06/19 - 06/20 - Potomac River Cruise

John, Jon thanks for the notes. John your call of course, depends on how superstitious you are. I don't believe in most of the stuff but you can never be too careful and I respect your choice.

We'll be ready for you at Cod Creek with the camera and the champagne whether it be a Christening or a Rechristening. May even get Captain's Choice done since it never got a real one in the beginning. It's the second Capt's Choice. Many boats before. Many of them I have seen going down the slipways at Bath Iron Works in Maine. They have been Destroyers!!

charlie
 
Captains Choice":nz3w41hk said:
Hey Bluecrab....Why don't you wait until the big weekend to do a Christening at the event? I'll figure out the ceremony and someone can do the honors. They do it on the Left Coast all the time but don't think they'd make house calls for us. I will make sure there's enough sparkley to do the trick right if you want to do it that way! It'll be fun...

charlie
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Captain C
I'd love to be able to do the "house call" and do boat christenings for your gathering, but unfortunately time and distance is a problem at this time. However, I'm sure you folks will do quite well! As you probably know the "Christening Ceremony" my be found on this site...click to forums....click to documents.....click to Boat Christening Ceremony.
Be sure to locate some "greenery" (not necessarily "cash") to place on the bow of the vessel to be christened. When I had the Super Sized Sea Shift christened, I brought an ample amount of cedar greenery from one of the cedar trees on our property and not only used it in the christening of our vessel but I had plenty of extra for the many other vessels that were christened that evening at the Lopez Gathering. The vessels that were christened received "pourings of the various liquids"....ie: beer, wine, champagne, water, soda pop...just whatever everyone was drinking and toasting with. We had sooooo many christenings at Lopez this time, that I thought for sure we'd end up with a few people falling in the drink....'er bay after all the "toasts".
I think those of us on the left coast are getting almost as excited about your gathering as you are!
Of course, just because I can't join you....maybe the Rev. Jim could join you.....after all he just returned from Scotland, so your home would be just a quick jaunt for him.

Dave S. (aka Rev. Dave)
 
Thanks Dave, was hoping you'd chime in! We've watched with envy as you do it out there, we'll make it through it just fine. Will have to wait until we all get together to see who is the most reverandly of all. None of us has ever seen each other before, should be very interesting.

We'll be sure to take lots of pictures and get them posted asap when we get back to civilization!

thanks again..

charlie
 
Captains Choice":1fkyamf6 said:
Will have to wait until we all get together to see who is the most reverandly of all. None of us has ever seen each other before, should be very interesting.
charlie
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Not real sure about how you determine the "most reverently" of all....in my case reckon its the loud voice (due to being hard of hearing...tee hee). Maybe, some genetics as I'm a PK (preacher's kid)....possibly of interest to you, he was also a chaplain on the USS Intrepid in WWII.

I'd never had the opportunity of witnessing Rev. Jim's boat christening until he christened our vessel at the Lopez Gathering. (He too has a strong voice.....maybe because he's got years of driving a huge commercial truck down the nation's highways....how 'bout it Jim?) What ever his credentials, he did a mighty fine job!

Naturally, it takes the "group's" participation to make the christening a rousing success....... :beer :cocktail :beer :cocktail :beer :wink
 
Have just returned from a great weekend on the River, a little rain notwithstanding!

Have sent an e-mail out to all attendees except Lizzie Ann (Bluecrab - John) because I don't have his e-mail address. The e-mail has an info spreadsheet attached to it, please review, fill in the missing info for you and your boat(s) and e-mail it back.

Lizzie Ann Bluecrab John, please send me an e-mail address so I can send it to you too!

Am hoping to have time to install my new radar and autopilot on Captain's Choice before the big weekend but we'll have to see if the spare time gods favor me!

Looking forward to it..

Charlie
 
John Bluecrab Lizzie Ann, the e-mail I sent bounced back with a permanant error (whatever that is). Your address is hidden on the C-Brat Site but the copy that came to me at my yahoo account had the following address for you:

jseidel2@washcoll.edu

Please send me a correct one and I'll shoot you the spreadsheet too.

Charlie
 
re: The Christening.
I have a bottle of gentle christening agent, complete with a lacy sock to swing it from the bowsprit. Will bring same.

re: The Happening.
Our plans have changed a little. Will be launching at Solomons, and cruising to Cod Creek from there, on Friday, early pm. Wouldn't mind tagging along, if others are passing that area.
Duane,
Plan B
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No No Duane. One doesn't hit the boat with the bottle. :crook Only ships get that treatment! One gently pours a little bubbly on the bow, puts a sprig of greenery on it and then shares the bottle with all. :cocktail :cocktail I have the procedure and we'll elect a padre when we get together. Or whoever brings the best bubbly can get the nod! :lol:

See you on Friday PM.

Charlie
 
For you folks coming to Cod Creek this weekend, please check your regular e-mail for latest info - Sent copies of tide tables for Thursday-Sunday and current NOAA Wx forecast. Looks very good! :lol: :lol: Will update the Wx just prior to my departure for the boat on Thursday. Please drive/sail safely on the way!

Charlie
 
Good news, bad news. On the good side :thup , we finally have the Lizzie Ann in the water and rigged. What a terrific boat!

Bad news :thdown is that we can't make this weekend's event. We had hoped to have my father-in-law moved by the middle of this week, but delays mean that we have to do it this weekend. Can't put it off since his old house is sold and closing is next week.

I'm pretty depressed about not being able to join the group. We'd looked forward to meeting all of you and to breaking in the new boat. But family has to come first. I hope this weekend's get together will be the first of many, and that we'll be able to make the next one.

Have a great time - we'll be thinking of you!

John
 
John--
Congratulations on getting the boat in the water. Roger on family comes first. Hope to see you soon, one way or t'other. We're getting packed up tonight, Snowdon's all fueled up, and we plan to run down early tomorrow morning (Saturday). Hope things go smoothly with your move, and we'll let you know how the get together went. Lisa says hi. Bruce and Jane.
 
Hope all you top right handers have a really great week-end with smooth sailing and lots of good times.
Best wishes from the upper left edge, Tim
 
Hello All,
Sorry to have missed the cruise, but a trailer wheel bearing failure stopped us in our tracks after only 150 miles. We spent all of wednesday and most of thursday making repairs. But alas, the hub was too far gone to attempt another 1800 miles; and the brake system is toasted also.

We diverted to the nearest water, and ended up in Barkley Lake, KY. We're still waiting for that phone call announcing the arrival of grandbaby #5.

Hope to see some pictures soon!

Duane,
Plan B
 
Duane, we missed you. Had only 3 boats, Capt's Choice, Otter and Snowdon but had a great time. I've got lots of Pix as does Otter that we'll post shortly.

Bill or Mike, would you set up an album for us to use? More later after I unpack and eat.

Charlie
 
Charlie and Sally have a GREAT spot on Cod Creek - a 2 1/2 acre wooded lot (some of the wood horizontal after Hurricane Isabel, but plenty left standing). Idyllic is the word that comes to mind. We were incredibly well hosted, with lots and lots to eat and drink, a beautiful pier to tie up to, and great weather. We spent more time hanging around the table than actually cruising, as it blew 20 through Saturday night and Sunday morning and the lower Potomac was pretty choppy. Bruce and Jane got all the cruising they wanted coming to and from
Annapolis I am sure! Kathy and the girls were happy just paddling the kayak around the creek and swimming from a beautiful sandy beach just on the other side from Charlie's lot. We brought along Piper the lab and Zoe the 4-mo.-old belgian malinois. Zoe and Andy (Charlie and Sally's dog) tussled and played every waking hour. Our girls slept like rocks on the Otter despite some pitching during the night. It was simply a great time. Many thanks to Charlie and Sally. Hope we can do it again soon!
 
Just back from Charlie and Sally's after the first edition of the Chesapeake Chapter's June barge-in. Have conclusively proved that C-Dories float on a thin layer of sweat, produced when the captain realizes that red right returning has a reason for being taught in basic boating 101. Moreover, have proved that new 20 gallon tanks are a good buy (Thanks, Tyboo!), in spite of my starboard thank having taken on a pregnant profile, swelling mightily in the two months it's lived in Snowdon so far--I think it now holds 40 gallons, easy. I plan to copy Charlie's installation of a two-step ladder for graceful entrances to the cockpit, and am mightily jealous of GPS chartplotters, now.
In other news, it turns out you eat mighty well when you visit in Virginia on Cod Creek--again, thanks a million, C. and S. Plus, you get to talk about stuff ranging from Kubota tractors to dye chemistry.
Add Tom, Cathy, and the small fry crew of Otter, and the horizon of learning becomes limitless. Now, for instance, I have learned that I really do want to be a gnat! Who knew?
For those of y'all on the mighty, mighty Left Coast--come East, I say. What we no longer have in succulent shellfish on the Bay, we have compensated for in hospitality!
In yet other news--when you plan to cross the mouth of the Potomac in a wind which opposes the tide, bring a pillow to sit on, and ear plugs, to block out the groans of the crew, as well as your own. It does get a mite bouncy.
And finally--there is no finer way to eat lunch than bobbing on the perimeter of the Chesapeake ship channel on a clear Sunday in June, across from Tilghman Island, watching the ships heading toward Baltimore. Come visit.
Fondly, the crew of Snowdon.
 
It's good to hear that 2 East Coast C-Dory gatherings on the same weekend went so well.

I hope we can make your next gathering. We loved cruising from Delaware to Baltimore, and are looking forward to cruising further south, some fall.

Maybe in the future there could be a gathering between the Chesapeake and New England, that would get more boats.

Rick & Carol from Maine
 
Rick, thanks for the fine words! Glad you had a good time too. I've got a place in Maine, up in Roque Bluffs near Machias NE of Bar Harbor, waaaaay up there. 70 miles from Canada.... Haven't had the boat up there yet but it's possible. Come South and see us!

Charlie
 
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