I have an ingrained passion for doing things the right way that was taught to me by my grandfather. "Takes twice as long to do it the wrong way" rings in my mind as I go about my work. I spent the weekend working in the bilge (I despise working in the bilge! Its cramped, it smells bad, and everytime I'm down there I find something else that needs attention). Our 7yo and I were correcting electrical issues brought on by years of the previous owner doing it "His way". The first

At 17, I bought my first boat. It came with a custom made, hand crafted, cement filled coffee can with a loop of steel protruding from the top. It wasn't much but it did the trick for keeping my 16' Lone Star Arrow somewhat still on a calm day. If there was any breeze, I was going with it, slowly, but there was no holding that boat back. The kind folks at Paul's Marina, back when they were off Westerville Road, showed me a 15 pound "Navy" type anchor. I was excited to try it

My grandfather was the smartest man I knew. He could build or fix anything. He was 17 when the stock market crashed in 1929. He quickly learned the value of the dollar and materials. His bench grinder was an old Maytag electric motor out of a washing machine he rigged up the spin a pair of stones. He build his own tractor from the rear end of a WW1 truck, some steel beams, and an engine and transmission out of a model T. One of the cool things he build was a "Continuity Teste

TRANSIT CANAL APPROVED! Construction of Transit Canal to be Completed in 2022. It’s official! The long-discussed and debated “transit canal” transversing the east-side lawn at Perry’s Monument will become a reality in 2022. Planners from the Village of Put-in-Bay, the National Park System, Homeland Security, the Put-in-Bay Port Authority, the Ohio Highway Department and Army Corps of Engineers recently approved $8 million in funding for the project. Construction will start at