DoDo's Dream Boat

01/08/2024

A brisk morning in Woods Hole. Dream on!

05/01/2023

The Ilur is the most popular of François Vivier’s sail-and-oar boats and has classic form designed for modern computer-assisted design and glued lapstrake plywood construction. His plans offer several options for the sailing rig.

From Small Boats August 2018

03/08/2023

Fun times in Woods Hole.

engineer Al Vine might be most famous for developing the human-occupied submersible , but he also came up with some low-tech innovations. While the bascule bridge over Woods Hole's Eel Pond was being repaired in 1971, Vine and colleagues rigged up this tire ferry to keep foot traffic flowing.

Would you take a ride?

photo courtesy of WHOI Archives © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

01/31/2023

Remarkable accomplishment

86yo grandmother and her handmade needle point chair. 25 years in the making and 14 threads per inch. She used to pick up road kill from the side of the road to compare thread colours. She also bought a peacock for colour comparison. No one is allowed to sit in it.

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06/25/2020

Time to make DiDo’s Dream Boat come slive yet again. Books get a person through even a pandemic.

01/13/2020

It’s warm but blowy day in the neighborhood.

08/18/2019

It’s a foggy but beautiful day in the neighborhood for the 36th annual Road Race.

04/17/2019

We are open, we are fine, but yeah its higher today...

04/03/2017

The best way to order the book is to write our Marstons Mills address-P. O. Box 427, Marstons Mills, MA 02648...

03/16/2017

Buzzards Bay a few days ago.