Ken has been planning for years to, some day, build his own boat. He's gone from itty-bitty boats to boats of a more grand scale. I think he's decided for his first boat (he plans on building three, if the first one goes well) he will build what is called a PDR (Puddle Duck Racer). A class boat, which means you have to build it to certain specifications so that they can all race together.
It's a small world! While volunteering at the Ford House in Mendocino, Gary met a fellow named Jim Cooper. Jim was wearing a t-shirt that said on it something about wooden boats. Gary mentioned that he has a friend who is very interested in building a wooden boat. After chatting a bit, Jim told Gary to let Ken know about his club called COOTS. (Come to find out, Jim is from Albany, Oregon which is only about 30 miles from Sweet Home!) After Ken got Gary's email, he got online and researched all about COOTS (which has no membership, no leadership, and no rules). He even chatted with various members online. That's how he found out about the Eugene Yacht Club and the Wooden Boat Show held August 16th.
They had a good time, met members of the COOTS, even contributed three bags of chips to the potluck, and saw lots of wooden boats!
Here is a PDR with a junk rig sail, the type found on a Chinese Junk (boat).
Here is a Bolger Teal, a small one-person sailboat.
Here is Jim Cooper's Red Wing design boat. The funny thing about Jim is that he loves to build boats, but he doesn't like the water. He unloaded his boat and brought it over to the dock and said "That's about all the distance I like to go, I hate being out on the water!" Pretty funny, eh?Life is good . . .
especially having a day off our busy schedule to enjoy something like a wooden boat show at a yacht club!
2 comments:
Oh, when M gets back from camp, he'll love reading this blog. He and T have plans to build a wooden boat -- T wants to build all sorts of boats. He even says that he wants to be a boat designer/builder when he grows up (one of his many ever-changing career aspirations.
Have M check out PDRacer.com - The boat is ugly - sails great I'm told by some good sailors and the concept is that it is easy to build, easy to sail and the class rules are designed to keep the costs down. The class is growing - there are about five being built around here. - I checked and there are three registered in your state. Check out this web site -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
boatmik/1539954925/in/set
-72157602362642920/
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