The only good thing I found about the power boaters, other than seeing Merriman, a very nice wooden yacht, is that they usually have young ladies in bikinis. Eye candy is nice! Other than that they have to have loud stereos, loud engines, and leave a nice layer of gas fumes on the water.
I managed to ground the boat out on the mud, which was interesting. I'm still not happy with the boom setup. I really think the mast could be a foot taller on this Pooduck, there is hardly any room for a decent downhaul. And the boom keeps twisting.
Haven't flown the jib yet. Right now one sail is enough and I haven't figured out a good sheeting arrangement. The plans call for a continuous sheet through screw eyes on the middle thwart. This doesn't much appeal to me.
Anyone know of good places close to Portland? I know of Hagg Lake and some places on the Columbia.
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