SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??

Today I finnished my windshield washer system install. My test was sat . I did not have any leakes and I also tided up the wiring. I also mounted my generator to the table that I had built just for it. Little buy little I am getting my prodgets complete. :)
 
Ok the Wall got put in today. Its in and the 5200 is drying. I started to put in the door but I found more rot and decided to replace it. Now I have to buy more marine ply. Susan wants me to replace it with a glass door like in the new boats. Does anyone know the size of the new glass doors??? If that is not cost effective then I was thinking of the sliding window for the new door. does anyone remember where I could get one of those? and how much? I remember that someone ordered a few of them. Any chance there is a non installed one sitting around somewhere?? This has set me back at least a week.

Mark thanks for the offer on the tools but Alex, my friend, has them all. What I could use is a space heater to warm up the garage enough to paint and glue the laminate.

We plan to cut the new door Tuesday and start the paint process. after that we move to the galley. I was holding off on the trim tabs but I might try and install those this week while waiting on paint to dry.

Glad to hear that I don't need to ground the fuel fills. I will have to drill out the holes a little larger but that's easy.
 
I went to the Vancouver Boat show today and presented my Northwest Passage talk, and visited with the guys from Port Boathouse. They had a sold CD 22 on the floor, and all the Ranger tugs and Cutwaters from Seattle. They had a busy booth with all the boats they had there. Michael tells me they wrote some boat sales during the show. Positive, upbeat feel to the show all around. Boats are selling as is equipment. Spring is imminent folks. Get ready to get out there. George
 
OK, today I (1) greased the hubs (!), (2) inflated the tires, (3) glued up the wine glass holder that David made, and (4) removed the cushions and cleaned the fiberglass surfaces of the vee-berth with dilute bleach solution. Maybe overdid it a bit for a guy with a broken heart, we will see what the consequences are tomorrow...
 
Pat, go give Patty a great big hug. That should help with some healing for that broken heart thing. :wink

And be careful.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
After all these years planning to do it, I finally got around to installing a momentary switch for the port wiper that the passenger can use and a momentary switch for the starboard wiper that the helmsman can activate with his foot. One touch (or kick) and the wiper makes one swipe and parks.

That, plus the pictures in the previous post are incredible!
 
Hauled the TC out of the garage today and took it to our local marina to get a bunch of work done. Finally got all the parts to fix the damage I did to the Trim/Tilt cylinders on the Suzi 115's with the hard rubber engine supports. Will also have larger hatches installed for access to the bilges at the aft end of the cockpit, have a macerator/y-valve installed for head pumpout (when in legal waters), have the fishbox/bilge pump overboards moved up about a foot and a bunch of little stuff that I just don't have time to do.

With 45mph winds, it was like towing a sailboat with the sails up! Not a fun trip but made it safely!!

Spring is coming, 67 here today and gardening has begun!

Charlie
 
Woke up this morning in Andrews Bay rafted to our neighbors (and friends) Garry and Vicki Anderson (no relation) in their Trophy Pro, it is dead calm and 70 degrees in the cabin with the Webasto control at about half way up. But what a day we had yesterday!

We had been planning a boating weekend with the other Andersons for weeks or possibly months (ask the social director, not me). We decided to launch at Don Armeni Boat Ramp in West Seattle and head to Gig Harbor for a couple of nights at Arabella's Landing. I knew the marine forecast was "iffy" for Saturday, but it was great for Sunday and Monday. So I was banking on it being on the low side of "iffy," as it frequently is! Well, on Harbor Avenue, you could say "surf's up"! We could tell there would be no way to launch there, and a trip to Gig Harbor (24 miles or so) would jar your fillings loose if you did, so we turned around and headed home.

Back in Fall City, we decided we did not want to waste the sunny weather, so we headed back to 40th Street (where we saw Dwight in Checkpoint II, and had a brief radio contact), and set our course for Andrews Bay. Just under the East Channel Bridge, Patty noticed no Baxter - we had forgotten the poor puppy in his crate in the truck! Shame on us! So we turned around an retrieved him, he was just sitting patiently there, he is such a good dog! So we are now back on our way to Andrews Bay.

Just past the Floating Bridge on the west side of Mercer Island, we get a text on Patty's BlackBerry that the other Andersons are dead in the water (they are still learing about VHF I guess), when we pull up Garry is trying to get the kicker started, but neither the big V8 nor the Merc kicker will go, he thinks it is some kind of vacuum lock in the gas tank. He is muttering things like "This is the end of the line for this sumbitch." Honestly, that boat has left him stranded more times than not over the 90 hours he has had it running.

So we slowly towed the Trophy Pro in to Andrews Bay, rafted up, dropped the hook and settled in. It was rocking and rolling all afternoon, but it settled down pretty well by bed time. We tried watching a moving ("The Usual Suspects") but we were too tired and it was too convoluted for tired people to follow.

So, here we are, with a dead Trophy Pro rafted to us, I think they will have to call Vessel Assist, but no point in doing that until tomorrow, we are going to squeeze all the fun out of these few sunny days we can! Peter and Caryn - look out your window, we are here!
 
We finally got around to moving C-weetness from the dry into her slip at Squalicum Harbor. Then I spent a couple of happy hours puttering around the boat. What a wonderful day in the PNW.
 
Hey Pat and Patty,

Sorry we missed you today. I was up at the boat all day and Caryn's visiting her mom and dad. But I'll swing by in the morning and give you a wave while I walk around the loop, that is if you're still around.
 
Peter, we walked the loop yesterday about 11 am and think we will probably do the same today. I will PM my cell number, give us a buzz when you are opposite us on the shore!

Jan came by on C-Change yesterday right around noon and we had a very pleasant afternoon! It did involve our introducing Jan to Bloody Caesars and his introducing us to one awesome Manhattan! The poo-poo platter was pretty good too!

Jan tried his hand at getting the other Andersons' kicker going, but to no avail. I talked to Capt. David on the phone, we may try a side tie tow back to 40th St., or they may just call Vessel Assist. Anyway, they know we are willing to give it a go - it is glassy calm here today, and so conditions are good. We shall see!
Jazzmanic":wru8yb23 said:
Hey Pat and Patty,

Sorry we missed you today. I was up at the boat all day and Caryn's visiting her mom and dad. But I'll swing by in the morning and give you a wave while I walk around the loop, that is if you're still around.
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Just a quick note to let Pat know that there is a MAJOR difference between a poo-poo platter (what you use to clean up after your dog) and a pupu platter (Hawaiian term for appetizer type foods). 8)
 
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