Thought I'd share that I picked up my boat from the barge last evening and towed it to a co-workers lot. My grandson, whom I'm watching while his folks are out of town, helped me. But he's not even three so I'm counting this as my first solo adventure. It was an adventure because when my friend described the turn to the lot she forgot to use the phrase 'wildly overgrown wilderness track!' Otherwise I might not have missed it which necessitated a more than three point turn in the next neighbor's driveway to get turned back around! But I did it.
After unhooking, my grandson and I messed around a bit looking it over, learning what a 'hatch' is and how to open and shut it. We will work on not pulling kill switch cords at a later date. We practiced napping in the vee berth to see if we thought we could camp comfortably. The verdict was 'yes.' His favorite part was the porta potty which is what I remember from a really old Bayliner we had once. My youngest son had to pee at least 20 times per fishing trip, but only in the porta potty. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this must be a male fascination.
It took quite awhile to pick it up because the man at the barge was so excited about my little boat. He said he'd been waiting to see who'd come get it and that he had looked all through it. He and the others had noted the 2008 engine, but also the pristine condition of everything, so they'd been running scenarios on where it might have been, how it stayed so nice, etc. We talked a long time. He had already looked up C-dory and knew they'd been bought by SeaSport; he'd read a lot about how they're built and the changes through the years; he'd even looked for CD 16's online to buy! I think we have a convert!
I posted a couple of pics in my album and have a question: how can I delete one of them? I accidentally uploaded a shot of Hudson's infected foot! Yuck! I see that delete is one of the "photo actions" but it won't let me actually do it. If it takes an admin, then someone please get rid of that! I was uploading from my phone and just couldn't see that small, I guess.
Looking around the boat I really realized that there was nothing that came with it but the engine. I need to buy all the required safety gear (I could borrow it from my other boat, but I'll sell it with so I'd rather get Lil Bit her own new stuff) and lines and fenders...and a drain plug...before I put her in the water. Sigh. A few more days and we'll go for a real adventure!
Jackie
After unhooking, my grandson and I messed around a bit looking it over, learning what a 'hatch' is and how to open and shut it. We will work on not pulling kill switch cords at a later date. We practiced napping in the vee berth to see if we thought we could camp comfortably. The verdict was 'yes.' His favorite part was the porta potty which is what I remember from a really old Bayliner we had once. My youngest son had to pee at least 20 times per fishing trip, but only in the porta potty. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this must be a male fascination.
It took quite awhile to pick it up because the man at the barge was so excited about my little boat. He said he'd been waiting to see who'd come get it and that he had looked all through it. He and the others had noted the 2008 engine, but also the pristine condition of everything, so they'd been running scenarios on where it might have been, how it stayed so nice, etc. We talked a long time. He had already looked up C-dory and knew they'd been bought by SeaSport; he'd read a lot about how they're built and the changes through the years; he'd even looked for CD 16's online to buy! I think we have a convert!
I posted a couple of pics in my album and have a question: how can I delete one of them? I accidentally uploaded a shot of Hudson's infected foot! Yuck! I see that delete is one of the "photo actions" but it won't let me actually do it. If it takes an admin, then someone please get rid of that! I was uploading from my phone and just couldn't see that small, I guess.
Looking around the boat I really realized that there was nothing that came with it but the engine. I need to buy all the required safety gear (I could borrow it from my other boat, but I'll sell it with so I'd rather get Lil Bit her own new stuff) and lines and fenders...and a drain plug...before I put her in the water. Sigh. A few more days and we'll go for a real adventure!
Jackie
