This is the sort of project I like. We don't need no steenking marine engines! <g> As long as the engine lives out in the open you don't need to worry about...
Beautiful little cruiser! Thanks for sharing it. http://www.hartley-boats.com/spearf.html For those who want to work from plans, Hartley has a 12' skiff called...
Hello guys, John Cupp here. I wanted to let you know about the new idea of a boat building co-op built around the same framework like the farmers co-ops that...
Have a `50s wooden boat rotting in your backyard? Know someone that does? Let me know - I'm in the market for a project boat! Send description, pics and let...
Did you check ebay they have boat almost for nothing...also woodenboat classified have asection on give away boat for free...enjoy!! ....and keep me posted of...
Ivan, take a look at http://www.woodenboatrescue.org . Their boats are free to a loving home. Most of their boats seem to be in the Northeast, but I saw some...
You are correct. Great site but none near home! Plus I was looking for something less than 20 loa. Ivan ... are free to a loving home. Most of their boats seem...
Ebay is great for the east and west coast but us folks in the gulf the pickins are ususally very slim! Ivan ... woodenboat classified have asection on give...
Does anyone belong to or know of a boating club for wooden boat owners in the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast area? Down here where ROT is king, it is impossible to...
Does anyone know if there was a boat company called Atkins Cruiser? I have been shown a 1963 Atkins Pilot House Cruiser, but I beleive it may have been a...
Ivan, If I understand your question correctly, you'd be right about it not being a production line. The Atkins were a father/son team of designers who were...
I need help. There must be a special way to locate old un-restored wooden boats that I can't seem to grasp. I have searched the internet until I have gotten...
... else's project or ... In the back of Wooden Boat magazine in the small classified ads they have a section "free boats". There's generally 10-12 of them per...
i have never built a boat before but want to give it a shot. I have just about deceided on the bateau gf16 for my plans. I would appreciate any thoughts on...
This is a simple, yet very useful boat. A garvey provides more usable area for a given length than any other style of power boat. As a bonus, they are simple...
If you want to see an alternative that's designed for low power, with a flexible length build depending upon how long you want it, take a look at John...
Ivan, I'm a fan of the notion, "the best way to predict the future is to invent it". Sometimes - though, and it seems you're running into one of those...
Yep been there - but just like the free boat ads in magazines, for some reason 99% of the boats are located on the East Coast and further north. Seems sort of...
Patience? I thought that is what I would become after not finding a boat - "Mental Patience" - LOL Thanks In the words of Frank Costanza, "Serenity now!" Ivan ...
Perhaps the "secret" is that the Texas climate is so hot and humid that wooden boats deteriorate beyond repair after 30 years. Since it has been at least 50...
Oh, you are 100% correct. Texas weather kills wood, fiberglass, steel, ...well almost everything! Heck I have lived here 48 years a sure am rotten!! - LOL And...
I'll keep listening for the big yahoo! But you're going to have to holler pretty loud for me to hear it clear up here! My hearing isn't THAT good! Evan Ivan...
Oh, I am sure you will hear it. Everyone knows us Texans have big mouths! Ivan ... holler pretty loud for me to hear it clear up here! My hearing isn't THAT...
Here are some pics of a boat I am considering. It is a 1960 Penn Yan Coquette (13foot - Clinker Outboard) I think this model was made from 1939 - 1947 (in...
If you go to the WoodenBoat Forum (www.woodenboat.com, go to forum, then probably the Boatbuilding page, ask there. There are a few Pen Yan experts there....
... called ... http://hallman.org/bolger/bonefish.gif Here is a link to another cruiser powered by an air cooled 4 stroke industrial engine. I picked up a...
