Messabouts & Raids:

July 10& 11 - Washington - 2004 Small Boat Rendezvous

July 22-25 - Maryland - BYYB Multi-Fleet messabout

Sept 25-26 - Texas - Palacious Dinghy Dash

Inviting anyone who wishes to come to our 2nd messabout at Spirit Lake in NW Iowa. Looking at one of the 2 middle weekends in August to hold it. I would like some feedback so I can set the date in epoxy (ha!). It would start on Saturday morning and end after lunch on sunday. That should give most time to get home for the monday drudgery. Email me if you are interested

Steve Lewis

Chuck I happened across the web site below https://oboylephoto.com/boatyard/index.htm
Eric Schadow

Hey Chuckie !

When "commisiong" this spring, I took the opportunity to take a couple of photos of the "fleet."

Left-to-right; AF4, Oracle, AF3, with Larsboat sitting in front.

All four boats were built in a 3-year period from Oct. 2000 to Oct. 2003.

Later !

Max

This boat, found partially submerged at Lake Chabot in
Dan Foley Park on Thursday morning, apparently was
being tested when it overturned. One man drowned

Makeshift boat takes man's life
(from the Los Angles Times Herald)
by J.M. Brown

A Vallejo man drowned in Lake Chabot early Thursday as he and another man were illegally testing a makeshift boat that reportedly contained two go-cart motors and an airplane-like propellor, sources said.

The Solano County Coroner's Office identified the drowned man as Dale Hurd, 41. An autopsy confirmed the cause of death was accidental drowning, coroner's official Brian Miller said.

Police say they are treating the death as accidental, but will continue to investigate.

When Authorities arrived at the lake near Dan Foley Park shortly before 3:15 A.M. they saw a man on shore conduction CPR on Hurd, police said. The survivor's identity was not available, and it is not clear if he was cited or arrested in connection with the boating incident.

Boating in Lake Chabot is not permitted, fire department spoksperson Bill Tweedy said.

The boat the two men were testing was submerged in the lake about 100 feet from the shore when authorities arrived.

Tweedy said the two men were test driving the boat when it turned over. An area resident heard yelling and called 911, Tweedy said.

Hurd was taken to Sutter Solano Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

A man who lives near Dan Foley Park said he was walking his dog at about 10 A.M. when crews were pulling the capsized boat from the lake.

The resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said the boat contained two go-cart motors stationed on top of a roughly 4-foot stand attached to a large wooden airplane propellor. The base of it was a flat bottom aluminum duck hunting boat.

"They put ti together like a prototype," the resident said. "Even the gas tank was jerry-rigged with plastic tape to the boat."

Late entry for girl in a boat contest

Janet Ruth Young, boating enthusiast and author, aboard TIMS at the 2003 Kingston Messabout in Ontario. Janet's novel, The Opposite of Music, is due out in 2006.

Lincoln Ross

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