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this float- built by Charles Hart from Glousc. was what was used in the essex river basin, he invented this style float- its a two man boat- with a weight pocket for one man use- always painted white- he made smooth side floats- like this and lapstreak floats- my grandfather made 4- in the...

here is a friend of my Grandfathers and my fathers- carving a sculling oar in my grandfather carving shop- Dick Barnett was his name- he died - well almost 7 years ago now- look at the decoys behind him- its a mix of my Grandfathers and Charles Hart decoy- i have a few- of both men- but that is...

thanks- ever do any coot shooting down there in mass? come up some time- and try it out- Donald

yes- mine dog have always benn meat dogs- we had chessies for many many years- in fact my grandfather was a schooner capt. out of Glous. mass- and in the 20s he was sailing from MD to Glous. with a load of wood- he saw something bobbing in the water 2 or so miles off shore- it was a chessie...

old school- just old school!!!

great looking kid- he likes his dog? my son likes to work our dog- a choc. zlab- in fact he named it- Brown- its full name is Jameson Brown Dog- they are a pair- its great to have my boy involved- the decoy is awesome- it makes the ones we did look quite childlike- you are a great...

they are nice- are they hollow? you say a first edition Barber- which book? Long Shore or the decoy book- as the first on both were derrydale press- i have Long Shore but not the book on decoys- i would love to see the other decoys- they are great folkart- the coot- what do they look like...

on your avatar? i like them!! DLHO

yes we got about 8" here in kennebunk- but the winds are gale force today- they opened school- so no more duck stuff till later- i have to head down to the harbour and shovel out the dory- have fun- were are you- you must have some winter weather to deal with?? DLHO

he was 1 month old and was in a scull boat- he has spent more time in a gunning float than most guys i know- he loves the dory- and at five years has been two miles off shore handlining for ground fish last summer- so yes he is a blue water man- we use to sail when i had my farm on the...

here is the coot rig---

well here is the first phase of a two part project- Yukon mike is making the surf scoters- these are the White wings- and a single Quandy- the rest to be made later- ( HINT HINT Geoff Pike)- I had these roughed out for me in New Jersey- anyone want the name of a good decoy carver- let me know- -...

yes- fine - prices??? take care - Donald

yes- its a banks dory- with a motor well way aft- its made just like the fishing dorys- 18 LOB- 22 LOA- rows well- and rides so much better with a load on than empty- Donald

hi- its 22 foot over all- 6 foot wide- and the oars are 10 foot- i stand up and push row- Donald

tim- i learned things this way- if it aint broke -don't fix it- my grandfather and my dad gunned this way- its a safe rig- and if the motor dies- i can row it- as anyone with a TDB type rig if thay can row there boat back a few miles? i have it in 6- 10 foot seas- for real- and made it home- i...

hers another pic- the coot decoy i made- i had a budy in NJ cut out 12 and i finished them - the are copies of Joe Lincolns- the boat was made in 1957- my grandfather had a similar rig- DLHO

hi- the dory is mine and yes they do look like part of the rig- here is a better pic- of the side- take care donald- geoff make the decoys- i have the boat- but he can shoot like a bugger!!!

here is geoffs "eliminator" as we call it- this last the last week of the season- his rig is great- and the other pic is Geoff with a super drake Quandy- i think he was going to mount this one- DLHO

right here call me 207-604-1004 DLHO