Wooden Boat People

By McKenzieDriftBoat.com

dream boat

It's cold. The cedar strip canoe in the garage is stagnating - sanding the inside is a pain in the rear. Dunno yet what kind of boat I need around here (SW Virginia). Missing the West. So I started building a dream boat. Took me a couple days but the hull is done - It's one of Roger Fletcher's book's double ender with transom.

Now to the interior arrangements.

Cheers

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Permalink Reply by Dave Z on March 5, 2013 at 8:02pm

Both are great boats. Sandy designs top notch stuff. I think the Beavertail boat fishes an angler in the back better.

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Bachelez on March 6, 2013 at 9:56am

Well I think it is almost done. I guess some oarlock blocks would help, as well as handles for the sliding boxes. Still debating where to put the rower's beer holder. Here are a couple pics. I hope people don't mind the pic heavy posts - I do have a fast connection so I hope I am not clogging too bad other's computers.

cheers

A. ( now I have a SERIOUS) building itch...)

Anchor system... went for a cam cleat on the seat rail ear

The floor slats

the seats with their fish/cooler boxes

completed layout - note the beer holders, they barely fit in those horns.

Floating peacefully on the piano - no need to anchor, it's pretty glassy ;)

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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on March 6, 2013 at 10:59am

Andreas, wonderful job! I like the attention to detail you have accomplished. The weather has been relatively good. Was fishing, not catching on the Grande Ronde last weekend. Lots of deer, elk, mountain sheep and turkeys. Should have been hunting!

Rick Newman

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Bachelez on March 7, 2013 at 7:38am

Oh I am jealous... I love the Ronde in the spring, even though I have never had great fishing then - great days and great floats though. I'm missing that canyon something fierce.

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Permalink Reply by AJ DeRosa on March 6, 2013 at 12:02pm

Andreas,
Nice work on the model. I have built several as a way to test design elements in new hulls. Building to scale is a great way to learn.

Rear seats in this boat will be a compromise at best. It was built to carry it's load in front of the rower. I have tried this a few times in the past with an Ostrem boat and a Steele boat. Both were 16x48. The Ostrem boat had less rocker than the Steele so the rear seat worked much better. To have any success in doing this the rowers seat and oar locks must move a full frame forward of their normal position. The rear seat must be mounted on the two frames forward of the transom. Even then the "fat guy up front" rule needs to be observed. A seat mounted just forward of the transom will not be a practical solution and can cause the boat to become dangerously trimmed to the aft. A few years ago I watched a "professional guide" roll his boat in a strong eddy line with the fat guy in the back in a set up like this. Using your scale model with scale weights should give you an idea of what it can be like. Move the weights around and see how your hull will trim.

AJ

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Bachelez on March 7, 2013 at 7:40am

Thanks for the input AJ. I have my little weights ready, but must finish the hull with some sort of waterproof varnish. Will do that this weekend if the weather improves a bit.

cheers

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Permalink Reply by Paul Price on March 8, 2013 at 10:14am

Hello Andreas, your's is indeed a nice looking boat. I especially like the title of your post. Dream Boat is the name of my 20 year old Tatman boat. Here is a pic of it on the Wilson River. You have inspired me to get one of those model kits.