I hope you're all having a great Thanksgiving! Good food and good company. :o) Me and Mary are going up to my sister's in a bit. Don't eat too much. <g> -- John <jkohnen@...> If the

To Alaska and back under solar power: https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-archive/2021/november/david-and-alex-borton And the most ambitious Scandinavian electric ferry

I bought a 48 in. square waterproof patio table cover that just came in yesterday. Just today I did the fitting well enough to cover Surprises whole cockpit, with a good sitting room under the beige

John - agreed. Both engines were working fine. It was a political decision. The brass figured people would wonder why they were decommissioning a boat that could make it all the way to Ilwaco under

TOWED to Ilwaco! She should have made her final voyage under her own power, and been greeted on arrival by dignitaries, a band, and lots of fanfare. <sigh> There aren't any replacements for the

I've known Jim long before I knew the Coots were around. We met at the Toledo Boat Show he was sitting in Big Blue. Such a soft spoken man and a lover of boats and the water. When I joined the group I

If you catch some of those nasty green crabs, don't throw them

Hi Jove, Well to start with is I'm 65 almost 66 and I'm not a racer. I want to cruise and the challenges are enough. I thought I'd be able to do that but you have to be on your toes and able to shift

Hi Elaine, I probably don't need another boat, but I am still interested, and curious about the enterprise. Can you tell me more about what you're impressions of it are? From what I've read it is a

Larimar is a sporty little boat, not as fast as some of the newer designs, but fun for somebody younger and nimbler. I suppose she's a TR-3 compared to a modern Porsche. I think a TR-3 is more fun

An even easier way to do it is to attach your photo to an email to the group: oregoncoots@groups.io I think the easiest way to deal with these online groups is to read the messages via email, and

Claire says…all ya gotta do is…

Hi all, I'm in need of selling my Enterprise and wanted to see if any Coot would be interested. She was made be Sears back in 1969 and fully restored by Michael Bogoger. I did maintenance to her about

Or, call it recycling !! I was looking at items no longer used. I dug out two RCBS reloading ammo presses, and a shotgun shell reloader. Most popular gun and shotgun calibers, with all the

On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 7:20 AM Dan <danashore@...> wrote: John, Cal…any way to put pix on this site? My own Mojo the Tuglet does all the stuff you are talking about: 13 feet, standing inside

John, Cal…any way to put pix on this site? My own Mojo the Tuglet does all the stuff you are talking about: 13 feet, standing inside headroom, and a floor long enough to sleep on. Hopefully to be

I have almost finished redoing a 13’ Livingston and I think that’s gonna be it for awhile for me. I need to fill some drain holes and git’er launched! I have a 3.5 Tohatsu for super power and

Here are a couple of little bitty tug plans to inspire you: https://duckworks.com/gill-12-tugboat-plans/ https://www.duckworksmagazine.com/08/designs/tug/ http://www.berkeley-engineering.com/ I

When and If, that sounds like a good name for what I plan. I was looking at my Minn Kota 50, economizer setup. When I thought I had a trade for a gas motor a while back, I laid out all the stuff I

She went to a sailor in Newport actually. Hopefully has been getting lots of water time.