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Hi Steve, excellent ideas and I did have the chance to admire your boat at the tuckerton show. When I stopped through you were either speaking with someone else, or on walkabout. I would have liked to meet in person and thank you for the ideas and sharing what you've done with your boats. One of...

Thanks and I can’t wait to see the first one Dave builds.

Mine was built in 2000 so yes on the same timetable. When I built it I had added a couple 1/8 holes in each compartment to deal with possible air expansion under heat. Mine were fairly soaked at the lower levels of foam with some very early (and saveable) rot so I got it in time. I spoke with...

Hi Eric. You are most welcome and happy to be able to provide back to the forum that has provided me so much over the years. I do indeed have the BBIi and took it through a major overhaul the other year. I’ll get some pics together and create a post short story is that after 20 years the...

Oh those do sound like exciting restorations. I’m in! Regarding the ribs. Buds were sawn in three pieces and then glued. Two on the hull side and one on the deck. The bottom pieces were glued and screwed just to port of the centerline, I presume to allow clean wood in the ribs for bilge drain...

I ran into a photo limit on the last post so adding a few other pics on various details Painter. eye spliced and whipped ends. The bow handle has a 2.5" ring on it to serve as a fairlead for the anchor line keeper for the forward end of the push pole. 4 gauge copper wire keeps it upright and...

Hello Steve. You are exactly correct; that is a slot for the gun. I went to a flapper board a couple years ago from a rolled mat across the cockpit and in the initial iteration never quite found a ready and safe place for the gun that I liked. I tried this configuration and it worked slick...

Thank you Eric. It was a fun build and an enjoyable way to spend evenings. Looking forward to using it this year. Thank you also for the new resources. There’s another building there somewhere. Trust alls well with you. Been following your old tool restorations and they are all looking tremendous.