These photos are from the owner of Tradition, taken while I was replacing all of her wood with new straight grain Fir. This wood was reclaimed from drifting down the Columbia River. Rough milled at the upper end of Puget Island. I then plane it and mill it to size at the boatworks. As you…
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Cat Ketch
Yesterday and today Kirk Gresham and I worked on his newly purchased 21′ Cat Ketch double ender. This is a 50 year old fiber glass vessel. Yesterday as Kirk removed the toe rails and gunwales, I removed and replaced the bad floors. I built them out of 1″ Douglas Fir stock. Once fit I glasses…
Osprey Building
This last week I resurrected my irrigation system and during that process I watched the Osprey adding more branches to the platform. Here are a few photos. All three of these shots were taken from our back deck with my iPhone.
Steelhead – Opening Day
Yesterday, May 16, 2013, was the opening day for Steelhead fishing here on the lower Columbia River. I drove over to my good friend Steve S. that lives just across Welcome Slough and asked if he would like to go fishing with Josey and I. He said sure lets jump in my boat. Then he…
Osprey Platform
About 3 years ago I built an Osprey platform and had it mounted on the top of an old cottonwood tree that sits in the middle of a small grove about 50′ way from our back porch along the river. Well this last Tuesday I noticed that a pair of beautiful Osprey are building a…
Devlin Skiff Raffle
A 5′ x 10′ Devlin Skiff is being raffled to support the Wahkiakum County Historical Society and the St. James Family Center. I started this boat in December and you can learn more about it here. Wahkiakum County Historical Society was established in 1954 to preserve the history, unique historical artifacts and traditions of Wahkiakum…
Maple End Table
Friday. It’s been a while since my last post. I built an end table for my wife Jody out of some of the wood from the maple tree that was removed from our front yard. She loved that tree and was sad to see it go. The roots have destroyed my driveway twice. There won’t…
Jerry’s Launch Day
Saturday. Today was a huge day for my neighbor Jerry Johnson. About 3 years ago Jerry bought an old bare lifeboat hull. He trailered that hull to his shop on Puget Island and started the long process of building a fish boat for he and is wife Nalane to enjoy on the lower Columbia. Today…
First Springer of the Season
Wednesday. Today was a typical March day in the Northwest – rain and about 40 degrees. Around noon I called my neighbor Jerry J, and we boarded “Rachel” and made way up the Columbia for about 10 minutes, dropped anchor in about 13 feet with the tide running hard. I rigged up both rods and…
Garvey “Jimbo” – Launch
Wednesday, today we launched. Craig and Henry are standing in front of their new boat. The launch went perfectly, the only adjustment that needs to be made is the tilt of the motor. Once this is done the bow will ride just a little higher.