On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:13:26 -0400, HK wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jul 22, 5:58?am, HK wrote:
Midlant wrote:
http://www.hughsaint.com/
Pretty boats. While there are some really attractive fiberglass boats
being built these days, some are just plain eyesores. These "old school"
wood boats all have classic lines.

"Old School" wood boats?

Harry, these are cold molded (hardly old school) and overlaid with
Dynel roving cloth. There is some mahogany in the deck planks and in
the frames:

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We build entirely in the WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique) method
for logevity and low upkeep. Framework and outer planking are of the
finest pattern grade Honduras mahogany. Inner planking is African
(Okoume) mahogany imported from France. Construction time averages
twelve months for runabouts and 1 1/2 to 2 years for larger boats. All
painted surfaces are sheathed with Dynel cloth, which is 6 times more
abrasive-resistent than fiberglass.

End Quote.

But it's nice to see that you're no longer sensitive to any mention of
a boat manufacturer or product for sale. (especially four year old
Parkers with 115 hours on the meter) :-)



By "old school," I was referring to the look, not to the method of
manufacture. Oh...while the wood molding process is more modern, there's
also nothing new about molding mahogany into beautiful boats. In the
1950s, Wolverine and Yellow Jacket manufactured some damned tasty boats
with molded mahogany.

My objection to commercialization here never had a thing to do with
individuals selling their boats, or even businesses hawking their
product or services, and everything to do with the sort of boat
manufacturer pimping you do here.

As for my pattern of use, it's not particularly relevant. Where I keep
my boat, I can get to good fishing spots in 15 minutes to an hour of
running the engine. So, it's easy to spend the entire day fishing and
not have the engine on for more than hour on some trips. I can cross
Chesapeake Bay in 15-20 minutes and drift fish for flounder all day long
without starting the engine up for the return home. You can do these
sorts of things when your boat cruises easily at 25-30 mph.

Note that this 'drift fishing' must be done on a totally windless day.
Either that or the Yo Ho is aground!
--
John H