06/08 - 06/10 - Chesapeake Bay 2007

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Won't be long now!
Looking forward to seeing everyone. Just a few lines to let you know what to expect.
Friday is the day most people will be arriving at LANKFORD BAY MARINA. We will have a table set up near the office so when you check in, you will get name tags and an agenda. Friday night we have a pot-luck dinner. Please bring something to share and drink. We will provide the plates, cups and silverware. If you are coming by boat, there will be cars available to take you into town if you need to pick up some provisions for your stay or something for the pot-luck. This is a time to meet and greet. Saturday is a day for checking out boats, maybe a cruise, lunch in Rock Hall or at one of the picnic tables in the marina on you and then back to the marina Saturday night for a Chesapeake Dinner of crabs, hot dogs and maybe some local color. Music and entertainment by terrraplane and company and especially this year the audience will get in the act.
If you have any questions or concerns, let us know.
We will be arriving Thursday night, so we will be there bright and early Friday morning.
Don't miss a great time. If you haven't signed up yet, there is still time. The more the merrier!! Even if you don't have a boat to tie up at the Marina, join us.
 
Charlie,
Has everyone that is signed up on the events signup page contacted you? Looks like a good group so far.
They are coming from all over the place. Lots of new people and old friends too.
Saw one of the C-Ranger 21's (Tootsie) hanging out on the Chester River Memorial Day weekend. They are ready for the gathering.

See everyone soon.

Doug & Anne
 
Doug/Anne: More have contacted me. Have you looked at the attendance list on the documents page? It's more complete and has lots more detail. If you don't have Excel, I could e-mail you a text version.

Charlie
 
Hey Gang! Sorry I could not make it up. Too much going on with Sherryl and our limited play time together prior to her needing to start making the meetings of the conference. Got a call late last night from Pat Anderson... I think....message broken up a bit... attempted call back...and got his cell... but... he may be over on the left coast instead of the right side...but I do recall seeing some pics of him and Miss Patty being up for this gathering. Sure look forward to post and pics.

Byrdman
 
Halcyon, R-Matey and Daydream are anchored up in Shallow Bay at Sucia Island - we played Chesapeake Scenes and Bill and I bellowed out the Chester River song in honor of all of you folks and our fond memories! Did try to call Byrdman, thought he might be there, it was the only cell number I had. Like he said, couldn't connect...
 
Hi,

Just had to say THANKS to all who made such a wonderful gathering. We only just made the Saturday party. It was sure worth the drive.

Good eats crabs, red hots and white hots-- what a meal and we washed it down with RED CAT! Then Tom and company gave a concert.

George and Penny shared via a multi media show their wonderful trip to Alaska-Outstanding.

If you missed it you missed a very good time. Again THANKS to all who helped make this a very special evening.

Fred, Pat, and Mr Grey(the cat)

PS Mr. Grey was upset that we did not take him along. O well, he got to smell the crab on our fingers.
 
Boy, I'll say what a great time. Will be said many times. Got home here about 1445 after a great run down the bay, about 95 miles in 7 hours including a stop for gas. Also had to empty out both fuel filters! What a bunch of crud, I don't have the plastic bowl type, just the spin on that can be unscrewed and emptied. Passages had the same problem with his 150, mine are 45's and I'm glad I had two of them! Heard ORCA heading into Reedville about 1330, so he had a good run and I assume he'll head the rest of the way to Portsmouth tomorrow.

A great group, will wait for the final tally but we killed a lot of crustations (Crabs) and everyone learned how to play the Kazoo. Tom says next year we're going to learn to march and then we'll bus to Rock Hall and march down main street. Many of us will have a hard time walking, much less marching!

Great job again by Anne and Doug, John and Liz, and of course our own venerable Terraplane Tom!

Thanks again, if the nerds will set up an album (if not already done), we'll start to post pictures!

Charlie and Sally
 
First, to our committee...all who work so hard to make this gathering seem to be laid back, totally easy, and just a "nice flow"...it takes a lot of work to make that happen.
Then, to all of you who came, from near and far...(distance prize went to Fairbanks, Alaska!!)...What a great group...and a professional kazoo band in the making..C-dory people are so easy to know..it just makes our job as committee very rewarding.
Then, to Lankford Bay Marina for providing services, and one of the most "picture perfect" settings on the Bay.
And....a very very special thanks to George and Penny of WANDERER for the show on last summer's Alaska trip. It was breathtaking in the visual sense, but also hear the assurance and pure enjoyment in their voices when talking of the trip.


Bill and I enjoyed playing for you..more next year...The thought of Pat, and Halcyon and the others singing with gusto The Chester River Song goes in our memory scrapbook. Great.

Charlie can correct me..but i think we had 28 boats, and about six couples without boats along, some "lookers" and three Rangers...including our local dealer with a 25 for sale..and he sold it that day!

We have some new ideas for next year, but basically, all the same..talk, friendship, boats, great food, expertise, and adventure..a C Dory experience.

Terraplane Tom
 
Hi All,
Just got home.. uh it was a long drive ! It's now 7:01 pm. Time to do laundry,clean boat.. you get the idea anyway. We had a terrific time and wanted to thank you all for inviting us to come up. We will be there next year to join in with are musical talents (not ) LOL. We met so many nice folks and made I hope a lot of long time friends. Thanks again for a great time ! Larry & Tracy M.
 
Just wanted to say what a great time we had - enjoyed meeting so many nice folks, and picking up tips about fitting and provisioning our new 22. Really enjoyed Tom's tale of the retirement of Bay Girl, particularly since I'm starting to feel a little creaky in the sea legs myself.

Thanks so much to Anne, Doug, Tom and others who made it happen.

Look forward to seeing other C-Doriers again next year and around the Bay in the mean time.

Lou & Nadine S.
 
We had a wonderful time meeting everyone and sharing experiences and knowledge. Saturday's entertainment was absolutely first rate and seeing George and Penny's Alaska expedition illustrated for us what a C-Dory could do.

We really appreciate the solid planning and hard work done by the Committee that made the weekend such a great success.


Lynda and Bill
Edgewater, MD
 
Thanks to everyone for the hospitality. We learned a lot about what to look for as we search for the right C-Dory for our family. After spending Fri and Sat evenings with you, what fun it was while cruising around in our little Boston Whaler on Sunday to see all the C-Dory folks in the Corsica river, run up the Chester to Chestertown for lunch and sight Lizzie Ann and find two more C-Dory's anchored back in the Corsica as we made our way back home.

Keep your eyes open for us for an older 22 on the east coast. With four teenagers still at home, following Charlie and Sally's lead with an older boat that needs a bit of elbow grease is looking like the right path to us.

Thank you for new friendships and a lot of good advice.

Doyle & Marianne
 
Tom, I can't give you a final boat count because I wasn't checking them in. Doug/Anne, can you tell me which boats that were on my list DIDN'T make it and which ones DID that weren't on the list or at least didn't look like they were coming? I'd like to compile a list of those that were there.

Great trip, again. Good night's sleep last night, in a bed that didn't rock.... Of course we had a :dog and three :cat :cat :cat vying for our attention again, most of the night. :disgust But it was good to be back anyway. It's about 100 miles up there, if you don't stop and go 10 miles up the Little Choptank to spend the night on the hook like we did on the way up.... I burned about 50 gallons of gas, which should translate to about 4+ MPG, pretty good for these two 14 year old Honda's

Hope to see some of the more local boats at our pier this summer, hope everyone made it home safely or are still cruising!

BTW, does anyone know if Langford has WiFi?

Charlie
 
can not wait for the photo album to pop up. I have also requested thru the administrators PM for a photo album for this gathering. Sure hate I missed it....and will once again attempt to be there on my boat next year. Too many gatherings, to many corners and places to gather in our Great Nation!!

Byrdman
 
The weather was hot and the activities cool for the

Third Chesapeake Gathering.
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C-Dorys were sprinkled throughout the marina.

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Boats and people arrived in different ways

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Mike and Terry

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Penny and George

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The "trolley" shuttled people to Rock Hall for ice cream and other goodies.

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The Ranger 25 and two 21s made an appearance.

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Penny stands between Anne and Doug after thanking them for all the hard work they put into making the gathering a success.

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Liz and John also made a big contribution to the gathering.

Charlie put together the data and made attractive name tags for everyone. He escaped before I got his picture.

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The marina let us use their new pavillion for our meals and entertainment.

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Terry and his grandson Mike arrived in their Class A motorhome with CLASS A hot dogs and wine.

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Tom served on the organizing committee and along with his friend Bob provided the signature entertainment. Here he demonstrates how to play the kazoo.

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George showed "Wandering the Inside Passage to Alaska"

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For most of us, the fun was over. Some still had the run home to look forward to.

Well, there is next year...
 
We had a great time! Annie and Justine loved swinging in the hammock.
Annie also really liked the little dancing man. Any CDs of the "Bay"
songs available?

Hope to see ya'll around the bay this summer,

Mike, Bonnie and Annie
 
Colleen and I had a great time at Lankford and are looking forward to next year.

The trip home was was great. We pulled into Reedville marina on Sunday afternoon and had lunch at the Crazy Crab. Since it was the only restaurant within walking distance, we also had dinner at the Crazy Crab. Pulled out yesterday morning at 0530 and reached Norfolk at 1130. It took the rest of the day to unload and clean the boat, but that is still time on the boat and I always enjoy that.

Thanks to everyone that helped put on this years events.

Steve
 
We would like to thank the C-Brats that put together a super weekend at Langford Bay. We had a wonderful time and met many nice people from near and far. Hope to see everyone next year at Langford.

Dick and Suzanne
 
What a great weekend for Judie and me. Thanks to all who worked so hard on organizing, preparing, performing and "herding". All your hard work made it all so enjoyable for us. Very nice to be able to put faces, people and boats to the names. We made it home safe and sound in "Passages" after a delightful over night at anchor in St. Leonard's Ck off of the Patuxant R. We're ready to go again. Thanks

Wayne and Judie
 
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