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New drift boat project
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Permalink Reply by Mark Heskett on
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After a few years of searching I found a boat. It's a 1972 boat built by the Rouge River Boat Shop started by Jerry Briggs here in Grants Pass. Im happy to find a local boat with history here on the Rogue river. I bought it from the original owner who's son told me they pulled a lot of steelhead over the side. It's got good bones and my first plan of attack is to strip all the old paint off. Next glass and graphite the bottom or add a shoe. Not decided on that yet.Then glass the sides and start the whole resto on the inside. New fly deck, removable bottom deck slats etc, etc. Can't wait for good weather and get on it. I think my bamboo fly rod building is going to slow down this year.
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Permalink Reply by JAY STRUGNELL on
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Very nice always exciting to see these boats getting some love,I see yours hasnt been registered for ten years . Have fun with it.
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Jay,
Actully it has been stickered every year but the previous owner has not floated the boat since 03. Nice old guy who really liked the boat and wanted to see it back on the water.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin C. on
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Mark, Iv'e had great luck with a product named Ready Strip by Back To Nature Products to strip that paint off.Non toxic,no odor, very effective if you use with patience. looks like a sound boat and most likely beautiful grain underneath that paint.Good luck !
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Permalink Reply by Tom Anderson on
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Hello Mark . . . your boat looks great. Most of the details look just like the one I picked up last fall finally, but I don't know much of the history on mine. I'm pretty excited to finally own a wooden drift boat.
I have been trying to get some details and photos of a cross-brace at the back of the fly deck. It looks like yours has the same setup as what mine used to have (I am only guessing on mine as it has extra holes behind the cross brace where it looks like some little 'riblets' of sorts used to be.
Can you tell me, does the little post sticking up on the right side of yours just lift out? And then does the whole cross-brace come out loose then? I'm not sure I'm getting exactly what the pieces are for.
Thanks for any help/insight you can offer. I'd like to put mine back to original.
Tom
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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on
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Tom, the purpose of the removable piece is to allow the boats to be stacked when transported to and from the river. You can see a picture I believe in Roger Fletcher's book Drift boats and River Dories.
Rick Newman
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Hey thanks Rick . . .
I sure have had a hard time finding info. on that setup. I must have missed that in Roger's book . . . good excuse to go back and read it again, it's such a great presentation.
Tom
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Tom, check out this info that Herb Jacobsen posted a few years ago. No pictures but lots of words.
The search function on WBP is pretty good, sometimes you have to rephrase the question a few times to get good answers.
http://www.woodenboatpeople.com/forum/topics/stacking-drift-boats?c...
Rick Newman
PS there is also a picture of stacked drift boats on the first page of the museum web page which you can find on a link here.
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Yeah the post is removable and the knee lock portion and the fly deck comes out. Like Rick said it was so they could stack the boats on a trailer.
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