Shermie
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A fella near by put up this offer of a free boat and trailer ..........I was the first to respond.....the only condition was that it was to be repaired with your younging for to hunt out of and pass along the tradition....Yup!yes sir...
So we got her home and started on it...there was a hole right clean thru the bottom near the bow and there was holes around the flotation foam imbeded in the floor /bottom...one of the rear handles leaked around the bolts and needed some mending too...So Makayla helped me sand and sand and sand inbetween fiberglassing coats then again between 3 coats of paint..
this weekend past she got her chance to learn to captain her own boat ,after we installed the oar locks she was out in the lake at my ma`s and pa`s learning to row 101......and just as i go to take a pic no camera to be found home on the table.....eeerrrrrrr.
so we bring it home and she helps me hold the boards to build the boat blind which is changed from the clam shell style it had been before to a more traditional layout style for open water or cover it with grass ,or a white sheet for hunting the ice flows....
Its in the begining stages of design im not sure what or where it will take me in style as im bieng influenced by a boat i had seen at the local musem....which they used to sneak up on geese and ducks in open water a 100 years ago....during the market days....
it will be a pull pin design so it doesnt have to be on all the time ..im thinking it maybe able to leave on in winter to keep the snow and ice out....????not sure yet...
heres some pics...
first is what she looked like to start.
sorry guys comp crapped out on me when i was swapping the links
here the bottom is done
here we are sizing it for her to sit and still be able to see
it sure was a great idea and we had fun and more to come in the years i figure ,,,now we have a his and hers....lol
shermie...
So we got her home and started on it...there was a hole right clean thru the bottom near the bow and there was holes around the flotation foam imbeded in the floor /bottom...one of the rear handles leaked around the bolts and needed some mending too...So Makayla helped me sand and sand and sand inbetween fiberglassing coats then again between 3 coats of paint..
this weekend past she got her chance to learn to captain her own boat ,after we installed the oar locks she was out in the lake at my ma`s and pa`s learning to row 101......and just as i go to take a pic no camera to be found home on the table.....eeerrrrrrr.
so we bring it home and she helps me hold the boards to build the boat blind which is changed from the clam shell style it had been before to a more traditional layout style for open water or cover it with grass ,or a white sheet for hunting the ice flows....
Its in the begining stages of design im not sure what or where it will take me in style as im bieng influenced by a boat i had seen at the local musem....which they used to sneak up on geese and ducks in open water a 100 years ago....during the market days....
it will be a pull pin design so it doesnt have to be on all the time ..im thinking it maybe able to leave on in winter to keep the snow and ice out....????not sure yet...
heres some pics...
first is what she looked like to start.
sorry guys comp crapped out on me when i was swapping the links
here the bottom is done
here we are sizing it for her to sit and still be able to see
it sure was a great idea and we had fun and more to come in the years i figure ,,,now we have a his and hers....lol
shermie...
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