Paku on the Yaquina River

When the weather breaks in the fall, it's best to be on the water, as we all know. And when you have the tide running with you, it's even better.
So, this is what it looks like from both ends of the boat...


Rowing on the Yaquina from doryman on Vimeo.


Two Knot Current from doryman on Vimeo.

Overcast but very little rain and the Good Little Skiff Paku on the Yaquina River, All Hallows Eve 2009.
It's a yearly tradition.

We are each the other's favorite company.
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Mistral Voyage

Yesterday morning Captain Rick and The Lady Cat accompanied Doryman 13 miles down river on the beautiful Yaquina.
Mistral embarked at 0520 in the morning dark and fog. The sun was slow to rise this close to the Equinox and even when it did, with all the fog, visibility was almost nil.











The Dory knows her home waters though and the day broke calm and silent, full of marine mammals and wading birds of all descriptions stirring for breakfast.









Even within the mouth of the river where the highway passes between ocean and sheltered waters, the Yaquina Bay bridge was barely visible beyond the breakwater.
















0800 hours and back in Port.