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I WISH I had room for it in my yard
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/55-NO...QQcmdZViewItem
I Wish i had room for it in my yard i'd love to have this boat. She has great lines and curves like my supermodels [img] http://i2.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/ca/bc/9e_3.JPG[/img]
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04-18-2006, 10:36 AM
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Re: I WISH I had room for it in my yard
Skool, I can relate. There is nothing like the beauty of those old wood boats. No doubt fiberglass made boating affordable for us (the masses). But a wooden boat is a work of art.
When I first moved to the coast, I considered buying a 42' Matthews like this:  Well, maybe not quite like this! Anyway, it was tied up at an island marina as a liveaboard, and I gave serious consideration to buying it as such. It had no engines, so it wasn't going anywhere soon. I could have bought it for a couple grand. I didn't do it (bought a condo instead), but I always wondered how it would have been.
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04-18-2006, 11:05 AM
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I knew a guy once who had an old 42 foot Dobbin Sport fisherman that was built in Maine which had similar design features including the double plank mahogony hull and a wide carolina flare etc. He spent a small fortune getting the borers out and new wood replaced , an awl grip pait job etc and it was a beautiful and very stable old boat with teak and brass everywhere etc. A couple of years ago during the december Virginia bay rockfish season he hit 4 foot seas at the mouth of the potomac river and a bottom plank popped just at corn field harbor but he managed to run it up on a shoal and wade to shore but a detailed marine survey later showed that the hull screws were also eaten up so it was junked. I love the look of old wooden boats as long as they belong to someone else....Frank
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04-18-2006, 12:14 PM
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personally i'd put 3 layers of 24 oz glass on one to make her easier to maintain and stronger at sea.
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04-18-2006, 02:45 PM
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04-18-2006, 03:16 PM
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what a dumbass he should learn how to use a flare gun lol
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1978 V20 Cuddy w/ 225 Johnson. And Several other boat's
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04-18-2006, 05:40 PM
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flare gun sure would hurt alot less
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04-18-2006, 09:53 PM
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Break.com has got some great clips and the girl of the day..................
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1974 Wellcraft V-20 Center Console 1999 Mercury 150 HP Bluewater 1975 Wellcraft V-17 1977 Evinrude 70 HP Restoration Thread http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=404584 Enfield Connecticut Civil War Veterans Graves and History Pages http://enfieldwargraves.smugmug.com My companion book I authored http://www.blurb.com/books/1137672
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04-18-2006, 10:45 PM
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Re: I WISH I had room for it in my yard
I had no idea -- my buddy sent me the boat video! :o ;D
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