oarlock collars

today I had an oarlock collars with the kit that was supplied by Chesapeake light craft

they are high quality leather and they tacked onto the oars quite easily...even more easy than expected. 

i mounted them a little closer to the handles than the instructions suggested

cold january 2015

well we took a long haul today

put in at dons beach headed north in skinny water past the old boy scout house on the peninsula that faces greens channel. went about a mile. corbett land. then we found some really gorgeous creek beds running up into the woods. some of them had live oaks and spanish moss hanging over both sides. really pretty, almost like being on another continent. 

it was cold. as H says it was CUhHL.  high today 48. KC clark visiting from pittsburgh, thats him in the stern of my boat. 

nice new secret spot up there.  

theres clint in the allendale

out first ding...

well i dinged her pretty badly trying to get her off of the trailer by myself. 

i filled it with epoxy paste mixed with some silicone filler then carefully sanded, filled again, then primed and painted. 

I thought the result was pretty good. 

then we were back at it. 

christmas day was gorgeous so we rowed a mile or so for some exercise

we headed north outta dons beach for the first time....nice water back there.