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Finished up a Don Hill refurbish project

  Here's some  pics and thoughts on my recent job re-animating an older Don Hill "16' standard" dory.  It was an interesting project.  It w…

Started by Don Hanson in General Forum

2 Jun 30, 2011
Reply by David Bristow

Decked Dory Question Painting interior of hatches

Hello- I've been working on restoring a fully-decked Mackenzie (Don Hill Highside?) After 2 days contorting myself into pretzel-shaped pose…

Started by Mike Crouch in General Forum

3 Jun 28, 2011
Reply by Mike Crouch

Tung Oil

Does anyone have an opinion on Tung Oil?

Started by Christian Lazarides in General Forum

1 Jun 27, 2011
Reply by Sandy Pittendrigh

Can 5200 be painted?

If so, does one need to use oil base paint?   Thanks,   Andrew

Started by Andrew in General Forum

2 Jun 27, 2011
Reply by Andrew

Sureply?

  Has anyone tried this product for the boat sides/bottom? http://www.patriottimber.com/sureply.htm     I got some the other day for the re…

Started by Don Hanson in General Forum

5 Jun 26, 2011
Reply by Don Hanson

Monterey cypress

A friend from the coast came by my boathouse and dropped off a few hundred feet of clear Monterey cypress for me to play with. Not the croo…

Started by Brad Dimock in General Forum

3 Jun 25, 2011
Reply by Brad Dimock

Wonderful boatbuilding story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN4kmlAxvGU&feature=player_embedded   Dr. Vardiman shows us a bit about living the dream, regardless.

Started by Brad Dimock in General Forum

4 Jun 25, 2011
Reply by Kelly Neu

best way to flip a boat with pulleys

Ok my next quesiton is the best way to flip a drift boat with pulleys. Its just my wife and I and this freestone guide is now about 330#'s.…

Started by Joseph Podesta in General Forum

10 Jun 22, 2011
Reply by Rick Newman

Wood for a new boat

Hello,   I live in rural Arizona and have been thinking about building a smallish pond boat called the Shore Bird. (14 foot) It's an old de…

Started by Michael Kinney in General Forum

6 Jun 22, 2011
Reply by Rick Newman

a couple of ideas for your workshop

  No real boat content, but here's some helpful ideas of ways to make your boatbuilding a little easier maybe.  Click on the pics for expla…

Started by Don Hanson in General Forum

7 Jun 21, 2011
Reply by Christian Lazarides

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