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Tag Archives: Port Angeles
Ozymandias Waits In The Harbor
Our harbor has shrunk. A massive object has dwarfed everything in sight instantly making one think about the works of man. The sight of it deeply effected me and has occupied my mind daily. To say I have mixed feelings … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Uncategorized
Tagged David, Goliath, Greenpeace, Harbor, ozymandius, Polar Pioneer, Port Angeles, Prcy bysshe Shelley
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Bonding With Boats, Beer and Epoxy
In the hierarchy of things that constitute “simply messing about in boats” sailing is at the head of the list. Next is time spent building, restoring, painting or in any way physically advancing a boat from land-bound to seaborne. Time … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged Alaskan Amber, beer, boat-building, chesapeake, Chesapeake Light Craft, Chester Yawl, CLC, craft, epoxy, Light, MAS, New Belgium, okoume, plywood, Port Angeles, row boat, watercraft, Woodenboat
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Simply Messing About Anytime, Anywhere, It’s All Good
I’ve gotten used to not having much snow about. When you get it hanging around for a week or so it makes you nostalgic for Spring. I see the canoe on it’s saw horses with a blanket of white and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, voyages
Tagged about, boat, boat-building, boats, in, Kenneth Grahame, messing, model, nostalgia, Port Angeles, sailboat, sailing, sailor, schooner, willows, wind, Winter
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Update On Seized Boat Sales
I wrote about the sale of boats seized by the Port of Port Angeles on October 21, 2010. At the time I featured two boats. Since that time the seizure notice has disappeared from the 20 foot sailboat and the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged auction, boat, Good Old Boat, Kenner, Port Angeles, Privateer, sailboat, sale
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Selling Siezed Sailboats by the Seashore
In these troubled economic times the boat market has gone soft. Just as mortgage defaults and foreclosures are more numerous these days the default rate on boat moorage is also up. Making the marina rent takes a back seat to … Continue reading
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Tagged auction, boat, fiberglass, impound, mast, naval architect, Port Angeles, sailboat, sailor, sale, Thomas Gilmer
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Wooden Boat Show Fever, The Temperature Rises With The Tide
We are just days away from the Wooden Boat Show in Port Townsend, Washington.  I am anticipating a day or two steeped in salty ambiance.  The weather forecast is looking like a cloudy but not particularly wet weekend.  Hotels are going … Continue reading
County Fair in a Bottle
The sea can be a boring place to hang out on long passages. Sailors have filled the off-watch hours with their own particular amusements for centuries. Now a days they have television or the Internet. not so long ago amusement … Continue reading
Posted in Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat-building, bottle, county fair, craft, illusion, mast, model, Port Angeles, rum, sailboat, sailor, sails, sale, schooner, sea, ship-in-the-bottle, water
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Boat Shows I have Known, Wooden and Otherwise
Ever since I began sailing I have enjoyed attending boat shows. They have fed my fantasies and drained my pockets. I have sampled there varied themes and locations: sailboat, powerboat, small boat, wooden, metal, kayaks, used, indoor, outdoor. In fair … Continue reading
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Tagged boat-building, Chesapeake Bay, MASCF, naval architect, Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, sailboat, schooner
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