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• Sign-up for Working the Boat Show
  The opportunity to “show our flag” is now upon us: The Cleveland Boat Show, Jan. 15-18. We seriously need your help ...
• 2026 Winter Classes Schedule
  Three classes form our winter line-up.  You can register on-line by clicking on SHOP on the homepage menu bar.  Here’s ...
• Enjoy Our On-line Shop
  There is something new in the menu bar above.  We now have an on-line SHOP where you can make purchases:  ...
• CABBS Planning Docs
  Helpful resources for members!   CABBS Planning Document – Final CABBS Constitution 2025 with Redlined Changes Ver 3 – Final
• Sewing at CABBS
  It has been a journey to get some use out of our industrial sewing machine at CABBS. Some tuning by ...
• Register for Fall Classes
  Two fall classes are still available.  Register by texting your name and class of interest to 216-272-3327 or e-mail to ...
• The Goat Has Left the Building
  It’s built, painted, and varnished.  CABBS members  turned out in great style on a May Saturday morning to help James ...
• 2025 Winter Classes
           BOTH CLASSES ARE SOLD OUT. TO GET ON A STAND-BY LIST SEND YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO ...
• CiderFest Closes the Boating Season
  We closed the boating season with the making of cider and a pot-luck cook-out.  Bass Lake near Chardon was the ...
• Sign Up for New October Classes
  Check out our three new classes starting in October.   All classes are at our workspace in the Cleveland State ...

Richardson Rendezvous

• Motoring on the Erie Canal
  Attending the Richardson Boat Owners Rendezvous Hop aboard shipmates as we head to Lockport, New York where we board Heidi for ...
• Day One: Funny How It All Works Out
  We’re on our way to Watertown, NY.  Our first stop is a quick side trip is the boat auction at the ...
• Day Two: The Clayton Antique Boat Museum
  That thin In this picture, the green band across the water is Canada. We’re on the shore of the St. ...
• Day Three: The Pirate Life
  Last evening we drove from Clayton to Lockport. As the sun entered golden hour we arrived at the home of ...
• Day Four: Locking Through
  Passing through seven locks today brought us together as a crew.  Here’s how it worked. Phil radioed the lock master and ...
• Day Five: From Breakfast to Baldwinsville
  Shortly, I heard a piercing, unfamiliar bird call. An osprey arose from a tree and flew back and forth in ...
• Day Six: The Richardson Rendezvous Is Called to Order
  Let the rendezvous begin!  Four Richardson boats and about thirty members attended. The people came from areas of Chesapeake Bay, ...
• Day Seven: Heading West
  Today’s commentary will be brief. The Richardson group got together for breakfast and we said goodbye with a lots of ...
• Day Eight: An Incredible Chain of Good Luck Linking Bad Events
  Mile upon mile came and went when suddenly a loud metallic scraping sound arose above the steady drone of the engine. ...
• Day Nine: Rain and Consequences
  Hoping to make it home today, we got an early start. By lunch time we passed through three locks.  One ...