This month we did our annual haul out and bottom job down at Rockys boatyard on the North River in St Mary’s. It is an interesting  place.  If you love color and shape, along with some unique smells and some unique, smelly chartacters, it is worth a visit.

This is Rocky, the owner of the yard, in his 1930 ford pickup. Rocky has a “way”  with machinery.  His entourage always includes a couple of helpers and a couple of mutts that follow him from one job to the next.  He is usually driving a forklift or a crane or a hyster, or a tractor.  Sometimes his “supervisor” comes along when he is not in grade school.

A den of outliers. And out right liars. lol.

 

Some folks are still doing it the old fashioned way.

This is cool. A homemade vacuum. There is no end to the contraptions that evolve in a DIY yard.

Here is a feller building a catamaran from polyethylene pipe!  Cant wait to see the finished product. This is a view of the bows. The boat is upside down at this point.

He’s got it all figured out- weight, bouancy, payload.

Yeah, I’ve tried. And Ive TRied

OK this is a sad one. She belonged to our friend Terry, who along with his shepard, Liza Doolittle, lived for years at Morningstar. We spent many fine afternoons together.  Bon voyage, Terry.  You can be happy to know she has a great new owner, working hard to bring her back into shape.

A James Wharram. Thousands of these polynesian inspired cats have been built and sailed worldwide.

Here is a close-up of the Wharram rudder. Note the lashings. Simple.

Fixer upper 🙂

 

 

I have many more, but afraid I am bogging down my computer. 🙂