Finally! Here are some pictures from the Season Opener messabout. <whew> It was a beautiful day, the lake was flat and calm, and there was only one obnoxious motorboat running around in circles. Why d

We're planning to have Good Girl out at Triangle lake late morning tomorrow to try out the electric motor and hopefully catch some fish so if anyone's there look for the bright yellow sailboat without

No French oars for Dan! :o) Dan M got some carbon fiber spoon blades from the Antipodes and made a pair of oars using plans from Gaco Oarlock. He'll be using these oars with the skin on frame Shenando

They're now accepting applications for the 2021 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, September 10-12th. If you want to display your boat in the water apply early: https://woodenboat.org/2021-wooden-boa

I just (we) tested and are using a new clothes washing electronic device to replace $$ soap. Hotels, motels, other commercial venue have wished for something to replace the high cost of soap, detergen

Good idea John !! Gotta love those new docks, with good bumper rails ao the ramp also, hope they used stainless screws overall. I think I will put Fern Ridge back on my list, with Dorena and Lookout,

The Salish 100 is still on, and registration opens may 3rd. Those of us who registered and were accepted last year get first dibs. We sure had a good time last year! :o) https://flic.kr/s/aHsmFdUUEd h

I'd like to thank Dan Rogers, Earl, John Kohnen, Dennis, Bob Larkin for all of your help at Fern Ridge. It was such a great time on the water and giving good advise. Plus feeding me and giving me the

Your Tenderly looks real good with the paint on the hull, Kent. :o) It looks like it'll be a better sailboat than the Shellback, which was more of a rowboat with sails. I look forward to seeing it on

Ken up on Bainbridge Island has been busy. Look great, Ken! :o) Looks like it'll be ready to hit the water before too long. He's pondering what to do for a slot cover now. He's starting with a hard li

Just tried to get this years prices on slips. Apparently there are no slips available for the coots coming event, but I don't believe that. I do believe the site is wrong, so Just have to show up and

I just requested to order both the old and new prop types from the hand crank folks in Croatia !! Might see how those props work on an electric MK head. My 40 MK has a plug in amp / volt setup, for ch

Has anyone tried one of these? https://www.axamarine.com/hand-propeller-outboard There are cheaper ones on amazon. Seems like a great solution for a small sailboat like my windrose 18, But I'm curious

if some others want to try some different props on their MK for a bit more push, trade for a bit more power usage, I may have an idea. I have the Kipawa 3 blade prop, also a couple larger stock 80 lb

Seabees built a couple of desks using materials from USS Constitution, Chesapeake (musta got the wood from England, where some of the ships wood was used to build a building), and Arizona. Interesting

Just got my slip assigned. Thanks to you, because there seem to be few available right now. I will be on "C" dock # 6, just in case somebody is in it, har de har. I'm coming out Sat. sometime and will

Never, zero solar interest now. Here in the NW, the sun is so far out of optimal equatorial alignment, thanks Myles T. (low transfer), cloudy (same), takes up too much useful space to get enough, and

The online evil genius has steadfastly insisted there is no room at the inn for either Richardson or Orchard Pt. this weekend...can Oregonians be this anxious to get their boats in the water in April?

By playing the pathetic outa'state card, got a spot over by the potties...A-37.

As an idea, IF a coot is motoring ( or someone else ) uses say 10 to 15 amps to putt around, maybe higher in wind, tide, or extra coots aboard is there a battery problem ? The battery sizes are define