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I've been building a plywood paddling canoe for close to twenty years (I've lost track). Dr. John Vardiman from Texas took on a much...

Thirty years ago, starting August 15th, I sailed three World Championships, in two dinghy classes, in the space of five weeks. It was a simp...

My favorite poem about old athletes and nostalgia, the significance of which will be revealed in upcoming posts. (I actually suck at basketb...

I wrote about Bob Turner a while ago; tucked in a post about the Y-Flyer scow was a one sentence tip-of-the-hat about his wooden Y-Flyer he ...

I attended my first 60th birthday party of one of my friends. I have plenty of friends that are over 60 years in age, but all of them, being...

For many years, spring was not a season to do boat work, but a season to watch my two daughters play lacrosse. Those daughters have grown in...

I was cleaning out my gutters when the visiting Mom/Grandmom of the neighbors across the street wandered over to introduce herself to my wif...

About a year ago they completed three large towers of the Parole Town Center, a much ballyhooed multi use, multi million dollar complex out ...

I read the Washington Post newspaper haphazardly; one day it may be the Style section, the next day it may be the Business section. No rhyme...