Building Ho Hum
Written by Robert M. Lane
Rich Hanenburg began building the boat in the garage attached to his home in Puyallup, Washington, in November 1998. Using patterns supplied by the designer, he cut and assembled the wood frames for a 28-foot tug yacht.
In February 1999, he and his wife, Jackie, and family and friends had a barn raising in the yard. They erected a temporary, fabric-covered shelter and moved in a 100,000- Btu kerosene-fired heater, and Rich began to handle the larger, heavier timbers he needed to frame the hull.
Summing It All Up
Written by Robert And Polly LaneGrand Tour 2006: One for the permanent memory file. Perhaps one for the record books, too.
It was a voyage of nearly 800 miles, from a new and luxurious resort on Bedwell Harbour in southern British Columbia to the hard-working, congenial fishing port of Wrangell, Alaska. Twenty days of adventure, and misadventure. Days of hard work, excitement, and frustration. Days of cruising in sunshine, rain, and wind along the fabled Inside Passage with new friends aboard good boats. What could be more rewarding?
