How Many Days per Year Spent on Your C Dory?

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RichardW

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I was just wandering as I was looking through my log for 08, how many days C Brats spend on their boats in a year. To my surprise, I discovered that we have spent 61 days so far; about 90% were sleep-aboard. When I retire, maybe we will just live on our CD.

Spent 4 days last week enjoying the Fall colors on Lake Guntersville

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Just curious...........

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That is an impressive number!

Though not precisely the topic I fired up my chartplotter on the last day to note the total miles we cruised this year: 854 nautical miles. That is almost the distance from Boston to St. George's Bermuda. Not too bad! Hopefully that number will increase next season.
 
We spent 6 weeks on our boat this summer traveling from Coeymans New York and stopping for the winter in Mackinaw City Michigan.
Three weeks with 5 people on the boat, did great! 1000 miles on our log this summer.
Eric
 
Richard,

Before we were actually able to use our C-Dory, we were convinced we could stay on it at least four to six weeks at a time. Naturally, we knew many naysayers -- who were dead wrong. Last spring we lived on the boat for six weeks in the Florida Panhandle and the Keys and loved every minute of it. Pesky appointments brought us home, or we might still be there.

We just got home from living on the boat for three months in the Oakland Estuary. Unfortunately, 2-1/2 of those months were spent finishing my son's attic in Berkeley -- mostly 7 days a week. But living on the boat was great -- way beyond doable. Again, it was those pesky appointments that brought us home.

Future trips will be devoted to a lot more boating, and we hope to get out of the marinas and onto the hook more. We had hoped to spend most of the winter and spring in Florida living on this great boat, but Nancy is going to get both knees replaced. :( She is determined not to let it interfere for too long, but we will have to see how it goes.

If all goes well, the coming year will bring Florida, a couple of Arkansas lakes, Gig Harbor (brother), and San Francisco Bay. If we can work Powell into the fall we'll do that too, but it may have to wait until next year.

If we are lucky, it may just happen that we live on the boat more than in the house. :D In the past 6 months we have lived on the boat over 130
days. :D

Regards to all,

Greg
 
Margaret, Dawson & I were very fortunate this year. We spend every friday night and saturday morning on Reef Madness. We also had a most excellent adventure to SE Alaska this summer. We launched at Blaine Wa on June 13th traveled 2363 nm and made it back to Blaine on August 26th. We have put a total of 487hrs on our motors and loved every minute of it. Dawson may have had a different impression but, Margaret & I will try that again soon.

Gene
 
We're a bit behind our 200+ days this year. :oops: Taking time to run someone else's boat this summer, then land traveling put a crimp in our time on Wild Blue for 2008. But, we'll be catching up in Nov and Dec.

When we were working, we did most weekends on our sailboats... it wasn't the number of days but the wonderful escape those days provided. Congrats to everyone who has GOOD days on their boats! :thup

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
Dont know how many days of fishing or over nighting or the ratio of the two but about 175 hours which is low for us. over night maybe 30 days total overnight and another 30 days of fishing crabbing and shrimpping. Been a slow year.
 
We have been overnighting on average 35 to 40 nights per year for the last 5 years (a year being calculated as mid April to mid October. According to the GPS I have covered a little more than 5000 miles in those 5 years. Motor wise I have about 470 hours on 2 different main engines and some number of hours on a 9.9 kicker. In the next couple of years I expect the number of nights to go up if the economy can see fit to no longer need my skills.
 
Other than two annual vacations, I spend Thursday and Friday nights on the water, on the hook most of the year, 3 weeks a month (one weekend to work around town).

Still, compared to all you "professionals" out there, that's only about 100 nites.

I do anchor out until the night time temps get to the teens - that is just too mean a cold tolerate for long on the water.

I'm anchored out now, under some cliffs on the North End of Grand Lake, OK, and, in spite of the many millions of dollars of huge boats around this 70 mile long lake with 1400 miles of shoreline, I have only seen one other boat out today. That was a dock construction boat with crane, etc..

I cannot thank the C-Dory ppl enough - the manufacturer and the C-Brats for helping me find this wonderful way to relax, think, and even work (mentally) in the most beautiful settings!

Did I mention - no jet skis?

John
 
John,

Meanwhile I am sitting at my desk looking at the snow come down wishing I was on the hook somewhere else looking at the snow come down. The inland waters in most of the US are empty in the winter. When I was growing up, we spent all year on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, and we had the place to ourselves. That is still almost true today. When I am no longer needed by the economy, I plan to spend parts of each winter in the southeastern US cruising the inland waters.
 
Down here in fla we can boat most of the year .In fact we have the best boating from Oct. - May . June - Sep. is Hurricane season and torrential rains in the afternoons. That somtimes puts off boating for a few days or so.
We try to get out every day we can .Even just a 1/2 hr . trip sets me in a better frame of mind , it sure beats a pschiatrist. Anyway those of you in cold country take your vacations in the winter and visit Fla.

Some Good trips are the Panhandle where Wefings is located and Dr. Bob lives. Also The S.W. part of Fla. from Sarasota down to Marco Isle. You never run out of places to go .From the Fla. keys to St. John's river system .Also the Fla. loop going from Ft. Myers through the Canals to the East coast down to the keys back up through Naples to Ft.Myers.

Take care Hope to see some of you Brats down here this winter Hopefully
will see Wild Blue this winter Jim on Jennykatz
 
Jennykatz, :sad
You're tearing my heart out :crook Here in the Pac N/W this time of year(When it's light enough) we stare dismally out the window at our boat moldering on the trailer, :cry push another patch down the AR, order some more FMJ from Cabella's :smilep and think about taking a trip to Florida.... :smileo :wink .......

:smiled Jack
 
We have had Halcyon for eight years. During that time we have traveled over 24,000 miles on her and have been living on the boat most of those years. The past two years has slowed down somewhat, with some med/dental stuff, so have still been aboard about a third of these years.

We have, also, during these last few slower years, been cruising on other boats (through Greek Islands) and in two weeks, the Red Sea. We're thinking of some boat time on the Rhine, Rhone, and Volga next spring.
 
mmitchell, :thup

I guess these brief bursts of sun are getting to me. :crook ...Bright and shiney for a few days, then cold and rainy again. Too cold and nasty to use the boat, or go to the range. :sad and those Southeaster's keep rubbing it in. :wink Oh well summer is comming.... :beer

:smiled Jack
 
OK, just brought the log book in the house and tallied. In 2008 (so far, it isn't over yet, but I am having a hard time getting Patty motivated for boating in rainy and / or cold conditions, let alone snow* like we did last year), we spent 33 nights on Daydream and 2 on Crabby Lou. Hey, 35 nights on the boat ain't bad for a couple who are still working!

*Departing for Andrews Bay on Lake Washington, 12/1/07.
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Wow!!!! Thanks to all who have responded........

I'm glad I asked the question and am impressed with the amount of time C Dory owners spend on their boats. Bill and El, of course, have a record that no one will ever approach but for the rest of us, it is clear to me that as a brand, the CD owners log a very high number of days on their boats.

Even though we will log over 70 days this year and are still working, we hope to log many more when we are retired. The Great Loop is our dream cruise.

Here are a few Fall images of the Tennessee taken last week when we were out for a few days taking in the wildlife and colors:

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This is what keeps us alive............
 
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