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Some Good Boat Maintenance Videos
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:55:42 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:39:41 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:27:35 -0400, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:39:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Say, that's quite a series. My rickety old 27' cavalier was wood and though well maintained after a while the plywood hull started to delaminates and I couldn't keep up with it. It finally went the way if Gillian's island. But in the time I had the boat. Oh man what a blast! It would be fun to be the guy's 'apprentice' for a month, or however long it takes, build a boat with him, and then cart the boat home. Wonder how much he'd charge for such an experience. He put a hell of an effort into making those videos, let alone the work he did on the boat. === I get the feeling that Lou would work on boats just for the fun of it, even if no one was paying him. The videography is being underwritten by Jamestown Distributors as a way to showcase their products and I'd imagine that he is under contract with them. Oh well, just a thought. === There are places where you can build a boat under expert supervision and instruction. One that I have visited several times is called the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine. http://www.thewoodenboatschool.com/ There are probably others but I've spent quite a lot of time in Maine over the years relatively close to their location. It's a great place to visit in the summer even if you're not enrolled in the school. I kind of recall seeing some campers parked there which would be an interesting possibility for you. A place closer to you that might offer an opportunity is the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St Michaels, Maryland. You'd have to check with them. Another possibility is Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. |
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Some Good Boat Maintenance Videos
On Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:54:39 UTC-3, Bill wrote:
Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:39:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Say, that's quite a series. My rickety old 27' cavalier was wood and though well maintained after a while the plywood hull started to delaminates and I couldn't keep up with it. It finally went the way if Gillian's island. But in the time I had the boat. Oh man what a blast! It would be fun to be the guy's 'apprentice' for a month, or however long it takes, build a boat with him, and then cart the boat home. Wonder how much he'd charge for such an experience. He put a hell of an effort into making those videos, let alone the work he did on the boat. At the Maritime Museum in San Francisco, they have building wooden boat classes. You get to build one for yourself. Used to do the same at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. Small sail & rowing boats and then kayaks. Lady two doors up joined a class to build a wooden kayak and is still going on excursions all over the province with friends she made there...and she's in her early '70s. https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/ |
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Some Good Boat Maintenance Videos
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:58:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: - show quoted text - I almost bought a wood boat but I sobered up ;-) .... I bought a wood boat and didn't sober up. I was in my 20s 😜😑 |
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Some Good Boat Maintenance Videos
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:23:45 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:05:13 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:55:42 -0400, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:39:41 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:27:35 -0400, Poco Deplorevole wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:39:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Say, that's quite a series. My rickety old 27' cavalier was wood and though well maintained after a while the plywood hull started to delaminates and I couldn't keep up with it. It finally went the way if Gillian's island. But in the time I had the boat. Oh man what a blast! It would be fun to be the guy's 'apprentice' for a month, or however long it takes, build a boat with him, and then cart the boat home. Wonder how much he'd charge for such an experience. He put a hell of an effort into making those videos, let alone the work he did on the boat. === I get the feeling that Lou would work on boats just for the fun of it, even if no one was paying him. The videography is being underwritten by Jamestown Distributors as a way to showcase their products and I'd imagine that he is under contract with them. Oh well, just a thought. === There are places where you can build a boat under expert supervision and instruction. One that I have visited several times is called the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine. http://www.thewoodenboatschool.com/ There are probably others but I've spent quite a lot of time in Maine over the years relatively close to their location. It's a great place to visit in the summer even if you're not enrolled in the school. I kind of recall seeing some campers parked there which would be an interesting possibility for you. A place closer to you that might offer an opportunity is the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St Michaels, Maryland. You'd have to check with them. Another possibility is Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. I think it would be fun, but I don't need another boat! === You could probably sell it if it was well built, or give it to the kids or grand kids. One of our friends went to a boat building school with his grandson last year and they had a lot of fun. |
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