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    Design Contest

    I have a friend who has a 100' Breaux Bay Craft, all aluminum. He wants to turn it into a pleasure yacht. With a nod to turn of the century styling and wood work.Our conversations have led us to...
  2. Thanks for your response

    Your response is encouraging! I was actually hoping that might be a viable option given that I don't have any money for sticky stuff.

    I would welcome thoughts on how to do the caulking... I have...
  3. Restoring Egret type Sharpie... cross planked bottom

    The bottom planking on my sharpie is solid. No rot. Good quality pitch pine planks approx. 1 3/8" thick by 3" wide. It has been out of the water since Christmas 2010 and the planks have shrunk,...
  4. Payson Pirogue DONE!

    I choose a paint scheme more daring than most of my previous boats. I masked everything to paint the black on the gunwales and thwarts. My son came in the next morning and said, "I like the colors."...
  5. http://lancasterboatbuilder.weebly.com/uploads/5/1...

    http://lancasterboatbuilder.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/4/5/5145676/4027797_orig.jpghttp://lancasterboatbuilder.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/4/5/5145676/6297759_orig.jpgPicture update on the Payson Pirogue...
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    sorry for the confusion... The PDR is not in the...

    sorry for the confusion... The PDR is not in the pictures from the web site I sent you. I just thought you might remember it from seeing it sitting in front of the tent where they were making a...
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    Yes, the white PDR with pink and green dots.

    Yes, the white PDR with pink and green dots.
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    I was at St. Michael's too! I had a great time. I...

    I was at St. Michael's too! I had a great time. I took my Marisol skiff and a Storer PDRacer (Watermelon) it drew lots of talk and my daughter received a 1st place ribbon from best under 18 builder....
  9. Payson Pirogue pictures

    I have just started building the Payson Pirogue, designed by Philip Bolger. I am using scrap plywood from my stash. It includes part of a packing crate (4mm luan) used for the bildge panels, door...
  10. Payson Pirogue (Bolger)

    I have just started on another small boat to and to the Pennsylvania collection. It is a Payson Pirogue, designed by Philp Bolger. I am building it from the miniature plans published in Payson's...
  11. Sailing the Susquehanna River

    We do have nice water above the Safe Harbor hydro-electric dam. The sailing is great with either a northerly or southerly wind. If the wind is out of the east or west the high hills block most of it....
  12. career, not yet

    For now this is not really a career change but more like simply a step in that direction. I would love to build more boats and can't afford to keep on making more boats for myself. Nor do I have room...
  13. PDRacers and other boats in Pennsylvania

    I have never posted on this forum but occasionally read a few posts in the past. I coached my three kids ages 10, 12, and 14 (back in 2007) as they built three boats. We followed Michael's plans to...
  14. Wolof of Senegal

    Yes, the link accurately introduces the Wolof people. It will take a few months... I will get back to you on a proposal.

    Thanks,

    Jonathan
  15. PDRacers in Dakar

    Our whole family just read Michael's great post, story and pictures of the birth of the Dakar fleet. Thanks for a great story and for your encouraging words. We have had great fun with this project. ...
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