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Rear casting brace solution

Last winter I was looking for a way to add a rear casting brace to my Wood River Boat Works 17x54. I came up with this using left over mera…

Started by JC Smith in General Forum

4 Mar 11, 2021
Reply by JC Smith

Boat Weight ?

so, this is a personal question, and my dirty little secret, but I'm just wondering.  For those of you who know, how much does your boat we…

Started by Bodacious Jack in General Forum

8 Mar 9, 2021
Reply by Bodacious Jack

Trailers for dory

Hi everyone,  What is everyone's preferred trailer for a wooden boat? I was locked in on a Hyde trailer with two rollers but a friend ment…

Started by Kent E Clements in General Forum

3 Feb 5, 2021
Reply by Shawn Baker

Share your favorite boatbuilding/repair tools and techniques

What are your favorite wood boatbuilding tools? What are your favorite building/repair techniques?

Started by Shawn Baker in General Forum

12 Feb 5, 2021
Reply by Rick Newman

Leak repair ideas / recommendations needed

Greetings, Luke here,  new to the forum. My dad recommended checking it out. My Dad has a Mckenzie drift boat. he has had it for quite a lo…

Started by Luke Slater in General Forum

4 Jan 29, 2021
Reply by Guy Fredrickson

Plascore bottom on a ribbed wooden drift boat

I'm new to boat build and new to the forum.  This may have been asked before but going through past posts I wasn't able to find a definitiv…

Started by Scott Dunlap in General Forum

2 Jan 29, 2021
Reply by Scott Dunlap

Gracious Gift for End of Year Fundraiser

One of our founding members and good friend Roger Fletcher has offered a gracious gift for end of the year fundraiser. You could own this c…

Started by Randy Dersham in General Forum

0 Dec 14, 2020

Material Suggestions for Oarlock Bushings

Does anyone have experience with different materials to use as oarlock bushings? My Ray's dory has a bushing within a block of wood for an…

Started by Ants Uiga in General Forum

7 Nov 18, 2020
Reply by Shawn Baker

Wooden Gunwales

Im restoring a fibreglass fishing boat which had wooden gunwales, which rotted away. I was wondering if any one had any advice on how to re…

Started by oscar ballantyne in General Forum

5 Nov 5, 2020
Reply by oscar ballantyne

Hairline Cracks in Hull

Hey hey! Finished a 15' Drift Boat last Winter and just discovered a few hairline cracks (stress cracks?) in the outer hull that I believe…

Started by Andrew Luttrell in General Forum

3 Oct 27, 2020
Reply by Ants Uiga

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