Tell me you don't want to build this boat...

[progressive hunter]

Personally...I can't wait.

No more boats.
It's just a hole in the water you throw money into.

you bought the wrong kind of boat,,

 

[Wyatt earp]

It's not that hard my dad and I built a few back in the day

I really want to build this:

The Escargot Canal Cruiser - Small Boats Magazine

I was sitting in the cabin of the Escargot canal cruiser BONZO, a boat my son, Nate, and his friend Bobby Calnan built the summer after they’d graduated from high school. It was a winter evening—cold and dark outside—but I had a fire going in the woodstove and a few candles lit. I heard a...

smallboatsmonthly.com

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But figure I better start with something smaller.

I found an old picture on the internet of a race boat my dad and I built around 1981


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That's cool. Look at that old outboard, an Elgin?

Koniq , german motor 500cc

 

[Crepitus]

Personally...I can't wait.

No more boats.
It's just a hole in the water you throw money into.

you bought the wrong kind of boat,,

Dock fees, maintenance, taxes, fuel, winter storage.....

Aargh!!!

If it's bigger than a canoe I don't want anything to do with it.

 

[Missourian]

Personally...I can't wait.

I'm getting ready to start another woodstrip canoe,, will try and post pictures when I do,,

They are beautiful. Might give one of them a try as well.

 

[Missourian]

It's not that hard my dad and I built a few back in the day

I really want to build this:

The Escargot Canal Cruiser - Small Boats Magazine

I was sitting in the cabin of the Escargot canal cruiser BONZO, a boat my son, Nate, and his friend Bobby Calnan built the summer after they’d graduated from high school. It was a winter evening—cold and dark outside—but I had a fire going in the woodstove and a few candles lit. I heard a...

smallboatsmonthly.com

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But figure I better start with something smaller.

I found an old picture on the internet of a race boat my dad and I built around 1981


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That's awesome.

 

[Shawnee_b]

That's cool. Look at that old outboard, an Elgin?

Koniq , german motor 500cc
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Wow that is cool. Read up on them. Interesting stuff.