In the water!

[mhoffman]

Edited to remove links already listed below.
Finally got the boat in the water and photographed! See below-
Sounds like a squadron of Harley Davidsons....
:cool: :cool: :cool:
Matt

[ 04-14-2003, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: mhoffman ]

[mhoffman]

Ok, the photo posting thing did not work. What did I do wrong? :confused:
Matt

[R.I.Singer30]

Matt we're not seeing them.??

[Donn]

Originally posted by mhoffman:
Launched a couple of weeks ago, but just got photos...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid59/p24e296f20896f61cc41fb165a361b35e/fc574819.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid59/pc2801f552c921d848705bcdc56079640/fc574820.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid59/p4210ebac06c0035398f5f790f20451d5/fc574824.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid59/p2ad758fb9f98b802b2bc6d6dcb771265/fc574829.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid59/pc01b26915882b672b0db84866286b73e/fc57482b.jpg
Sounds like a squadron of Harley Davidsons....
:cool: :cool: :cool:
MattMatt...the URL of each picture has to end in .jpg, and the image code at the end should be [/img]

Gorgeous boat!

[mhoffman]

Donn- you are the man! What did I do wrong? I thought that I followed you instructions properly?
Matt

[Donn]

Matt...all I did was add jpg to the end of each URL, and a slash (/) to the ending image tag.

[R.I.Singer30]

Donn you beat me to it.Like he said end in jpg.[/IMG] . Great loooking boat. Where are your winter jackets?Enjoy smile.gif Dan L

[Rich VanValkenburg]

Oh Yeah! Now that's what I really want.

Rich

[mhoffman]

I am a little sunburned- I guess that's the price you pay...
Just for argument sake- who would call it a wood boat, and who would call it fiberglass? I call it both. ;)
Matt

[Garrett Lowell]

You call it what you want. I've never seen a fiberglass boat that looked that good, though, so I'll call it wood.

[mhoffman]

Garrett-
To compensate for the glass, I made everything else from various wood- air vents, hinges, cleats, steering wheel, cutwater, dash- everything. Probably thirty species all told...
Matt

[ 04-18-2003, 08:46 AM: Message edited by: mhoffman ]

[Bruce Taylor]

who would call it a wood boat, and who would call it fiberglass?I call it just plain beautiful. Great job!

[ishmael]

Ohh, gorgeous!

When I was a kid I spent time on a lake in Michigan most summers. One of my favorite ways to goof off was to poke around in the sheds at the local marina. There was a triple cockpit Chris that must have been from the twenties. Seperate spark and throttle levers, green leather, tufted upolstery, etc. I never got a look inside the engine compartment.

It was very Gatsby-esq. It was there for years, never seeing the water, and became a kind of pilgrimage several times a summer.

We had, to me at the time, a stodgy Sea Skiff. This was before the wooden boat revival. I'll bet that triple cockpit could have been had for a song. One summer, it was just gone.

[ 04-14-2003, 10:40 AM: Message edited by: ishmael ]

[Scott Rosen]

She's a beauty. You must feel great.

[mhoffman]

Ish- I did the rolled and tucked leather upholstery- I was worried about having leather in the boat, but most of the old ones had leather, and it looks and feels great- plus it not living outdoors.
Scott- thanks- feels absolutely great! I had it out this weekend and one of my neighbors stopped me and said I looked like a little kid with a new toy. I think that pretty much covers it! All the more so since it is a toy I built. Only help I had was turning it over and from the folks here on the forum. Wife swept and dusted the house a whole lot more... :rolleyes:
Matt

[TomRobb]

Very cool :cool:
What motor(s)? Is it a badass hi-lift & buckets of overlap cam that gives it that lumpy Harley exhaust note?

[mhoffman]

Fuel injected 350 (fresh-water cooled, 330 hp)- its the dual, 4in diameter, wet exhaust that gives it that lumpy noise! :cool:
Matt

[Redonebyme]

oh. my. god.
beautiful.

[Paul Denison]

Stunning! :cool:

[Mr. Know It All]

Matt......Wow. :D

[mhoffman]

Thanks all!
It is no overstatement to say that the project would have been significantly more difficult without the assistance and inspiration of the folks on this forum. My sincere thanks. smile.gif
Just wondering what the next project should be...
Matt

[GROOVY]

Im .. I mean..... WOW!
.................

[videoguy]

COOOOOOL :cool: :cool: smile.gif ....Phil

[km gresham]

Beautiful Boat! smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif

[Cedarhill Boatworks]

That is one @#* beautiful boat. You should be very very proud.

[H]

Hey Matt, she looks great, I can only hope that mine turns out so good looking. Mine is moving along very slowly due to work comitments.Over in england at the moment but should be back next week and I want to finish the last few side planks. I would love to come over one weekend to see yours if posible, it should give me more insentive to make time for my boat. Happy boating "H"

[Ed Harrow]

OK, ya'll know I'm a rag bagger, but that's HOT!. You ever get her up this way I want a ride. Please!

[Chadd Hamilton]

Looks GREAT!!! Lemme know if you ever bring 'er up to Charleston, 'cause I wanna ride!

[mhoffman]

Thanks all! Its kind of fun to have something completely different than all the other boats you see when you are out. Pretty cool for a first boat too...
Matt

[Figment]

Man, that's so pretty it hurts the eyes!

as for wood or not wood.... it depends on what other boats you're among. I'm guessing that 98% of the time you'll be the woody-est thing around.

[brian.cunningham]

Originally posted by mhoffman:
Edited to remove links already listed below.
Finally got the boat in the water and photographed! See below-
Sounds like a squadron of Harley Davidsons....
:cool: :cool: :cool:
MattOf course now we want an mpeg with SOUND :D

Cool boat!