Rocinante (various spellings) was the name of Don Quixote's horse - and what I'd named the motorcycle I once had. It's a fitting name for a vehicle that carries a coot.

Dorena Lake is great for sailing, but a little small. Detroit Lake, Lookout Point, Cougar Reservoir, etc. The biggest problem sailing on with most Oregon lakes is that they are in the mountains. Lake

I got my second 3D printer and I need to set up a remote monitor, but Raspberry Pis are scarcer than hen's ears now.

Guys, I have a bunch of stuff for boats: cleats, sails, blocks, hatches, etc. We probably should have had a Yarrd Sail back in November, but I forgot to mention anything. Any interest?

Small Craft Advisor has this story https://smallcraftadvisor.substack.com/p/el-flamingo-del-fuego?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

She 4' wide up to the gunnels. 12' long (maybe 11' 11" thinking I could get away without registering, but then I added pintles.) It can even go on it's side. It has excellent grab bars fore and aft fo

No, not on a trailer. She just sits there. She fits on a Harbor Freight trailer like a champ, though.

She was designed to be my adventure boat :) Faster than a PDR, reeffable sail, kickup rudder and leeboard. Storage space maximized, all that good stuff. It would be nice if a sailor got her.

All true

All free. You pick up. fully rigged Goose with a balanced lug from Mik Storer's Really Simple Sails. Needs cleaned up. 16' "Willamette" skin on frame canoe 16' "Chuckanu" (Dave Gentry's Chuckanut with

Think that'n's neat, check out his Nepoleonic one. This dude puts a LOT of detail into his models, the flintlock pistol I am making now has nearly 60 parts and the stock alone will take 24 hours to pr

I came across this 3D print design for a nerf-firing "Pirate cannon" that looks really neat. Every once in a while, I think how neat it would be to have some form of sea battles at boat shows, even if

Bah. Ya'll make me blush. (no mention of the TikTaks, tho?)

If my canoes performed in addition to being easily built, I'd take that as a win :) Coots don't whitewater, so I claim "piffle" on the 'seaworthiness' comment. I had a 16' fiberglass canoe built by th

Sheer is an affectation and hints at hubris.

Here's a writeup http://andrewlinn.com/2011/110910_chuckanoe/index.htm

(I need to read my Coots mail more often) I have a Chuckanu (Chuckanut with a more open top) I can give you, if you'd like.

Friggin brilliant. Sort of a Global Warming Prepper community

Not so much. I am not an engineer because I cannot do math with letters. Neither can this guy. https://www.unilad.com/news/floating-home-prototype-partially-submerged-panama-unveiling-20221006

and I bet there's a hefty maintenance fee (or there'd better be) https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/news/2022/08/23/worlds-first-floating-pod-homes-launched-in-panama-starting-at-295000/