BBSB Pond Box Build

Steve Sanford said:
Happy Halloween, SJ~

Sorry you got the wrong color - a special frustration when time is short. You had me running out to the shop to check the colors in my recent order. (All OK.)

I usually buy my Parker paints right from their HQ in Green Bay. On this last phone order, I told the rep how I wished they would offer Marsh Grass in spray cans. Turns out they now do - although this is not (yet) reflected on their website.

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I like the spray for both painting small parts and for the occasional touch up. I would also use it if re-painting an outboard.

I am eagerly anticipating your maiden voyage - with your fingers all bandaged up from a (nonetheless successful) bout with a sewing machine.

All the best,

SJS
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With luck I'll have some canvas sewn this weekend. I bought the Sailrite supplied scrim you use and have a pattern roughed out. During the maiden voyage of the new sewing machine I was fortunate to avoid bloodletting. The machine is a Singer 4452, it had mixed reviews but I couldn't get myself to jump for the Sailrite machines before I decided whether to never attempt canvas work again. Surprisingly, with a 16 needle and 72 thread it produced a decent stitch through four layers of 18 oz canvas on some test pieces.

Good to know they are offering color matched spray cans. I have always spray painted my outboards, and been aggravated that the color doesn't match the hull. Next time I buy paint, I'll pick some up. It would be a great help for outboards and touchup in any decked boat. I kinda like the custom color I mixed, unfortunately the spray paint won't help this time. I do need to get the boat out into the sun to give the custom color the final OK.
 
Steve Sanford said:
Happy Halloween, SJ~

Sorry you got the wrong color - a special frustration when time is short. You had me running out to the shop to check the colors in my recent order. (All OK.)

I usually buy my Parker paints right from their HQ in Green Bay. On this last phone order, I told the rep how I wished they would offer Marsh Grass in spray cans. Turns out they now do - although this is not (yet) reflected on their website.

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I like the spray for both painting small parts and for the occasional touch up. I would also use it if re-painting an outboard.

I am eagerly anticipating your maiden voyage - with your fingers all bandaged up from a (nonetheless successful) bout with a sewing machine.

All the best,

SJS
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Steve, where did you acquire the spray paint! I will need this for an outboard for the Hallock…. Thx!
 
Anthony Babich said:
Steve, where did you acquire the spray paint! I will need this for an outboard for the Hallock…. Thx!
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Anthony~

I order directly from Parker Coatings in Green Bay (actually DePere. Dan Kidney & Son Boats were in West DePere.)

The website does not yet show the Marsh Grass spray cans - so you'll have to ask for it.

https://www.parkercoatings.com/decoy.html

Being Old School, I order by telephone - and a land line at that! 800-236-9676

Also - as anyone who has been to their site knows - the color renditions of their duckboat paints are nothing like the real colors.

All the best,

SJS
 
Making a dodger is more difficult that it looks. I made sure not to take any closeups of the stitching. :oops: It was really challenging because I need to be able to remove it, in pieces, to be able to row. The aft panels can be separated from the dodger, they are attached with snaps. I'm considering a few more snaps to tighten things up. Probably won't be rowed much other that to try it out, but it is an experimental build after all.

I think the worst is over. Tomorrow the oarlock holders, bow eye and cleat go on.

I'm going to install grommets and try the bungee line technique to affix the grass, instead of sewing on loops. The chalk lines depict the rough placement of the grassing lines. Everything needs more paint, the canvas color will match the hull as closely as possible.


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Steve Sanford said:
Anthony~

I order directly from Parker Coatings in Green Bay (actually DePere. Dan Kidney & Son Boats were in West DePere.)

The website does not yet show the Marsh Grass spray cans - so you'll have to ask for it.

https://www.parkercoatings.com/decoy.html

Being Old School, I order by telephone - and a land line at that! 800-236-9676

Also - as anyone who has been to their site knows - the color renditions of their duckboat paints are nothing like the real colors.

All the best,

SJS
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Excellent, thanks Steve
 
The pond box got splashed a couple of days ago. It floats like a seagull empty. My buddy volunteered to model for a couple of photos, He and his Chessie Nel climbed aboard minus the dodger to see if it could be rowed. With no keel it spins like a top in the wind, but it's very stable and entirely capable of creek crossings, or picking up dead birds, decoys etc.. I wouldn't advocate for open water crossings by any means, but Nel tested the stability by walking the gunnel. No water shipped, not even the deck awash. Very encouraging. Note to self, six foot oars are too long.

It's obvious that it's a bit small for both a gunner and dog to hunt from. It will never accommodate a dog on the foredeck, no matter the dodger size. A boat always shrinks two sizes when it hits the water, at only 9' this one shrank three.

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Here it is with the dodger up and Dave reclining in the hunting position. It's pretty comfy, I'm a bit taller than him so the next builds will have the cockpit lengthened 4-6" as my head touches the canvas.

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We got a bundle of grass cut, it's drying this week for installation next weekend. The typical weather conditions most favorable for using this type of setup aren't expected here until after Thanksgiving.
 
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