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• Two Classes Underway
  Our Intro to Fiberglass Repair Class opened Thursday evening March 31 with Steve Nimrod of Good Engineering Marine Services as ...
• Class Registration Now Open
  Registration is now open for two new classes that start soon.   If you have fiberglass issues, the Intro to ...
• Update on Three Boats
  Back in the fall, Jim White had a CABBS crew help flip LAURENTIA so the aluminum centerboard could be inserted ...
• MOTY Award Winners
  2021 MEMBER OF THE YEAR awards go to the team of Tom Baugher, Lou Brodnik and Al King for their ...
• A Recent Turnover
  A twenty foot boat seems even bigger at turnover time.  Dave Spondike rustled up a crew of CABBS members and ...
• We’ve been busy. Count the ways.
  We’re just starting to get back to normal. Covid stopped our in-person social gatherings,  but we kept up monthly meetings ...
• A Launch in Record Time
  Brothers Tom and David Wagner launched their 19ft tandem Annapolis Wherry on a sunny October 22nd afternoon and may have ...
• Construction Updates on Four Boats
  As the assembled crew lifted  Jim White’s LAURENTIA cutter hull off the strongback and carefully turned it over, the sun ...
• BOATBUILDING BASICS WORKSHOP Wraps Up
  It’s over.  At least the construction phase is over.  Each team finished their Six-Hour Canoe on time and decided who ...
• BOATBUILDING BASICS WORKSHOP Underway
  The 2020 BOATBUILDING BASICS WORKSHOP started February 8th and will run for five Saturdays.    Twelve participants working in teams ...

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 ...