Wooden Boat People

By McKenzieDriftBoat.com

The name says it all

Just stuck on the vinyl name, which diminishes 5/8" in height from bow to stern in proportion to the thinning sidewall and stripe heights. Something about those finishing touches just makes all the drudgery worthwhile. Maybe it's like the pain of childbirth fading when the child smiles at you. Ready to start another!

She'll be in the water at Lee's Ferry in a couple days and I look froward to getting some shots of her in her natural setting instead of in my cluttered shop.

Thanks for the comments and advice along the way--

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Comment by Brad Dimock on April 9, 2010 at 5:37pm: We started her a month ago and took a little over a week off to run the Salt, so I'd say it's about three weeks with two guys, on average. Some days are short, some are solo, a few psycho night-shifts, and an occasional gang of maniacs. And we were working on two other boats part of the time. So to pull a number out of my butt, I'd say 200. Probably less. A lot of time I just sit and stare, punctuated with bursts of productivity.

I'd say this takes about half the time of a fully decked Grand Canyon version. (Same hull, only this one has no interior fiberglass, and has a wood floor and inner chine instead of a foam floor and a glass chine.)

Comment by Rick Newman on April 9, 2010 at 5:12pm: Hey Brad, how many"person" hours do you have in this beautiful craft?

Rick Newman