"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
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KLC .. there are still lots of wooden boats, both sail and power, up where
I keep my boat.

Years ago, I almost bought a wooden sloop. Built by Bud McIntosh up near
Dover, NH as I recall.

I backed off after the survey. Had rot in the transom.

Well, last spring ................ yup. There she was "The Toddy ll".

And she was still beautiful. She needed some TLC but there is just
something about a wood boat.

Strip plank boats are rather easy to build. Hard to repair though. With
the new epoxy's, I'd build a strip plank boat in a heart beat.

I don't know much about the cold molded boats. My teacher at my Power
Squadron course said they are very sweet. He used to own a Hinkley. If
he thinks they are sweet ;;;;;;;;;;;; they are sweet.

I was told the other day that a couple of boat builders down east will
build the hull for a customer and they the owner gets to finish her.

Using strip plank and lots of epoxy .. bet one could get a very nice hull.

Bob has that fever .. wood boat fever. This can be a very dangerous
condition.

Bob ,, if you are reading ... I know of a wooden sloop built in the early
1950's that is for sale. You would not know it to look at her, that is
for sure.

There is another beauty down east which is owned by a minister that I've
seen. She is spectacular. And she is strip plank with lots of epoxy.

The minister loves her, he just can't keep up with her and the flock at
the same time.

If wood is what you want .. go for it.

Just don't tell yourself that we are exagerating about the work involved.

It is ................ hours .................... and hours
.................... and hours ................. of work to keep up a wood
boat.

And .. if it is done right ?

Worth every minute.


Back in 93 or so when we were looking for our first boat, we found a wooden
schooner up in Alameda by the name of "Manu Re-re" ("flying bird).
Magnificent boat, I fell in love with her immediately. About 34 feet on deck
IIRC, plus bowsprit and boomkin for a LOA of around 40'. She was born in
1959, giving me an immediate affinity for her as we shared birth years. Two
deck houses, tiller, tops'l, gaff rig...she was a beauty. But she needed
refastening, my husband hated the tiller and refused to consider a wooden
boat, and so we passed her by for a CT-41 that ended up having such rot in
her deckhouse that we had to completely rebuild it.

In the end, we may well have been ahead to have bought Manu Re-re. I want a
do-over! lol