Welcome to the C-Brats!

I hope nobody minds that I'm the one to welcome Scot, member ID (and President of) C-Dory Factory to this pub. We're all happy to see you and have you join us. We look forward to your participation!

Welcome!!!
 
I just finished scanning the member list on the C-Brat and CDog sites in newest member date joined order. I sent personal Emails of welcome to each member located here in Florida that joined in last 3 months, BUT................ I was surprised at how many members join but fail to provide even the basic information such as City & State, AND ZIP,(for the map)! Isn't it possible to make some of those fields a "Required" field? :roll:
 
A few moments ago, I read in the "Merry Christmas" thread a comment from "lightkeeper" who has been a member since 8/14/05, but has not posted until today.
First, welcome to the C-Brats Brent and Sylvia! Secondly, your occupation as a lightkeeper at the Ivory Island Light Station peeks my interest. Where is Ivory Island? I would imagine that you have an interesting story or two to share with the group. If I'm correct, would you share them with us?
 
mike here, brother of "byrdman" not nearly as full of it mind you, but nonetheless (if that is a word) i just bought us a c-dory. brenda and i just bought "Pelican", a 22' cruiser of the 1990 vintage outfitted with a yamaha 90 h.p. 4 stroke. you saw it in the C-Dory for sale section in Paducha, Ky. :D. we go pick her up 2, jan. 06 from tom and marge. hope i put this on the right part of the site! i am a lot better boater than computer jockey :smilep . c ya'll on the Cumberland!
mike
 
Welcome Aboard Mike! Congratulations on your new C-Dory. (Since you are Bydrman's Bro, may this C-Dory be your first of many....LOL).
 
hey there Mike
It is good to finaly get you in here...lol.... I was wonderin how long it would take before you saw the light. :idea:
only trouble with this is that we now have to contend with two Byrds.......lol....... :mrgreen:
 
Hi Dave.
I have been lurking in the back ground reading all this C-Dory info. Just love it. One day I' ll have a 16' angler or cruiser tied up behind Ivory.
Ivory is located in B.C. on the inside passage to Alaska.
We mark Milbank Sound and Seaforth Channel.
Check out http://fogwhistle.ca/bclights/index.php

Sylvia and I plus the dogs Tess and Chilco have been on Ivory for three years now and love this station the best.
We have been posted to a number of lights over the past dozen years.
Nootka, Estevan, , Boat Bluff, McInnes, Scarlett, Addenbroke, Quatsino and have done relief work at a bunch of other ones. There are 27 staffed Light houses left in B.C.

If any of you are cruising up this way please give us a call on the VHF channel 82A, and come up for a visit.
Boat Bluff lighthouse has set up a WiFi so boat passing by can check their email.
Cheers
All the Best in 2006.
 
lightkeeper-

Wow! That's some beautiful lighthouse and setting!

Welcome aboard and we hope to hear a lot from you as time rolls on.

I'm sure some C-Brats traveling up the passage will check in with you from time to time.

Tyboo Mike can set up an album for you if you like and you can post some photos of your lighthouse, family, dogs, and the island if you like.

Hope to hear more from you soon! Joe.
 
Hey Brother Mike!!.... Glad to know you, B, Tom & Marge are hooking up in a few days. Enjoyed our time together at Christmas, weighing the 18Angler, and just seeing the family. Truly look forward to our "Byrd-Boats" photo once I return from Seattle. Get us some nice sunny weather and see yall soon.

"Younger Byrdman".... :mrgreen:
 
Hey, did ya'll see who just joined the C-Brats today?.....OK yesterday, since it is now 0020 Hours.

A big Welcome to Susan E. (starcraftom's wife)!

BTW. Susan, good to see you and Tom this weekend!
 
Way cool! How about your lat/lon coordinates so we can input a waypoint? An as yet undetermined number of C-Dorys will be doing the Inside Passage from Washington State to Ketchikan starting June 10, and we would love to stop by for a visit!


lightkeeper":nb9id0nm said:
If any of you are cruising up this way please give us a call on the VHF channel 82A, and come up for a visit.
Boat Bluff lighthouse has set up a WiFi so boat passing by can check their email.
Cheers
All the Best in 2006.
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Hi.

I'm Colobear, (Barry Daniel) recently moved to Whidbey Island, Washington from the mountains of Colorado and have been a member for about a year. I've just lurked since we don't have a C-Dory-yet and I didn't feel really comfortable chiming in when I'm just pressing my nose against the C-Dory window. We learned about C-Dorys at last year's Seattle Boat show and after talking with Nancy Rink at this year's show we (wife Patti and me.) made up our minds to hold out for a C-Dory rather than settle for something less. We go out into the San Juans on a friends Skagit Orca and can hardly wait till we can do it on our own 22 cruiser. We've never been on the water in a C-Dory and are trying to figure out how we can do that. Patti learned to sail here on Puget Sound and I grew up sailing rented boats in S. Calif where I once (as an immortal teenager) took a 12' 8" Aristocraft with my waterskis, girfriend, and a spare 5 gallons of gas 26 miles offshore to Catalina. :shock: We're not total neophytes but we're certainly not experienced. I've gone through the Washington and CG beginning boating courses and Patti will soon.

I'm an old retired fogie, U.S. Army, College Professor, Fed. Govt. Patti is a former journalist now a realtor with Windermere in Oak Harbor. I like to try my hand at woodworking and we both enjoy hacking away on the golf course. I work part-time at the local Home Depot selling plumbing..not because I know anything about plumbing but because I made the mistake of telling their HR guy I once installed a toilet :)

I have been really pleasantly impressed with C-Brats. The site, camaraderie, and warmth have been a huge factor in our selection of a C-Dory as our boat. I'll continue to lurk but wanted to check in. And...a question. I see that a gathering is planned in Poulsbo in March. Would it be out of line for a non-C-Dory owner to visit? We don't want to intrude, be pushy or be a tolerated fifth wheel but we sure would like to see some C-dorys on the water and get to meet a few of the folks whose posts I've been reading.

Thanks.

Barry Daniel (Colobear)
 
Barry: Visiting the gatherings is a great way to see our boats. Particuarly if you are "fishing" between the sizes and types. Even with the C-Dory boats, there are differences in the berths and cockpit areas between the cruisers and the anglers. All great boats.
 
Barry & Patti
I'm not sure Ann & I will be at Palsbo, but if we are , we would be glad to give you a test ride. If we don't make it, I'm sure there will be lots of folks more then happy to get you out on the water.
Well Brats, am I right or what?
Terry
 
Barry,

Welcome -- and you will like Whidbey Island. Guaranteed. Been here for a lifetime - which means two or three life times for most!

You want to ride in a 22 give me a pm and your phone number. We can work something out I'm sure. I'm Les's (EQ Les) dad, and have had several 22s. Have an older one now, but I'm sure we can get you a ride on a later one if you would like. I can assure you that the 22 CD is much cheaper to operate than my Skagit Orca!!!!

Best wishes, and welcome!

Dusty
 
Barry,

Welcome. If this trend continues we will have enough Whidbey members to form a flotilla!!

If you ever come South of the border (Freeland) and want to see a 2006 CD22 give me a PM with your phone number and I'll get in contact.

Would offer a ride but, being plagued with still having to work, I cannot plan very far in advance. We just grab the moments when the weather and tide are right.

We are thinking to turn up in Poulsbo but will probably not know until the day before. If we do we would launch in Oak Harbor an come down Saratoga since the ramp in Freeland is not tide friendly and covered in sand. So if any of the group are going down that way maybe we could join forces.

Merv & Kathy
 
You can also PM me and I'd be happy to take you out for a ride. I'm moored in Edmonds until Feb 1 and will probably be out for a brief cruise this Sun AM. Let me know if you want a ride (Roger on the SeaDNA).
 
Thanks to all who answered me with welcomes and offers to give us a ride. That seems to be what this group is all about. Sure is nice. I will be glad to answer just as soon as I figure out what "PM me" means. Does it mean PM as in a time? Does it mean PM as in post a message. Or is it some list term that betrays my utter ignorance.

Thanks again to all.

Barry Daniel
 
Welcome Barry,
PM means Post a Message. I live on Guemes Isl. and the offer is certainly extended from me also. I have a 25. Had a 22. I'll be one of the boats doing the Ketchikan run in June. Give me a PM (now that you know what that is) I love an excuse to get the boat wet.
 
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