Went to order my summer supply of their bagged soups on their website. Only products they have now is frozen whole crab, $180 for 6 shipped to you. And soon to come canned Albacore. All the soups and

The Tolman is Over. On June 20th, the hull of my Tolman was turned over. Weeks of preparation paid off with no one getting hurt and only a few minor scratches on the hull. 90 percent of the work is do

https://www.finn.no/boat/forsale/ad.html?finnkode=145179643&fbclid=IwAR1Ikmsphu1uYRoExtoQrqcVgg8Tx1dXJ2T7wniAQC9Inl1XIyul7SrLG-E A 3rd cousin of mine owned/refurbished and may have originally built th

Yesterday I did stain and varnish on all the trim mouldings for new panels that cover the roof tail ends. Making a nice effect to match new roof shingles. Last night I got reminded of age, the act of

Gonna do lunch at Dennis's place. Thursday at 1.00. Bring your lunch.

Earl sent me some photos of his recent "yard art" projects: https://flic.kr/p/2jdE2yM https://flic.kr/p/2jdBfu4 https://flic.kr/p/2jdBfsF Does the lighthouse have a flashing light, Earl? -- John <jkoh

I was watching a TV show that made me think of the "Whoop-up Trail" from Ft. Benton in Montana north to a trading fort in what's now Alberta in the late 1800s. There was prohibition in Montana, at lea

I added an album, at the groups.io website: https://groups.io/g/oregoncoots/photos The pictures are from another time, the 1960's, in Glenada and Florence, featuring our boyhood boat primarily. Dan

https://bend.craigslist.org/boa/d/bend-wooden-sailboat-hand-built-day/7139903057.html Case Sent from not here -- Dirt

So far one unit looks to be a winner, after water testing. The other is almost useless, no cookbook to match stuff, "Manual" is one page, one side ion Chinese, the other warnings against hooking up wr

An article in Hakai magazine (which published lotsa interesting stuff): https://preview.tinyurl.com/yb837bf9 or https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-rolling-lurching-vomit-inducing-road-to-a-sea

"In a stunning and swift fashion, Bombardier Recreational Products, the Canadian owner of Evinrude Outboard Motors, announced on May 27 that it would immediately discontinue the manufacturing of all E

Hey coots, I'm looking for input on a simple sail rig for my kayak. I paddle a couple of 15-16ft sea kayaks made by edyline, one is from mid 80s and one is mid 2000s. I use a cedar greenland paddle I

I stumbled upon this while reading about sonething else altogether. It's not boaty, but it'll probably be of interest to some of you Coots. I was vaguely aware of this sort of craftwork, but had no id

Rose's allergy troubles got to be too much so we had to get out of the valley yesterday. The snow on the trails was still about 3' deep in places, especially up at Betty lake.

[Bcc to Chapters, Council, Groups] From President Suzan Wallace: Announcing our New Council Members- 2020-2023 Todd Bloch - Sacramento Chapter Douglass Oelller - Old Bay Chapter Walter Baron - Cape Co

My friend in Eugene showed me this video series. A british guy has been restoring a 1910 pilot cutter from England called Tally Ho. Designed by Albert Strange. She is 46ft on the deck, and he's restor

Pogo Robison crossed the bar for the last time yesterday morning about 1:30, at OHSU in Portland. He'd been battling "fibrosis" for some time. Pogo's dad, Fred, founded Dockside Charters, and we got t

Due to the dread Virus, NOAA has cancelled ship-based fishery surveys: "NOAA Fisheries plans to use autonomous surface vehicles to collect some critically needed data to support management of the nati

There isn't gonna be a "real" Wooden Boat Show at Toledo this year, but the Port is gonna host a Virtual one. Unfortunately, it's gonna be on F******k. <sigh> I can't find the F******k page for the Bo