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

Interesting boat for sale in Bend. https://bend.craigslist.org/boa/d/bend-heurth-river-dory/7161373437.html -- Dirt

Cal is gonna take Surprise to Richardson Park for some testing. Alas, he didn't say just when. <sigh> Keep your eyes peeled for more details... "Thinking of looking at a few details on Surprise, top o

The next social opportunity at Fern Ridge will be when Earl pulls Dr. Petra out Wednesday, starting around 10:00, at Richardson. Cal had trailer light problems and never made it to Fern Ridge today. <

Wow! Maybe I'm last to know this, but google street view has water routes, also! Take a look at this link (if it works correctly) and tell me if that is our new clubhouse tied up at Fred's Marina. :-)

Just saw that the steam up is doing a drive through tour instead of the normal gig. Sent from not here -- Dirt

I've been spending a lot of time working on boats during the fun. Some of you know that I managed to test the floatation in the San Francisco Pelican I took to the Toledo show last summer. The motor d

Hi all, I know October is a ways away but has anyone thought of going to the Halloween Float this year? My boating season has been pretty much a wash this year due to all of our Covid 19 status. A flo

Let us know if you can get away from the salt mine for some sailing on fern Ridge. As it usually does this time of year it's been getting pretty windy in the afternoons on Fern Ridge. Those who aren't

The other night Earl took me and Bob L out into the middle of Fern Ridge to see the NEOWISE comet. It's very faint, but Big. If you look at it through even small binoculars you can really get a good l

An article in the May/June Small Craft Advisor made me consider trying cellular PVC planks or sheet to make companionway drop boards for Tuffy. The author makes some good arguments in favor of using p