Good morning John, Thanks for setting up the list. I look forward to making the next gathering -- it sounds like this past weekend was great. Sorry to have missed it but May is the month of birthdays

John, I also appreciate your setting up the new Upper Willamette Group. Although we had only a small group at Dexter Lake last Saturday, it was very enjoyable. Begin with beautiful weather, gentle win

Does anyone have the number for the guy in Roseburg that sells native hardwoods? I can't find it in any directory, yp, directory service, I've asked around. Anyway, I understand he sells green oak and

Bryn: I'm not sure of the guys name, but try the following address: All Native Hardwoods 850 Del Rio Rd ROSEBURG OR (541) 672-8851 Jack Brown

Pat- I'm not sure exactly what a messabout is either, the one at Dexter Lake the other day was the first one I'd ever been near. I guess they're just boats and people, a place to use the boats and a p

Being mostly retired and able to sail on weekdays I was planning on not going anywhere this weekend, 'cause everybody else and their cousin will be out there. But I might be tempted out onto the water

Here are some pictures I took at the Messabout on Dexter Lake last week: http://www.boat-links.com/messabout/01/Messabout-1.html -- John <jkohnen@...> http://www.boat-links.com/ Nobody ought to wear a

Bryn- Sounds like a good project. When you mentioned a free "cruiser" I imagined a big cabin cruiser or oceangoing sailboat! <g> A 16' runabout is a nice, manageable project. I've got a confession to

Bryn, Thanks for all the help at DePoe Bay. I felt so useless see you and my son Chad carrying my (I think it's actually his now) Folbot up that ramp in the rain. I used to do that stuff when I was yo

I had a sail this afternoon on Dorena Lake, southeast of Cottage Grove. It's a nice lake, bigger than Dexter (1840 acres vs. 1025), clean water and fairly deep except at the upper end. The county park

Happened on a book entitled: "A Fighting Chance", by John Ridgway and Chay Blyth, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, New York (1967). It's about these two characters that rowed across the Atlantic in

John, enjoyed your pictures from the messabout. You came up with some nice shots. Thanks for taking the time and effort to record for posterity. John T.

Yes, maybe we should try to add the dory event to the list of activities at Depoe Bay. I'll tell all a bit about this. I left my dory on the boat ramp, pulled up high and dry but not tied up. I went t

The "Runaway Dory" race is already on the list of events for next year. Jack Brown says it's a "Must Have." Sure was the highlight of Sunday. Ocean big. Ocean win. "Mother nature bats last." Remind yo

Bryn- Glad you find the list salubrious. We need to get some more recruits though, or the conversations will get stale. We should lure Scott Malvitch into here, at least, he seems to have a lot of ent

The Vikings split the planks of their longships from oak logs. They started the split at the end of the log with a froe, then used wedges to run it down the length of the log. Then they used adzes to

60-70 horsepower, that's a hotrod! I can remember when 35 hp. on a 16' boat seemed to be plenty enough to do what people wanted to do, whether it was skiing or racing across the lake. <sigh> I figure

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Jack- An ocean row from Depoe Bay to Newport might be a bit too much excitement for many of us. Maybe we'll have a messabout in Yaquina Bay and be there to meet you. <g> -- John <jkohnen@...> http://w

How about a Messabout on Dorena Lake, at Baker Bay state park, on June 16, and optionally the 17th if anybody wants to stay over. Well, _somebody_ had to throw something definite out for the next mess