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I had never heard of Tolman. I went to the website and it is some very nice skiffs there.
Tolman has a good eye and a sharp pencil.

Godspeed to Brian.
Thank goodness it was peaceful.

Some part also goes to selected location. Prior to G1 and even on the archives prior to this bulletin board, a small group of us discussed the location. The area in and/or around the Tri-states (Ga-Tn-Al) was deemed as the most centrally located for the biggest majority of people. Thus Guntersville ...

I imagine that salt water barnacles would be the main fear, not any rot.

Neel,
Good to see you back.
I too, am having PB posting withdrawls.

Gougeon Brothers have been racing one of their epoxy/wood boats for over 30 years. A few years ago they did an article on that because it was one of the first epoxy boats, and a full 30 years elapsed on the calendar. The yhave no rot, no delaminations, and still racing it. Their 'Epoxy Works' magazi...

I looked at some Buck Algonquin catalog, and the rudder you got is already nearly as big as available. You would have to step up to 1 1/4" rudder post to get a standard rudder noticibly bigger. Inboards handle better if there is a skeg, keel, or on a mahogany a skid fin. The skeg, keel, or fin gives...

The best finish prep is wet sanding, with potable water. solvent rag washing will dissolve contaminates and leave them behind. damp rag wiping isnt good enough, and, isnt really potable water wash, The way to go is wet sanding with potable water; if you can drink the water you started with, you can ...

scarf them,
two 2x12' could yield 22' 6" or so.

We should have a sticky for this.
There is 8 different applicable and good links of info in this short thread.
Do we have a forum page of useful links & suppliers???

I did not paint the bilge. The bilge is not exposed to the UV sun anyway,
no regrets for me.

that thing looks cool !!

Ah. tether to a shut off,,,,,,
good idea, especially out there alone

Gentry is a very nice build. Neel Thompson has one and I have been in it several times. It is a hoot. Neel's build thread may help you along the way. Congrats on starting a build, you will enjoy the journey. I built Double Eagle, and I found that short sentences in the instructions had a lot of deta...

safety tether??? What? tether to what?, the boat? Such that the boat can drag you along and drown you? Kind of reminds me of the safety harness recommended for deer hunting. They say you need a safety harness secured to the tree that your climbing deer stand is in. such that if your deer stand fails...