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 Phil and Pat Cummings. Their graciously put us up for the night.
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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. Lawrence River in Clayton, NY at the western edge of the Thousand Islands. We’re at...
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 Clayton Antique Boat Museum. We’re traveling in Captain Kroeger’s land cruiser, an extended cab,...
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 a 140 mile trip on the Erie Canal. Our destination is the Richardson...
Guest Speaker: Renee Durkee,
Author of Rum Run
You didn’t need the fastest boat but it helped. During the 1920’s, Prohibition outlawed alcoholic beverages in the USA. But few stopped drinking. Many relied on smugglers who ran Canadian booze across the lake...
Step by Step a Swampscott Dory Takes Shape
John Mikolich’s 16 ft. Swampscott dory will be seeing water soon, but exactly when he is reluctant to say. It’s been a slow but steady build process from scratch. John worked from the plans...
Frank Manley Builds the CABBS Optimist
CABBS Optimist Construction Photos Long-time, big boat sailor, Frank Manley, built a strong, trim Opti using the CABBS Optimist plans and materials sourced at his neighborhood home center. He photographed his progress and donated...
Opti builders around the world
CABBS Optimist dinghy plans: Alastair shows the way Eleven-year-old Canadian, Alastair of Invermere, British Columbia purchased a set of the CABBS Optimist dinghy plan and set to work. He stated, “Dad helped, but I...
