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mosportsmen. " Sure would be cool to get a bunch of geezers in wooden boats organized on a trip there next summer. " Do you have any info, pics to wet ones appetite :!: :!: MM

Darrell, Still using Benjamin Moore :?: MM

"narrow boats" These were the primary means of moving materails/goods before the infernal combustion engine came to be. The canals that were cut for this fell into disrepair with the advent of the ic engine, bur now the recreational community has restored them, hundreds of miles of them. These...

been thinkin on this, whilst in the UK recently , just driving around($7.00/ gal) crossed the river avon near Willy's place Stratford on Avon, plus miles of canals linking lots of rivers. Plus there are pubs serving good food and beverages at frequent intervals. Anyhoo with our temps running in...

now goopied in place, Well proly going over the top a little,she now has an additional 6 oz coat inside plus 2 layers 3 oz outside,not just for peace of mind but to beef up the sides in antisipation of extra side loads generated by the outriggers/sail assembly.(Still a work in progress) So...

paddle with dowel insert and goopied wood to compressed and delaminated to sand and reglass, so removed damaged section. dry fit patch to check fit.

went out with the HOW folks on the San Marcus,halfway into the trip having past through a fastish run, back paddling to see that the followers were coming through saftly my wooden paddle shaft gives up Then to add insult to injury going through a fast bend (with half a paddle) I collide with a...

I think I won by default, I had the only 12' wood boat there. there was a 12' SOF at 28lb that I expected to be lighter but wasn't. The laker using 3/16'' strips and 6oz cloth came in at 19.2 lb.

If that was on the ultra lite you must have had fun 8) . If you need to take a trip the Devils river run has openings. I'm heading out wednesday. MM

Well after paddling for a while 1st impression isn't to good, wants to go her own way and dosn't glide,. Got to paddle someone elses Toto at the Texas boatbuiders roundup this weekend past, this had the skeg I'd ommited, guess what Iv'e added since. MM

Thanks guys, now Iv'e had her on the water some she definitly needs the skeg, tried out someone else's Toto and the difference was nite and day, so like many projects there's a little more to do. MM

Then the fun of fill coats and sanding,and sanding, then the clear coats and yet more wet sanding :) but its done. now the question is how does she perform :?: stay tuned. Almost forgot, weight 36.8 lbs

attaching rear deck front deck bulkhead and breast hook in front deck stressed over sub frames and goopied down, glass taped at edges

deck subframes plus beefed up transom, 6 oz cloth insde and out. T front deck pre coated

Always liked the looks of Jim Michalak's Toto, but wanted it in strip built rather than ply, so strip stitch and glue and here we are. making the panels assembling panels Transom reinforced in case I want to add trolling motor

Well she's about done, shot 3 coats clear coat on her yesterday and although I could be fussing some more, time to get her wet. Just about ready for our little Texas gettogether this saturday. now I might turn my attention back to the outriggers, sail mast,and boom.

Rear deck going on after all inards epoxy coated.rear deck glassed down. Fwd bulkhead and breathook goopied inrear deck glassed down.

Plus Toto gets progressed some, but not quite finshed, I want badly to paddle her and see what shakes. Transom braced rear deck subframe.

decks,bulkheads, gunnels all done,time for fill coats,Test fit for watertite hatchs Be interesting to see what/if any performance difference between the strip built at 35.4 lb versus Luann built at 54.5 lb, I know it when it comes time to move them around :!: MM

That was a Ladyfriend in that pic since then my daughter (140 lb) has used it and tryed to stake a claim, so to avoid a cat fight I decided (for now) to keep it, I'm still amazed at its speed and ease of maintaining it :!: Anyhoo moving on fished (all but varnish) the TV 29-15 at last that...