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Thanks breakaway for the link to the HIN Page on my web site, If the posters will take the time to read it, it will answer all their questions, and clear up some of the misinformation posted here. ...

I have a 1980 Johnson 2 Hp. I have gotten parts from
http://www.marineengine.com/parts/johnson-evinrude-parts.php?year=1980
and
http://www.boats.net/parts/search/BRP/JOHNSON/parts.html

I'm sure it's ok to point to CBM. I haven't been there since I retired in 2004, but I went the numerous times prior to that. Great museum, great boats and projects.

Bob, Haven't I seen you at the Wooden Boat Festival?

If you don't mind the rain and you like to run, this is the place. I started running in my teens and finally stopped when my legs went bad when I was 63. Like hill training? We've got hills you...

David, Everything is relative. If I were judging traffic by Seattle standards i would say Portland is worse, unless you take the bypass. But Steve lives in NJ. He is judging by his experiences on...

I was born and raised in Seattle, but we had a cabin over on Hood Canal and spent a lot of time in Port Townsend. I still love that town. When I joined the Coast Guard they sent me to New York City!...

Wow! That's a beauty.

. an idea whose time has come.

I have used both resorcinal glues and and epoxy. I prefer epoxy, but resorcinal is a great adhesive. Many boats have been built with it. I used WeldWood. It is easy to use and once set is almost...

Cool Idea. What is the hull material? Is it included with the kit?

Thanks. Yep. She's under cove. More sail would scare my wife which wouldn't help my performance.

Thanks. I must be getting senile. I used to teach people how to do this stuff like posting images.

No Varnish, just Epoxy. I am not finished with the final coats yet. I have been learning how to get that beautiful glass like epoxy finish. It isn't easy. The bugs especially a just dying to land...

Yes, I thought about that. I was going to use the Rosewood. I cut out some long pieces for it. They broke; twice. The stuff is so old it has become brittle. It's fine for anything without a...

I just completed building a 7' 10" sailing pram. The design was from a 1958 American Plywood Assoc plan. I changed it to stitch and glue, but I didn't stitch. I built another boat a few years ago...

40 cu feet of foam will add (40 x 62.4) 2496 lbs of buoyancy. Simply put it will support 2496 lbs. Yes your boat is wood but whether it will float or not when flooded depends entirely on how much...

I just read Eric's article and I think it was well thought out and well said. I think he was to the point and very close to the mark. I would agree with most of what the said. But that won't stop...

Peter: Excellent Post. You may have accomplished in one post what I have devoted my life to with the USCG. 25 years trying to get people to take cold water seriously and to wear their lifejackets....

Great Shot! Every photographer's dream to get a cover of a mag!

If you like what Bernie is doing then support him. I do even though I am not a resident of Vermont. http://sanders.senate.gov/

It is common practice in the outboard industry to use a single block to create a range of horsepowers. The differences are all in what they hang on the engine and as someone said the ECU. Many...

I normally do not comment in my BLOG http://newboatbuilders.blogspot.com/ on news items, or take a political position on them. But the following item which appeared in Soundings Trade Only requires...

This is just a big show and a complete waste of trime and money (and they want to cut the budget?)

It means you can carry more beer.

Just finished a Terrible Glory by James Donovan. It's about Custer and the Little Big Horn Battle. Interesting and very in depth.
Now reading Pagan Holiday: On the trail Of Ancient Roman Tourists by...

For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas
By A. G. SULZBERGER
Published: December 29, 2010
Permalink. PARSONS, Kan. — An unlikely pilgrimage is under way to Dwayne’s Photo, a small...

I love to shoot with film cameras, even though most of my photography today is done with a Canon Digital. My photography Page http://photography.newboatbuilders.com/ Most of the stuff on my page...

I have several Pentax P3 which is the baby version of the ME. THe lenses for these cameras were really sharp especially their 50mm f2 lens. I took some award winning photos with them. You can...

A friend sent me this Video. Nasty Stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHqHjvfvuM

The reason people tell you not to bond metal fittings on wood boats is because it can accelerate the corrosion of the fasteners sunk in the planking. See...

The smaller the boat, the bigger the wave (or so it seems)

These were taken from the flying bridge of the CGC Campbell on a relatively calm day, in March 1967 on Ocean Station Echo just before we took a sailor with a brain injury off a Freighter. The OOD...

Like Bud, on a Coast Guard Cutter. I have been through three hurricanes. The worst was off Cape Hatteras on the CGC Duane in 1974....

If you use ehtylene gycol, keep your dogs and cats away from it. if they lick it it is poisonous to them.

If you were here right now you you would think the weather was wonderful, obviously you like dismal rainy weather. Great pics. Port townsend is one of my favorite places. Actually lived there for a...

Whatever happened to holystones?

Good advice from paul and samsam. I give exactly the same advice to people starting a boatbuilding business on my website. The problem with boat builders is that they are boat builders. (which is a...

The law says that if you build the boat for the purpose of sale, then it has to comply for 10 years.

Title 46 US Code Chapter 43
Sec. 4307. Prohibited acts

-STATUTE-
(a) A person may...

I know I have come late to this thread but this is a serious issue for many startup builders. I fielded this question hundreds of times in my twenty years in the office of boating safety when new...

This boat does not need A LOT of flotation. It only needas a couple of cubic feet to suppor the persons. if you run through the formulas I gave you you will see that you probably do not need any...

Some ships wheels have no spokes at all. Both of the Coast Guard Ships served on had spokeless wheels, They were just a bronze disk with the perimeter covered in wood.

I call it gunkholing

Thanks David, that is why i created New Boat Buidlers Home Page. Federal regulations are notoriously hard to understand, unless you are a lawyer Like Ilikerust. We used to have a standing joke....

Well I would apologize for whoever you talked to but since I don't work there anymore I can't very well do that. I do apologize if I offended you.

When I was there, I and another fellow issued...

I received this e-mail from Mr. Chang at USCG Office of Boating Safety this morning'

Whoa!

I suspect the person you talked to at IBEX was my good friend and for many years my co-worker, Po Chang. I worked there for over 20 years. You have confused some of what you were told. Here...

You were lucky to deal with a customs agent with some discretion and common sense. You could have faced a huge fine. I heard a lot of stories like this from boat owners when I was working for the...

Usually I go nuts with my camera and fill up two CF cards. For some odd reason this year I didn't do thatm bt I did take a few photos.
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I saw this boat at the festival, and saw the contest in ProBoat too. I think it is a very attractive boat, but the thing I like the best is it's small HP requirement and fuel economy. I don't know...