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Oct 20, 2011 | Keel Hauling

Think you’ve heard the end of the Mercury story? The Petersburg Harbor Board purchased two Mercury 225 hp outboards from this same jerk that screwed up my engines and here’s there story as told by the Petersburg Pilot:

(to be posted)

Blog Archive

  • The 10,000 mile roadtrip
  • Year of the Mouse–The Short Summer of 2025
  • Inside Passage and a little Logging
  • The Chopin G minor Ballade (and Doug’s pianos).
  • The Mlynarski Metronome and Huygen’s Synchronization Paradox
  • Mary Jane Colter, Fred Harvey and dinner plates
  • The Same Booktour–Southbound (Art-History-Condors)
  • Another Book Tour…Northbound (Dinos-Politics-Physics)
  • La Fiesta Tumacacori y Tubac Luminaria
  • The Chiminea
  • How many Norwegians does it take to change a lightbulb?
  • Salt River Canyon, Paella and Apache Rain–a roadtrip south
  • How to build a bentwood box (which isn’t actually bent)
  • South Kupreanof Yacht Club-Summer of 2024
  • Final Tucson Projects–Turtle Fountains, Footstools and Chiminea’s
  • San Francisco–PLA*, Coit Tower, and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
  • Vietnam–Part III– R & R (Retrospect and Return)
  • Vietnam–Part II–DaNang
  • Vietnam–Part I–Chu Lai
  • The Maps
  • Abercrombies Camp and the Mother of all Roadtrips
  • Hood River Tractors & Historic Hotels (More Roadtrips)
  • Concours d’Elegance and George Whittell Jr.
  • The Book
  • Septic Tanks and a Summer Spent

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