My Daughter Finished her Boat!

[drbabe]

Refreshing your memory: my ten year old girl asked, for her birthday, "to build a kid-sized rowboat with Daddy." Too good a project to pass up. On the side, I carved her her own set of oars. The pictures show her receiving the oars, then launching the "Phoenix" for its maiden voyage. The plans came from Hannu's Boatyard website. It's a great site. Anyone messing with building their own stuff ought to get familiar with the "Hull" program, as well. Here' the plan we used:
http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/skiff/skiff.htm

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Here's the link to see the launching:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mousatonic/MaidenVoyageGigiSBoat?authkey=Gv1sRgCMDA1LCIiZKCPg&feat=directlink

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[lumberslinger178]

Priceless

those are great memories:nice:

[charlie_the_tuna]

Outstanding!!! Good for her!

[CaptJ]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:nice:

[cterrebonne]

that boat is awesome! i always wanted to be a boat designer/builder.

[Skools Out]

nice boat like it


that boat is awesome! i always wanted to be a boat designer/builder.

hey find a copy of these books they will help alot on boat building and repairs. love my copies lol

BoatBuilding with Plywood 3rd Ed
by Glen L. Witt

Modern Boat Building
by Monk Scribners

Carolina Flare: Outer Banks Boatbuilding & Sportfishing Heritage
by Neal, John & Jim Conoley

[Blue_Runner]

drbabe, That is the coolest thing I've seen in a long while! She's a lucky girl and you are a lucky dad!

Looks like you'll have another one to supervise on a build in a few years.

Very nice little boat.

[reelapeelin]

Now THERE'S A MEMORY FOR A LIFETIME...:nice:

[phester]

That's great! Now you've got to drop a little 4-5 hp on the transom.

[BuilderFL]

Congrats! You both will never forget the time you spent building the boat. :nice:

[jjjtronics]

DRbabe,
THAT IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES THAT REMINDS ME WHAT A GOOD DAD IS !!!!!!
I see the picture of your daugther holding a drill and reminds me when my granpa teached me to drill, with a B&D drill, which he gave me that day, and now more than 35 years later, I keep and still remember those good old days with him.
You have given your daugther one of the best gifts, KNOWLEDGE.
My hat off to you man !!!
Congratulations on a beautiful job to both !!!

[RABBITFISH]

This is one of those things that will last forever! You are one lucky fellow! Take care not to lose those pics, (as if) ten years from now they will bring tears to your eyes!
AWSOME!!!!!!!!:nice::clap: