Damn Drool

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The curse of C-Dory ownership, cleaning up drool. I went down to the marina yesterday to get something from the boat and there was a construction crew standing there gawking & drooling on my boat. I gave them the tour as they peppered me with questions, eventually they went back to work on the floating home remodel they were working on.

the burden we carry
 
That happened to us over at the Gathering at Yellowstone. A couple from Powell, WY who have large boat, maybe 36 to 40 ft, moored there came by to talk about our 16 cruiser. I thought that was interesting, as that is quite a contrast. And the season at Yellowstone is very short, only about 3 months. They were saying that when they take it home, and Yellowstone is the only place they use it, it is a permit load. On the trailer it is 14 ft. 2 in high and they have to get the state to stop traffic, so they can tow through the center of a tunnel that is between the park and Powell. Looks like a lot of work for a short season.
There is another downside to having a 16. Women often come by and remark what a "cute" boat it is. I vehemently deny that it is cute but instead it is practical, and that I would never own a "cute" boat. Alas, thus far it has been to no avail. Anybody have a solution to this one?
Jack, owner of a boat that is not "cute"
 
maybe if we painted the boats flat black.
maybe if I build a flybridge out of old pallets.
maybe I could get one of those decal wraps and make the boat look like a derelict brand X boat.
naw
It's just a burden we must bare

We did catch a few fish this month, but, no white meat, I'm running low on halibut and rock fish & they just aren't biting here on the river damn it.
 
We had one 34 foot express cruiser, corner us at Dangling Rope, and asked a lot of questions. A day later we saw the same boat on the San Juan Arm, and then chased us down for a tour of the boat. I would not be surprised to see them become C Brats before long.

We had several folks, including 2 couples on PWC's come to the beach where we were "holding the fort" for the gathering, and ask about the boats. You will get used to it at some point….as long as the looky loos don't cause an accident!
 
bridma":a9mputeo said:
Stop at the gas station to fuel up under cover of darkness. Not during the day or you will never get away!
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Martin,, Not really a guarantee. I stopped at a almost local Chevron, about 3:30 in the morning, a couple years back to fuel on my way to Port Townsend for a weekend on the water.

The station attendant who was out cleaning the pumps, did the deed, up to and including checking it out on the inside, "....Oh man, you can sleep in here and eat!"

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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They do look right.
We've had folks on large boats give us charity meals. Once we got to eat dinner twice in a row (ours + theirs) without having to get up.
Last month at Stewart Island while giving a young couple with a C-Dory 16 the grand tour she saw the galley and said "Oh, real food!"
 
Two (somewhat) similar stories:

In 2013, while touring SE Alaska, after learning we were not fishing due to our inexperience and the cost of out-of-state fishing licenses MANY folks gave us salmon/halibut/crab .... Hmmm, never thought about it but maybe those were "chairity meals!" Whatever ... they were delicious!

In about 2007 I was trailering "Naknek" from Florida back to Arizona. While fueling the truck at a truck stop in Mississippi, I could hear the two guy's in an old pickup talk admiringly about the CD22. The passenger asked what "...that thing on top of the cabin was...." (Naknek had radar.) The driver told his friend: "...that's one of those fancy TV antenna's. With that antenna you can watch any TV program in the World!"

Best,
Casey&Mary
(back at home in The Villages)
 
I must say with a little planning you can have "real food" on a 16 cruiser. Maybe not as many consecutive days as the larger boats, but it can work. We bought a butane single burner stove (West Marine) that fits on the cabin table. We also have a Magma grill that we kept from the 22, and I modified to fit in a rod holder socket, and we have an Coleman electric cooler that fits just fine in the cockpit. All that combined with the box of cooking equipment we kept from the 22 serves us well. We also have a small table from LL Bean that folds into a very compact package. None of this would work if it was not for the under bunk storage in the cuddy. But we can keep all of the above (minus the cooler), plus charcoal, can crusher, trash can, spare prop, and a 3 gallon fuel tank under there. I did build a simple retainer rack to keep the items stored on the sides from sliding to the center and jamming everything up. In addition we opened up the port-a-potty slot so we could use the full size Thetford. All in all, this setup has served us well.
On another note, if Bob Austin is watching this conversation, I took your advice and went down to a 9 pitch prop (50 hp Honda) before going to Yellowstone Lake (7800 ft elevation), and it worked very well. I was able to run 15 mph at 5,000 RPM and still had more throttle left. Thanks, Bob.
Jack with a practical, not "cute" boat
 
Casey":22jqhv8j said:
Two (somewhat) similar stories:

In 2013, while touring SE Alaska, after learning we were not fishing due to our inexperience and the cost of out-of-state fishing licenses MANY folks gave us salmon/halibut/crab .... Hmmm, never thought about it but maybe those were "chairity meals!" Whatever ... they were delicious!

In about 2007 I was trailering "Naknek" from Florida back to Arizona. While fueling the truck at a truck stop in Mississippi, I could hear the two guy's in an old pickup talk admiringly about the CD22. The passenger asked what "...that thing on top of the cabin was...." (Naknek had radar.) The driver told his friend: "...that's one of those fancy TV antenna's. With that antenna you can watch any TV program in the World!"

Best,

Casey&Mary
(back at home in The Villages)
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LOL. Had a twenty something lady looking at our brand new Garmin HD RADAR dome. When she asked what it was I proudly said "RADAR!"
She looked disappointed and said she thought it was for TV or something cool.
 
Maybe if you took off your C-Dory decals and slap some of these on:

http://greatlakesskipper.com/bayliner-2 ... ecals-pair

Or, you could move to Alaska and keep your boat in a commercial harbor. Then the admiration of your harbor mates manifests as the simple absence of anyone laughing at you, or taking bets on channel 69 over how long you'll last when they see your little 22 footer going out in some weather. Once in awhile you'll get an approving nod from a wheelhouse, and on the rare occasion someone actually wants to talk about your boat, you'll just get their story on how they came to learn that C-Dories are legit, and then they'll tell you that you bought the right boat.

On the other hand, I live in the rainiest place on earth (even worse than you Seattle folks) and when my bilge pumps aren't quite working (when could that ever happen) I do get laughed at for having to walk the floats to pump my boat out. "Too bad that nice boat of yours is a bathtub" I was heckled the other day by the captain of a nearby gillnetter leaning out his cabin door with a warm cup of something in his hands, deck clear of water, and scuppers dripping nicely.

The only downside I have ever resented is the sometimes treacherous fall walks in a gale to flip a switch that should come on automatically. But that is more a beef with Rule than with my C-Dory.
 
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