But they all make it so easy to deal with junk boats /sarc. You used to be able to take them to the transfer station. Now they won't take them unless you have the title. And there are way too many

Sort of a reply, an update of sorts. I called the battery tender folks and got good advice on the trickle part. IF your battery is older, like my 4 and 3 appx. year ones, they do more than just lose

You're almost in Almostcanada. <g> Dan over there puts together some messabouts on the lakes in North Idaho and eastern Washington. -- This email has been checked for viruses by

Silly looking, and those guys are having fun being silly with them. :o) A Swiss company, but you can only buy one from Germany. <shrug> https://www.aquaskipper.de/ -- This email has been checked

I'm over in Pullman, now, so I'm on the Columbia and the Snake quite a lot these days. Looking forward to some get togethers next season! Andy

I sure hope you do bring you foiling windsurfer to a messabout sometime, Andy. How far away are you? -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

Speaking of foiling, I've always wanted to try one of these... has anyone here tried it? they are very silly looking, but I've always wanted to try it. Aqua

Thanks for the videos, John. Like I said, not suitable for Ol' Coots. ;o) Fun, thrills and spills for daring youngsters, though. On one of the Moth sites I was looking at recently they had a "30 knot

I'll have to bring my windsurf foil down to a Coot meet-up some time. It's been a blast and (for better or worse) the only thing I've sailed all year. Still restoring Myles' Bolger Micro and the

In August of 2015 the Columbia Gorge Racing Association hosted the US National Moth Championships at Cascade Locks Oregon. Twelve boats competed. The event was document by on the water video as well

Yeah Cal, be careful with battery maintainers. I bought two GEN4 “Genius” multi-battery charger/maintainer blocks---one with 4 outputs, one with 3 outputs. I hooked them up 4 years ago to 14

Thanks for all the excellent data on electric power, Cal! Sorry to hear about your charging malfunction -- that's gotta be one expensive experience! Somewhat inspired by Master Kohnen's lady's

Whoohoo! This really is the second best day of a boater's life!

Mary and me watched it the other night. A good, fun movie. I'm glad I didn't know the history of the group, so I could enjoy this fictional account. I hate it when I'm distracted from an entertaining

Just as a note on battery life. The oldest pack of 2 bi-Mart # 27 deep cycles would have hit 4 years in December this year. Those came from my cabin cruiser to Surprise -- so I'm going by the sale

Dirt suggested Fisherman's Friend on Netflix. Yup, a good 'un.

I just sent out the latest Coots' Contact List. If you think you should have got it, let me know. The Coots' Contact List is a private list of phone numbers, email and snailmail addresses. It's only

An entertaining musical and spoken commemoration of a harrowing sea rescue. Try to channel your inner Irishman to understand the language. <g> The lifeboat crew were all

The Moth started out as a normal sort of development dinghy class way back when. But there were too few restrictions, and the boats were small and cheap, so things got interesting. <g> Alas, the class

What's clever about this company's sail assist system is that it mounts into standard container clamps. Easy and cheap installation without modifying the ship will make it easier to get shipowners to