No info on where these boats sail (Egypt?) but, WOW! https://flic.kr/p/oXbPXL https://flic.kr/p/p23zEf https://flic.kr/p/Bofp8h https://flic.kr/p/vFQQgQ -- John <jkohnen@...> There is

Got some good shots of Mike S's 1967 Pearson Packet, Ursa Minor, last Wednesday evening, and some shots of an overloaded hotrod cat (40 knots? I don't think so <g>) and the Wm. Garden Eel from the

Sailing that trip we always planned three days. Two was pushing it but….amazing trip. Rich

Fun to see, thanks! Rich

Thanks, Dirt. An interesting video that brings up a couple of questions: Why do it in two days? Woulda been more fun if he took several days, or a week. And why is he rowing with his oarlocks

Fun pics, thanks! Rich

Great photos John such a great time.

Some photos from the messabout a few weeks ago: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVA8XjV -- John <jkohnen@...> Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

Saw this video and thought you’d all like it. https://youtu.be/waoiPeysplk Sent from not here -- Dirt

Hi Gang, The program that John is referring to is called SAS.Planet and is windows only. It allows one to download map tiles at various zoom levels from many, many sources on the web and save them to

Mark N in the Megalopolis has been fooling with getting satellite photos and Navionics charts using a Russian program, then turning them into maps usable by raster nav programs like OpenCPN and

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