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I found a car I want, but have never bought a car of any value in good condition without seeing it.
as im not close by....
if someone is a bit knowlegable with cars and can go take a look for me I...

Show us your children named Nathanael.


I also got a Pic of my boy and Nathanael Herreshoff III, need to dig that one up.

there are many boys out there with the name Nathanael,
Here is my 10 year old.
Some of us know who the man next to him is,
He came to visit me in Finland just sunday.

Mike
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There is only 8 messages in my mailbox and I guess that is too many!
Send me email.
Canoe yawl-
I replied to your email.

My vire 7 is coming together nicely, the transmission and crankcase is...

http://pioneermillworks.com/

They have lots of it, it's not cheap

If you want it you will need to go and get it yourself from them.

Don't dare mention you are a boatbuilder, as we are the...

I have this little vire 6 inboard motor sitting in the shed for years and I'm not doing anything with it.
If you could use it, its yours for free.
It is located in Towson Maryland

The cylinder...

anchor will change hands to a reputable Herreshoff connoisseur, I have had the pleasure of sharing the podium with him at a Herreshoff Symposium.

I am happy it goes to a rightful owner who can...

The fleamarket sub section would be good, pay 15 bucks a year to be allowed to place small adds there.
-no boats
-no services


I know every one of us has a bit of this and a bit of that which...

Picture is nice, I liked sailing mine in year 1999....

that looks like my little coquina....

I agree selling stuff that is in finland is difficult and its not for me, bronze has a lot of weight!
I think big brother makes a fine profit almost everywhere they go.

WB magazine sales, and...

I belong to several vintage bicycle threads, vintage motorcycle and scooter threads.

All of them have a "In search of" "for trade" and "for purchase" threads,

Now I come back to the WB thread...

yes 18k anchors are quite expensive, i wonder how may have sold?


I have a price in mind on this piece, just have not figured out how to sell it.

Reineck I doubt would be interested in...

I thought I would show my little treasure after all these years,
Talking with Maynard and Halsey I am told that there are only 3 of these little things known to exist.

1.Herreshoff Marine Museum...

I do believe it was years ago...
someone had a link to a story about 2 fleamarket/yardsale guys who were friends but had the luck of spotting a childrens cowboy suit at a yard sale at the same...

I got a nice new job doing service on the cruise ships-what fun, work all day and party all night, it pays the bills but hell i miss working woodenboats.

I will have a few days off this January,...

Im cleaning out my basement at the parents, I saved 22 pounds of clean roof lead that i got from Pride of Baltimore 2.

for the amazing price of zero dollars...

act now and you not only the lead...

the best setup i saw is on every new dufour yacht. install the tank just under the deck, so when you pump the head it pumps up into it, the deck pumpout is just above the tank and on the bottom of...

thanks todd, I am sending you a pm.

mike

over a month ago, I looked at a 42 foot chriscraft Commanche for a good friend, He put a deposit on her and we are to make the final payments this week.

She is (was?) on the hard at port milford...

I was blessed to look into Halsey Herreshoff's Carrage house one time back in 2002, in there are at least 50 spars from the Love Rocks boathouse, it was Pandoras box.

I got to see up close and...

Some Time ago sombody asked me about this article,
I did not write it, I am just telling people where it is to be found
here it is in Professional Boatbuilder Magazine online.
there are many very...

the silicone stuff is so soft that the edges of the teak will split, your varnish work will never be the same,full of fisheyes, you will never ever decontaminate your boat from the silicone other...

you got that nice concrete pad, why not make a metal post and bolt it to that? that way it does not effect the bench

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I put new deck splines in Vanity in January! nice boat, shame about the silicone deck caulking...

just scarf it in and do it to plan, wont take you too much time to do it, then you know everything is as the plans say.

I have looked at several threads, seen a nice dynel deck, and also a whiteglue/canvas deck.

My situation is new 1/4 marine ply on the deckhouse, prevously there was canvas(like beadsheet...

well i was looking for a picture but i am sure you can use your imagination.

tugboat wheelhouse, door on one or both sides, nice wooden paneling below the "beltline" and then windows above.
at...

womens frame bikes


I live now in finland for 15 years and i prefer a womens frame, as do most men here.
I was laughing at this custom when i got here but totaly agree now. in the winter you...

well summer is here and hopefully i will try to get the roof done this summer on the cabinboat.

the ply roof had a strange brew of metals,
bronze screws, steel nails, copper tacks for the...

I just talked with a buddy and said i spent over 2 hours swearing at my chainsaw,
he told me he has the same situation, who else can make me feel better and admit their chainsaws are a somanumbatch...

http://www.varianta.info

just saw this new 44ft clorox bottle boat in the yachting world magazine, 84,000€ ex VAT for a new 44footer, they are even selling them on the internet, the hull is by...

Ian, The picture of the tent is exactly my tent, it is for a RV.
bagging- I taped plastic on at the waterline and it hangs to the ground, like a skirt to slow down evaporation from the water I hose...

gravel floor, it dont help , too much light comes thru the silver plastic is my best guess, but im darn happy its not green or blue!
it would be even hotter.

Now I am considering making the inner...

one consideration i have is bagging the boat from the deck down.

https://kauppa.rellunkulma.fi/tuotekuvat/240x240/6438159040938.jpg

Well its strating to get hot over here in finland, I purchased a tent for the boat last summer to provide protection from the elements.

Its silver colored , the one below,

its getting really...

even if i replace the stuff i still know they are somewhere in the house! its a curse!
I must sell the house!

this is quite funny and annoying.

I purchased 2 beautiful chocolate bars for me myself and I, brought them home and hid them from the wife and the kids. Eventually the addiction kicked in and...

I would make paper patterns to take with, its so much easier to transport lumber closer to the correct dimension

Coquina's original interior color was gray.
I saw a piece of original planking in HMM that was clearly labeled "COQUINA"

as for color, it should be something not too bright but not to dark,...

use optiparts flotation bags, its so nice to remove them an d service the painted areas

i was a teenager, probably around 12-14, a friend came over and we were bs ing and he asked if i had any bullets, i squandered some .22 from somewhere earlier, most likely to take the gunpowder out...

Im using firefox 4.0 and occasional crashes...quite annoying but I heard Chrome is even worse....

leather covers look great, but it also makes inspection almost impossible, yes you can cut the stitching and resew them every year but you wont.
A 53 ft S&S last year had a crack in the outer part...

somewhere I heard a great tax scheme, flat out everybody pays 15% of their income, no deductions, nothing. same goes for companies, flat out the same tax rate.
no hiding, investing, loaning.

That...

that can be the motor in the boat.... the bilges have no oil in them!

the matching toothbrushes are cool, are they green on the other side :)

OK im sure im going to hear a lot of laughs on this idea but I thought about this a bit.

Situation- Plank on edge boats dry out in the winter, Ive seen everything, masking tape, beeswax, the...