Sorry for not posting for a while. The last couple of weeks I have been taking my time doing the yearly maintenance on “Rachel”, my fish boat. It is a Devlin “Pelicano”. Yearly maintenance for me means sanding all topside paint and brightwork and applying fresh paint and varnish (cetol). This year I also built…
Month: September 2012
Chinook Fishing With Jerry
Today was another cool Fall morning on the Columbia River. Here are a couple of photos. There’s one of my friend Jerry Johnson. Jerry is in his 70’s. This is his first summer retired from commercial fishing. He asked if I would show him how to catch a Columbia River Chinook with a rod and…
A Good Fall Day for Fishing
This morning was an early tide so we had to get up to the fishing grounds before sun up. Here are a couple of photos.
Home From the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
This year like all the others is a wooden boat aficionados’ dream. I just have to give thanks to all the hard work that was put into this event by the organizers. Everything from the music to the food; all the tool and boat vendors and all the classes – it was exceptional. The Eider…