RussMartin

I'm looking for an electric trolling motor (30-70 lb thrust) with a known good motor, and (maybe) prop but damaged/useless/unusable control head. If you don't have one, perhaps you know someone who does. Russ

Ray, where is the Anderson Bailer available?

Craig, I had for sure planned on a cockpit drain. I have a print of the Stevenson plan for one.

Arnie-- Where are you going to hang the holders?

Hmm. I looked carefully. It seems that my #6' date=' 8, and 10 bits actually have 3 flutes . . . and 2 on the #12. More stuff: [url']http://www.ezfolk.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?asinsearch=B0000225OU[/url] http://www.ezfolk.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?asinsearch=B0000TZX1W

Two of the small sailboats I had in years past had self-bailing cockpits. Could this be done on a Weekender? (I don't mean the cockpit drain.) And how?

More wheels (sometimes same wheels, different vendor and/or price): http://www.woodchests.com/catalog.asp?actiontype=showCategory&category_idno=1202&menu_category_idno=1202 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43411&item=4310102514 http://www.stanleylondon.com/wheel.htm http://www.seashellcity.com/homedecor/homedecor7.html https://jaso.safe-order.net/shipslocker/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SL&Category_Code=Wooden+Ships+Wheels The last vendor has some exceptionally nice all-brass (nearly all brass?--pricey) items. An easier way to get to that last one: http://www.shipslocker.com/

Two' date=' Tim. I don't have any complaints about them, but I don't use my variable-speed drills with them; I use my old trusty umpty-rpm job (or, when possible, the drill press set at its highest speed). The cut seems to be smoother in harder wood. Was it Greenlee or Greenlea? I still have some of their chassis punches around. They never wear out, which is a good thing, because I can't find replacements . . .

Charlie, if you can't find a local source, you might try: http://doityourself.com/store/screwpilotscountersinks.htm Here's what I'm using: http://tools.aubuchonhardware.com/power_tools/drill_chucks/4-piece_screw_pilot_set-319740.asp

I'm using Vermont American "Screw Pilots". They're available individually, but the set of 4 (#6 through #12; p/n 16615) was a better deal.

My Weekender is going to be the Ruth Paxmore, for a character in James Michener's Chesapeake: She was the wife of the Quaker carpenter who didn't know how to build boats but learned by doing it. For me, that seems somehow appropriate. My inspiration for this goes back to late 1989, when I was doing work for a client that required me to spend several days in Newport News, VA. After visiting Colonial Williamsburg, the rest of my spare time was spent prowling marinas. I ran across a drop-dead beautiful 32-foot restored skipjack (refitted as a pleasure boat) named the Rosalind J. Steed from the same book. It was for sale--$12,000--and I had the money but didn't want to solve the problem of getting her trucked overland to Missouri. I've kicked myself from time to time ever since.

I have asked about this myself, mostly out of curiosity. I E-mailed Stevenson (no reply), then queried him privately on the BYYB forum. His response: Perhaps this drawing will give you an idea, at least: http://bentown.tripod.com/id39.htm I'm curious as to just how, exactly, it was lowered and secured. Since I'm laying my keel right now, I'm contemplating how easy it would be to incorporate a fin keel at this stage, and to extend the stern block down for a permanently-mounted electric auxiliary (cannibalized from a 74-pound trolling electric).

Do I see a conventional pintle-and-gudgeon arrangement on that rudder box? Can you post a close-up at some future point?

A friend and college buddy of mine had his first high-school teaching job (1971) in DuBois, Wyoming. So many of the families had guide and outfitting businesses that they literally closed the schools for deer season.

You guys must belong to PETA (People for the Eating of Tasty Animals).