Decoy racks, again

[gcs]

John and all, Well let's see if this works, first ever attempt at adding pics,thanks to my daughter. Had to do it in a new post cause I was too dumb to put them into the reply, lol
Anyway, a couple pics of the new rack, dodger,oar locks and a hull modification for spray rails I talked about a while back.
The boat is a 12' Don Warren classic Barnaget that I hadn't used for a few years and needed to re-furbish it, if you look close you can see the moss growing on the hull, , I still need to add a motor mount but I'm towing it and rowing for now, not fond of how it goes with the motor, thus the semi retirement. The rails help quite a bit keeping the water from washing over the deck while running it with the motor. They are hardly noticeable and don't affect the boat in any other way, except it makes it easy now to grab the boat and adjust it on the trailer or for two guys to lift it. The dodger is my homemade, WalMart canvas on a hoop instead of the traditional "V" style, it's treated with a mixture of Boiled linseed oil, mineral spirits, and a splash of Cuprinol. The treatment darkened the dark olive color of the canvas, but it sheds water well. It's still a basic dodger, thus the stick holding it up.
So besides the crab pots and other treasures in the back yard, that's it.

 

[John L]

George,

That looks like it will work just fine.

 

[CPKBasil and Robert]

Nice work! Can't wait see more photos of the refurb.

Just so you know, if you do install a motor mount, you'll only be able to carry blocks on the starboard side of the rear deck -- the tiller won't have clearance to port.

Also, I've been pleasantly surprised at how that hull performs with a 8-hp Mercury. If you place gear towards the bow and use a telescoping tiller extension, it moves fine. I strap 2 doz blocks to the bow and, with the tiller fully extended, brace my knees against the forward combing (kneeling). With my 85# Chesapeake at my side, the boat will "plane" and go about 10 - 12 mph, maybe better. By planing, I mean, it'll slog along with a rooster tail and have a nice running angle for sea handling. I thought the hull was true displacement, but it's not.

Get her in a 2-foot quartering following sea and she'll really scoot!

 

[Wispete]

Go green put a sail on her and get rid of those smelly stinky motors. Other wize it looks great.

 

[gcs]

Thanks, ..about the motor, I've done all the things suggested, but a displacement hull just ain't made for power,lol.
10 mph don't cut it when you have to run 2-3 miles on open water, feels like watching grass grow , maybe it's just me.
Plus it messes up the trim of the boat, the rear deck goes awash if you lean over to pull start the engine, etc,

I've got a plan though, thinking of installing what the old guys put on some of the old tong boats which were converted from sail. They were called squat boards, ie. to keep the boats from "squatting" when under power. They didn't work all that well because of the low speeds, but I'm thinking of installing a planing board under the stern something like an outboard "wing" to get the boat up on plane and level the boat under power, while not affecting low speed operation.

Anyone ever hear of such a thing?