"Here is what I did for pole holders. Wooden boat, wooden pole holder brackets."

"That boat has such nice lines."

"Thanks Rick. I think you're the only one that has referred to is as Bristol. But in reality its more like South Philly.   Have you used one of these? Pretty cool. I say this as I've never owned a rod holder before but rather I was the…"

"It might scratch your Bristol Finish! (high-end varnish jobs found on expensive boats)! Rick Newman"

"Everyone seems to be telling me that so I will soon do that. "

"It's a double ender with a transom, straight out of Roger Fletcher's book Drift Boats and River Dories. If you don't already have a copy, pick one up. It's not only an indispensable reference, it's also interesting…"

"Thats not a boat David. Boats are supposed to have glue and glop carelessly dripped all over and carelessly sanded off, lol.  Seriously that was a great tutorial and will come in handy on my next build.  Which boat was it?"

"Don - Here's the sequence I followed: 1. Install each frame and the transom, securing each frame at the chine and gunwale with temporary screws.  2. At each frame, predrill holes for the nails, mask the inside of hull to handle epoxy…"

"Ken, I've been an arborist most of my life and it seems like your the one having fun. I met a guy outside of LA a few years back and he does the same thing you do. I cut some logs here and there from residential arborists that would rather see…"

"Ken, I've thought that your conclusions are basically correct, that we worry too much about weight, not enough about balance. I've been to numerous museums and have noticed how heavily built workboat oars are. In the case of drift boats…"

"Thanks for all the help. I’ll do it soon."

"Don, check out Brad Dimock’s Fretwaterlines blog. He predrills the sides and has a lot of other time saving ideas for framed boats."

"I have 300-ish hours in my decked S&G Grand Canyon dory. I had previous experience building wood/fiberglass kayaks (both S&G and stripper) so S&G was an obvious choice for me. Both construction types have pros and cons, but I would…"

"Don I think it’d be best to buy the book “drift boats and river dories” by Roger fletcher. It walks you through the history as well as the construction of the Mackenzie dory as well as other ply on frame boats and includes plans…"

"Has anyone mentioned popping the floor out a bit to give it a positive hump across the boat. In stitch and glue constuction it is easy to accomplish as you simply add 1/8" spacers to the middle of the frames for much of the length. this…"

"I'm torn. At 61 I didn't need this new love. I came upon it online and it stuck. After reading about drift boats for the first time in late May this year I saw a large elegantly done DB in heavy traffic on I-95 between Wilmington and…"