Watched this YouTube video on Willamette falls. Pretty interesting and not super long. https://youtu.be/TTUAujDVPDU Case Sent from not here -- Dirt

American/English photographer Kathy Mansfield went to the Festival of the Loire in Orleans last year, and wrote about it in the latest Water Craft. Attendance was down, due to the Covid, but an estima

By accident !! I wildly modified a MK remote "stick" to a longer and more flexible control set up. I wanted a flexible speed, on/off set up, since I have a rudder on Surprise. I cut off the rod end, t

At the old Same place -- 4 Spirits distillery -- a bit north of the Corvallis airport. They've got a small menu with some good lunch stuff, and a roomy outdoor space to eat with a Giant forced air hea

There were about eight white pelicans in Kirk Pond, below Fern Ridge Dam, this afternoon. :o) Probably just traveling through, but last year two pair stayed for the summer, and probably bred somewhere

Show up about noon, with your lunch, goodies, and interesting videos (but nothing feature length): http://www.coots.org/mb/Video/ -- John <jkohnen@...> Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. (D

Good thing I got puckered over an insurance bill today. I grabbed the outboard and got it all set to go, didn't think I could lift it up three times like that. Proves that a sunny day, and a problem c

Wasting time poking around in Flickr I discovered that the Lane County Historical Society has put up some scans of old photos. Not much boaty, but I love this kind of stuff. :o) I hope they keep at it

I just emailed the latest Contact List, 2022C, updated 3/6/22, to the Coots that are in it. Just a few minor corrections, but if you're coming to the Video Messabout Sunday be sure to look at Dennis's

The Royal Museums at Greenwich have scanned a bunch of their ship plans and made them available online. The Admiralty took the lines off of ships captured by the Royal Navy that interested them, so th

I've owned a few boats over the years, sail, dingy's, canoes, etc. But this is the 1st time I've owned anything made primarily of wood. I am looking at what paints and varnishes should be used. My 1st

At the same Old place -- 4 Spirits distillery -- a bit north of the Corvallis airport. They've got a small menu with some good lunch stuff, and a roomy outdoor space to eat with a Giant forced air hea

I replaced the plug in my Yamaha scooter, better power by a bit so a success there. After over a year, scooter still doing very well, so I researched "project farm" on u tube again, a long time truste

Hello all, Yesterday, over fish-n-chips in Astoria, John K. and I tossed around a few ideas concerning another try at a September cruise. I figured I'd start with a few thoughts and see what others mi

I'm up to the 1890s now in Salmon Fever: River;s End. Fishing on the lower Columbia in the '90s was safer than it was in the wild early years of the canneries, but still dangerous. There were a lot mo

At a video messabout we sit around BSing and watching boaty videos out in Dennis's warm shop. Bring any videos you think might entertain Coots, but we've discovered that feature-length movies don't wo

300-ton tugboat grounded on President Point to be scrapped https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/03/03/kokua-tugboat-grounded-kingston-president-point-scrapped/9348388002/ A WW II Army tug, which

I just watched a very interesting presentation at the Worldwide Classic Boat Show about solar/electric cruising. They got together three guys who really know their stuff, and have real-world experienc

Probably the most interesting towboat ever built, in the US of A anyway, is up for sale. At the bargain price of only $30,000! :o) But all the interesting bits were stripped out of her long ago. :o( I

At the old Same place -- 4 Spirits distillery -- a bit north of the Corvallis airport. They've got a small menu with some good lunch stuff, and a roomy outdoor space to eat with a Giant forced air hea