Case, Yea, Bartender Boats still offers George's sailboat plans, just go to the website. I have a 14' Salmon Wherry which George built in 1980. It's a really fun boat to sail. George

John, Thanks for posting this. David was someone unique, and that you wished more people were like him. The very first time I was at the Toledo boat show I rolled in late Friday and he was the first p

Deepzoom is excellent for studying current an area like PT canal, Foulweather bluff, or the Narrows.

John, Thanks for the link to McAdam's interview on the 44' Motor Lifeboat website. I really enjoyed it and didn't realize he had that diverse a background and raised to such a high level in the Coast

Newport has a CG Cutter, right? Disabled vessels will have to wait longer for help.

Hi Dan, It's more of a combination. Traditional double-ender with the planing bottom of the 47... so even more capable, haha. That was a memorable day cruising up to Newport. Funny thing, I remember i

Yea, I was wondering the same. The video shows a good comparison in their behavior. Victory has a natural fore and aft rock and side to side roll response while the 47' seems forced. Victory does have

Roger, The article that John linked in his original post gave the example of a failed generator resulting in losing the radar and navigation system during a rescue. Anyways, I'm sure there are much mo

Here's a great video of Victory along with a 47' playing in the waves. It might have been posted here before. I love Victory's motion and how she take the waves, not near as dampened as the 47. Also l

Hi Mark, Wow, it's only giving a 5 day trail? When I did the free trial 2 years ago I got a 14 days (I believe). Also, I was able to set the base default to nautical charts. It almost sounds like Expe

John, On the top, horizontal menu bar is "Map". The forth item down in the Map menu is "additional base map types". In there you will find Show Nautical Chart. That sets the default base map. George

John, I re-read your email and feel I didn't answer it correctly. ExpertGPS comes with detailed NOAA US Coastal and Great Lakes charts. On your computer, it looks just like paper NOAA charts. You just

I haven't tried it myself, but since it doesn't have detailed Canadian charts, I will have to load them. From my understanding, there are two ways. You can use the Scanned Maps feature in ExpertGPS to

John, I have been using ExpertGPS on my PC to look at charts, create trip plans, create waypoints and routes to be uploaded to my Garmin, and then download the tracks from the Garmin to the software.

John, Also, I plan on being at the CR Maritime Museum too. Thanks for the invite. George

John, I'm planning on being there with my 19' Bartender. Had a great time last year. Yea, the weather will most likely be wet and cold, but there probably isn't a better time to be in Depoe Bay. There

John, congrats on the new boat. She does have a beautiful, shapely hull. George

Yea, and the cost to build will be higher too. Sounds like the open kayak... but the grandkids might think you are the coolest grampa if you show up on a SUP.

David, Never been on a SUP, so can't say much about it. But I have always had an affection for a open double kayak. When I was 15, I built one from ClarkCraft plans. I believe it was their 15'er. The