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…
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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…
Eider: Getting Ready for Port Townsend
August 30, 2012. Over the last couple of days I’ve put Vanessa on her trailer and getting her polished up for the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. The very hard part about the timing of the show is that it is right at the peak of the Fall Chinook season. Here are a few photos.
Sculling Oar for Vanessa
Today I spent 2 1/2 hours building the sculling oar for Vanessa. Tomorrow I will sand it and add a 2nd coat of varnish and then do the same the following day.
Cathlamet Yacht Club Raffle
Every year on the week before Memorial Day, I deliver a newly built boat to the Cathlamet Yacht Club to be raffled off to raise needed funds for this small community. The club has been taking the boat to most of their summer events and selling tickets to win this year’s Sam Devlin designed 10′…
Eider: Elochoman Slough Marina, Wooden Boat Festival 2012
July 22, 2012 Elochoman Slough Marina, Wooden Boat Festival This weekend was Bald Eagle Days for Cathlamet, Washington. On Sunday from 9 am – 2 pm was the wooden boat festival part of the weekend. There were many great wooden vessels from the Portland/Vancouver and outlying areas. It was a great day for me and…
5×10 Devlin Skiff: Finished
May 20, 2012; worked from 9 – 11:30 am. I put the last tip coat on the inside and last coat of the varnish as well. She’s finished and ready for raffle tickets :0)
5×10 Devlin Skiff: Interior First Coat
May 19, 2012 worked from 9:30 am – noon. I painted the inside with its first coat and added another coat of varnish.
5×10 Devlin Skiff: Turning Her Over
May 18, 2012 Today I flipped the boat and put on the 1st coat of varnish, this took 30 minutes. Then I hit the river with my friend Franz that has been sailing for well over 50 years and has a chest full of sailing trophies. We sailed for 3 wonderful hours. Frans has never…