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Welcome to boat ownership. The worst is yet to come. Until then, have fun!

At a glance, your site looks legit and that's the first hurdle. Good work in that regard. And the boats seem nice too.

I'd love to see a bit more company background and soul, though. If I give...

I saw her last night around sundown. She was lovely sitting there right off the beach. What a showoff.

Great story. You just never know what will happen. To me, it's all excellent, regardless.

Ben, so this is your boat?

What do you do?

Grandy skiff?

I learned to sail between the bridges on the Columbia River. Tons of current.

Great story. Very honest! I know that feeling of dread as the boat drifts closer to a wall or piling. Last weekend, I was getting my rig down in the slough outside La Connor when the current just...

I call it luxury kayaking.

I can row a steady 2.5 knots in slack water (sometimes more, sometimes less depending on my will). Add or remove the current and you have my speed. A couple guys rowing basically continually probably...

Sail and Oar. It'll drive all the unimportant stuff right out of your life. And what else do you need to know?

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Be back in the...

I had a sticky once.

Nice boat!

Sea Ocean Books on Stoneway in Seattle.

"Loaded the kayak" is a my new favorite euphemism. Extremely versatile.

Paint the sheer strake. Go for a row. Enjoy.

I'm 96% sure this is Lew's old 13 out on Lake Ballinger.

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I'm 100% sure this is Lew, though....

I've wanted to go to the Depoe Bay show for years. Thanks for the photos.

For a small boat being single-handed, the mizzen has everything to do with safety. It's pretty much the most reliable crew I've ever had. Big boats are big boats. You'll have to ask Mr. Hwyl.

I have no idea what Rich is talking about. I thought the weather was pretty nice. In fact, here I am in my Salish Sea summer outfit.

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Moments later, Eric passed out from sheer sail and motor boredom.

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Sail and motor ... it's really just a lot of standing around.


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I wasn't sure if I was going to put my boat in the festival this year. I had a bit of a groundhog day experience last year. But man, that video makes me want to do it again.

If I didn't go, I'd...

Pretty sure that's a fairly new Pete Culler Buzzards Bay 19.

Great color!

I can't see how white is a color scheme that anyone would notice. There's way too many white boats on the dance floor. They all look alike to me.

Yeadon was Yeadon back when McMullet was a mere kayaker. Yeadon is legacy.

First off, that Yeadon is an exquisite being. Not to be bandied about as if he's an average fellow. Someone like Yeadon, indeed.

As far as the original poster, I have no opinion. Just start...

I enjoyed meeting the Off Center Harbor fellows at Puerto Townsend. They were good people. Great video.

I just had a moment of clarity.

I love this genre of boats. I've pondered building a skin-on-frame St. Lawrence River skiff, among others.

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Buncha big talkers.

The fellow built it himself. He can do what he wants.

What do you get when you have a Sooty Tern and a Scamp? Two boats that get used a lot.

This is the bilge. It's all irony from here on out.

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Swoon.

I'll be making a handful of birdsmouth spars over the summer. Usually I use a table saw to cut the birdsmouth joing, but this time I figured it would be fun to use a router table jig along with a 45...

Nope. I think it had some sort of Salish design on it.

That Bob Smalser ... so heroic!

An "e" just didn't feel right, nor did "dados" so I went with the satisfaction of an optimistically-placed apostrophe. And isn't feelin' good what spelling is all about?

If I can't bandsaw it out, then out comes the table saw. It's pretty handy, especially for dado's. Though if I ever get around to making more cabinets, bookshelves, etc, then I might invest in a...

Americans are far too risk adverse. That was amazing.

Critical research and development, captured via film.


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Really? You'd rather have that laminated plasticized beast visible in your hull versus a lovely sawn knee? What if you took that sawn knee and carved out two mortises for splines? One up the spine,...

Call my assistant. We'll get something set up.

I hope my mast doesn't explode while I'm here at work.

Whoever said a boat needed to fit your current purposes for you to build it? Where did the joy go, McMullen?

He wants to finally build The Perfect Teal, as his first 14 attempts proved unsatisfying.

Sebens is such a schoolmarm.

Your spar looks great! I'm about to build some new hollow spars, too. (Hopefully for a potential boat that starts with "HV"...)

Here's my favorite Clint Chase tip: Glue the staves up four at a...