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

Susan and I took the boat up to La connor and stayed at the Channal lodge for our 3rd aniversary for two days. We left on friday night and did not get in until almost 9 p.m. dont try this at home without g.p.s.and radar, in fact dont try it with it. we got lucky, again. Be careful of the sunk fishing boat in the right side of the channel just before the bridge. The Channel inn lodge is a really great place with fire places in the rooms and views over looking the water. They have breakfest in the morning and wine and cheese in the evening. Susan pulled her neck out the first moring so we did not take the boat out saturday. walking town is always fun. Like to see what new shops they are and new stuff in the old shops. Sure wish they had a movie theater in town. we ate dinner at the Palmes. really great food and service. Very clean with a veiw of the water. Sunday we headed home inthe boat and stopped to fish along the way. No fish but we did see grey whales at baby island. Watched then for over a hour. susan got to try here new camera out on them. All and all a good weekend.
 
Yeah, LaConner is a great place, Patty and I have spent our last two anniversaries there and have booked again this year. We like the Estep Residences. Year before last, we got the Waterfront Condo, and last year the Boat House. We prefer the Waterfront Condo, but it was already taken when I tried to book it in January for Labor Day, so we'll be at the Boat House again. The Boat House is the blue house that looks like a boat, it is pretty hard to miss if you look up! Both years we moored Daydream in Jack Estep's slip, which is the one where the famous tug Patrica Ann is moored. Gina Estep is a co-worker of mine at the City of Snoqualmie. This is September 2004, with the CD22 Daydream:

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El and Bill-

Here! Here!- Agreed!!!

Better looking lines than all the rest, and the best all around compromise in deisgn, function, operability, and affordability ever!

Joe.
 
El and Bill":3a4zx6ef said:
Pretty is in the eye of the beholder -- hard for us to conceive of ANY boat prettier than the CD-22!
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You're right (at least when it comes to MY CD-22 :wink: ). I was just thinking of the symmetry that the photo would have with the little tug next to the big one.... the PHOTO would be prettier, yeh, that's what I meant to say... :roll:
 
I have the older clasic angler and I believe that it is nicer looking than the new angler or cruiser. the bow is higher ,the side strakes are different and the cabin is set a little farther back.
two summers ago we had the Halcyon and the Sensei sitting on trailers in my barn side by side and there is a lot of difference looking at them head on
 
Roger-

I'd never noticed the higher bow, difference in side strakes,, and more aft position of the cabin. It also looks like there's more rocker in the boat (except for the flat bottom itself).

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Lynn Marie- 1997 Cruiser

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To me, the part that changes the look is the different shape of the overhanging visor. The older models had more up-tilt and it looks like the front windows were more vertical.
 
A great day of relaxing on the water. The water was great today, nice and calm, so I went out around Anacapa Island to the "gap" and spent the day drifting. Came home with some taco meat, SoCal style.
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Purty fish, Fishtales!

I couldn't afford to do anything to my C-Dory today because I put 111 gallons of gas in it. Whoa. Kay's gonna ground me. I still have to get a five gallon jug of kerosene, but I'll have to charge that.

I did finish up one dorky project that went through about five revisions. Plan F worked out pretty good. I can't say anything about it until I see if they make fun of me at Cathlamet. Kay said the first try looked like a "contraption". Kinda hurt my feelings, but I kept changing it until it looks almost like it fits. Wives and kids need the strangest things on a boat.
 
TyBoo":3rlfa8ep said:
I couldn't afford to do anything to my C-Dory today because I put 111 gallons of gas in it. Whoa. Kay's gonna ground me. .
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Look at it as an appreciating asset, Mike. You need to show her that you're practicing fiscal responsibility by getting it today rather than waiting 'till next week.

Fuel at the fuel dock down here today was $3.55/gallon IF you bought a minimum of 100 gallons.... :cry
 
6PM tonight, we hauled the CatyMae home from Sportcraft. Many kudos to Ryan and Jerry for working so hard to get her ready...they said they did the RWT (our very own water test) and she doesn't show any signs of having an interior waterline :thup

Next days will be riggin and getting her ready for our first water adventure. She sure is pretty :wink
 
WooHoo! I can't wait to see your happy faces on her.
I wish we had been able to get out fishing on my tub but at least you are almost free again!
I worked a ton of overtime... I may just sneak down the creek this weekend, you just never know.
If I do I may need to bring a pair of twin girls with me as the wife will be out of town.
They are pretty durn good lookin so please keep the camera pointed somewhere else to keep a lid on it.
 
Woo hoo CMnS!! See you up the creek from my house next weekend?

As for me, the boat is afloat. Everything looked fine when I dunked it to run the motors, so I just motored right on over to my slip. The big motor wasn't peeing much, so while I was cleaning the hose and fittings, I ran the kicker. It peed good when it started, but a couple minutes later I looked and it had no stream. Shut 'er off, finished the big feller and tried it out - works great. Then I cleaned out the junk in the little one and it works, too. Life is good.

Toward the end of last year, I completely lost my touch on getting into my slip for some reason. Blew my confidence, and then it really got bad. I also started having problems with the shift linkage and it would sometimes not shift all the way out of reverse after I hit the brakes. One of my lucky good docks last year, I kicked it into what I thought was neutral, jumped out onto the dock, and had to grab a cleat quick to keep the boat in sight. Bummer. People were watching. Anyhow, I adjusted the thing and today was the first test. It seemed to work lovely, so I scrapped my winter-long plan of doing a drive by at the pumpout dock for practice. Well, life is good. It was a near perfect landing in the slip.

Maybe tomorrow I will take a shakedown run on the river. Are the crabs still good?
 
I started to head over to port townsand to spend the night and halibut fish in the morning. well I got as far as the mukitio ferry lane and the wind came up in a big hurry. we , had the kid with me, battled the waves as they grew to 6 ft plus for 30 mins and only made it three miles. we whee droping off the back of waveslike wild e coyote off a cliff. Well that really sucked so we turned tale between rollers and headed back to everret. the wind just kept building so I tyed it to the everret guest dock and went home. I was plowing the top two ft off the on coming waves with the anchor. But you have to love the view,blue,green, blue, green, blue, green etc...it was a good day for a lesson for the kid. I did not get caught in the "got -to -itis" trap. thats when you go to get there, got to go, got to play, when you should go back. A lot of boaters and pilots get killed by this. Its just not worth it. i have been really looking forward to staying out with just me and the kid and fishing for halibut. i have spent untold riches on gear. I really wanted to go and did not turn back as soon as I should have, but I could here my dad in my head. He has lost several freind, all pilots, to the got to get there itis. So has my brother. Well I did not have to get there today and will leave tomorrow in the morning instead.
 
Good for you, Tom. And a good lesson for the youngster. I liked the part about hearing your dad in your head, and now your boy has a message that one day might help keep him around.

I think the wind is going to blow up again there next weekend, so you might as well plan to come on down to Cathlamet. Your father-in-law will like that, too. Especially when he sees how many other old guys are there.
 
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