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• 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 ...
• Two Paddleboards Near Completion
  The recently completed Stitch-n-Glue class used the construction of two paddleboards as the hands-on training exercise.  Both boards used cedar ...
• Library Dedication Honors Member
  February 11  marked the dedication of the CABBS Library in memory of Jim Batteiger.  For more than twenty years Jim ...
• 2024 UPCOMING SKILL BUILDING CLASSES
  We are offering four different classes to learn new skills over the late winter months:  Intro to Fiberglass Repair, Intro ...
• Wischmeyer Pram Launched
  Seventy years ago Henry Wischmeyer, an amateur Bay Village naval architect,  drew plans for a 10 ft. utility pram.  It ...
• Wischmeyer Pram Nearly Ready for Launch
  Over the past five months the Wischmeyer Pram took shape thanks to the efforts of a crew that included Tom ...
• Wischmeyer Pram Construction Starts
  CABBS is building a 10ft. pram designed in 1953 by Bay Village resident Henry Wischmeyer.  The plans, found in the ...
• Seventy years later, the boat he designed is finally getting built. You can help build it.
  As a hobby Henry Wischmeyer (1872- 1959)  drew  plans for small boats of his own design. Today, his boat designs ...
• Fiberglass Repair Class Fills a Void
  Our four session Intro to Fiberglass Repair class wrapped up with completion of the class project.  The participants learned to ...

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 ...