On Sunday I delivered zzZippety Doo Dah to her new home. When I got Zippey six years ago I had no idea how the simple act of purchasing her would dramatically alter the course of my life. Zippey came through for me in some of the roughest times of my life, never failing to bring

Penny was built in 1977. Needless to say, they had some pretty interesting ideas on what was “fashionable” back then. Alix is hosting a party in a couple weeks so we decided to stop putting off the project and put new covers on the seats. Came out pretty nice. Maybe the pattern is not “modern”,

I recently cleaned up my new dinghy that was sitting outside in salt water for the summer, as well as a kayak that had sat in fresh water for two years. Needless to say both of them were a mess. Enter Krud Kutter. I had not used Krud Kutter before but a fellow boater recommended

When I got my first sailboat zzZippety Doo Dah more than half a decade ago I did not realize boating would come to consume my entire life as some sort of mania. Today I have way more boats than I need, am on the board of two clubs, and being asked to join a third.

Being in a covered slip rain is typically not a problem for getting on the boat, that is until storms from the south come in. Then the back is drenched. This is my first attempt at building a canvas cover for the back of the boat. I am interested to see how it does when