the dory is upside down in the front yard, waiting it's turn to find a slot in the garage. Which will happen before the rains hit. I looked for a knee on my boat that you can see in the close-up of

AARRrrrgghhh!! Yeah, my Ace has "copper rivets", just not the ones I needed, mail ordered them instead. Winks has the same story. Neither of them carries bronze wood screws, so I now have to mail

Your boat is very nice. Much nicer than mine. I "Finished" mine "Bright", which was just putting on a coat of Epoxy, without any UV protection, and after a few years it is not so "Bright"

Greetings, At the risk of using the dreaded "W" name ... doesn't West Marine at Delta Park have bronze screws? I seem to remember buying them there -- never did mail order when I lived in PDX.

Thanks Pat, The story just appeared today. I wrote it back in May but Chuck has had lots going on, including getting a new boat launched. John Ewing does good photos, doesn't he? (As does "our"

Chris- We've got several industrial fastener sellers here in Eugene, and at least one of them, Eugene Fasteners, carries a limited selection of bronze screws and a larger selection of stainless

Great article Larry! Boy, that reminds me that I haven't sent in my article to MAIB yet! :o( Maybe I'll get it in in time for them to publish it before the next Depoe Bay festival. John Ewing lurks

A while back I ran across a fellow in Newport working on the _sorriest_ looking ferro-cement boat. I talked to him for a while and was thinking, "boy, this guy's got his work cut out for himself!"

Speaking of hopeless boat nuts, (actually I'm not quite there yet, but I have had dream of a boat similar to the Nuisance), My kids (two at 4.5 years old) greeted me at the door when I got home with a

Sounds like fun. The other great thing with motoring in a standard drift boat is that, when trimmed for a short shaft motor, the bow is many feet in the air, creating quite a nice sail. Running

Reading on Bolger Group and found reference to this boat. A guy said he built one using lauan and Bondo. He says Not to use Bondo for construction. http://www.capecodfrosty.org/ Anybody want to

I've put some snaps of a couple of interesting boats seen on Dorena Reservoir a couple of months ago here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MessaboutW/files/DorenaLake/ One of them is Mamacita, a

Pat- I've got the bows and sterns of drift boats all mixed up and can't make heads or tails of what you're trying to do to that poor boat. <g> But Harry V. Sucher has plans for some flat-bottomed

Second that! I divide boats into two types: ones that you own and ones that own you. I think that guy has two of the latter type. Of course, maybe that old fish packer is basically sound, and he has

Pretty cool. I guess my idea wasn't so crazy or even "New" (Let me know when you see a Truly "New" idea. "Cummins figures the IC engine reached maturity by then, further development has just been

Could spend that much just on Lysol. OOOOHHH ! ! A really Big Hole to throw money in. Pat has

Pat- Ever seen one of those little boats they use to herd logs around in a log pond? I've been wracking my brain, but I can't recall what they're called. Anyway, they're short, fat, and have an

The Cape Cod Frosty is a neat idea. I like the idea of a developement class though. Say, just for argument: any monohull you can make out of 3 or 4 (pick one) sheets of 1/4"lauan, maybe limit it to

The log pusher. Several years ago I was collecting sediment samples on WeyCo. Springfield's log pond in the middle of winter. It was very foggy and I felt like we were in a calm piece of the ocean

a log called. A friend of mine used to but I I *think* it many be called a log bronc. I have the Hull-Oakes video and if I get around to it, I can watch it and see if I can confirm