BobSmalser Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Every boat should carry a boat hook within easy reach of the operator. If for no other reason to save your oar blades from fending off rocks and concrete pilings, and to fish things out of the water without risking a dunking. Simple to make, you can customize them to fit the space available on a specific boat and include handy features the storebought hooks don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 I've always liked the one Harry Bryan showed in WoodenBoat Magazine some years back. All wood construction, just a shaft with a dowel inserted near the end at an angle. So it can pull or push. I think I'll make one as a winter project. I'll take pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Nice work Bob, as usual and a nice surprise to see you still being productive in the old crafts. Hey Steve, any snow up your way? :joker: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palolo Hawaii Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Every boat should carry a boat hook within easy reach of the operator...What other good ideas are out there? Nice! Here's my (good?) idea: just needs this, since one can't be too far away from "hydration" during the strenuous line retrieval operations... Gimbaled Can Holder: http://marine.snapitproducts.com/product/v003-single-pivoting-drink-holder "Look, I picked up the mooring line without spilling a drop!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscoville Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I've always liked the one Harry Bryan showed in WoodenBoat Magazine some years back. All wood construction, just a shaft with a dowel inserted near the end at an angle. So it can pull or push. I think I'll make one as a winter project. I'll take pics. Any idea which issue this was in? I've been trying to find it. Bob: do you use those scows for some kind of gainful employment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I've always liked the one Harry Bryan showed in WoodenBoat Magazine some years back. All wood construction, just a shaft with a dowel inserted near the end at an angle. So it can pull or push. I think I'll make one as a winter project. I'll take pics. Any idea which issue this was in? I've been trying to find it. Bob: do you use those scows for some kind of gainful employment? I think it is in issue 169, I'll try to confirm. Mike, we've had snow a few times. A little under a foot on the ground now. I'll be working outside again tomorrow. Wearing my long undies, no doubt. Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSmalser Posted January 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Bob: do you use those scows for some kind of gainful employment? They float the sawmill in across beaver ponds to inaccessible areas, and float the cedar out. No. 1 Select 8" beveled siding runs to $1.20 a linear foot, and custom-milled siding to match oddball Victorian siding on old homes can run up to $4.00 a linear foot. Even knotty #2 sells for 45-60 cents a LF. Very gainful employment. The 12' Fred Dion Punt was copied from traditional cranberry bog punts. It was chosen because of it's shape and that the design is more bouyant in the bow than stern. When beavers dam a creek, the trees die and eventually fall over, leaving a stump. These stumps can hang up a loaded boat badly, and you can lose your load freeing them. In the Dion when high-centered on a stump, one merely has to move to the rear oarlocks and row off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Yep, it was issue #169. I don't know why that article doesn't show up in WoodenBoat's online index. :sad: WoodenBoat sells back issues either digitally or in the original paper version. 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscoville Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Thanks Steven. Bob: It's cool to see small wooden boats being put to work. Sounds like fun work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Bob Smalser is posting again...?? Good on you, mate. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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