On Feb 25, 2:50*am, Two meter troll wrote:
Ive got the wood milling for a sampan that i scaled up to thirty feet.
going to build it as a study for a *50'X16' or so foot junk.



How about a:
Texas Gulf Scow Scooner
Casco Bay Scow Scooner
San Fransisco has a great scow..... ALMA


Ya cant get more utilitarian, easier and faster to build, and cheep to
maintain (depending on materials) in any material. Hell, 2x6 lam beams
and that 4'x8'x7/8" tung and grove sub floor stuff. Dam stout with
epoxy glass cover. Think work boats..... they used availible materials
and galvanized fittings cause, "hell its just a work boat."

Personnaly Id go with a 60' scow scooner with twin lee boards. maybe
in aluminum or lam beams and plywood expoxy
Christ, you could haul Oregon xmas trees and cord fire wood south for
the CA market. Park it on the mud somplace up the sacramento maybe
Brentwood? Drink beer and let the californians give you fists of
money.

Fast, stout, beautiful scows.... ummmm my dream boat!

bob