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A woman was talking to her best friend... "When I started dating Joe twenty years ago, I asked him, 'what bad habits do you have?' and...

My 1970 Al Tonnesen Sailing and Gunning sneakbox. Al was the last old time barnegat baymen he learned to build sneakboxs from Rube...

Today I finally started repairing the roof on this basement bulkhead access... been a long time coming. Not very exciting, but at least...

Happiness is a box with a new outboard! FYI: I used a lawn tractor battery with my older 18hp Nissan 2-Stroke and it worked fine. I...

Received my motor yesterday. Onlineoutboards.com was awesome to deal with, great communication, fast shipping, shipping updates, etc...

Finished up this hen today. A fairly basic gunner smoothy with a nice paint job. She was a fun project.

New transom is in. 3 layers of 1/2” Coosa 32. It will be significantly stronger than the original as it was only 1/2” ply with a 1”...

I've been working on the living space above the shop as well but since duct work is boring I didn't take any pictures. I did rent a...

Love the turkey striker call Jode. And your pickleheads!!!! So, the swallow-tailed kites have shown up (usually show up a week or so...

Bulkheads epoxied and on the strongback. Next is clean up of scarf joints then layout of the hull and side panels. Progress is...

New month, and around here that means turkey time. A few decoys in the works, and calls fresh off the bench.

My daughter was a bit busy yesterday. She's been making mini decoys. She did harlequins and now doing oldies. Quite a busy time for us...

Working on this hen to get my pair of pintail preeners completed. She's got a few coats of sealer and is ready for a final ight sanding...

no more Mercs for me.

So we went and picked up the boat. Its awesome. The boat above was built in 1930 and it’s in great shape. Jim has some beautiful boats...