Hey Crew -
The move down the Coquille from the
painting hooch to the harbour happened
today. Pullout is for tomorrow
Saturday at 11 am at the Bandon-by-the-Sea
launch ramp.
Paul is committed, and paid already. We'll have her at Chad's
boatwerks in Winchester Bay by
mid-afternoon. I gave Paul the money today, and we got to talking. That's what you have to
do with Paul; talk things over - no quick decisions.
Windy as hell in Winchester Bay, as all up and down the coast. He
wanted new tires on the trailer, a smart idea. We did some figgerin' on the keel depth of Rhodos
(see her as she looked in 1964). He said maybe around 4 pm it would die down so he could put
his 26' in the water, then take the trailer to Les
Schwab and replace the tires.
I opined as how junk truck tires would make good shims to make up for the
extra keel depth of Rhodos. Suddenly he decided to put the boat in the water now.
Needed help. I helped. I did everything he told me.
We got that boat tied to his 66' foot concrete, live-aboard. He went to
wash his trailer hubs, and I went to get partner 
Dick (below/left) and we all met at
Schwab's, and talked things over a bit. I got permission to use old Schwab tires, so Dick
and I selected six strong wide treads and put them in Paul's truck. Rhodos will
rest on them just fine. We be ready! 
After getting Rhodos downstream to Bandon
- a real adventure - I was able to drop Holloway (right) and Peggy back at their rig at the
painting hooch/former Rhodos dock, and get to where Dick and Roger had
put Roger's tender in, by the time they got back to there from Bandon Harbor. There was a
docking difficulty so, being the only one in shorts and deck shoes and the Greek fishing
cap my favorite wife gave me and the Tommy Hilfiger™
windbreaker our eldest son gave me, I waded into the warm Coquille and saved the day, and
we got Roger's boat out.
Earlier, during the move, I rode with Holloway from the hooch to the harbor, while Dick & Roger did yeoman
heroics pulling us with the tender, so I got to use the tiller in Rhodos on the way
downstream. Then, helping Paul free up the trailer, I got to man the tiller while he
dropped the keel on his little boat-- so I got tiller time aboard two sailboats today!
(L-R: Paul & Dick on the move).
I'm starting to get hooked on sailing. My Sea King will be the
tender to Rhodos. And Rhodos will be a place to sleep on Winchester Bay for
my beloved guests, after we get her off the blocks at Chad's. I am now living in a dream.
I don't care who wins the NBA title tonight,
even though I'll watch it a while on Yukon Jack.
UPDATE: Saturday, August 04, 2001
3:09 PM
Hey Maties - So it didn't rain this morning and I got
the top trim on. It is bolder than this jam-cam shows, but you can see the effect. Rhodos
should be in the water Mon or Tues. Oregon State U. colors, but I was a Duck.
- bill -luvyerfriendbill --Sure glad I checked my E today!
S'up & BEYOOTIFUL-- boat looks nice, too. Can
you sail here in it, via the Panama Canal or has that gone the way of barbershop
shaves, ear & neck trims? Really, thanks for the update dear, --R K
PS: You gonna' mail me your first Rockfish? Details if you bottom feed & take the hook
below--
<*))))))><
Seen Bill#3, Bill#4,
Bill#5 or Bill#6 yet??
Suave and debonaire Bill Wickland is Oregon's
primordial hippie even though he is a tall, dark handsome guy who favors golf sweaters and
sport jackets. Inside Wickland's vast cranial vault, gourmet psychedlic phantasmagoria has
run rampant for 30 years. This guy is out there. He is also the state's top expert on its
own best nooks and crannies, and a great writer besides.
--from Wild Life, Unusual Oregon ®1997 Edited by Mark Christensen
(substantive contributions by our dear friend, Bill).
© 2010 R K Puma ro@rkpuma.com
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