Good Day,

How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on:(mrsstellaabudheir@gmail.com ) for the full details.

Have a nice day

Thanks God bless.

Stella.

TJ, we never formally got to meet each other but I appreciated the ride to the river on Saturday morning. Your boat looks great, I never realized that it was the one that had been damaged and shown here on WBP pages. I enjoyed meeting you and Miss Kelley infromally and hope to see you again and hopefully float together again.

Rick Newman

I hear you... if we started fishing, I'd be drifting right by Randy's place and keep on going to a couple of "holes" down the river... The "guides" are going to do a little fishing upstream from our put-in and then join us for the parade - straight float to Eagle Rock... the guides will then buy their clients lunch, let them check out everything at the boat festival and then continue down river for some more "serious" fishing... (they sold that as a fund raising "package")...
GH

Great!! No obstacles - pretty straightforward float & we'll be following 4 or 5 guides with clients, so they'll be picking safe, dry, lines...
Look forward to meeting you and your boat.
GH

Perhaps some of that fish "schtank" will give our boats a little more luck out there... come as you are party and hope it rubs off on us!!
GH

TJ... Bring it!!! 25th - Float that boat at the Festival - should be fun. I'll buy you coffee!!
GH

Snow on melt water on ice is the worst - it cost me my 49 Ford two door convertible that had 34,000 actual miles. It was in Haines Alaska - just reminded me so much of your description. One minute things are great and the next your laying face down in the snow wondering how you could have F%#@* up your baby so completely. Anyway, glad yours was fixable - very nice job.

yeah crazy story man - thanks for sharing the pics too...

Thanks for the response!!!
How did you apply the primer and interlux? Which interlux did you use because your boat looks SHARP. You also wet sanded.....what was your process?? Thanks for the help!!!
Craig

that IS a hell of a story....boat looks good though. what kind of paint did you use? sprayed?

Hey TJ,
I am refinishing a 16' Tatman and I hope mine looks as good as yours when I am finished. How any coats of primer and final coat did you use? Did you use interlux? Looks like a hell of a project and nicely done!
Craig

This is a pretty cool site. There are a few other wood driftboat forums, but they seem to be geared more towards strictly the building part.

This place is more social, hell I dont even get greif around here when I post pics of my other boats that aren't wood!

Have fun,

Mike

wow, what a story,
Ray's boats are beautiful and your refit looks terrific.

Welcome to wooden boats and thanks for sharing the adventure.