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Re: Yaquina
Here's the paper on Yaquina City I mentioned. Apologies to the author for calling him a her in my previous post. ;o)
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http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/geo422/422_Paper_Sandler.pdf Somewhere around here I've got a book about the Southern Pacific (and the other railroads it absorbed) in Oregon that has a map of the railroad in Yaquina...
On 4/25/2020 4:52 PM, Jim C wrote:
I just read a book by a lady who grew up in Toledo & she talks about the town of Yaquina being the end of the railroad from the valley. The book was published in 2004 & she claimed the old turntable is gone but there is a house built over the hole the turntable was on & is still there. Any one ever heard of this? My wife thinks the town of Yaquina was where the oyster place is.-- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. (Mark Twain)
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Re: Yaquina
As Joe mentioned, Yaquina City was where the Mad Dog Tavern and Sawyer's Landing are today. The Newport city fathers wouldn't pungle up a subsidy for Mr. Hogg to run his railroad into town, so he decided to build his own international seaport city at Yaquina. Passengers and freight came from the valley on the railroad, then crossed the bay on steamers to Newport, Obviously, Mr. Hogg's grand ideas never panned out. It's a very interesting story...
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The railroad ran out of Toledo through where the boatyard is and the old bed meets up with the Bay Road after your drive over the hill above the boatyard, the road then follows the railroad bed to Yaquina. When the road was young it crossed the sloughs on the railroad trestles you can still see. They just laid boards on the trestles, with no guardrails or any of that kind of sissy stuff. <g> If you poke around on the Interweb you'll find a paper written by a college student about Yaquina City. She has some interesting stuff in the paper, but ends it with a photo of that wooden barge moldering away by the Bay Road several miles above Yaquina. The caption reads. "all that's left of Yaquina City"! Nonsense. Yaquina today is actually a pretty hopping place; less of a "ghost town" than Elk City.
On 4/25/2020 4:52 PM, Jim C wrote:
I just read a book by a lady who grew up in Toledo & she talks about the town of Yaquina being the end of the railroad from the valley. The book was published in 2004 & she claimed the old turntable is gone but there is a house built over the hole the turntable was on & is still there. Any one ever heard of this? My wife thinks the town of Yaquina was where the oyster place is. -- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. (George Santayana)
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Re: Yaquina
Joe Novello
The town of Yaquina is further downriver from the oyster plants. It is right next to Sawyers marina and the Mad Dog Tavern.
I just read a book by a lady who grew up in Toledo & she talks about the town of Yaquina being the end of the railroad from the valley. The book was published in 2004 & she claimed the old turntable is gone but there is a house built over the hole the turntable was on & is still there. Any one ever heard of this? My wife thinks the town of Yaquina was where the oyster place is. --
Joe Novello
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Yaquina
I just read a book by a lady who grew up in Toledo & she talks about the town of Yaquina being the end of the railroad from the valley. The book was published in 2004 & she claimed the old turntable is gone but there is a house built over the hole the turntable was on & is still there. Any one ever heard of this? My wife thinks the town of Yaquina was where the oyster place is.
As I Remember by Carol Armington
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Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival CANCELLED TOO!
"Dear Wooden Boat Festival Community,
"After much careful consideration, we feel we have no choice but to cancel the 2020 Wooden Boat Festival. There is great uncertainty of festivals being allowed to happen come fall, and if they are allowed, the conditions may be ones that defy the heart of our Festival—being together, boats rafted up, sharing the docks, the presentations, the food court, the dance floor. But ultimately, it is the welfare of our festival community that has pushed our decision. This will be the first year in forty-four that the wooden boat community will not come together in person to celebrate what we love. What is fall without the Festival? For the sponsors, boaters, vendors, volunteers, presenters, the RV’ers, and all the people that come every year, it's part of our annual rhythm and lives. We are heartbroken to not come together, but the love we feel for our festival family is ultimately why we choose to stay apart. "We are mourning the incredible year we had lined up! Poster art from Port Townsend's famous artist Chris Witowski—that will be hidden in a vault for next year. The 2020 theme was showcasing Croatia, and Croatian Americans with a big focus on the fishing industry. Like the Japanese theme from last year, there are hundreds of thousands Croatian Americans living around the Puget Sound. We were looking forward to sharing their stories, music, food, and culture. I hope we can bring this wonderful theme another year. "This pandemic has changed many things in our lives but the Wooden Boat Festival will be back. It's in our blood and in our hearts. "Looking ahead, we have some really fun future festivals lined up for you. We are very excited to have a Nordic Festival in the hopper for 2021, including hosting The Draken, the largest Viking ship in the world. And for 2022 we are working on a Native Canoe theme, hopefully including a visit from the famous Hokulea. "Stay tuned for updates about what's coming! "Sending the best to everyone from the Wooden Boat Festival and Northwest Maritime Center team. "Be well, "Barb Trailer "Wooden Boat Festival Director" https://woodenboat.org/ -- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> Things don't improve with age. Look at your truck. Look at your roof. Look in the mirror! (Red Green) -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com
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Salish 100 CANVELLED!
"SALISH 100 PUBLIC CANCELLATION RELEASE"
"Hey Folks, "In its first year, the Salish 100 immediately became an event to honor our communities and celebrate traditions and skills near and dear to our hearts. This year it wasn’t just cruisers, but all of the ‘new’ family at the Northwest Maritime Center who were looking forward to this July. "So it’s with a real sense of disappointment and sadness that we announce the cancellation of Salish 100. Salish 100 is not alone as all major events put on by the NWMC have been officially canceled: Race to Alaska, SEVENTY48, and the Wooden Boat Festival. For anyone following the COVID crisis, it is apparent that we still do not know its true magnitude and virility. Our only choice is to use prudence and caution as the risk of exposure is too great a gamble for us and our coastal communities. 2021 will see us on the water again, and the Salish 100 is already scheduled for July 9th–16th, 2021. "... "Daniel Evans "Cruise Boss "And Marty Loken, Founding Organizer" https://nwmaritime.org/ -- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com>The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase. (E. B. White) -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com
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Re: Kayak build in Eugene
Josh
Thanks for adding the links.
That Fulmar is a beauty! Unfortunately our budget was wiped out by the kayak.
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Re: Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull
Richard Green
I hadn’t heard of Voyage of a Summer Sun….I look forward to getting a copy and reading it. Thanks.
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On Apr 18, 2020, at 7:36 PM, John Kohnen <jkohnen@boat-links.com> wrote:
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Re: Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull
Thanks, Mark. I hadn't heard of that book by Robin Cody. I just sent off for a used copy.
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https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycxlqfpq or https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&;cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&kn=&an=&tn=Another+Way+the+River+Has&isbn=
On 4/18/2020 8:42 PM, Mark N wrote:
Yep, I've read all those books and own at least two. -- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> A paranoid is a man who knows a little of what's going on. (William Burroughs)
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Re: Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull
Mark Neuhaus
Yep, I've read all those books and own at least two. The book that Robin Cody read from at the meeting was: Another Way the River Has: Taut True Tales from the Northwest written in 2010
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 7:36 PM John Kohnen <jkohnen@...> wrote: Voyage of a Summer Sun: Canoeing the Columbia River. Cody started at the
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Re: Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull
Voyage of a Summer Sun: Canoeing the Columbia River. Cody started at the top and worked his way downriver. A Good Read.
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https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870716611 /themotherofal-20 Amen to Reach of Tide and Sailing Uphill. Also, Sailing with Vancouver: A Modern Sea Dog, Antique Charts and a Voyage Through Time: https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870714848/themotherofal-20 https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0920663702/themotherofal-20 https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1771512644/themotherofal-20
On 4/18/2020 7:07 PM, Mark N wrote:
...-- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail. (Lewis Mumford)
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Re: Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull
Mark Neuhaus
Hi guys,
I doubt Sam ever used any proper plans, especially established ones. When we had a memorial for him at one of RiversWest annual meetings, it was explained that Sam laid down on a piece of plywood and made his boat not much bigger, sorta to discourage passengers. I doubt any strongback of his lasted long, as it would have been incorporated into the next project. Myles Twete would be one of the guys to ask about Sam, as he owns (owned?) one of Sam's boats, the Reach of Tides. Jim Giles, I believe his name was, was also a member of RiversWest at the time and he was the fellow who was with Sam in his boat when they had to abandon it in the Missouri River. Oregon Field Guide did a piece on Sam back in the late 80s, and they gave me a CD of the show. I converted his segment to an .mp3 or .avi video file if anyone ever wanted to watch it on their computer, although you could probably stream it from OPB directly. He took them on his boat along the lower Columbia where he spent a summer or two as a youth. Sailing Uphill and Reach of Tides should be on every Coots bookshelf. :-) Robin Cody also had a great friendship with Sam and he read from his book at the annual meeting and told stories about Sam. I believe some of those are in his book, but I can't recall the name of it. Mark
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Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull
That does sound like the boat Sam McKinney started his voyage across the country in. IIRC, it took several boats and a couple of marriages to complete the trip. ;o) The book about the adventure is, Sailing Uphill.
I don't know anything about the strongback. The group was probably RiversWest, or a forerunner of it. Do any of the Megalopolitan Coots now anything? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Stretched to 20' Great Pelican hull Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:27:41 -0700 From: Richard G About forty or so years ago I knew a guy, Sam McKinney IIRC, who did some boating on the Columbia, wrote a few small books about such things. Used to see him in Astoria where I was living aboard. Anyway, his boat was a stretched to 20’ Great Pelican hull with a big old box cabin on it, he sat on a lawn chair and had a small outboard and a double bunk forward. At that time it is my recollection that he belonged to a group of folks in Portland who were building boats and had built the 20’ strongback for his boat. Anyone know who those folks were/are and whether that strongback is still in existence? I recollect he started his upstream journey in that boat but changed boats and I kinda recall changed direction in one book at the same time. Anyone recall this? -- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> Every year back spring comes, with nasty little birds, yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants. (Dorothy Parker) -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com
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Re: Kayak build in Eugene
There may be a surplus Fulmar near Corvallis that could be pried away from its owners, who built a bigger, Paul Gartside boat. Fulmar is a racy boat. I recall the day on Fern Ridge when me and Charley tried to catch this one in Lazy Jack! <g> A shot from a different day:
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On 4/17/2020 1:27 PM, Josh wrote:
...We plan to eventually do a bigger boat (probably Vivier Ilur,-- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
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Re: Kayak build in Eugene
That's gonna be a nice little kayak, Josh. Good luck with the build, and keep us posted about how it's coming along.
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https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9b7c787 or https://www.clcboats.com/modules/catalog/boat.php?category_qn=kayak-kits&;subcat_qn=recreational-kayaks&code=wood-duck-12-recreational-kayak-kit
On 4/17/2020 8:18 AM, Josh wrote:
Since I haven't had a boat (even if I did my car couldn't tow it) I've hardly said anything on here. Just ordered a 14' wood duck kayak from CLC, hoping to have it done in time to be on the water this summer. Planning to look into the feasibility of adding a sailing rig and leeboard eventually.-- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. (W. Earl Hall)
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Re: The way to do it right now
When Brian G was stuck at home looking after his mother he had plenty of time to work on his motorboat, but no chance to use it. <sigh> He told me he'd turn on a nearby sprinkler and sit at the wheel of Cloud Nine on her trailer, make motor noises, feel the spray on his face, and pretend he was out on the water. :o)
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On 4/17/2020 3:32 PM, John P wrote:
Dan,-- John <jkohnen@boat-links.com> There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. (Steven Wright{)
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Re: The way to do it right now
John Purdy
Dan,
Your neighbor will get much better windward performance if he tightens the traveler bar tight, and adds a clew tie to keep the clew of the sail close to the boom. Though looks like peak performance isn't the goal of the pictured outing. Just sayin' John Purdy
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Re: Kayak build in Eugene
Josh
I'll definitely get pictures to share as it progresses (ships May 5th).
Passagemaker take apart is a really cool boat and should be pretty versatile. We plan to eventually do a bigger boat (probably Vivier Ilur, Welsford Pathfinder or Oughtred Fulmar) but figured starting with one of those could be overwhelming. Josh
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Re: Kayak build in Eugene
Case Turner
Should be a fun build. I’ve been toying around with getting the Passagmaker Take apart kit. When nested I could haul it in my cargo trailer camper.
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On Apr 17, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Richard Green <chaos5@...> wrote:
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Re: Kayak build in Eugene
Jove Lachman-Curl
Wood duck looks great, send us pics along the way! :)
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On Apr 17, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Richard Green <chaos5@...> wrote:
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