launch, and finally.... pics

[imported_Daniel]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid20/p519508cd9e6208ed262588766bb1d271/fdbd83c1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid20/pcf59c690af1fd58e2fb63adb35f1b1fe/fdbd8384.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid20/p39724507fc58ccd4ff9120965225b5ca/fdbd8378.jpg

[stan v]

Congratulations. It looks like a walleye killer. Wish I was there, no long sleeve shirts here.

[Donn]

Daniel...I like the stone foundation/wall behind the boat. The boat looks to me like she needs a tiller extension so you can sit further foward. The pic is in pretty calm water, and the starboard aft gunwale is only a few inches above the surface.....you slow down, and you'll ship water.

[imported_Daniel]

Thank you. I thought that I'd take water over the transom as well, and do have a tiller extension, but decided to try it without, I couldn't seem to get any water over the transom though I did try, I don't know why, but I guess the drag off the hull isnt great enough to pull any amount of water with it. I was pleasantly surprised. Went up to the far end of the lake and did go through some rougher water, no problems, but this was with my wife in the center seat, so that would make a difference too. The boat will get plenty of miles (and hopefully plently of fish) at the end of this month.

The stone wall you see behind the boat is my shop. It was built in 1872 and I have been working on it for a while, repointing the mason work, new joists, tin roof, cement floor, woodstove, on and on. I am lucky enough to have a neighbour whose family used to own the farm this house sat on( now a subdivision :( ) She has been wonderfull at giving us the history on the place, as they actually homesteaded it, pretty cool stuff.

Did you ever notice that subdivisions are named after the most significant geographical formations that their very presence destroys?

[ 05-13-2002, 09:08 PM: Message edited by: Daniel ]

[Mr. Know It All]

Daniel......Congratulations on your launch. She's beautiful. That looks like a really fun boat. Cool boat shop too but, with a shop that nice that has heat, you'll be expected to make more boats for sure. Whats next? :D
Peace----> Kevin in Ohio

[Roger Stouff]

Very nice! Like the hull color.

[wolfietuk]

I think I saw some walleye trembleing in fear in the background!! Nice Job.

Rick

[Ron Williamson]

Aside from the great boat,don't you guys know that the word "walleye"is pronounced "pickerel"on this side of the border? :rolleyes:
R

[imported_Daniel]

Thanks for the kind words all. The next boat will be a canoe, I'm building this summer with my mom (she hasn't decided which one she wants yet). Then, I havent decided yet, something like the Redwing 21' that we can just put around and sleep on occasionally, unfortuately, I will need a bigger shop.

[Dave Hadfield]

Looks great, Daniel. Sleek paint scheme.

Ditto about the tiller extension. With your weight forward, that high, flaring bow will make a very weatherly and capable boat.

Spring isn't spring unless you launch a new boat!
(Tonight we launch my son's 6 hr canoe, if the rain stops!)

[Alan D. Hyde]

Daniel, good boat: thanks for the photos; and you're absolutely right about subdivision names. "Valley Woods" is likely to be a collection of plastic houses, installed after almost all the beautiful old trees have been bulldozed.

A developer friend, now retired, used to leave all the trees, and wind the roadways between them.

Current road regs. require wider, less winding, roads, and see trees located near roadbeds as a hazard to drivers, so what my friend once did is seldom done around here anymore.

It's against the law, essentially, to do a good, thoughtful job. But at least the drunk drivers will need to veer further off the road to hit a tree and self-destruct.

Your tax dollars at work...

Alan

[Donn]

Originally posted by Ron Williamson:
Aside from the great boat,don't you guys know that the word "walleye"is pronounced "pickerel"on this side of the border? :rolleyes:
RWalleye (Family Percidae):
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/Sarep/fish/Percidae/YELLOWPIKE2.jpg

Pickerel (Family Esocidae):
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/Sarep/fish/Esocidae/CHAINPICKEREL2.jpg

You be the judge.

[stef]

I will start the fish debate.

The top one would be called a pickerel and the bottom one would be called a northern pike/pike in this neck of the woods if they were here. They are working on habitat rehabilitation in Hamilton Habour and Cootes Paradise which may change this.

I will not digress into the minutae of my analysis but I have caught both fish under these descriptions before. Which is better is best left unsaid. I will state that any fresh fish is better than frozen or iced, then shipped thousands of kilometers to market.

We do have salmon, lake trout, and other assorted salmids in this area as well as carp, smelt, blue gill, large/small mouth bass, perch and other non fished species such as suckers and chub. However would you eat a 30 pound salmon or lake trout from Lake Ontario? I would tend to eat low on the food chain out of most of the great lake basin.

There is a sound charter industry for salmon in this area.

Best regards and apologies for the topic drift.

Stefan

[Wayne Jeffers]

Kinda like our elk. What we call a North American elk is really a member of the antelope(?) family. Our true elk we call a moose! :confused:

A rose by any other name?

Nice boat, Daniel! :cool:

Wayne

[ 05-14-2002, 02:53 PM: Message edited by: Wayne Jeffers ]

[jeff pierce]

Chain pickerel: Esox Niger (Donnwest's lower photo)

Northern pike: Esox Lucius (not pictured)

smile.gif

[Donn]

Originally posted by Wayne Jeffers:
Kinda like our elk. What we call a North American elk is really a member of the antelope(?) family. Our true elk we call a moose! :confused:

Actually, Wayne, Antelope and North American Elk (Wapiti) are two entirely different families of critters.

Antelope are Antilocapridae, the only member of the family.

Elk (or Wapiti) are Family Cervidae, Genus Cervus Cervus, Species Elaphus. They are the largest member of the Family that includes Whitetail Deer, Mule Deer, Caribou etc..

The Moose is Cervidae, Alces, Alces...also European Elk.

[Memphis Mike]

Great lookin boat Daniel! Whose design is it?

[imported_Daniel]

Actually it's a chain pickeral, a member of the esocid family, and yes the walleye/pickeral debate rages on, but being from Minnesota it's a walleye to me (the Percidae).

Mike, it is a Glen-L Power Skiff 14'. :D

[Donn]

Daniel...there isn't any debate about what family the Pickerels (chain and red) are in. They are Pikes, like Northerns and Musky. Walleyes are Perch, like Yellow Perch and Sauger and a variety of Darters. The dual dorsal is a dead giveaway.

If ya'all Canadians want to call Walleyes Pickerel, go ahead...in Europe they call 'em Zander. Taxonomy makes these rules, not me. I call 'em delicious. :D

[imported_Daniel]

LOL Don, I call em delicious too. The Francophones call the walleye Dore`, but ya know what? A beaver is still a beaver!, and I have been called a loon. :D

[ 05-14-2002, 08:06 PM: Message edited by: Daniel ]

[Donn]

Dan...Loon's my boat's name! :D

[jeff pierce]

Dan-

Mea Culpa. I popped in earlier to add my two cents to the fish discussion, totally ignoring the real topic of this thread, your little skiff. And a lovely skiff it is. Good job.

-Jeff

[Ron Williamson]

Whew, thanks for the backup fellas.I thought Donn had me in a information headlock,since I only know 4 things about fish.One has been previouly mentioned.Two is that rainbow are called steelhead.Three,I hate fishing.Four,I love to eat fresh fish.
Daniel
This was not intended as a hijacking,sorry.
Isn't your shop as cold as a tomb by January,woodstove or not?
R

[imported_Daniel]

Actually the woodstove keeps it fairly warm, I dont think it droped below 50 F in there this winter, and averaged around 65 or so. I have no insulation in the walls, so I did have to stay on top of it, just to keep the stone warm, it acts like a big heat sink. Takes a while to warm up, but once its there, takes a long time to cool off. I was going to spray the interior walls with foam, but couldnt bring myself to do it, I like looking at the natural stone too much.

On real cold nights, or when I was feeling lazy, I have a propane sunflower heater that I would put on low to supplement the woodstove. Worked out great.

[ 05-15-2002, 06:30 AM: Message edited by: Daniel ]

[Ron Williamson]

I can understand the insulation quandary,as I worked out of an old,mostly unheated furniture factory for 10 years.It had a huge thermal lag,which was always welcome in July,but the machinery didn't like the condensation in May.It was really cold on windy days,but on really cold days it wasn't bad.
BTW A buddy of mine used to fish,all the time,off the bridge,in Waldemar when he lived in Orangeville.
R

[imported_Daniel]

Ron, was it the furniture factory in Southhampton? Its a flea market now right? My wifes folks have a place in Port Elgin, and we find our way to Southampton a few times a year, usually for the shuttle service to bring us up the Saugeen with our canoe. I fish the Grand quite a bit, good smallmouth bass, but canoeing it is really only viable in the spring when the water is high, at least this far up.

If your friend ever saw anyone fishing here in town with a flyrod, it was me. :D

[Albie]

I know very little about fish. I do know a good boat when I see one. Great job, Daniel.

[Ron Williamson]

Yes Daniel,one and the same.Brrr!We moved out in '98 to our own place.It is better in all respects.
If you've been into the outfitters to arrange shuttles,you've seen some of my work.Tim always has some fixture that he wants me to build.
If your going to be around,drop us a note or give us a ring.
R

[imported_Daniel]

Ron, that is a cool old building though (in more ways than one). I will give you a heads up the next time we make the venture. I found the outfitters to be a very nice bunch to deal with, bought some nice sunglasses there and ended up leaving them in the Chicago airport!! :(