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Today I had the pleasure to witness one of the prettiest CS 17 and one of the prettiest one off hulls built by a former member from this board. Well he is still a member here even if in spirit only. But the situation which I come here with this post is not truely a pleasure for me. Sometime in the past there has been some posts concerning the death of John Shook[sp] I think was his name. Grahamn and Carla can verify this if they pop in. The boat is now for sale and really in needs to go away due to some obligations left with his family. I have no photos as I was not aware at the time that there were none around. I spoke to both Graham and this has been all confirmed too. So if you know of anyone in the situation and have the desire to own a museum piece and will truely appreciate this type of quality, please let Graham know. TIA

Fleet, LOL! I am not sure if you are actually snickering and shaking your head from behind the keyboard, though. Great to see that you are still on the right side of the grass!! I wondered where you and even Capt. Day had been? I hope things in the desert are going well for you.

Thats great that you guys got out and even better that you were able to return safely since its been so long. I guess you do not have to reteach old seadogs old tricks.

Thats not Duclin', thats Conductor II with the duc out of it and replaced with the duck face that you see on the name boards. Its the sistership of my second son's hull. Now all of my kidlits have a boat, including my wife and grandson, 'cept he will need grandpa to hlep him for a while to row it. Thanks for the suggestion. The green is actually a pale green about half what Duclin' is, but shows darker under the cover.

Duhhhhhhh,,,,,,,Ahhhh Steve you have just exceeded my brain's ability to process such technical jargon. :'( Well I guess I better go read the Computer for Dummies book now. I do good just to get the settings on the camera to a size that will not blow my screen and computer up since its so outdated and has been re---whatever you call it twice now. Carry on...... :-[ Oh and the thread shows a basically a box with a scrool bar inside with the photos in the thread format, if that makes any sense.

Hum thanks guys for the imput. I have no other issues on any other site. I use the smallest pixels and Photobucket also resizes automatically for any of the larger ones in the past, or so I have experienced. I jsut can't view the whole boat shot unless its the last picture down, allowing me to scroll over.

In my thread of the new boat the photos need to have the screen scroll up and down and from inside the end of the three pictures or the whole photo cannot be seen. Does anyone else have that issue?

Thank you sir. The boat is ready for the water. I used mahogany for the numbers so the hull can be redone anytime without having to deal with redoing the numbers and sticker.

Nothing special to see here, but would like yo get some imput if at all possible of interior layouts in small runabouts that any one here has seen in the past. There seems to be the common thwart seats which in most cases are structual. But in these hulls, the boat is pretty much self supporting. I am using simular liftout thwarts that also can be repositioned for rowing. So whats say have any of your fiine folks seen anything that stands out in your own mind? The boat will have a tiller handle steering but also the motor is set up for an electric start 9.8 Tohastu four stroke, so weight foward is also a plus in layouts with remote steering too. The boat can be stretched to 14 foot but now 12 foot and stretched to 13'7" as you see it.

Well by golly I see the old timer is still on the green side of the grass. I was beginning to worry about you, feller. Speaking of way back, I continue to remember and think about the Alaska fleet and the boys that actively participated here in the beginnings. We could count on them to provide a detailed and running account of their ventures. Where have the years gone? Seems like yesterday!

You are indeed working under a different set of challenges. In vietnam there are many furniture plants also around now in that area. Ask around to see if any of the shops have the drum sanders which creates a very fine dust. I have used flour and baby powder for thickening epoxy. Sanding is an issue since its hard. SO for fillets its fine. Just make sure that you end up with a smoothe fillet. Round you a wooden stick if nothing else to apply your thickened glue and cover with the tape. Good luck

Great photos, but let me introduce you to the real banks of this weekend. Sand dollars, unbleached, real to life look. new life of the decendants of the Spanish Mustangs And another beautifull day in Paradise!

On my custom sailboat, I enlayed 10 lb of lead that I melted in a broiler pan on an open burner of my gas outdoor grill which made it a thin and flat piece and then I split it. . I then glassed one side of my board and then flipped it over and routered two sections out and enlayed two seperate pieces favoring the down side of the board. I have no problem one way or the other. It stays down and easy to pull up.

AHHHHm \\\ retired in the boat business means that you pick your poison, not that you really pick less of it.

Docpal.nice post and interesting too of your background! I remember the early days of the Shopbot when Bill Young was also in the setup of your machine. The only other CNC router table that I was exposed to was the Sabre, a very high dollar one and was surprised at how the simple machine would do boat jigs as good. I will be looking foward to your followup posts on your own boat including real to life photos!

LOL!!! Come on now, you of all people should know that these projects are labors of love, retiree community service projects so to speak as an alternative to chemical dependancy for my househusband duties which requires me to stay at home all day gardening, laundry, dog sitting including sweeping the dog hair up and the dishes.

From a sow's ear to a silk purse, or sorta. This was a 1958 hull. Its now a new age pleasure craft. We had a bit of a challenge with the oversized engine. But after a bit of tweaking, optimum performance was achieved. Bow for some trimming and detailing and away it goes to catch some fish on the Cheseapeake Bay.

LOL!This is a real time bouy located at Cape Lookout which gives you actual data instead of some weather bunny. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=clkn7

Are you not interested in the area of paradise that you camped the last time? Thats just a short ferry ride across the river and then down 101 to the Straits ramp.

You know this thread and incident is yet another example of owning your own specially built boat. You break it, you fix it and the fix is rarely noticed unlike gelcoat boats when you patch. With paint, you scuff up the surface, place a new coat of paint on the boat in a couple of hours and you are good to go. With plastic fantastic , you can patch and waz. But within a month or two, you have a deer in the headlights moment when you look at the fix. Greg, I cannot make the Texas 200[sounds like a Mascar event] but also am not aware of the Duckworks event. If its in Texas, maybe I can convince the bride to visit her new grandson and combine the trip. The sorry turn of events lately is that I cannot seem to shake the high fever of the OPEC flu.

I don't have any pictures of any setup Chad. But you were able to bring out Adla from the depths of deep and let us know that she is still interested in boats and us lowly boat guys. ;D

FANTASTIC< Brother!!!! Thanks for patching it up for me. Now I won't have to mess with that old messy epoxy and can launch the boat when it gets here and let you know about the quality of your workmanship the second time around. HEHE!!! ;D ;D

I have always attempted to tell you guys in a nice way that EPOXY IS CRAP. Being used and depended on can cause potential harm to all life and limb. Now we have real proof that supports this. Glad to see that you were close enough to shore and in warm enough water that you did not suffer any other harm except a bit of mental stress. Now when Graham passes your way on his return trip from the Texas 200, see if he will let you throw the pieces in the cockpit of his boat and haul it away back home since I have a need for worn out skiff for a planter, since my real wood boat is still floating just fine like those 1900 era built genuine boat. ;D

Interesting video, but I noticed that while you talk like Forrest Gump, you also have what sounds like some Japanese fellers in the background talking too when you were sawing the curves and glueing up the mahogany pieces. ;D

Heck lets be real here. Differences of opinions???? If any of us were really smart enough to give free advice that others should listen, the lessons that most of us have learned should include telling others to stay the heck away from any and all of this madness. I mean where else in life can you work so hard and waste so much time to see absolutely nothing done for the effort and in the process you are deliberately destroying your liver, skin and bank account in the same act, yet still keep coming back for more when you are done? ;D ;D