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A set of brand new unused BJ 28 plans have become available. PM if interested. I would like to keep the boat design alive in honor of Tom, after the extensive work he put into it and have another one on the water in the future. If you are serious, I mean a serious builder and have the enclosed area to take on this lengthy building project, let me know. I don't need to get rid of them, just for the sake of having them gone, though.

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I must add to Alan's comments, which is really the only person that should provide input here. But even pillow manufacturers provide mythical rigorous testing and provide mandatory labels to protect their own-selves from serious liabilities if they remove the tags from their own pillows. My point is that boat owners REQUIRE some form of sensibility when loading and operating small craft. Its impossible for any designer or any production boat builder to plan for every scenario that personal watercraft may experience, operator experience being exempt from the design formula and down the road, lawsuits. Since most here are probably not familiar with larger sportfishing boats under the brand called Ocean yachts, there was a lot of instances of their boats not being seaworthy, many instances of stupid operator error. Some of these boats would even crumble on their bottoms when being lifted on land by travel lifts. Their rails would crush in from straps. These boats were a product of decades old seasoned boat builders and even offshore operators in fishing tournaments . As I eluded to in another thread after plans are sold and boats are built, there is always some lawyer that will sue if something happens, with the idea that a boat owner never did anything stupid to create harm to anyone or inflict damage by compromising a certain hull relating to personal harm or total loss of the owner's investment.

Whats the old say, professionals built the Titanic and Noah built the Ark. Whenever a used boat of any kind has had a bunch of hours and years under their belt, the best you can do is to represent the boat with the seasoned history. Pick your buyer. Ask questions of their previous experience, if you are concerned about repercussions from selling a boat that you built yourself. As an owner of a home built boat with a lot of water under its keel and you are the helm, you will get the vibes of who is the right buyer. Of course I know that if you decide to sell a boat that you built, you will probably want to get rid of it as fast as you can. But if you are concerned about someone having a mishap of some sorts , or the boat being pushed beyond its limits and having a terrible event, then DO NOT SELL IT TO THE WRONG PERSON. If you only knew how terrible professionally built production hulls defy the laws of luck as they performs miserably while being operated by complete novices , then you would probably not worry about many of these seasoned home built hulls coming back to bite you, if you choose the correct buyer. Of course the world is full of lawyers, that for enough money they will find a way to create a claim against you if someone is willing to pay them enough. That"s life in the modern world, you know.

Two part paints are a bit pricey. But as long as your surface is in good to excellent conditions, it will last a lengthy period of time as long as you don't abuse the surfaces. Touch up can be a chore, just on one area. On small jobs you still need to mix up enough to get it to properly cure. So you do end up with some waste in the leftover amount, which you normally end up with that is not needed or used. There are a couple of other two parts, but the price is still fairly pricey. There are however some good enamel paints that eliminates the high cost and waste down the road if you are using your rig and it gets dinged. You just have to decide the finish that you want and leave cost out of the mix. Of course you know what BOAT stands for, right?? HEHE

You got that right on all points, especially the age part. Building cold mold hulls , which can achieve some shape in a hull does add some time from a straight sided hull. But once you get the rhythm of cutting and screwing going, they come together quickly. Its the finish work that people get obsessed with that can add time to a normal build of these hulls. But plugging along in a wood shed shaping wood into a boat has a way of keeping the body moving, even when you hear the joints bang together. LOL Hope you are doing okay. Just emptied the shed out and now is the time to really empty the shed out of the zillions of small pieces and remove the dust from the crevices .

Nice follow up from Henry, Thank you https://www.nny360.com/top_stories/a-friendship-fashioned-over-craftsmanship/article_a6754a97-d950-5737-96fa-1000bcfcf915.html#tncms-source=block-behavioral

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/body-found-near-unmanned-boat-in-st-lawrence-river-near-picton-island/ar-AA1IF7rw He had that boat rigged to the highest level of equipment and boating by himself. And he stayed in contact every single day, but went unresponsive a week ago with us.

Great job, And Tony, while being landlocked for a while from selling his boat, looked foward to these events that gave him an excuse to slip away from inland. He would have really loved the real time videos and photos this time around. You guys were challenged in the sound. How many went this year? By the way do you know how many miles that boat has under its keel? Its certainly a well traveled and proven skiff.

Wow, great videos, and if that was around four hours ago, that's when it was "calm" by comparison to the current noon time conditions.

He passed away peacefully at home this week. Many of you may know him from the times at the Messabout meet up. He built one of the early Princess sailing craft and did a might fine job with it. He would sail it by himself and loved to anchor up and watch the world go by. Of course he loved the Water Tribe related trips and would gladly assist everyone in need. Now if you have ever met him you could possibly be talking with him for a "spell" . His work with the Winterville Fire Department was his cornerstone interest when he was not working. To say that he was a one of a kind would be putting it mildly. He never met a stranger. https://www.smithfcs.com/obituaries/Tony-Broadwaters-Day?obId=42701784#/obituaryInfo

The angle is such that taking off a tiny bit of hardwood at a time is really not possible. Or so says this old feller that owns a well seasoned on similar to it, which collects dust.

Many hours have passed that few people see and understand by just looking at a finished cold mold build. Filleting and glass tabbing the bilge area has consumed the time from the rollover. The saddle for the main fuel tank location was fabricated and secured in place. Its a long ways from the cabin being built. All of the decking will need to be fitted . The bracket work is being done.

He lived a full and exciting life, filled with a wide range of adventures and in his off hours projects that were generated by his creative juices to build stuff from wood. He would build the prettiest maple mirrors and hand made knives in his spare time, that he would give away as gifts when not thinking about his passion for boats and boat projects. Smooth sailing sir. There is a great article in Town Dock of his full life. https://towndock.net/news/tom-lathrop