John -- That is a very nice CNC setup that costs close to $10,000. Here is the $300 DIY 2 dimension NC cutter for Coots. It cuts 4 x 8 sheets. It has good accuracy. The design gets a little respect fo

Steve - As long as you are still dreaming, put SCAMP on your list. It was designed as a high safety boat. Compared to a 12 foot Pelican it is 3 inches shorter and 8 inches narrower. With the water bal

I recommend checking out the 99 Grill in Harrisburg. It has the 60s cars and milkshakes vibe. The food is good and the people are nice. We stop there on trips from Florence to the Oregon Garden and Si

I read that you might have to replace your motor for lack of brushes. These guys carry about 650 kinds of brushes and make brushes to order using NC equipment. www.graphitestore.com

Cal - I can tell you that most SCAMPs with a gas motor are using the Suzuki 2.5 hp. It is about 29 pounds and much quieter than the Honda. You need to spin it 180 for reverse. There are 3.5 and 4 hp o

John – We find that many of the restaurants in Florence have been told to reduce their orders by 20%. The providers just can’t get enough food to fill the orders. Many of the restaurants are closing t

Yesterday I talked to a couple of marinas near Florence that told me they are booked through October. Resorts with marinas will only have slips for people staying with them. Two of those are Darlings

John - That was what Minnkota named it. In later years they called it High Performance. It was 12 volt and heavy by modern Minnkota standards. Think of it geared like a tug. It would go straight into

John - I had a single battery amidship and a 10 x 18 solar panel mounted facing straight up on the taffrail of my Micro. In 4 years at Dorena and then on South Ten Mile Lake for 3 years I never had to

I friend of mine sent me this link to a list of interest to boat lovers and builders. They seem to be on a slow server, only bring up one page at a time, and have lots of blank pages before you get to

John – If you can, take the old rope out and replace it with a much smaller Dynema or Amsteel one. The sail I bought from Polysail for Daffy had 2mm line around the edges. It eliminated stretching wit

I lived in the woods for almost 50 years. I did all the defensible space rules and then some. No shrubs of any size within 20 feet of the house except for one Japanese maple, single specimen plants to

Daffy Duck is for sale. I was getting ready to build SCAMP when I found a year old one for cost of materials (sorry David). I'll sell the Duck all at once or piece by piece. The hull and trailer are $

I saw an ad for an enterprising taqueria. They were doing home delivery of a “taco kit” dinner for 6 that consisted of several taco fillings, a stack of tortillas and 2 rolls of TP. Don’t forget the C

John - If you haved lived in Oregon for at least 50 years you can get a very inexpensive license. https://myodfw.com/articles/pioneer-and-other-licenses-seniors MylesJ

I like this idea a lot. www.cbsnews.com/news/old-coots-giving-advice-they-call-themselves-old-coots-and-they-have-some-advice-for-you/

If anyone is interested, a store in Florence has a partially restored Penn Yan cartopper (1959?). It is at the driftwood store on the west side of 101 near 13th. The shop owner says when they got the

John – You are right. I said Bremerton when I should have said Bainbridge for the ferry. That makes better sense. Thinking about it, I realized that the run from Olympia to Shelton was via a more freq

I have taken the bus from Olympia to PT several times. The drivers talk to the dispatch to let the next driver know if they need to wait. For more frequent bus service go to Seattle, ferry to Bremerto

You need a nut cracker that looks like the link will show. This one is good for up to ¾ inch. I looked up some bigger ones but they got expensive quickly. There are cheaper ones but they didn’t have t