11/18 - Snohomish River Delta Cruise

timflan":os7ptjh6 said:
WFX is finally settling into something we can work with...
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The good thing about this cruise is that wind is a non-issue for us. (Although, if the wind is allowable, we'll probably at least cruise into the Port Gardner Bay so folks can view Everett Navy Base and its' ships that are in port).

I have sent my cell-phone number via PM to the folks that have signed up for this cruise. (I sent it to you also Tim even though you have not signed in on the "roster"). If any one else is planning to attend please sign up or notify me as I want to be sure that I have an adequate number of maps for each participating vessel.

Thanks,
Dave S.
 
Dave, we just signed up. Guess we will probably make it even if we have to ferry over to Mukilteo !! A river cruise like this will be a first for us.

Merv & Kathy
 
Drag out your copy of Apocalypse Now to bring yourself up to speed on this whole "river cruising" thing. There's nothing to it, really. Just never get out of the boat. Never get out of the boat. :-)

DaveS":3t55lj4q said:
I have sent my cell-phone number via PM to the folks that have signed up for this cruise. (I sent it to you also Tim even though you have not signed in on the "roster").
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Thanks! And hey, I didn't sign up for this one? Woops! I thought I had. Sorry about that.
 
Mr Buddy Heater mounted, 12 v adapter installed, cabin light installed, all done last weekend - today Crabby Lou boat name stickers put on boat and Johnson Outboard stickers put on motors, but most importantly, Patty finished sewing the new Alaska bulkhead, got the snaps on 'er and she's a beaut! I keep telling Patty she needs a Sailrite sewing machine, I have a LOT more projects for her!
 
By the way,
I've been wanting to put my DCS VHF radio through its paces. I'd love to try out station-to-station calls, station-to-group calls, and position request calls.

Anybody wanna play with radios during the cruise?

Two Lucky Fish's MMSI: 338031218
C-Brats' Group MMSI: 036697831
 
timflan":1lzwkbwp said:
Drag out your copy of Apocalypse Now to bring yourself up to speed on this whole "river cruising" thing. ...
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For those of you who enjoy great literature - Apocalypse Now was based on the Novel "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. Its one of his better works - of course my favorite is "Romance in the Shallows"- probably one of the finest works of any English writing author.

Cheers,
Tom
 
Merv: Thanks...got it!

Tom: My book club just read Heart of Darkness, so I have a copy handy.

Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. [...] The broadening waters flowed through a mob of wooded islands; you lost your way on that river as you would in a desert, and butted all day long against shoals, trying to find the channel, till you thought yourself bewitched and cut off for ever from everything you had known once—somewhere—far away—in another existence perhaps.

Brilliant.
 
Hi,
I'm hoping to get my boat in a week. Meanwhile, if anyone has room for a passenger on the river trip tomorrow I would love to join you.

Thanks, BaseCampAnne
 
When we were first married Dotty belonged to the Cornell Outing Club. Over the summer we got to borrow a canoe and keep it in river through our backyard on Floral Ave. (That basement apartment was advertized "with pool", actually a pool table separated from our kitchen by big bath towel.) We could explore all the way down to Lake Cayuga
as if we were in the Amazon. She would point out the blackberries on the bank and I would say "as you wish, mem saab". Later, in New Jersey, we'd put the whole family in the 17 foot Grumman and canoe up the Delaware Raritan Canal, from Trenton to Princeton and beyond, under some of the busiest roads in the world. It too became our Amazon. And so, today, the Snohomish.
 
What a nice Fall/Winter day cruise. Thank you Dave on Sea Shift for organizing the cruise. Complete with 8 pages of maps of the river and deltas that we cruised. Not a drop of rain in the sky, temp was in the mid 40's. No problem if you had a Wallas or in my and Pat A's case a Little Buddy on low. I even had my little one burner butane cooktop and did hot chocolate and soup in a cup along the way. Lots of informative comments by Dave along the way and some joking around. (Right Tom on Susan E.)
Ten boats, made up of 3 16's, 2 19's, and 5 22's. Plus BaseCampAnne ( I assume her name is Anne) who accompanied Dave on Sea Shift.
Lots of pictures were taken and I am sure an album will pop up shortly to absorb the pixels.
 
What David said! This was a very pleasant day cruise - and thank Heaven for the Lowell Dock and restroom (one last piece of essential equipment on Crabby Lou is - ahem - a little red bucket...). We were absolutely scumpo in the cabin with the brand new Alaska bulkhead Patty made and the Mr Heater Buddy, I think we would have been good even had it been considerably colder than it was. The City of Snohomish is missing a bet not having amenities on the water side for boating visitors. It sure would have been nice to be able to tie up there and walk around as a group, maybe a burger at Fred's Rivertown Tavern or something. My trip odometer registered 39 statute miles for this one, and I think we took just about 5 hours. A lot of leisurely cruising, a bit of booging, altogether another successful CBGT! Thanks, Dave!
 
Two Lucky Fish made it home in the dark without incident. It was a good experience for us to run from Everett to Edmonds as dusk turned to full dark.

Got all the instrument lighting adjusted. Tracked some targets on radar. Confirmed that unless there's a moon, there's not much chance of spotting logs in the water without a headlight of some kind. Verified that heading south, the radar overlay is about 20 degrees off from the actual heading...how the heck do I fix that?! It's not that far off heading north...it's just about right.

Also learned that it takes about twice as long to put the boat away in the dark as it does during the day. Don't know why, but we pulled into the marina at 17:30 and didn't get to the parking lot until an hour later. I just can't figure out where that hour went. Rinse the engine, run the electrical cord, pack up stuff, adjust the mooring lines, hose off the boat, coil the hose, lock the boat, and up to the car. That ain't an hour's wortha work!

Anyway, thanks Dave! Good trip. Kids had fun, although they were disappointed there was no place to get out and play with "that little girl on Luna C".
 
Thank to DaveS for organizing the Snohomish River cruise. We've been looking forward to doing this since you did the last one in 2004. Yes, we know that it's something we can always do by ourselves but so much more fun when we're sharing the adventure with a bunch of other C-Brats.

Weather was a tad cool, but NO rain, NO wind, NO fog! Just a great day.

It has been mentioned in the Everett Herald that the town of Snohomish is planning on installing a dock. Didn't see any evidence of new construction but we'd certainly use their dock if they had one! Just love exploring these rivers and sloughs.

Thanks again Dave :D

Ruth and Joe
R-MATEY
 
Thanks Dave, for all the organization, maps and leadership (hard to herd Brats !!).

This was our fist time "up the Swanee" and definitely a first to go off the end of the chart !! However, the sky did not fall and the earth must be round becasue we made it and I have another story with which to berate my company's software engineers.

Sorry we had to skip off at the end but we had a ferry to catch (which cost 2x the gas we used on the whole trip) and Two large German Shepherds to consider.

We were both amused to see just how many Brats gravitated to the Rosborough that docked in Everett. Just to satisfy Barry and those that do not already know, we bit the bullet and bought one. Not being terribly mobile, the crawling on hands and knees over the potty and into the bunk finally got to us, and we decided that if we are to satisfy our dreams of doing longer cruises up the inside passage and elswhere then we just plain needed more space and a bit more compfort. Given that, plus Kathy's Right Coast connections and my origins fron the SW coast of UK/ Wales, then a "lobsta bote" is what we always wanted. JUst like the CD's the Rosborough is first and foremost a utility boat with many possibilites for personalize and adapt.
Apparently "conception" is tomorrow as it goes into the mold. Delivery will be approx Feb.
Unfortunately, much as we would love to keep the Kingfisher, she will be up for sale fairly soon as a "Better than New" 2 year old with lots os "toys".

Hope you will still let us "lurk" here and even turn up now and again at CBGT's (we can carry more beer) as we would sorely miss all our Brat friends. Who knows, we may end up back here again.

Thanks again for a great trip Dave (could have done it in a Rosborough too !!)

Merv & Kathy.
 
What a great group and great leader in Dave! As a total newcomer, I was warmly welcomed by all, which is super! Ah, yes, looking at each other's boats, great fun, isn't it? I am used to cyclists and kayakers enjoying the same tradition, and the C-Dory has so many adaptations, etc. that I imagine scoping out each other's boats will always be fun.


Thanks to all and hopefully I will have my C-Dory the next time we gather.
Anne Cox, (aka BaseCampAnne)
 
It was a really great day. To see old friends, meet new ones, hear kids laughing on channel 68, passing the guys fishin' for sturgeon, lining up the three 16 footers, going a whole day on 6 gallons, seeing Crabby Lou's new decals and old '55 Plymouth stripe color, tracking off the charts and knowing any day surrounded by C-Brats on C-Dorys is a day to cherish. Thanks Dave. :love
 
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