It was a. um... _difficult_ Ducky Derby this year, with uncooperative wind and tide. If you were there you'll understand this first draft of the flyer for next year's race: http://www.boat-links.com/i

Bob M noticed that there's an error in the Coot Calendar -- it shows the Hood Canal Arster Messabout on the 29th -- and I discovered the same error in the online event schedule at coots.org. <sigh> So

Which Coot is gonna build something like this first? <g> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=PgRRyYsyGDc Purty neat, but so far out of our league... I probably won't pay any more attentio

John L was at the Depoe Bay show Saturday trying to find a Good Home for his Mercury class keel sloop, Tribute, built by Nunes Bros. in 1948. The boat leaks badly, and likely needs to have the plywood

[Bcc to Chapter Reps] Attached is a letter from the Secretary soliciting nominations for the 2018-2021 class of the TSCA National Council. Any member is eligible to run, and self-nominations are encou

I figure that any coots who want to hop on for a ride in Surprise know they are welcome. I don't always think to ask everybody, or think they might be busy with their own stuff. It was noted that a go

That's a nice little boat: http://www.duckworksbbs.com/product-p/jw-sherpa.htm See you Saturday. On 4/19/2018 2:47 PM, David G wrote: > > > Got a call from Joe Nelson, and he has a mostly completed We

Just in case !! Med tests found a ?? lump, not explained well, and scheduled specialist and tests of my choice immediately. Checked with my insurance in case of cancer. Nice to find any initial proced

The Weatherman is gonna be kind to us this year. :o) http://www.coots.org/mb/DepoeBay/ -- John (jkohnen@...) Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk. (

This weekend is the Depoe bay Wooden Boat Show, so although a bunch of Coots will be at the Coast they're gonna be pretty busy. Can you reschedule the launch? On 4/18/2018 2:15 PM, Hal N wrote: > > I

You can ask me about this at the Depoe Bay boat show, that will be the test for this stuff. It is a clear and spray can sealant, that is applied without resealing thread or seam leaks. I just sprayed

I emailed the latest Contact List to those of you listed in it. If you think you should have got one, but didn't, let me know. Throw away your old Contact Lists so you don't get confused! ;o) The Coot

The Depoe Bay Wooden Boat Show is next weekend! Jack O'Brien and his crew of volunteers do most of the work getting things ready, so we mostly just have to show up, but there are a couple of things we

NW author Don Berry died some years ago, and now his web pages are gone forever. But not really... archive.org still has his book, Magic Harbor, inspired by his time living aboard his boat in Eagle Ha

Last week I went to town ahead of La Vernes car to breakfast, with the truck. A couple days earlier I put the oars on top while I worked on the boat. Umm !, not so good. What was weird was the oars la

Thinking about lunch tomorrow, just to see if my connection works and if you plan to do that this time ?? Always a pleasure to do with good company. Thanks, Cal

John and I are the only ones so far to use the directory function. I figured it was a description of a primary boat, I think that was not wrong, as it is easy to find a basic pix. & info. on Surprise

Is anyone having trouble signing in to the new group at groups.io? Cal did, and I fixed things by kicking him off the new group and then inviting him to join. Even Cal managed to successfully join up

Guess the mail just ate my first one, all good now, YEA !!

Hey, John are you planning lunch tomorrow?? Or -- wha's upppp ?? Cal