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scarf joint

I haven't been on here in awhile, but it is time to do a restore on my 16' blue wooden drift boat. I will be putting line-x on the bottom t…

Started by Craig in General Forum

2 Apr 24, 2016
Reply by Mike Thomas

oars and fairing compound

to those of you who saw my plywood oars I see now that it was not a good picture and will post another as time permits.Now onto a question.…

Started by dreu patterson in General Forum

2 Apr 24, 2016
Reply by tungsten

oars and faring compound

to those of you who saw my plywwod boat oars I realize now it was not a good picture to show detail and I will post another one when time p…

Started by dreu patterson in General Forum

0 Apr 23, 2016

Friday Night before the McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival

In the past when Randy Dersham and his wife owned the Eagle Rock Lodge we had a get together on the Friday night before the event. Now that…

Started by Rick Newman in General Forum

13 Apr 22, 2016
Reply by David Witton

Looking for advice on Heat Gun purchase

Getting ready to strip my Keith Steele drift boat of paint, so I looked at heat guns this week. I came across $30 options by Black and Deck…

Started by Kirk Miller in General Forum

11 Apr 15, 2016
Reply by Kirk Miller

Frame Types

The discussion about a ribless/glueless boat (here) got me thinking. If frames/ribs are going to be used how could you reduce hard points i…

Started by Mark Stuberr in General Forum

6 Apr 15, 2016
Reply by David Witton

Website issues?

For the last several days, I've been having problems with this site - it won't load using Chrome on Windows 7 and it's painfully slow on my…

Started by David Witton in General Forum

24 Apr 14, 2016
Reply by Rick Newman

No-ribs all plywood no-fiberglass no-epoxy no-glue boat

I usually build one-off all fiberglass.  I make a wooden plug with cheap plywood, cover it with visqueen, attach 3/4" or 1" Plascore to th…

Started by Sandy Pittendrigh in General Forum

12 Apr 13, 2016
Reply by Sandy Pittendrigh

Formica Boat bottom

Well, The woody I bought a few months ago has seen about 60 river miles.  In the (finally) dropping water this last week I encountered 2 gr…

Started by Dylan in General Forum

4 Apr 10, 2016
Reply by Rick Newman

Mystery Boat / Problems

I have a 16' boat and wondering if anyone could tell me if they recognize the design. I was told it was a Tatman but I don't know for sure.…

Started by Matt Marino in General Forum

1 Apr 8, 2016
Reply by Rick Newman

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