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Madison River and South Fork of the Snake

After a summer of house restoration I finally got out for a trip to the Madiso and South Fork. I did a 4 day camp and float on the SF. Put…

Started by Gregg Maddock in General Forum

2 Sep 26, 2015
Reply by Mike Thomas

10 oz. v. 6 oz.

What has been your experience with using 10 oz. cloth over plywood with epoxy? I know 6 oz. becomes very transparent. Is 10 oz as clear? Su…

Started by CWarmouth in General Forum

3 Sep 24, 2015
Reply by lhedrick

Free UHMW shoe

I pulled a black UHMW (I'm pretty sure that's what it is) shoe off a drift boat I restored.  It looks like the prior owner only ran it down…

Started by Jim Schnepel in General Forum

2 Sep 23, 2015
Reply by Jim Schnepel

2015 Colorado Wooden Boat Float

The 5th Annual Colorado Wooden Boat Float is in the books.  Thanks for all that joined in this year: Mike in his Rays River Dory, Troy and…

Started by mark hilbert in General Forum

4 Sep 19, 2015
Reply by Mike Thomas

Lofting side and bottom panels

I've read Roger's book in addition to both books from Greg Rossel as well as Dynamite Payson and Sam Devlin. All excellent stuff and I've l…

Started by J. Snider in General Forum

5 Sep 17, 2015
Reply by J. Snider

Air Horn Issues, need advise

I just bought a 1957 Dunphy and the single horn that was original to the boat does not have all the connections it needs to work.  I have a…

Started by Scott Barrentine in General Forum

4 Sep 13, 2015
Reply by tungsten

adhesives for frames

I started to build frames today with a half lap joint.Has anyone used polyurethane gorilla glue?

Started by dreu patterson in General Forum

13 Sep 10, 2015
Reply by Phillip Westendorf

Briggs grand canyon dory build

I am starting a grand canyon dory build in a month or so, and I am looking for any advise available. My plan is to build off the plans in R…

Started by Carlos Sosa in General Forum

8 Sep 3, 2015
Reply by Carlos Sosa

Dry Rot in Frames

Hey folks, tonight I discovered some dry rot in the bottom of three of the frames on the Keith Steele I am restoring. I've been searching t…

Started by CWarmouth in General Forum

17 Aug 30, 2015
Reply by CWarmouth

Building My First Wooden Drift Boat

I just bought pdf plans of the "16' Original McKenzie double-ender with a transom" from Rivers Touch, and I'm waiting for them to be emaile…

Started by Daniel Rogers in General Forum

11 Aug 24, 2015
Reply by Rick Newman

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