Tony Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hello all, I am quite sad to do this but circumstances require that I pass this project on to someone else. I have a link to the Craigslist Ad below. The hull/bulkhead seems are glassed on the inside and it is ready for interior framing, exterior fiberglassing/finishing, etc. I purchased the plans for hull #55 quite a while ago and have been storing the partially completed hull in my garage. I also have a trailer purchased new in 2010 and only used to transport the hull to California when I moved. Please consider taking a look at the ad and make me an offer. I am thinking $1000 might be reasonable. Includes hull, remaining plywood needed to complete the project, some RAKA epoxy, fiberglass tape, and the trailer. I am about an hour north of San Francisco. Thank you! Tony http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/boa/5677832191.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Tony, I just returned from you neck of the woods. Guernville/Windsor area. You live so close to "the line", where California changes color permanently. For those that wonder, the top half is green and wet, the bottom half is brown and dry. Man, this is a sweet deal. I just started a 20 foot sailboat build, though. I wish you luck in finding a successor to your boat. I will also ask around, maybe I can find someone to pay me to finish it for them, although, I should warn you I am hermetic and curmudgeonly, so the pool of applicants is small. Anyway, best of wishes and luck, Peace Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Thank you Robert! It is a very different climate and environment up this way. I hope your 20' build is a fun one! Best, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Tony, No problem. You actually live in a great spot, by the way. The Petaluma and Russian rivers are close, and both neat, and you don't get any of the real valley heat. Plus, the Charles Schultz museum... Anyway, I'm sure I'm no match for Craig and his list, but I will try. I am "documenting" my build on the main forum. So far, not much fun, because it's all been dodging heat with epoxy! Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPower210 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 This, having just completed a 17, and specifically not adding up the costs, is a screaming deal! Tony, sorry to hear you won't be completing, but hopefully circumstances are positive- Have you posted in the classifieds here as well as the classifieds on the B and B site? Take care- JP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Tony, I sent you a PM. Well, two. Ignore the first one. Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Tony, What a wonderful deal! I sure hope someone snatches up this bargain. Fortunately for me, I live too far away (North Carolina) to take advantage of that deal. If I were closer, I might find myself with a perplexing problem. At that price, it should go. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Well, I waited because I didn't want to jinx anything, but I took an 8 hour drive today. Round trip. And someone rode my bumper the whole way home! That's right, y'all, ACTION TIGER GOT HIM A CS17! Some of you know I'm already building some boats (hush, I get bored and can't sit still, and sometimes stuff needs to dry...), so I'm gonna finish them both so I can really focus here. I am just beyond the moon, though I feel like I picked up a book and started on chapter 7. The hull is together and glooped up inside, so I'll be starting from a bare hull. It is so beautiful still, just bare ply, I must have gotten 10 thumbs ups on the road home. The best part, to me, is Tony lives right up the road, and I already promised him a sail. Shoot, he can have 100 rides! I will have her launched before next summer, and you can watch me muck it up on a thread I'll start. That was a joke, y'all. I know my way around a squeegee, I just got shake the rust off. Luckily I've been glooping for practice, lately. Don't breathe a word in the garop, or you'll jinx her, but she's to be called Phoenix. Did I mention my excitement? Beyond. The. Moon. Oh, Southern Appalachian Messers. I am announcing now I WILL NOT make your mess again next year. Shooting for the B&B, now... :) Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 There she is. Right in front of door number two, where she will go stay until her rebirth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Potts Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Congratulations! They say the two happiest moments for a boat owner are the day he buys a boat and the day he sells it, so I hope you're both happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 . . . That's right, y'all, ACTION TIGER GOT HIM A CS17 . . . You learn hard, don't you Robert and it is good to see. If it was that close to me, I'd have picked it. Good catch . . . now get to work, you have a lot to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Ken, it was a strange day. Sorta sad, sorta happy. For me, pure anxiety and anxiety. The good one and the bad one, dig? Paul, you should know better. I still ain't learnt nothing, man. I just dumbed into more luck. I do, however, know how to do it "right", and I even been caught doing it before. Usually for money work. I always cheap out on myself, which is why I skinned kayaks in canvas for so long. I will not skimp a bit on this one. I'm gonna quit my job to get all this work done. Wait. I ain't got no "job". Well, I'm quit song work for money for a while, finish these boats off. Serially. I'll use the cheap one to goof about while I polish my jewelry box. Just don't expect much bright work, y'all. I do, however, plan to use some nice two pack paint, not poach and flow, so you can all relax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPower210 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Robert- Welcome to the club!!! JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Finish the kayak and get to work! Or did you finish the kayak already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Thanks. I am excited. As near a bare hull as possible, so I'm a long way from launching, but I am so happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Dang it, Dave. I broke six coamings before I was willing to admit I picked a bad piece of wood. No, I ain't hard headed why? I'm gluing up a plywood ring, old school style, but I'm going to fasten it in baidarka style with the cloth over, so it won't bother me all that much. Oh, and the paddle blank is glued up. I'll put a photo on that long suffering thread. It ain't the kayak I was worried about, though. There has been a kayak in progress in my yard for almost 20 years straight. No, not the same kayak, though it feels like it, this time. Harvey Golden and Chris Cunningham ruined my life. Morris just hammered in the last nail. Kudzu is a refreshing find, and cool diversion from all the thinking and guessing I normally do. The pink elephant in the room is the boat in the next stall. I've basically decided to finish the frolic, use it while I polish this gem, then pass along the frolic to my oldest kids. Good thing I like building boats, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Robert, I'm afraid your disease has progressed to terminal. You are in the last stages just like me. How many dang boats do we need, anyways..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Chick, I'm doing fine, because I still don't own any motors. That's my justification, anyway. I do have two trailers and 26 paddles now, though. That might be an excessive number or trailers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Two trailers is excessive??? Now let me see----1---2----3----4----5. Yep, that's it. Five trailers at the moment. 7 boats. Well actually, two of them are kayaks for gramma and the grandbaby. Two---no, 3 gas motors (Gotta have motors). 3 electric. But only a few paddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 I will never admit to having too many boats or paddles, so it's got to be the trailers. I have learned if you mention to a teenager they may inherit a boat, they take an immediate interest in the finishing of said boat, if they are the right type of weirdo. I'm looking so forward to playing swallows and amazons with my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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