Deer Island peapod On calm days - even if the skies are mackerel colored, rather than cobalt blue - Mohr can often be seen on Coos Bay or on Eel, Tenmile or Tahkenitch lakes in an unusual 15-foot wooden boat he had custom-made by the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Washington.

It's called a Deer Island peapod (its symmetrical shape resembles a bean pod) and is based upon a Maine lobster boat. Constructed of red cedar, mahogany, oak and fir, the boat can be powered by one or two oarsmen, a sail, or an electric motor.  ¶ 12:55 AM