Paul thanks for the photos! There are some places I would love to explore! I have not made up my mind what I want to build for a boat. But I'm waiting on Jeff...
Thanks for the replies,will hang in there.Water is solid up here also,,very solid! just got out of one week of minus 30C's but amazingly we had a very...
... Sounds very cold. I thought when it got down into the high 40's at night, it was too cold. It's getting into the high 60's, almost hit 70 yesterday, so I...
... amazingly ... country....Glad to ... idea,I am ... arent ... fish or ... to ... around ... thats ... night, it was too cold. ... guess we have boating...
Good morning everyone,I have put up my 9.9 evinrude for sale.I have it in my mind to buy a 8hp yamaha 2 stroke, short leg ,plain jane tiller outboard motor.I...
I've searched high and low without success trying to find 6mm (.25") Okoume plywood locally. No one will even order it. The nearest available is in Riviera...
Try www.Boulterplywood.com they have good stuff. I got mine there and was very pleased. The shipping can be high, so plan your order so you don't have to...
Hi David. It seems Boulterplywood wants $79 a sheet and they are in MA. Since I can get it for $55 a sheet delivered to Jacksonville.......well thanks anyway....
I'm about 1/2 way through building my "Old Man's 16' Skiff" ... and have just purchased and refurbished it's power plant - a 1952 3hp Johnson Outboard motor...
Everyone is invited to the Quinn's Cove Summer Solstice Messabout June 20,21 & 22 The start of summer and the longest day of the year is coming and with it the...
Links not working for me. Where is Quinn's Cove? ... From: Lon Wells <lononriver@...> Subject: [WoodenPowerboats] Quinn's Cove Summer Solstice...
Vancouver, Wa is off my trail this year, I retire in three years,2011, I can make a 2012 messabout, Good luck on this years get together. Cheers, Fletch ... ...
Bummer deal! I've been by there a number of times as well! The bummer is I don't have a wood boat right now. All I have is two fiberglass skiffs... I also...
The Solstice Messabout isn't a wooden boat only event, everyone is welcome. http://tinyurl.com/5woymw It wouldn't be the first time a floatplane crashed one of...
Hi, I gather this is a northern hemisphere club maily. I am from Australia. The boats I am most interested in we call "putt-putts" because of the exhaist nois....
Davey I've seen the same kinda boat in Alaska and here in Washington state in years past. A lot of them were used as pocket trollers. As fuel prices keep...
Boats like that were once common here in the Northwest (Southwest to you Canadians <g>). They were usually powered by air-cooled Briggs & Stratton or Wisconsin...
Hello again. Thanks for the replies. Similar boats, very much so. ice ones too. Many of hours were slightly simpler in that steering was by a tiller at the...
Here's a 15" skiff I built a few years ago. The engine and transmission are from a ride on lawn mower. 5hp Briggs and Stratton and the transmission is 3 speeds...
Hello Group, I have a GlenL BoJest displacement cruiser. It is an 18 foot design that has been lengthened to 20 feet. I bought it from the builder in...
Nope, Jim. This group doesn't accept attachments. Can you put the photo of Brenda Sue on Flickr and give us a link? Jim was quite ingenious when he devised the...
Now, I think I got it. _Flickr: jimnben's Photostream_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22322056@N00/) **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows...