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By David Graybeal - Portland Oregon - USA

Chuck,

You asked for captions for the fotos I sent you of Sisu, the Goat Island Skiff. All 5 fotos were by Greg Stoll, who wrote the article on the Sucia Messabout that you published in three parts. They were taken at our launch party last Spring, at Northwestern Lake, on the White Salmon river, in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. Captions & pictures follow:

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Colin, age 17 prepares for a solo launch - to go rowing.

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Jerry, Barbara, David, Colin & Devin (age 12) rowing to the dock after Jerry kills the Nissan 5hp 4stroke & can't restart it (and he's the mechanic of the bunch...
scary)

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Good interior shot of Sisu docked while the crew ponders another run.

 
Colin, Devin & Jerry racing the ducks. Are they winning? I forget.

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David (aka Capt.
Graybeard) at the tiller - 2/3 throttle. Motor runs nice, and quiet. Boat is moving very nicely now that we got the prop deep enough into the water. This hull is more of a sailboat form, but she's not bad at all with an outboard.

Hope that's useful.

Cheers & Beers,
David G.