The easiest way I found is getting a e-Bay ice fishing depth finder. I got mine in great condition from a guy who didn't want to freeze alone in the dark, on a cracking ice sheet anymore. Geee! what

I just added that pix to my "maps" file on my phone. Now when I'm there I will know about where I am. I do have some books on Oregon lakes, but that one is good color, the right size to transfer and

I think you may have been standing on what's left of Royal Avenue, which used to cross the lake to Elmira (and was probably named "Elmira Road" then). If so, you were taking a bath where I've driven

I'm thinking them Navionics boys and girls should come swimming, down by Gibson Island, where i took a dip last month. I was standing on a rockpile in waist deep water. I'm guessing this map shows

The boats are one and the same. Some of us Coots visited Ted Chism at his place just up Joe Ney Slough from the Charleston boatyard in February of 2008. I saw the drawing from the Smithsonian he used

The photo I see is of a V bottom boat ashore, probably at low tide. The illustration (plan) from Chapelle seems to be a sharpie, with a really flat bottom. I find both attractive, but doubt they are

Ow! Those four-bladed props are expen$ive! :o( Here's a screen capture of a Navionics chart for Fern Ridge, with the water depth adjusted to 4' low, the current condition. The light blue shading is

I keep leaving Walkabout's DS turned on, when hauling out on the trailer. It seems to still be forgiving my error, with a short period of "indecision," then back on the job. Anyhow, I ran all over

Though Fern Ridge is 4' below full, there's still plenty of it where a 3' draft boat can sail. Just be careful around the edges. If you touch bottom just pull the daggerboard up a bit. One of the 5.5s

John can tell you about how to get the water levels direct from the authorities, I think 3 ft. would be a limiting factor unless you stick the going between Rtchardson, the dam, and mainly this end

While you've got all that spaghetti strewn around, Cal, take our advice and make a wiring diagram before/while putting everything back together. <g> Do as I say, not as I do... I need to diagram the

After the visiting at Fern Ridge, I decided to expand and fedo the control panel for Surprise. I lucked into some of the varnished Oak lite ply from another project. Today was removing all

The Spring Messabout is coming up in a few weeks; the weekend before Memorial Day weekend. If the water is still too low, instead of the picnic lunch at Shorelane Park we'll meet at Richardson

Back in the day, an experienced boatbuilder could knock out a bent frame carvel planked small boat in no time. That's why there were so many of them. <g> It'd be fun to build one today, but they

I'v been looking a a couple of mostly 50's British floating campers lately. Another good candidate for electric, good ballasting space, quiet running, just have to have a bigger motor to check the

Where La Verne is retiring from, after a bunch of years, Is looking for an either experienced, or semi-experienced replacement. She is going to stay till a suitable person can replace her, or winter

Thanks, Dirt. Pretty neat! But the inside probably smells of two-stroke mix all the time. <g> There still aren't many of the kind of launch ramps we have here over in Britain. A lot of small boat

I'd like to see more of the inside. After the launch I was wondering how they were getting it back up the ramp. At least they mentioned a winch. Has a similar 1946 1.5 hsp Evinrude that ran at

Not sure I’d want that motor running inside! Maybe that’s why they all vacate the cabin! https://fb.watch/5iWtX4Dh4v/ Dirt Sent from not here -- Dirt

The arguably easiest way to do strip plank with solid wood, is to follow the "cove and bead' flexible connections, Surprise, that acorn like dinghy (sold fast) and some other experiments that worked