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Gotta love Klepper!

Paper from "WHO GIVES A CRAP". They forward half their profits to help create clean water and sanitation services.

Sneakers can be crazy powerful. I was hiking on Cape Kiwanda in my teens and watched the water pull back, exposing the rocks below. I started backpedalling immediately and got almost to the...

I'd really like to see the actual science behind the reports. This sounds, to me, like the press (even Science) misinterpreting data and MSN going along for the ride. Like Jim, I had some Geo (four...

Good to hear from you, Chris. And glad that Skookum is under cover and getting the attention she needs. What a lucky boat, to have a good steward!

And another English built Michelotti design:
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Just started reading it and I'm finding it leads to a plethora of other reading mouseholes. Thanks for the tip :) And yes...Pratchett fan.

Sounds great to me! I never liked the nasty SuPrep stuff. At least now the kids are grown and out of the house so I don't have to listen to them making bets on when I'll start the "run".

HA! Whaleatosis :) We were doing the Bridge-to-Bridge (Astoria to Newport, Or) one year in a drifter and drifted past a sleeping whale. When we got downwind we were all surreptitiously checking...

When you create the opening for the chainplates make sure any cut edges are completely sealed with epoxy. I went to the extent of creating an extra large opening (8-10mm around each chainplate),...

I'm guilty of the sideways spinnaker launch. Ummmm....more than once. I used the excuse that I was trying to lower the CE of the rig. Nobody was buyin' it.

Nice! Yeah...I've carved a little bit of poplar. The varying grain makes it a challenge. I found I had to keep my knives really sharp and take little "bites". I really like your model!

Thanks for posting :)

Never get tired of watching that :)

I was never impresses with the new ones, but a friend had a 600 Abarth that was a HOOT!

I got to do several Oregon Offshores, Swiftsures and a PacCup aboard. Nice ride :) Learned a ton from Gary Rossow and crew! That was before Roger bought it.

"SPACEBALLS... the flame thrower...the kiddies love that."

Said it far better than I :)

Zero to two drinks a week? Ummm....nope. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/18/canada-alcohol-drinks-guidelines-health

Chainsaws were faster, but they were limited in length so they'd cut the trees higher up on the trunk . For several years around here there was a booming salvage logging industry taking out the old...

Had to enjoy looking through this whole thing again to make sure nobody had posted a Birdcage yet:
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Can't argue with that, but I'd like to see the pendulum start to swing a bit more central rather than continue the move to the loony corners :) I mean...it's entertaining to watch, but D@MN!

The MG-R Type had a backbone chassis, but I don't think it made it into anything but single seaters.
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Can't disagree on you with most of that. The curve is approaching regardless of where the population is...here, Mexico, Guatemala or India. Don't think that by closing a border you're slowing the...

Carol Hasse has retired, but I understand the new folks at Port Townsend Sails are keeping up her quality standards. https://ptshipwrights.com/ptsails/ They're expensive, but probably not...

Do congressional districts have a mechanism for removing an elected official, and if so, why have they not acted on it? Lots of national press, but I'd like to see what the 3rd district says.

She has definitely done her part. I wish her and her family well!

It's real!?! https://www.oceancoyacht.com/fleet/black-pearl/

How about an old Gary Mull design; a Kalik 40 from 1980. Not the best photo, just the best that I happen to have.
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Paul Linnman is breathing a sigh of relief :)

Thanks Paul. I didn't know what that was, but I sure like it :)

NICE! One of those things you'll love no matter what the weather :)

Low water may reveal these again, too. Obviously not as old, but fairly unique: http://www.weirdus.com/states/washington/ancient_mysteries/goose_lake_prints/index.php

I'm surprised to see bass tearing like that. Last stuff I used was incredibly fine grained, but I did need crazy sharp tools to get a clean, slick cut. Love the model, though! Have you seen Paul...

Cool :) That's a lot cheaper than the usual half-round brass stock folks use for bump stop/wear plate thingies. And you don't have screw holes to deal with.

The only appropriately named car was the Landie in the film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy"...called "The AntiChrist".

Following :) I probably won't have time to join in, but I'll be watching with interest. Maybe I can sneak out for one day to join folks.

Looking really good, Neal! I'll let others comment on the latest thinking on the mast step.

Would this be deemed a Coble? Double ended rather than transomed. From the PTWBF, '07.
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David, I think Safeway carries the Reed's Extra Ginger. If not, check out John's Market on Powell...finest beer selection in town that I know of and I've seen the Reed's there, I think.

Now...if only we an get some of the population to open their eyes and see ​it.

Sounds great, John! I'm hoping to add solar over the next few years, but right now we're doing "Phase II" of the house remodel that we started ten years ago. I just hope I live long enough to go to...

And the economists are screaming that we need more people on the planet to maintain the status quo. I'm thinking they need to review their goals and look toward economic models that require fewer. ...

Good point from the master. If you do find tacking difficult, you may have to resort to some gymnastics, shifting forward during the tack and back to optimum after to facilitate getting through the...

NICE! I've never seen one of those. I'll have to research it...I'd like to do the same with a couple of my boats :)

Had a friend with a Ghia with a 911 engine stuffed under it. Scary at any ​speed :)

As it should be! When I go to shows, I encourage folks to sit in the car, play with it...it's a toy and the only way we'll get the next generation interested in these and off their computers is to...

My friend with the Minto 9 sent a couple of photos of the original rudder, daggerboard and tiller from his. He laid them on a 1" grid so you should be able to interpolate the profiles fairly well. ...

Ummmm...where were the parents???

Put that in the Sports Car thread! NICE!