![]() The starboard side had a bit more excess material than the port side. Saturday, fairing away at the transom sides until they were finished. “transom” and put more elbow grease into getting the little boat past Inquiry about its status gave me a little more motivation to get off my fairing away at the Utility all the while. Truth is, I have still been slowly, slowly. It does seem like I’ve been paying a bit much attention to the Online boatbuilding friend, who has also been kind enough to follow myīlog, sent me an e-mail the other day asking about the status of the Kindly share their knowledge and give advice can truly help a newbie Of support and insight that you get from more experienced builders who You meet some really cool people, both online and in person. Of the great things about the boatbuilding community is the fact that Greetings from Barnacle Mike’s crowded little boat shop. There were several Zips at the Gathering this year.ĭocking all these handmade wooden boats in Chattanooga. so I bought it.įor now I use it to wake her & her brother up for school. She saw the bell at the tent sale & just HAD to have it. My daughter’s been asking me to put one on the boat since I first laid the keel. There was a tent sale this year, and after the gale-force winds Saturday morning (which I luckily missed), I bought a pair of cleats & a U.S. I also rode in a very nice Monaco, and in Bob Brandenstein’s splendid Malahini. I got some ideas to possibly use on my own. This year I rode in a couple of beautifully-finished Zips. Wow! I tell you, it makes me all the more grateful to the kind people who took me out for rides in their boats. I simply had no idea just how quickly an outboard motor will use up a full tank of fuel when it’s pushing a boat fully-laden with adults up & down the river for any distance. This year, for me, it was an eye-opening lesson in fuel consumption. This is now the third Glen-L gathering I’ve attended. What better way to relax than riding in hand-made classic boats? 20 was G7 weekend, and the Glen-L boatbuilders were back in town. So I did just that - I left my cares at the dock. That’s exactly what I’d been wanting, and needing to do for weeks. I don’t remember which model it was advertising (an early fiberglass runabout, I believe), but I do remember the tagline: “Leave your cares at the dock.” There was an old Chris-Craft ad from the 1960’s I stumbled across online not long ago.
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