First off, thanks to all who responded on this, I read the notes, and finally pulled out the motor so I could see it closely. The black cover was a built in gear belt drive with the 15 amp motor, Very

Well, second happiest day as they say. Going to the valley Saturday to help the new owner get her ready to move. New tires and wheels, trailer lights, and go thru all the stuff. She heading to McMinnv

Once again, I have lost and regained-less-perfectly contact with the outside world. Deep sigh. I caught a smattering of talk about a trip in September. Provided riffraf from upstream might be acceptab

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/cootworld/ IIRC, Lon, or one of his friends, acquaintances or tenants, had one of these... -- John <jkohnen@...> The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing;

Got the Banta boat done. I built it with the intention of donating it to my church. I talked to them & they aren't doing any fund raising this year because of the virus, so they don't want it. I haven

I'll see if I can make it out to Richardson tomorrow to say hello and give you a hand. If anybody else shows up we can have a gab fest and lunch. On 8/18/2020 1:24 PM, Josh wrote: > Looking like we're

A socially distanced lunch and gab fest at Richardson Park. Starting around 11:00. Bring your own lunch, of course. Tuffy will be coming out of the water too, I hope at Richardson. If there's not enou

Had a nice sail yesterday evening. While out there I was thinking that Tuffy is the easiest sailboat to get out sailing in that I've had at Fern Ridge. Is it the rig? No. There's a jackleg jib cover t

And you don't have to go to F******k. :o) Are you listening, Bud? <g> https://virtualwbf.org/ It cost money, but I'll consider it a donation to help the WBF through these hard times. -- John <jkohnen@

A bit of work with the calculator... Tuffy's motor (an 80 lb. thrust Minn Kota bolted to the side of the keel -- half of what Cal has on Surprise) eats 5 amps x 24 V = 120 watts at my usual, leisurely

Being stuck at home has its advantages. I took my Enterprise sailing/racing dinghy to the Toledo Boat Show last year and as some of you know I had my share of problems. One that has been on my mind wa

THE (I think they only did one) Nexus Bolger Black Skimmer. A design I've long lusted after, ever since I forst saw it in The Folding Schooner... A very practical sort of boat. -------- Forwarded Mess

Hi All, I’m sure some of you know this boat. Andrew Linn spent a lot of time really sprucing her up with new rigging and a new weighted centerboard. I’ve had the boat just about a year and have kept h

Great morning at Fern Ridge res., All systems go, at last, time to check out the camera in the green water, Nope, not going to show anything that is not green and fuzzy. If it was on a 20 foot pole th

Thanks for letting my message out, John as I asked. The trailer didn't get it though. After about a couple hours I had finally traced it to an internal short in a wire, blown secondary car light fuse,

As an dddition, I have a 60 led high power underwater light coming in. Billed as a fishing green tinted bait attractant, I thought it might also cut through the crud if I needed more light down there.

Hi folks, Randy T. and I got to talking about a week cruise out of Cathlamet someday. Heading down towards Illwaco. Maybe make a big circle, do something similar to what Sam McKinney did in "Reach of

If you want an excuse to do some rowing or paddling at the Coast there's a swimming non-event at Eel Lake that could use some safety escorts. Ralph Mohr wrote: "This weekend, Aug. 8-9, was supposed to

Chuck Bollong of the Barbey Maritime Center of the Columbia River Maritime Museum has a line on building forms for the following strip built craft: Ted Moore's Redbird Canoe - 17'6" and 35 inch beam L

I rebuilt the somewhat different wiring from the car to the boat wiring. That is a replacable "harness" made removable so the trailer has zero lighting parts that ever enter any water.. ALL Wiring is