C-Brat "Bucket List"

This isn't exactly and exotic destination as some have posted but as a kid I fell in love with the Little Pee Dee River in Nichols SC. We use to cross it in the early 60's going from Wilmington NC to Jax FL. We made this trip at least once a month and every time we crossed the beautiful little river I use to tell my self someday I'm gonna take a canoe trip down that river I was 12 years old at the time (50 years ago). It's beautiful black water with overhanging oaks filled with spanish moss. I think El and Bill did a little of the Great Pee Dee. Maybe next year...
 
Several weeks on Kluane Lake in the Yukon Terrirory exploring and fishing for those giant lake trout would be great.
We drive past that lake all the time, and will again next weekend, but have never been on it.

The trip down the Yukon R. from Whitehorse to the ocean would be awesome. But then how to get the C-dory back home??

Thataway.......don't forget to stop and visit some of us Alaska C-Brats when you come back to Alaska.
I have sewer/water/30 amp. for one RV. Price is right.
 
We are working on our list. Cruise Southern Caribbean-cruise ship; do small loop- Gulf Breeze to Jacksonville, Fl and back, go up Teen-Tom to Knoxville and Nashville. Drive Alaska.
 
My goal is to try to visit every C-Brat gathering from one coast to the other and any where inbetween. I figure that in a couple of years I will have my tow rig built and will be able to start this journey.
 
Continue our exploration of Prince William Sound. After 2 seasons, about 80 days on the water, and somewhere around 60 nights on anchor, I figure we’ve seen about 15%; we try to visit a new place each time.

Other than that:

The Inside passage
Kodiak Island group
Costal area between Seward and Homer
A C-Brat gathering someday
 
I guess I'm a bit different, but I'm not anxious to travel all over in my C-Dory.

Or sail the South Pacific in a sailboat, etc.

Where I'm at, it isn't the thing that excites or interests me, but rather I get all brightened up about new ideas, instead of places.

I'd gladly give the last 5-10 years of of my life (they usually aren't that exciting anyway) to be able to visit our planet 50 or 100 years into the future and see what we've learned about...

the cosmos, time, matter, and whatever follows

the Earth's survival under man's stewardship

the progress of biological knowledge and medical practice

the developing history between nations with the great changes being brought about by economic forces, particularly the plight of the U.S.

the changes in thinking within religion and philosophy

I guess this is kinda "off topic", but my bucket list would be a lot more exciting finding out about those things than going here and there.

Too bad it isn't possible!

OK, I'll go back and stand in the corner now.

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
breausaw":30ih9s8r said:
Continue our exploration of Prince William Sound. After 2 seasons, about 80 days on the water, and somewhere around 60 nights on anchor, I figure we’ve seen about 15%; we try to visit a new place each time.

Other than that:

The Inside passage
Kodiak Island group
Costal area between Seward and Homer
A C-Brat gathering someday
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Would be willing to help you out on that last item. If you or any other of your fellow Alaskans would set up a gathering this coming summer on the Sound we would attend baring the unforeseen.

Sure have enjoyed looking through your photo album. Great photo's of beautiful area and very fortunate family.

Jay
 
Joe
Interesting list you made up. After reading it I feel compelled to change mine. Sure hope we have not reduced this planet into a giant slag pile in 50,-100 years
Chuck
Bootleg Hooch
 
Joe: Any predictions as to the type of fuel in fifty years?

My Shortlist: Cruise the John Day River at least once this winter with snow on the ground. Get up to the lakes around Mt. Hood next summer for crawdad fishing! Not real lofty but, I think I can get it done.
 
ramos said:
"Get up to the lakes around Mt. Hood"
Beautiful lakes there. Trillium, would love to see a photo of a C-dory from the dam with the mountain in the background. there are some nice likes up there, and there are more on to the south. All worth a trip with the 16. Enjoy.

As for my list. Short.

Broken Group
Broughtons
Inside Passage
and somewhere with warm clear water and some of Jim's FD dolphins.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
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I'm trying...I'm trying.
My bucked list is pretty simple right now. I've had to cancel two trips (NC and Fla) gatherings to look at and for boats. No fault just my wife's health. The first item on the list is to find a decent boat that I can afford (C22, Ranger EC21, even considering a Nimble Nomad), located near enough that I can cover it in a day's drive (don't want to leave her at home overnight) and one that I won't have to rebuild to use. The second item is to hook her up and drive to NC, Holden Beach, put her in the water and cruise up and down the ICW with the love of my life abd my wife of almost 33 years.
Sounds simple, doesn't it? It isn't...
Gotta say that Marc at Wefing's has been great in trying to help me and I thought we had a solution...so,
If it was raining gold dust, undoubtedly I'd have a fork.
:cry:
 
Just to bring this back to the surface....

For me ... to Live is to Dream.

I just can't get beyond the idea of Cuba being a really fantastic C-Dory Adventure for a couple months; Dreamer that I am.

So far, there are no changes in the US policy regarding visitation to Cuba,
but I'll bet a buck there will be some changes before the end of this Administration.

Any updates to Your "bucket list?"

Best,
Casey
 
Don't miss the Hudson River and the Lake Champlain Canal. Lake Champlain is the finest body of water in the world! There are limitless spots to tuck into and set the hook for the night or even a week! Can't be beat and the fishin' ain't too bad either!
 
Although Cuba is a great destination, I think that a C Dory would not be an ideal boat. The North Coast during the Winter is subject to the Northers in the Gulf. Thus you have some really rough weather. Cuba is not set up for re-fueling or entering boats at many ports. Probably the best trip is around the South side--no northers, and the trades are not strong there, so that the seas are relitatively calm. The probelm again is the lack of fuel--and relitatively short range of the C Dory. A diesel trawler or Sailboat would make a lot more sense.
 
So many places that I will need to preposition boats and drop in by helicopter

North Channel
Les Cheneaux
Grand Traverse
Green Bay
Upper Mississippi
St. Croix River
All of the PNW
Tahoe
Thousand Islands
Canadian Maritimes
Champlain
Canadian Canals
Superior
Lake of the Woods
Lake Michigan
 
tparrent":3sgp2vzb said:
So many places that I will need to preposition boats and drop in by helicopter

North Channel
Les Cheneaux
Grand Traverse
Green Bay
Upper Mississippi
St. Croix River
All of the PNW
Tahoe
Thousand Islands
Canadian Maritimes
Champlain
Canadian Canals
Superior
Lake of the Woods
Lake Michigan
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OR... one boat and leave the rat race. What's that old sailing saying... oh yeah: it isn't the destination, it's the journey. 8)
 
I'm trying to see how to ship Journey On to Europe and spend a year or 2 running through the European canals.

The problem I have is that Journey On is 8' 6' wide, and so is the outside on a container.

Boris
 
There are pictures on the boston whaler site of a guy that took a whaler walkaround cabin boat and built a special rack that fit it into a container diagonally. Worked pretty slick.
 
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