Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
West Coast Canvas It has been a year or so since Efrain Garay and Scott Rumple took over West Coast Canvas. I was passing by their office and they kindly invited me in for...
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Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Sacramento Yacht Club The club held its BBQ Rib Cook Off on a great Indian Summer afternoon. It was in conjunction with their Friendship Cruise-In weekend. We were all out on the grassy lawn...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Stephens Yacht Rendezvous Three days of Understanding” – reminds me of a song. The owners and management of Village West Marina & Resort invited Stephens and other classic yacht caretakers to cruise in for...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Taste Of The Delta The 20th Annual Taste of the Delta was a huge success thanks to a great team of volunteers and many local wineries, breweries, restaurants and businesses. The purpose of the...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Vickie Baumann Retires This is the end of an era in the Delta. Vickie is one of the best known and beloved people in the whole region. She got her fine art degree at...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Tony Kopshever Retires It seems like yesterday that Tony Kopshever was a young lad hanging around the Stockton Yacht Club with his parents, and now he has retired after a 20-year career with the...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Pacific Coast Water Rescue John Garza and his team held a ceremony at the Discovery Bay Marina. It was to honor present and past emergency response folks and included the renaming of two boats....
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Historic Re-Launching Of JOIE After a Herculean effort Rusty Areias and Ted Harris completed the restoration on the classic yacht JOIE de Vivre. They trucked her up to the Delta from Southern California more than two...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
Pacific Boat Services Ramon Mata took over the old Ladds yard and marina in Stockton over a year ago. Right when he moved in, he started making positive changes; he moved a portable office...
Delta Rat Scrapbook – by Bill Wells
A Dora Blu I met Leo & Carlice Aarens who live in the Netherlands through Per and Ericka Hammarlund on social media. You will remember that Per and Ericka own the classic 1931 Stephens yacht Allure and...
