2013: Year in Review

The best camera is the one that is with you.

These days, we carry great little cameras in our pockets, in the form of a smartphone.  The quality of the photos and videos these devices can capture is amazing, but the best part is, we pretty much always have them with us.

I’ve done this a couple of times before; create a year in review video featuring images captured by my iPhone.  Out of the scores of pictures and videos I’ve taken, these are just a few of my favorites, presented in the order they were taken.  2013 was a great year for me, and I look forward to seeing what 2014 has in store.

Best viewing is in HD, and you’ll want your sound turned on.  The ad at the beginning can be clicked away.

 

Boat Porn – 1970 Tollycraft Brochure

For my secoimg001nd installment of “Boat Porn”, I give you the brochure featuring the entire line of 1970 Tollycraft Yachts.  This was the year that Jolly Mon was built, so this piece is near and dear to my heart.

1970 was the third full year that the PLiCOR hulls were produced,  and the new 40 Tri-Cabin was unveiled, replacing the classic glass over wood 38 Tri-Cabin.

I have stacks and stacks of pieces waiting to be scanned, but for now check out the offerings from Tollycraft  in 1970, and the accompanying 1970 price list, and feel free to save or print a copy if you’d like!

Boat Porn – 1972 “Tollycraft Magazine”

1972 "Tollycraft Magazine"Over the past several years, I have aquired a considerable collection of what I have referred to as “boat porn”.  It’s a bunch of old boating literature – some Tollycraft, some not, and some from obscure brands that I had never heard of.  There’s some great old stuff that I enjoy collecting, much of it purchased on E-Bay for probably way too much…  A bit of it came in lots with descriptions like, “Fifteen Pounds of Old Boating Literature”.  Oh yeah.

As I get around to scanning it, I’ll post some here to share.  Please feel free to download, save, print, whatever!

The first piece is from 1972, and is the “Tollycraft Magazine”.  It is a great old promotional publication describing some of their new models, as well telling stories of how some owners are using older boats.  Interestingly, there’s a story about a boat named the “White Eagle of Spirit Lake“, an open workboat Tolly built for the Boy Scout Camp on Spirit Lake, which was near Mount St Helens.  Story has it, just prior to the mountain’s 1980 eruption, the boat was used to transport items off the lake, essentially as a basket attached to a helicopter.  She ended up surviving the ordeal and a few owners before being acquired by my friend, Ray Robinson. He has extensively modified the boat over the years, and it is now named “Puget Sound Thunder”.  The boat has quite a history, definitely worth writing about some day.

For now, check out the 1972 “Tollycraft Magazine”