The concrete mono pour! We pour the footings, walls and the slab floor all at once! This pour took just short of 30 yards.
Category: Cathlamet
Marina – Saw Mill Part 2
Today we brought a log over to my friend Gordy who has a band saw mill. His mill can cut big stuff while Henry’s cuts only as big as 4″x12″. I need 4) beams 5 1/5″ x 13 1/2″ x 18 feet long. Gordy and I cut two of those beams. Now I’ve got to find another log…
Milling Lumber
Today my friends and I milled an old growth log that was used for years to support a floating structure. It had lots of large spikes in it that needed to be removed before setting it up on the mill. Once on the mill, we cut all the 4×10 beam stock needed for all door and window headers. This…
Fox Glove and Marina
This last week I completed the foundation forming, and my business partner finished up the rough plumbing for the two bathrooms, two kitchenettes and the laundry room. Hopefully we’ll pour concrete next week. What you’re looking at is a Mono Slab. This type of foundation is not only very, very strong, but one other real benefit is that the…
Osprey and the Marina
This last week the young pair of Osprey were building away! My wife was sitting with a friend watching the Osprey bring large branches up to the platform, and they both said you could just sit here all day and watch them. They are amazing birds!! The reason I’ve slowed down on the dory is that I’ve started…
First Time Sailing
Last week I had the honor of hosting my son-in-law’s father for several days.There were a couple of firsts for Young. First time on a sailboat. Here are a few photos of Young and I sailing the seven seas on The Vanessa (Devlin Eider). And the first time catching a nice bright Columbia River Steelhead….
Bald Eagle Days Boat Show
Here are some photos of the Welcome Slough Boatworks fleet at The Bald Eagles Day Boat Show. The Lil Caleb won best in its class!! When the show ended I had my good friend Jerry Ward run Vanessa with Lil Caleb in tow back to her moorage on Welcome Slough. I was in the Rachel…
Bald Eagle Days 2013
This coming weekend is Bald Eagle Days for Cathlamet, Wa. The Wooden Boat Festival is part of it. Welcome Slough Boatworks will be showing four boats this year. “Rachel” 19′ LOA cuddy cabin Pelicano, “Vanessa” 18′ LOD Gaff Rig Sloop Eider, “Lil Caleb” 7′ 6″ Dinghy Polliwog and Henry & Craig’s Work Boat 16′ LOA…