How do ya tell if you're a Real C-Brat?

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Rick from Maine

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Mike’s “Dumb Move” post got me to thinking, which is a rare and dangerous event. How can you tell if you’re a Real C-Brat? I suspect that our Real C-Brats can quickly come up with the criteria. This should be in the form of a Quiz. You know, like in magazines, where you answer questions and if you get a score of 7 or more, you’ve got ….. ( fill in the blank).

So, I thought I’d start out some sample questions to determine if you’re a Real C-Brat. If you answer Yes to 70% of the questions, then you’re a Real C-Brat. By using a % vice number of Yes’s, we can add additional criteria as we blunder our way thru our C-Brat lives ( we’re not limited to 7 out of 10 Questions).

Here’s the start; you C-Brats add more:

1. Have you fallen off your Boat? ( if you’ve done it while on the trailer, that counts as 2 Yes’s)
2. Have you launched without the Plug?
3. Have you launched with the Tie Down still on? ( or the SENSEI corollary: Trailered without the Tie Down?)
4. Have you knocked a Sledge Hammer on your Toe? ( thanks, Mike, I wouldn’t have thought of that cuz I haven’t done it yet)

Yes, given the list above, I qualify as a Real C-Brat. How about adding some additional qualifiers?

Rick from Maine
 
Oops. I forgot that many Real C-Brats don’t make the goofs I’ve made, and they need to qualify, too. Obviously, our more competent C-Brats can contribute Positive ways to verify Real C-Brat distinction. For example:

Have you seen awe inspiring Sun rises or sets while sipping a favorite beverage in your C-Dory? ( You get 2 Yes’s if it was Red Cat wine)

Have you attended a C-Dory gathering? ( You get 1 Yes for each State/Province in which you’ve attended a gathering)

Rick from Maine
 
I would think that if you answered no to most of those questions then you would be a "real C-Brat". My logic is two-fold
1) You spend enough time at the site to learn from all the mistakes of others and
2) With all that web surfing, you hardly have time to make your own mistakes..... :lol:

Roger on the SeaDNA
 
Hmmmmm, lets see !!!
1) when you go online, is C-Brats the first stop ?
2) do you have C-Brats Online as you home page ?
3) do you have all posting notifications sent to your E-Mail ?
4) do you proudly display your C-Brat sticker on your boat or tow rig ?
 
Do you have your C-Brats hat or jacket or sweatshirt that's become your favorite piece of clothing?

Several yeses here to the forgot the plug question...first time Steve went crabbing with my son and I in my Duck, Steve had to dive to the back of the boat and insert the plug as we were sitting at the dock (that was one VERY cold morning at Yaquina), but we didn't learn...the first time we were getting ready to launch the CatyMae, I had him pull it back out of the water before the launch so I could put in the plug! :oops:
 
I think the answer is in the question.

How do you know if you're a C-Brat? If you have to ask...you're not.

:mrgreen:
 
Ex-squeeze me? Left Coasters get yes x 2 if it was a Snoqualmie beer!!!!


Rick from Maine":2un7816i said:
Have you seen awe inspiring Sun rises or sets while sipping a favorite beverage in your C-Dory? ( You get 2 Yes’s if it was Red Cat wine)

Rick from Maine
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I would say that in addition to the above, if you go on vacation and high on your list of things to do is go to the harbor to see if you can spot some C-dorys...old missions? historic cannery row? heck with that I wanna go see if there's C-Dorys to spot :)
If you about get whiplash when a C-D passes you on the freeway
If you have ever gone faster than a fast walk to intercept a C-D owner at a boat ramp
If you've ever spent more than a few polite minutes discussing the joys of C-D ownership with a stranger at a ramp or parking lot
 
lloyds":2uzmhpoq said:
If you no longer carry your raingear you must be a C-Brat. :lol:
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A........MEN!

Steve still talks about my dedication to fishing...he recalls being in the open sled, rain pouring off my hood and I don't care! I'm just happy to be out there fishing -- but NOW, it's sooooo nice to be nice and cozy in the nice dry cabin...ooooooyeah!
 
You might be a C-Brat if...

...you answer to your boat's name.

...you know the origin of the boat name Bambina.

...you listen up if you hear someone say, "Les says..."

...you know Dusty, either personally or virtually. (And now, if you know Brydman!)

...you have made valuable, rewarding and lasting friendships on the docks at a CBGT.
 
If you bought a C-Dory before you fished out of one...
If you have to answer to a stranger who says, "Cute boat... or Salty Boat, or Nice Boat..."
If you have taken perfect strangers fishing and they have plans on owning a C-Dory before you make it back to the dock...
If people driving by stop in the middle of the road to talk to you about your boat...
If you know who's radome is rumored to have harbored stow aways...
If you name your dog Captain anything....
If you have enjoyed a breakfast on the hook while Springer fishing in Cathlamette and had a friend in a C-Dory rafted up for breakfast...
If you know folks by more than 1 name and the one you know them by isn't their real name...
 
:mrgreen:
If you remember the boat's name..but have to sift thru the C-Dory photo album to recall the owners name.

You get a "yes" point for each one you have owned...(That way I can tell my wife Sherryl that I am truly making an accomplishment when I get one...or another one... :oops:

If you have to explain to locals why you went "way up there..." to just buy a boat...

If you say "Your Damn Skippy I am flying across the continent to meet some other boat owners"....

You understand that towing your boat over 500 miles each way is perfectly normal behavior for a weekend boating get together with friends
 
You know you are a C-Brat if...

Perfect strangers in Utah from Alaska knock on your door just to ask where you obtained your "rocket launcher" pole holders.

Don't laugh... happened last week. I invited them to join the site. They said they owned a 95 CD 22'... nice folk.
 
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