Wooden Boat Festival

More about the Door County Maritime Museum's Classic and Wooden Boat Show.  These boats were constructed of 3/8 inch plywood, zip ties and Sikaflex (an adhesive caulk).

During the sea trials some of these vessels capsized immediately, one broke in-half on the return leg of its maiden voyage and others completed their sea trials successfully.  Albeit slowly.

Here are some before and after pictures...

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Learn more about the Sikaflex Challenge here.

Wooden Boat Festival

A selection of photos of classic wooden boats from that past weekend at the Door County Maritime Museum's Classic and Wooden Boat Festival.

Enjoy...

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Wooden Boat Festival

One of the mainstay summer events on the peninsula is the Door County Maritime Museum's Classic and Wooden Boat Festival.

Classic wooden boats, a wooden boat-building competition, fun on the water and much more.

This morning as we were putting our 'aluminum' boat in the water a guy with a German Amphicar drover out of the water, up the ramp and out of sight.

No trailer, no nuth'n.

Later on The Frau and I rendezvoused with Sid and his Frau to watch the fun.

Check back this week for a taste of the festivities.

You can learn more about the Amphicar here.

If Only The Dead Could Talk

When I'm out on my bicycle it is a rare occurence that I do not encounter one of these roadside shrines.

This one is particularly sad.  Oh, it's well-maintained and fairly elaborate.  But is is also a shrine to a very young person.  June 8, 1995 to September 10, 2011.

 

 

Family Life

Another doe and her fawn - different location...

Hot Road

Probably one of the coolest names for a road I've seen lately.

Wonder of Homer Simpson lives around here...

Bucks

A solitary buck...

And a pair of bucks...

All sporting their velvet antlers.