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[L.W. Baxter]

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I often catch myself thinking that. But then I ponder dentistry...

I meant, I'm from the future. We won't even need teeth.

[SKIP KILPATRICK]

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Who doesn’t enjoy working with hard wood?

[David G]

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My personal interest is in small boats of all sorts. That's what I grew up with. My parents said that I was on a 18' kit-built Burch-Craft cabin cruiser the day after I was born. Longtime power-boater, but learned to sail about a dozen years back, and love it. I like traditionally built boats, and enjoy working on them, but for personal use I'm mostly into plywood or SOF. Nothing that lives in the water, or needs to 'take up' before use.

I have 6 boats. Some of which are ready to use, some of which are in process. One 13.5' fg pulling boat (provenance questionable, but Whitehallish) that needs new wooden bits. One 17' power boat/fish boat (Spira 'Katchemak'). Two SOF kayaks. One 8' sailing dinghy (PDR). One 15.5' sailing/rowing/motoring dinghy (Storer 'Goat Island Skiff').

Professionally - I like building all sorts of small boats - up to 25'. And I rather enjoy doing repair/restoration/upgrades on client's boats. Helping people keep their boating lives active is quite satisfying - and I don't really mind if the boat is wood, fg, or metal. Though wood is my preference, for sure. Making the kits is fun. I really enjoy painting and brightwork... but bottom paint is not my favorite task. I like finding a client who wants to upgrade their tender from a rubber ducky to something that matches their boat better, and really enjoy helping them find the 'right' design.

[Dave Gray]

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Ahem. One can hardly call a question an edict.

[mizzenman]

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Designing and building my own boats have been a dream since childhood. I started with a dory an am working my way upward.

[David G]

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Ahem. One can hardly call a question an edict.

I think maybe the 'edict' part comes in because we are 'directed' to answer. In deference to the august powers of the BROTM... I complied - swiftly and fully. You'd best do so as well, before he brings the mysterious might of The Committee to bear.... <G>

[downthecreek]

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My liking for wooden boats probably comes from the same place as my liking for living in a fifteenth century house. Beauty, character, history, variety (more and more important in this age of commodity "white goods" boats that differ from each other only in name and minor details)

The only wooden boat I currently own is an 8 foot lug rigged, clinker built (in the garden) tender in which I spend some of my happiest hours afloat. Main boat is a "good old boat" - GRP shell fitted out from scratch in wood by my husband and me and in our possession since 1975.

But I have owned and/or sailed in a lot of different wooden boats, ranging from a Firefly to beat up clinker dinghies to immaculate Salcombe Yawls; a leaky 22 foot gaffer that was the first "lidded" boat I owned; various wooden cruising boats ranging in size from 18ft 6 to 70 ft and including (along with a real Bristol Channel Pilot cutter, Brixham trawler, the lovely old yawl Nicolette that was deliberately sunk by a Breton fisherman many years ago) the lovely Irina VII - my second favourite in the world after my own boat and now for sale, if anyone would like to buy her for me. (http://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.u...22/IRINA%20VII)

Fishing boats and workboats too. All sizes. They never cease to delight and fascinate me.

[Ted Hoppe]

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To pump or not to pump is the question

[Keith Wilson]

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I often catch myself thinking that. But then I ponder dentistry...

And vaccinations, and antibiotics, and, if you go back far enough, anesthesia for surgery. No thank you, I'll stay out of the time machine.

My liking for wooden boats probably comes from the same place as my liking for living in a fifteenth century house. .

One enormous difference between here and there. A 'very old' house in Minnesota dates to 1880, and the very few surviving buildings from before 1850 are mostly historical museums now.

[Joe (SoCal)]

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I like the sound of wood against water. I like the feel of a wooden tiller in hand. I like varnish that you spent all season shine in the late September sky.

I miss Tidbit

[webishop14]

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I am thoroughly enjoying woodworking. My father's hobby was woodworking, and I grew up playing in his sawdust, shavings and off-cuts. That said, I find I have become somewhat addicted to boat building. Small boats. Rich Jone's signature "I was born on a wooden boat I built" seems applicable here. While my first boat is waiting for the weather to clear so I can put the finishing touches on its hull, I am already planning my next build.

I am also beginning to find the courage (and the impetus) to begin putting lines on paper. I've long dreamed of a time when I might actually be able to sit down to design a boat.

But above all, I enjoy sailing. Slow -- that is, when I see bodies horizontal, hanging on trapezes, I think "that's nice, I'm happy for them." But I just don't feel the need to go FAST. Which is why I enjoy sailing -- studying the water, the wind and clouds. And just simply making progress toward my destination.

[downthecreek]

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One enormous difference between here and there. A 'very old' house in Minnesota dates to 1880, and the very few surviving buildings from before 1850 are mostly historical museums now.

Mine is listed - on the list of historic buildings to be preserved - and is dated by the authority doing the listing back to around 1470. Even before Columbus sailed the ocean blue! There are even older houses in the village centre, though with parts going back to the fourteenth and even the thirteenth century.

I can't claim the house is convenient, but it's full of character. Also, it's easy to heat in winter and cool in summer. Fortunately the local craftsmen and tradesmen know all about these houses, because looking after them is pretty specialised. I love it!

[Keith Wilson]

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Mine is listed - on the list of historic buildings to be preserved - and is dated by the authority doing the listing back to around 1470.

Lordy! Nowt but Ojibway here in 1470. I had what we call an 'old house' for a while, built in 1914.

[TomF]

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Our house is dated to about 1840. Opinions (and documents) differ though, by 15 to 20 years either way.

[isla]

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My interest comes from originally being a plastic boat sailor, then seeing a couple paddling a beautiful stripper canoe on Loch Ness. I had a long chat with them and admired their boat, then I just had to build one. That, and a general interest in wood working, turning etc. got me started.