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Duckworks now free Duckworks Magazine is now free. It is the best online magazine for boatbuilders. For that matter, the best magazine for boatbuilders period. http://www.duckworksmagazine.com Warning! It is published by another Chuck from the deep south (Texas in this case). :-)

This picture is one I took with my camera phone late in the day from my pier on Lay Lake (Coosa River) in Alabama. Almost looks black and white but there is a hint of color in the sky on this rather cloudy day. Sounds kind of gloomy but there is something I like about the photo. I have bought...

If you have a relatively fast computer, while you are at the google site see if you can find the "Google Earth" product. You have to download and install it but it is incredible. It is what ABC news has been using lately to display satellite images for the hurricane coverage. Great fun to play...

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in thecraft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

http://home.clara.net/gmatkin/design.htm Gavin just posted a link to his own 12 foot canoe design. Look for "A Canoe called Cinderella" if you are interested.

I thought you were joking about the cost..maybe not. I would be afraid to put that work of art in the water which kind of defeats the purpose. But then someone who can afford it might not worry about it. I think I would also have to find a way to transport it fully enclosed in a case or trailer.

Studies have shown that blondes are not any dumber but the jokes can still be good: CAR TROUBLE A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died. After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly. She says, "What's the story?" He replies, "Just...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Some motorists on Interstate 77 have complained about nude boaters, and others have stopped to watch. Boaters â€â€

Not my trip report (!!). Found this link in a letter to Duckworks. Haven't had time to read the narrative yet but the pictures were interesting. Got to go to work so I will read it later. http://www.caleuche.com/River/101Days.htm

so does mean that Chuck and Bear are actually the same person?

Bought the plans a few days ago for the seat but haven't started on it yet. Any thoughts on best wood to use? I was actually thinking of using the cheap whitewood for the first one (maybe I will make a nice wood version later). Whitewood is really cheap and light but rots like an SOB and is...

The self-agitate part nearly killed me. LOL

Bear: I don't row! At least not much. Perhaps Rick can chime in with why he wanted a row boat. I have to say though there is a BIG difference between rowing a boat not optimized for rowing versus a pure designed-for-rowing row boat. Rick's boat was quite pleasurable to row. I rowed it on a...

I saw the comment in a different thread about the nice row boat I had and was puzzled. While my FL14 can be rowed, it is more of a power boat. Now this about me rowing. Finally, it dawned on me! You are talking about the picture Rick posted. That was last October and it was Rick's boat. Not...

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Ah, my friend Bear, For some reason, no ice in a drink besides coffee seems bizarre to me. It is about as strange as sun-brewed tea or drinking room temperture beer. Or heaven forbid, putting sugar on grits instead of salt and pepper.

My father-in-law, a RAF officer, liked some sort of scotch that had a black plastic bull on a string tied around the neck of the bottle. When he died I inherited a few bottles of the stuff and long since finished them off. May have been crap but it did seem better than Johnny Walker Red. Do...

Those sock liners are great...my feet were always cold in the winter until I read an earlier post by KJack and started using them even to the office. Wicks away the moisture I think. I consider them almost manadory if wearing cotton socks.

That is the favorite of your designs. Only thing that I don't like is that tortured plywood at the bow and stern in the first two pictures. At least it looks that way and it looks great but difficult to achieve. That is one thing that is nice about Jacques' boat designs--he keeps it simple as...

Great job, nice boat. I love that wood work on the rub rail and breast hook. What part of the country?