Sequimjim Posted April 16, 2003 Posted April 16, 2003 Hi I am Jim From the great north west I live about 100 miles west of Seattle. It's not the end of the world but you can see it from here! I will try to post a picture of the boat I am building. One more thing! I agree with Mark Twain. He said he had no respect for a man that could only spell a word one way. Jim Quote
Sequimjim Posted April 16, 2003 Author Posted April 16, 2003 My river boat [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Derek Posted April 16, 2003 Posted April 16, 2003 Welcome Jim! Great looking boat! You'll find a nice little NW contingent brewing here, about a half dozen of us. Again, welcome. Quote
Memphis Mike Posted April 17, 2003 Posted April 17, 2003 Welcome. What kind wood are you building it out of? Quote
Barry Pyeatt Posted April 17, 2003 Posted April 17, 2003 Welcome to our mad little forum Looks like a drift boat of sorts. Nice workmanship and finishing. Tell us about it. I'm building a Weekender, nearly finished with it. You'll find there is a lot of company here. Most of us are building Stevenson's Project boats but we welcome anyone. Lots of good information and good natured bantering about here. Lots of Northwest builders haunt the forum. So...just chime in. :wink: Quote
Sequimjim Posted April 17, 2003 Author Posted April 17, 2003 The plywood is a/b marine and the ribs and seats are clear fir shorts I found in the lumber yard pretty cheap. All the long one by material is also doug fir that came from my woods, the neighbor has a wood mizer mill and than I just planed them down. Also the oars are from my woods also but I'm still planeing on them. It's kinda fun using material from my own back yard, the fir on my land is real tight grain, you can count at least 30 rings at the grip of the oar. Jim [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin] Quote
Sequimjim Posted April 17, 2003 Author Posted April 17, 2003 I have seen lots of great pictures on this site already, you guys are real boat builders. I have a long way to go, I hope to sell this one to my brother so I can afford to build another one. He lives on the Clackamas river in Oregon and he's a hard core fly fisher. Quote
Barry Pyeatt Posted April 17, 2003 Posted April 17, 2003 That is one pretty dory. I really like that hull color, what did you use?Shame to let it go to Oregon to drift those rivers. Lots of great drifts here in this area. I'm interested in the oars, I plan on making some for my Weekender and am interested in what you have done. I will need a pair about 8' in length. Think it would be a good project but just don't know much about the specs to make them or good local materials. Was thinking I may have to invest in some Ash or White Oak but I would really like to have something lighter in weight but strong. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted April 17, 2003 Posted April 17, 2003 Thanks for the compliment Barry, The paint I used is called two part polyurathane made by System 3 epoxy ( www.epoxyhelp.com ) will get you to thier web page. This boat has not hit the water yet so I can't say just how great the paint is yet. I peeled the cured paint off the side of a plastic pail I was using and it felt more like visqueen, as a mater of fact I played with it for a while and it is pretty tough stuff. My oars are not tested yet either but I think they will work great. As I said before the doug fir trees on my property grew very slow cause nobody ever thined them and that caused them to grow very tight and strong. There are at least 17 or more rings per inch of thickness that a lot of natural plywood layers. I am making mine 9 1/2 feet long. As far as the other dimentions I just did the same thing I did with the boat, I measured a few others and made note of the things I liked and didn't like. than I just started building the boat and shaping the oars till I liked how they looked. I have to follow someone else's blue prints every day so I just wanted to do my own thing on this project.I visited the School of Wooden Boats in Port Townsend and they make oars out of green fir. They have a three day class this summer for making oars and paddles, I might go to it just to rub elbows with some other enthusiests. If you want to talk more you can email me at sequimjim@hotmail.com I have learned from my mistakes and would be happy to save you a few of them. Jim Quote
Greg Luckett Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Hello Jim and welcome! Thanks for the boat picture. She looks great! Greg Luckett Quote
Mike Pennington Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Welcome Jim, Sorry, I am late giving you a welcoming Howdy, I am having computer Whoas, and can only post at work for now. About time I meet another driftboat builder, again welcome! This is my third boat I built, while under construction, she is a 18' Rogue River Dory, plans from Fletcher at Rivers Touch. I have been thinking of building some smaller ones :roll: but I already have to many oars in the water and only two arms to row with. Quote
Mike Pennington Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Roger Fletcher, of Rivers Touch, featured in the Wooden Boat mag, awhile back, is a real traditionalist. He would probably keel over with a stroke if he saw how I modified his drift boat plans. But the modified stern was beefed up to take the 35hp Evenrude. A little trip down the Chena R. to the Tannana R. and then down to the Yukon R. is what this boat was designed for. But she can come back up river with the motor no roads to trailer back. Quote
Mark Hughes Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Welcome Jim! That's a looker you have going there! You must really like your brother (or your trying to get money out of him)! Have you started planning your next boat yet? Quote
P Doug (WA) Posted April 18, 2003 Posted April 18, 2003 Welcome aboard Jim. If you live in Sequim, you live real close to paradise. I have a cousin that lives there, well in a little town attached to Sequim. Anyway, it sure is a lot prettier there than my side of WA although the desert does have it beauty for a short period this time of the year. Quote
Sequimjim Posted April 19, 2003 Author Posted April 19, 2003 Mike That's a great looking drift boat, I would like to own two boats also. One with a motor and one without. We have some small rivers here and the motor would never work. I hope to take my boat over to Montana and fish the Clark Fork river. I have to pick my son up from college May 10th and we want to fish our way home. Keep up the good work! Jim Quote
Johannah Posted April 21, 2003 Posted April 21, 2003 It's a shame you even have to bring a car to fetch your student. Dawdling home in a dory with fishing poles in hand sounds just wonderful. Quote
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