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Hardware Nomenclature

Ladies and Gents, Years ago, I saw a drift boat that had  a plank floor that was held in place with what looked like a spring loaded, quar…

Started by William F. Dodson in General Forum

5 Nov 2, 2023
Reply by Bob bryan

Building Jerry Briggs's legendary Rogue River Special

Hi all--Cricket and I will be teaching a class building the Rogue River Special in November, back at the historic Lowell's Boat Shop in Mas…

Started by Brad Dimock in General Forum

1 Oct 12, 2023
Reply by Wayd Drake

Cleaning grit off oiled surfaces

I’ve got some trips logged on my side trays and between using them as steps in and out of the boat and the dog tracking in sand I’ve got so…

Started by Bennett Yarbrough in General Forum

1 Jul 13, 2023
Reply by Bennett Yarbrough

Wooden boat float on the Rogue

Monday June 26, 2023 WOODEN DRIFT BOAT PARADE UNDER THE 6TH & 7TH STREET BRIDGES IN GRANTS PASS PLANNED FOR SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023, at…

Started by Wayd Drake in General Forum

1 Jul 5, 2023
Reply by Wayd Drake

Woodies 2.0

  Woodies 2.0     I have been building drift boats with glue-laminated gunwales for more than a decade. I like it. I think it's the best wa…

Started by Sandy Pittendrigh in General Forum

2 Jun 26, 2023
Reply by Wayd Drake

Main Salmon 2nd week of August in an open boat?

Hi everyone, Have very much enjoyed your forum and learned a lot of useful things during the building of "Bob the boat" a few years ago.  M…

Started by Chao-ying Wu in General Forum

0 Jun 19, 2023

First build

Hi everyone, I'm just getting started.  I've gathered all the tools, read Fletcher's book about 6 times (so great), and read quite a lot of…

Started by Dusty in General Forum

249 Apr 20, 2023
Reply by Dusty

Launch assist device on trailer

Years ago, I saw a launch assist device advertised (I think it was Clackacraft) on their trailers.  When you were ready to get the boat off…

Started by Jerry Sweat in General Forum

4 Mar 25, 2023
Reply by Jerry Sweat

Caulk no gue

  All wood Boats I built my first framed oat in 1979. I built a half a dozen or so more framed boats before plunging into wood/fiberglass…

Started by Sandy Pittendrigh in General Forum

6 Mar 8, 2023
Reply by Sandy Pittendrigh

Building my first Drift Boat - 16' Double-Ender with Transom

Hello folks, I stepped foot in a McKenzie style drift boat for the first time nearly ten years ago, and have been wanting to own one ever s…

Started by Kyle Hryniw in General Forum

49 Feb 27, 2023
Reply by Kyle Hryniw

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