Woodenboat show (WBS) This weekend!!!!!!!

[nedL]

So who is going?

[Jim Ledger]

The Ledgers will be there.

[StevenBauer]

And the Bauers. Really been enjoying your photos on Facebook, Ned.

[Rob Hazard]

I'll be there on Saturday with old friends from New London.

[Thad]

Hope.

[John B]

Still hoping that my boy can do what I never did.
looks like this plus about, ooo, 16 or 17 years....
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[bamamick]

Have a great weekend, friends!

Mickey Lake

[Tracey]

Still hoping that my boy can do what I never did.
looks like this plus about, ooo, 16 or 17 years....
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I will keep an eye out!
BTW -anyone know if there’s a designated space for Forumites this year?
and also… where’s Margo???

[hawkeye54]

Enjoy the show / weekend ! ! !


( pictures if you can . . . . )



Rick

[amish rob]

Some people who must dislike you all very much have conspired to get me on an airplane and to the show.

I don’t understand what I did to deserve friends like I have, but whatever.

I can’t imagine it will be difficult to pick me out of the crowd? Or hear me. I am super loud IRL.

[rbgarr]

Friday only, hopefully dinner with the Mannheimers.

[Oldad]

Have missed but one show in the past 20 years or so and wife says I will miss this one too.

[hawkeye54]

I have lurked, and then been a member here (at least since the days of Ross and Barret Faneuf and Coel Mor ), alas, I have not been to a WBS yet - maybe in the near future . . .

[Michael_Owen]

I'll be there with Nimbus on the main green. Hope to meet some Forumites in person!

Mike

[nedL]

Sadly I won’t be able to get there until early Saturday afternoon and will be there through Sunday. I would love to offer my boat as an R&R spot , but I will most likely be stuck out on an anchor (the rate to tie up is not in my budget).
In past years the Oyster house (building out over the water next to Emma C. Berry) has been a meeting spot.

Looking forward to seeing forumites!

[Skegemog]

My gosh I wish I could go!

[Canoez]

SWMBO and I will be there Saturday - looking forward to seeing folks.

[Rich Jones]

Looking forward to a group photo!

[rbgarr]

I ended up taking in the show very quickly on Friday morning after a Thursday trip to the Herreshoff Museum for some research and attend a talk about RELIANCE. A bit of truck trouble swiftly resolved (thank goodness) and then I drove home early to beat the hellacious "New England to Maine" summer traffic.

The new boat exhibit in the big swoopy welcome center building and the Rosenfeld photos in the chapel was great. Tom Townsend's boats were the queens on the floats. He's a master. This one of his restorations now belongs to a neighbor: https://www.soundingsonline.com/features/cool-change

[nedL]

I finally made it about 4:00.

[nedL]

More…

[Thad]

Thanks, Ned. We didn't get around to see all of those beauties.

[amish rob]

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Mystic Doodle. Best you get for 10 minutes.

[Russ Manheimer]

So sorry we missed you at the Show, like ships passing in the afternoon.

[nedL]

So sorry we missed you at the Show, like ships passing in the afternoon.

yes,…. I got here late. We’ll catch up another time.

[timo4352]

Thanks for the great pics.

[hawkeye54]

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Mystic Doodle. Best you get for 10 minutes.

Lots of talent / skill evident in that sketch, Rob . . . I like it ! !

[Clinton B Chase]

It was great to meet some of you like Amish Rob!!

We had a good show always good to be there and see people appreciating our work.

Beautiful, warm weekend.

[amish rob]

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Clint, this sail set up made me think of you! It was great to meet you and everyone IRL.

It was great fun to meet so many folks and see so many lovely boats.

I definitely intend to do a few drawings from some of the photos taken.

[Clinton B Chase]

Well look at that a Twins rig! Rob is referring to my planned rig for the Drake 17 which will be a pair of twin jib-shaped sails set off a pole/mast to give 40 SF of downwind sailing when twinned out and 20 SF when folded atop one another.

[amish rob]

It was absolutely awesome talking to you, Clint. Thanks for taking the time. Those scarf joints are neat and that dory is sweet.

[StevenBauer]

There were some neat boats in that exhibit. Like this Cuban fishing boat, originally powered by a Briggs and Stratton, later by a Russian made one cylinder.

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And this Umiak:

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[amish rob]

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Another 10 Minute Doodle, this from a snapshot I took. It’s a fun exercise to try and capture things quickly in ink on a small page.

[amish rob]

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More Doodle? I took some snapshots with the intent to draw from them. The show and Museum were wonderful.

[amish rob]

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Another. I can stop at any time.