Recent content by Steve Sanford

Good morning, Anthony~ I need to finish everything for the Show today - a couple of banners, the main display panel, one McCormick goose - and load up the JackieBaru (named after my grandson). I am driving down to East Islip early Thursday. We have 33 fine old Goose decoys lined up for the...

Steve~ I'm fairly certain your box was built by Ken Barnett. I missed Tuckerton in '25 - but I think he's still there. All the best, SJS

Good morning, German~ Welcome back! Congratulations on your retirement. Sounds like you have lots of plans. I never think of my departure from my long career with NYSDEC as "retirement". I work all day every day. So, to me it's just Phase II. I have been going flat-out in recent weeks to...

SJ~ I always thought of hammocks (in the ecological sense) as sub-tropical wetland features. Who knew there was one North of me! Never too old to learn (I just won't retain it....). SJS

Douglas~ Indeed! One of my favorite waterfowling books. All the best, SJS

Roy and SJ~ Not only have I not heard the terms Tump or Clump - but I see that I wrote "Hammock" instead of "Hassock". Off to the Edit screen.... SJS

Good morning, Troy~ Another fine bit of work! Thanks very much for doing this. A few thoughts - of course! 1) I, too, saw my roller covers in half on the bandsaw. 2) Good color on that Desert Mountains! 3) Before I went to conduit for the headpiece/bow, I laminated them from Red Oak ripped...

Jamus~ I heartily endorse the Sunfish conversion - or, better yet, a Minifish conversion. The latter are hard to find but are smaller. This with some polypropylene webbing would make a sweet grassboat. Or, just like the original Barnegat Bay Sneakboxes, simply toss some wrack (or ice) on her...

Thanks, Neal! I have used tick sticks over the years - but had not seen the added feature of the cut-outs for strong asymmetry. I always used just a straight length of light wood with an acute angle on the business end. The most common application was fitting quarter knees or bulkheads to the...

Matthias~ I been thoroughly enjoying this thread - appreciating your fine craftsmanship and creativity. Great work all around on a sweet vessel! BTW: As you have already shown - doing as much as you can BEFORE the decks are on is a very important "rule" in any build. (Yes, I learned this...