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You aare very welcome! Glad it worked for you. @

Rogerbum, With some holesaws it is possible to thread more than one holesaw onto the threaded mandrel at once. Put the 1 1/4" holesaw on first and then the 1" holesaw inside that. You may have to use some washers so that the inside blade protrudes out further so that it can act as the...

Good for him ! He says what a lot of us are thinking!!

My son and I spotted a great looking green and white C-dory heading south on the Bend, Oregon parkway last Friday afternoon about 4 PM. Don't know who you are or where you were going but hope you had a wonderful time!! I envy you!

Clipper Craft boats were indeed built in Portland. I believe the builder was named Jim Staley.

Squarehead - Welcome to the site from a fellow lurker who hasn't found her yet. Enjoy your new boat!!!

Tyboo - I want to thank you for not pruning guys like me off the members list. I know I don't contribute much to the conversations. However; I check in almost every evening and I am learning a heck-of-a-lot about the boat that I have dreamed of owning for at least 15 years. Next year is...

Tyboo - I want to thank you for not pruning guys like me off the members list. I know I don't contribute much to the conversations. However; I check in almost every evening and I am learning a heck-of-a-lot about the boat that I have dreamed of owning for at least 15 years. Next year is...

Hi brats - Noticed an article in the local paper today that I thought I would pass on - A couple of local Bend, Oregon residents have developed and are starting to market a motorized trailer mover that may be of interest to someone out there. It is pretty spendy though (around $2000 I think)...

Jim, I would like very much to see the pictures of the 95 C-Dory also. It sounds like something I might be interested in. Thanks very much! Gary

Mike- Don't recall that we drifted very far at all though I am sure we must have.. Our navigation equipment was really limited. Way before GPS. We had Loran but the boat was new and I don't think dad knew how to use it and it's for sure I didn't. All I know is we finally pulled into Fort...

Way back in 1960's my dad and I were sailing his 32 foot trimaran "Physalia" from Brookings, Oregon to San Francisco. We spent three days hanging on a sea anchor off Cape Mendacino , California during a spring storm. As I remember his sea anchor was a surplus military cargo parachute maybe 12...