07/24 - 07/26 - Ladysmith, BC

Incredible gathering. Ranks right up there with the "Best of Canadian eh". Kudos to Dorothy & Bill, the main organizers. More kudos to Rhonda & Blake who personally sponsored and supplied a fantastic breakfast, and followed up with the C-Brat Chowder at the pot-luck, (this year I beat Pat to the trough, hee hee). Everyone was raving about the success of the gathering. So the big question is, who is going to host the Canadian gathering in 2016 ???

After Ladysmith, Anytime Baby (Larry/Liz), C-Cup (Brett), Nomad (Martin/Andrea), and About Time (sail boat friends of Nomad) arrived at Lund, the gateway to Desolation Sound. C-Fury (Blake), Sleepy C (Harvey), and C-Dancer (Caryn/Peter) arrived the next day, meeting up with the first group at Cortez Bay. Then Followed a night at Roscoe Bay and Melanie Cove. When at anchor, the C-Dory's rafted up and drew many admiring comments from passing boaters. Thursday morning saw C-Cup head for Chatterbox Falls and Nomad head for Comox. For those interested in distance/time, Nomad covered the distance from Melanie Cove to Comox in under 3 hours, and we are a heavy loaded boat!
The remaining boats are staying on in Desolation for another couple of days and arriving in Comox on Saturday for the annual "Comox Nautical Days" weekend party.

Martin.
 
Our C-Brat shipmates did a terrific job at Ladysmith! :thup :thup

The docks, wash rooms and showers were clean and modern. The entire facility was excellent :thup :thup

We had a great time. Thank you for the good job you all did :thup :thup

Ruth and Joe, C-Brats #22
R-MATEY
 
We also had a terrific time. Met lots of new people and saw a bit of Ladysmith (including maybe too much of the Old Town Bakery and their cinnamon rolls).

One more item: during the boat tours several people wanted to know where I got my 1/2" split cable sheathing I used on my solar panel wires. I got it from CableTiesAndMore.com and it's called Braided Sheathing.
 
Dorothy and Bill, Blake and Rhonda What a great job you all did. This was a great gathering. Sorry to take so long to reply but I have been on the hook much of the time and out of cell, i-net and text service. Currently I'm in brown's Bay Marina just a shade North of Campbell River. Seymour Narrows for tomorrow. The navigation has been a kick, tides, currents, depths and even water supply. Loving my C-Dory.

Really enjoyed sharing time with the group at Ladysmith and then with the small groups after, too. Thanks to all.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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Well alrighty then..... Liz and I just got home yesterday, had a great time. We want to thank everyone for a great gathering in Ladysmith , great location , great turnout , great food , great friends . Thanks to Bill and Dorothy , well done , how does anyone top it ? And a big thanks to all boat crews that helped make the cruise after the gathering , so much fun . Nomad , C Cup , C Fury , Sleepy C , C Dancer , and About Time ....... Thanks again to all.
 
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