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I love that older style of boat. Look at all that purple heart.

The plan is for one to be funded by 2025 for Guemes Island, which is a very short cross channel hop from Anacortes. Our "illustrious" CiC, aka "where's Joe?" is pushing for one north of there on Lummi Island, that most residents are just shaking their heads in wonder about.

When I was still working in boatyards many years ago now, in Seattle, the well known author Ernest K. Gann bought his classic wood boat the Sea Puss into us a couple of times for odd and ends of work. I installed a davit on it to help get the dog off and on the boat. I remember she had a...

OK, I will bite. What is a med mooring??

There is a loud lube oil alarm on mine that goes off when key is turned. I do lock my boat and the key is not in. In watching the vid it appears he may have not been rolled if he was able to get the bow to the swell, maybe...

Rescue of the Bounty, Michael J. Tougias and Douglas A. Campbell Title seems odd as the Bounty was not rescued.

I recently read a good book about the sinking of the replica BOUNTY during Superstorm Sandy some years back. The CG rescue swimmers are in the thick of it. Very good read.

Oh Boy, Look out! Just back from a long stretch at reeducation camp! I can hear the groans from here! "oh no, not that guy again", yep so ready to rock and roll and engage with my various "friends" here on the forum. LOL

I did. Its a no go.

I see several stories on line today stating that un vaccinated people can travel to Canada if they pre test, then quarantine for 14 days and test again on day 8. Any truth to this or is it just bad reporting.

My late uncle who was a superb boat handler used to say, "slow is smooth, smooth is fast".

Just too much paint build up. Get out the scrapers.

I have had people call me a liar over this but its absolutely true. Was living on a houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle when the Ak quake hit and we were first on the long dock that just was built on piling. The lake level actually rose and fell just a bit, not much, and also our dock started...

I feel bad for the guy at the helm! There will be lots of misery to follow.

That is the company I used to work for and in fact that particular tug, the Western Mariner, I made the maiden voyage on around 1985 and had my first mates job on her. Made many trips to SE on her during my time there some years ago.

Funniest thing I have read all week!:rofl:

Recently had my house 8D fail so we put in a couple of G27's in its place in a big plastic battery box with lid and tie downs. Those two smaller batteries needed something to keep them from sliding around though, so I cut a couple pcs of 2x4 tight enuf to block them in place, and drove a big...

Been there done that, have the T shirt! First time I hauled out the '48 Monk I had for some years, same thing. Out for quite a while doing various things. Dunked it back in, water everywhere! She was planked with Port Orford cedar, with caulked seams. They didnt look too open but Holy...

Many years ago (1977?)I had just started working for a boat yard in Seattle and one of my jobs was being the gofer. They supplied prop shafts to Tolly down in Longview I guess it was. So my boss says, hey we need you to drive a bunch of shafts down to Tolly. Cool! All day road trip. On the way...

Maybe they figure Pootin is less likely to attack Germany than Poland if this move angers him and it probably will.

This style of anchor looks like something that belongs behind a horse in the field...

Well it looks like someone was trying to show you where the tow was with the bright light from the sky....

LOL, good luck with that...

My brother who worked as asst engineer on this boat when my dad ran it had to rattle his noodle quite a bit but we finally figured out the engines were Cleveland 8-268A models and probably turbo because they were rated at 500HP each whereas it was rated at 350HP standard. As you noted above...

What the Polar Star/Bonham looked like recently as a derelict. One of the easiest riding boats I ever sailed on. Wonderful sea boat.