OH, fish tacos, great idea! I'll definitely bring corn tortillas and some fixings to add to the affair. -- Sent with Tutanota, enjoy secure & ad-free emails. Aug 12, 2022, 16:41 by dirtsailor2003@...:

Having consulted several of the finer taco stands around Tucson (actually just the lady across the street!) I find that Quesadillas are 95% made with flour tortillas. Sorry. I will say that even the f

We need to start gathering the Coot Library books in one place, for the future library in Toledo. For now, we can store them in the Port office. If you can, bring the ones you've got to the Toledo sho

Dan from Almostcanada has suggested doing a cruise, or maybe just some poking around, in the Columbia after the Toledo Show. Is there any interest? I need to call him back and learn more... -- John <j

Got thinking about the fire danger on our dead end road. Yes, I will look into this with our local fire chief. Meanwhile I recall we have a pretty good crew here. I would guess at least 4 to 6 cats. g

41 boats signed up, so far! :o) http://www.coots.org/mb/Toledo/ https://www.portoftoledo.org/wooden-boat-show -- John <jkohnen@...> The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands

Yipes! It's almost here already! I haven't been plugging this enough... Cathlamet is a nice little harbor, close to some interesting places along the Columbia for poking around. The folks who put on t

John McC finally got around to mentioning this tonite. I'm going to the Coast tomorrow for a couple of days, so I'll miss it. If any of you are interested give John a shout. http://applegateboatworks.

Well I said I wouldn’t do it, but it’s happening again. We’ll be having a fish fry and maybe some crab, definitely oysters and other seafood on Friday night for any Coots who want to attend. Will he h

La Verne is making a carrot cake for the event, those usually play well with coots. Looks like nobody will escape another great Toledo bonfire dinner. Is there a time it is expected to start this year

Would a mess of cheese quesadillas be welcome at the Fish Fry? I can bring fresh tortillas from Tucson then pick up Tillamook cheddar or other cheese along the way. I can fry them up on my camp stove

A search of the Interweb turned up a mention in WoodeBoat that Dick Wagner supplied the plans for the crabbing skiff that the Coos Bay Boatbuilding Center built. So, the Center for Wooden Boats should

Monterey clippers evolved from the lateen-rigged fishing boats used around San Francisco and Monterey Bays. Monterey clippers were built to use the heavy, slow-turning, single cylinder 4-cycle gasolin

These photos may be of more interest to Coots who aren't old fishing boat afficionados: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjA267Y -- John <jkohnen@...> Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable for

Let's have lunch at Richardson Park this Thursday. The weather is supposed to be clement, and there are boats there. :o) Bring a life vest if you want to go boating after lunch. 1:00, as usual, at a p

The boats are old, the photos aren't much more than 5 years old. I put these digital photos up for posterity, not their entertainment or artistic value. Some of these boats are already broken up or bu

Jim C brought the tiny trailer he just finished to lunch Thursday. It's a beauty. :o) Of course. <g> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjA28ET Jim's been having trouble getting a good water seal on the doors of th

River steamboats have made lots of unlikely ocean passages. Charley likes to tell the story of when Jesse James Ott had an offer to buy his 65', wood fired, steam sternwheeler, then on the Coquille Ri

112 ft. all wood, over 100 years old. Currently cruising Sardinia, as a charter vessel. This is a full walk through of an almost unbelievable schooner in capable hands. Nuff Said -- Cal

The recent meeting up with Hank made me wonder how many boxes are there of Coots books that we have and how the library is coming along at Toledo. I know how busy everyone is but it would be great if