Author: Ed Neal

Guest Speaker: John Bridges John Bridges’ boatbuilding resume  tallies twenty-five boats, quite a performance for an amateur builder. His interest in boating started a young boy living on the Isle of Wight in England....

Guest Speaker: Paul Nickerson President, Great Lakes Singlehanded Society Sailing solo for days on end is not for everyone. It’s too challenging for some, too isolating for others, and possibly too radical for many. Paul...

Carrie Sowden has a passion for her nautical archeology profession.  She brought stimulating enthusiasm to her presentation of a Lake Erie disaster happening 140 years ago. On a very dark June night in 1868,...

Our November meeting guest speaker, Richard Price of Bulldog Battery, knows that nothing can kill the expectations of a fun day on the water faster than a dead battery in your car, truck or...

Max Peterson, a professional woodworker in the Pittsburgh area, believes just about anyone can make a paddle and can make it from just about any wood. He thinks of a paddle in three parts: the...

Speaking with a warm British accent that is still with him after spending much of his life in other parts of the world, John Bridges shared his technical knowledge accumulated from a career covering wood...

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ic Altfather’s clear explanations and finely crafted samples took the mystery out of building lightweight yet very strong masts and spars by the bird’s mouth method. Now that we know the magician’s tricks, we...

If there is one bad boy of weather it is hot, moist air. It is the foundation on which thunderstorms and hurricanes develop. Kirk Lombardy and other weather specialists at the NOAA office based at...

Is boatbuilding social work? Before you give me your best “what da???” take my little quiz. Do you like it when people come out of nowhere to admire your boat and ask you questions...

There are over 2, 200 shipwrecks on the bottom of the Great Lakes and approximately 260 are in Ohio waters. Carrie Sowden, the Archaeological Director of the Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center of...