ROT!!!

Look at this mess....dry rot, the boat restorers bane. I'm going to tackle this unexpected situation using patience and thinking on my feet. Otherwise, otherwise, life will go on. I guess this is better than our economy!

Dead man's curve

Remember the Jan and Dean song "Dead Man's Curve"?....Well, I have my own version of it right here (pictured) on the 1953 Correct Craft project boat.

Look at that radius! Just about took all the steam I could come up with to bend the wood enough to make the bend, giving credence to the songs line.."you won't come back from dead mans curve!..."

Don't want to bring you down...

...But I "haired out" on going to the delta today., but as you can see I'm all ready to go!...and I will be soon to somewhere, maybe Naciemento lake which is in central CA near Paso Robles CA.

Back to the Delta tomorrow

Going back to the Delta for the Delta Cruise Event held by the Antique and Classic Boat Society. It is an annual event and a lot of fun.....even if it rains, and it just might, but I'm going anyway, by myself again even though I am to meet up with other boaters so it won't really be by myself.

As always: what will break this time?

Went to Anderson Lake

I did it, went by myself and had a freakin' blast...the weather and water was great...used up all my gas and ran out 500 feet away from the dock.

Boating 101

This is my sister Ingrid and her husband Jeff at anderson lake. I've continued to work on the boat and am planning to go back to anderson lake tommorrow...possibly solo 'cus i like it so much and I can...... and then thursday back up to the Delta to get lost up there again (because I can)....hey, why not?

Gods work continues

...it's all God's work isn't it? In this case, work continues on the 1953 Correct Craft project boat as a old rotted covering board is pried up and out making way for the new decking.