Journal entry archive
- Registration Open for 2023 ClassesTwo upcoming classes are all about building skills and confidence through hands-on learning. INTRO TO FIBERGLASS REPAIR Starts Feb 2nd ...
- Class Project CompletedBack in the spring, CABBS offered an Introduction to Stitch-n-Glue class. Over five Saturday mornings the class assembled the hull ...
- CABBS at the Seventy 48Congratulations to three CABBS members, Henry Billingsley, Paul Herrgesell and Ed Neal who entered the Seventy48, a race for human ...
- Two Classes UnderwayOur Intro to Fiberglass Repair Class opened Thursday evening March 31 with Steve Nimrod of Good Engineering Marine Services as ...
- Class Registration Now OpenRegistration is now open for two new classes that start soon. If you have fiberglass issues, the Intro to ...
- Update on Three BoatsBack in the fall, Jim White had a CABBS crew help flip LAURENTIA so the aluminum centerboard could be inserted ...
- MOTY Award Winners2021 MEMBER OF THE YEAR awards go to the team of Tom Baugher, Lou Brodnik and Al King for their ...
- A Recent TurnoverA 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 TimeBrothers Tom and David Wagner launched their 19ft tandem Annapolis Wherry on a sunny October 22nd afternoon and may have ...
Richardson Rendezvous
- Motoring on the Erie CanalAttending 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 OutWe’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 MuseumThat thin In this picture, the green band across the water is Canada. We’re on the shore of the St. ...
- Day Three: The Pirate LifeLast evening we drove from Clayton to Lockport. As the sun entered golden hour we arrived at the home of ...
- Day Four: Locking ThroughPassing 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 BaldwinsvilleShortly, 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 OrderLet the rendezvous begin! Four Richardson boats and about thirty members attended. The people came from areas of Chesapeake Bay, ...
- Day Seven: Heading WestToday’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 EventsMile upon mile came and went when suddenly a loud metallic scraping sound arose above the steady drone of the engine. ...
- Day Nine: Rain and ConsequencesHoping to make it home today, we got an early start. By lunch time we passed through three locks. One ...