Wooden Boat People
By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
Rogue River Seven
Randy and I had a little adventure together this past weekend down on the wild and scenic Rogue. He took his Susie Too for a maiden voyage and I took my Obsession... both wood boats were loaded to the gunnels as we danced our way through some pretty terrific rapids. It was unforgettable, as always. Hope you enjoy the video highlights
GH
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Permalink Reply by eric stevens on
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That was great, it got my blood preasure up just watching it.
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Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on
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Ha - thanks gents.... my heart was beating a little fast in Mule Creek - it looks even skinnier on video... yikes!! Thanks for watching!!
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Permalink Reply by Mark Jones on
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Thanks for sharing Greg, beautiful adventure, hope to experience it next year.
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It'll take your breath away... and maybe an oar - ha ha.
GH
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Permalink Reply by lhedrick on
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Maiden voyage of the Susie Too? Are there 2 Susie 2s?
I have been down the Grand with a Green and White Susie 2.
Great video, too bad snow is moving in here in Park City.
L
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Randy and I are building the Portola and the Susie Too "replica's" as close to the original framed boats that Keith Steele built in his McKenzie shop in 1962 for Martin Litton and Pat Reilly. I'm a pretty slow builder so my Portola isn't as far along as Randy's Susie or I would've taken it instead of my little wooden "obsession". GH
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Permalink Reply by Randy Dersham on
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That's right Larry,
The original was white with a green stripe. The front inside of the cockpit should be black. PT Riley owned it and built out the interior. He later sold the Suzie Too to Martin Litton for his GC tour business. Some time later Martin changed the name of the boat to Music Temple and changed the paint scheme. Martin says that the Suzie Too was the first dory to run Lava Falls. Martin owned it at the time and the run was made by Francois Leydet.
The Music Temple is available to view at the East Rim.
There are park plans of the Music Temple and Brad Dimock and Tom Martin (both members here) each took some measurements and a lot of photos for me to make this reproduction.
The back deck is not on the boat and it is a simple primer white.
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Here are 3 images of Kyle Frye's Susie Too from our 2010 Grand Canyon run.
Looks like a lot of folks are building old time boats.
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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on
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Greg, as always your production is top shelf. I applaud your skills and dedication to not only doing a tough float but to take the time and expend the effort to document the activity. Once again thanks for sharing your life with us.
Rick Newman
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Once again... you are too kind !! Thanks brother.
GH
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Yup, that's a great reproduction.
The canyon plans had the lower splash guard like this person made. PT Riley had a huge high guard that is kind of a pain. Martin, or one of his guides cut it down in the boats later years.
FYI, having run the boat I'll say that I prefer the Briggs Dories. Keith Steele made a radical flat spot on this boat and made the front wider than the back. The boat gets very heavy push from the side that I didn't expect. Especially behind the rowers station which is very far forward.
Keith Steele's build out of the Portola was the same hull but put the rowers station a bit farther to the back. That would eliminate the push behind the rower but it would require passengers up front or loading the boat front heavy as we do in the West.
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