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• 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 ...
• 2020 BOATBUILDING BASICS WORKSHOP Registration is open.
  It might be the most fun and satisfying thing you’ll ever build.  It’s called a Six-Hour Canoe, a lightweight 15ft. ...
• And now for something completely different: A Hovercraft
    Mike and Noah Madar, our November Meeting guest speakers, levitated us into totally new territory.   A little over a year ...
• Four New Boats for the Summer
  The last day of the Boatbuilding Basics Workshop has a bittersweet feeling.  As keels and decks are screwed and glued ...
• Boatbuilding Basics Workshop Filled to Capacity
  Registration closed January 31st. and we’re happy to report our 2019 Boatbuilding Basics Workshop sold out!  We will be building ...
• Back again! Our 2019 Boatbuilding Basics Workshop
  It might be the most fun and satisfying thing you’ve built.  It’s called a Six-Hour Canoe and you will learn ...

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 ...