingham Gathering in August but dearly missed seeing many folks who's great company make attending such Gatherings one of the more enjoyable things we look forward to in life.

Take care all and stay safe out on the water.
Dan, Tanya, and Hannah on ECHO
 
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