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Finished the frame of my Crawfish. I painted it brown to cover up the mistakes and so the dark frame will show through the translucent skin. Now I need to cover the mistakes I made while painting...drip city.

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

Hull shot...clamps are for stern deck.

Nice...I like it.....more pics. Flip it over and get a pic. of the hull......

"I want to participate in things like the Classic Mariners Regatta coming up in Pt. Townsend through Wooden Boat Foundation and they all require smaller boats to register with PHRF which sucks." It looks like that, but isn't quite the case. I've been involved in the CMR for several years now, and have raced my centerboard double-ender a few times. The race organizers originally used their own system of ratings, but got so many complaints they gave up and went to phrf about eight years ago. This worked for the motivated keelboat racers, but left the casual participants behind because phrf costs money and is too much hassle for a lot of people. The small boat fleet was completely out of luck because phrf is made for keelboats with cabins; open centerboard boats aren't even rateable under the rules. To get around this, boats in the inshore fleet were given "faux phrf" ratings that allowed them to race more-or-less evenly with the smaller, slower keel boats. This has worked, sort of, for the few small boats that regularly come out for the Mariner's. If you want to come and race in this year's regatta, that's great! We'll find a way to fold you in somehow, and try to come up with a rating that makes a degree of sense. Depending on how many little boats show up, either there will be a separate Inshore Division, or we'll get put in with the C (Cruising) division. Win or lose, it's still a fun party in a nice place with nice people and pretty boats out on the bay... I'll be glad to answer any questions that I can... cheers, Lynn s/v Katie Mae