wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr

I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:12:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr

I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!

Damn, 550hp ought to move it right along!

Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:12:23 -0400, Alex wrote:

wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr

I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.

It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!
Damn, 550hp ought to move it right along!


They are heavy, flat-bottomed, boats and not as efficient as you might
think. That's a 45mph boat at best.

On 4/24/17 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr


I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!


I remember the Sunday mornings we'd be awakened by the noise of a pair
of airboats driven by assholes tearing up the marshlands along the
ICW...and I mean "tearing up." I'm sure you would have been among them,
given the opportunity. Their persona non grata status was made official
somehow as a result of excessive noise. I was hopeful their running over
an oyster bed might perforate the bottoms of their boats but, alas, as
far as I know, it didn't happen.

This company:

http://stur-deeboat.com/amesbury-dory/

makes very nice dory style small boats that can be equipped with seats
and a console. My dad bought and sold dozens and dozens of these boats
when they were made of wood. We knew the original owner, who died a few
years ago. I crossed LI Sound in one of these boats with a 15 hp
Evinrude on the stern. I think I was about 10 or 11, something like
that. Straight over to Port Jeff.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:49:48 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 4/24/17 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr


I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!


I remember the Sunday mornings we'd be awakened by the noise of a pair
of airboats driven by assholes tearing up the marshlands along the
ICW...and I mean "tearing up." I'm sure you would have been among them,
given the opportunity. Their persona non grata status was made official
somehow as a result of excessive noise. I was hopeful their running over
an oyster bed might perforate the bottoms of their boats but, alas, as
far as I know, it didn't happen.

Why do you find it necessary to be so assholish? Do you think that's endearing to someone?

You write a paragraph like the above, assholish, and then add a paragraph like below. I suppose the
paragraph below is to show that you're 'one of the guys'. But, when I read it I see 'bull****'
written all over the last few sentences.

This company:

http://stur-deeboat.com/amesbury-dory/

makes very nice dory style small boats that can be equipped with seats
and a console. My dad bought and sold dozens and dozens of these boats
when they were made of wood. We knew the original owner, who died a few
years ago. I crossed LI Sound in one of these boats with a 15 hp
Evinrude on the stern. I think I was about 10 or 11, something like
that. Straight over to Port Jeff.

Bullahit.Sounds like another Cape Horn story. Did you get a fireboat welcome at Port Jeff?

On 4/25/17 6:59 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:49:48 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 4/24/17 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr


I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!


I remember the Sunday mornings we'd be awakened by the noise of a pair
of airboats driven by assholes tearing up the marshlands along the
ICW...and I mean "tearing up." I'm sure you would have been among them,
given the opportunity. Their persona non grata status was made official
somehow as a result of excessive noise. I was hopeful their running over
an oyster bed might perforate the bottoms of their boats but, alas, as
far as I know, it didn't happen.

Why do you find it necessary to be so assholish? Do you think that's endearing to someone?

You write a paragraph like the above, assholish, and then add a paragraph like below. I suppose the
paragraph below is to show that you're 'one of the guys'. But, when I read it I see 'bull****'
written all over the last few sentences.

This company:

http://stur-deeboat.com/amesbury-dory/

makes very nice dory style small boats that can be equipped with seats
and a console. My dad bought and sold dozens and dozens of these boats
when they were made of wood. We knew the original owner, who died a few
years ago. I crossed LI Sound in one of these boats with a 15 hp
Evinrude on the stern. I think I was about 10 or 11, something like
that. Straight over to Port Jeff.

Bullahit.Sounds like another Cape Horn story. Did you get a fireboat welcome at Port Jeff?


It's not my fault you spent your childhood shooting tree rats so you
could have dinner at night.

As for Port Jeff, it was about 12 miles max from our beach cottage. In
that range, maybe a bit less. You could see where to go because there
were large smokestacks just east of the harbor, and if you steered just
a hair west of them, you'd end up in Port Jefferson. The harbor entrance
was really small, so once you got over to long island, you'd have to
search a bit.

But, of course, you didn't do much boating as a kid.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:00:35 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 4/25/17 6:59 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:49:48 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 4/24/17 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr


I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!


I remember the Sunday mornings we'd be awakened by the noise of a pair
of airboats driven by assholes tearing up the marshlands along the
ICW...and I mean "tearing up." I'm sure you would have been among them,
given the opportunity. Their persona non grata status was made official
somehow as a result of excessive noise. I was hopeful their running over
an oyster bed might perforate the bottoms of their boats but, alas, as
far as I know, it didn't happen.

Why do you find it necessary to be so assholish? Do you think that's endearing to someone?

You write a paragraph like the above, assholish, and then add a paragraph like below. I suppose the
paragraph below is to show that you're 'one of the guys'. But, when I read it I see 'bull****'
written all over the last few sentences.

This company:

http://stur-deeboat.com/amesbury-dory/

makes very nice dory style small boats that can be equipped with seats
and a console. My dad bought and sold dozens and dozens of these boats
when they were made of wood. We knew the original owner, who died a few
years ago. I crossed LI Sound in one of these boats with a 15 hp
Evinrude on the stern. I think I was about 10 or 11, something like
that. Straight over to Port Jeff.

Bullahit.Sounds like another Cape Horn story. Did you get a fireboat welcome at Port Jeff?


It's not my fault you spent your childhood shooting tree rats so you
could have dinner at night.

As for Port Jeff, it was about 12 miles max from our beach cottage. In
that range, maybe a bit less. You could see where to go because there
were large smokestacks just east of the harbor, and if you steered just
a hair west of them, you'd end up in Port Jefferson. The harbor entrance
was really small, so once you got over to long island, you'd have to
search a bit.

But, of course, you didn't do much boating as a kid.

And I don't have to make up kid stories in the hopes of getting attention.

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/24/17 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
wrote:
Well, it's finally finished and it looks great. In the last episode
Lou takes it out and sea trials it with a Yamaha 50, runs great.

It's now listed for sale on EBAY (without outboard), and bidding is up
to $17,000 as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFv9SO_8lQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-16-wooden-work-skiff-built-by-Louis-Sauzedde-on-Tips-from-a-Shipwright-/201900564523?hash=item2f0236202b:g:3QoAAOSw5UZY-ngE&vxp=mtr



I'd like to see it with a small center console and helm seat but then
it wouldn't be a work boat. It's too pretty for hauling crab pots or
oyster tonging in any case.


It's nice but I would rather have this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/622597157

My $45,000 bid didn't do it and I would have been surprised if it did!


I remember the Sunday mornings we'd be awakened by the noise of a pair
of airboats driven by assholes tearing up the marshlands along the
ICW...and I mean "tearing up." I'm sure you would have been among
them, given the opportunity. Their persona non grata status was made
official somehow as a result of excessive noise. I was hopeful their
running over an oyster bed might perforate the bottoms of their boats
but, alas, as far as I know, it didn't happen.

This company:

http://stur-deeboat.com/amesbury-dory/

makes very nice dory style small boats that can be equipped with seats
and a console. My dad bought and sold dozens and dozens of these boats
when they were made of wood. We knew the original owner, who died a
few years ago. I crossed LI Sound in one of these boats with a 15 hp
Evinrude on the stern. I think I was about 10 or 11, something like
that. Straight over to Port Jeff.


Airboats have thick polymer on the hulls to protect them from branches
and other debris. Some people run theirs on dry ground. When the
polymer is worn, it's replaced.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:08:12 -0400, Alex wrote:

Airboats have thick polymer on the hulls to protect them from branches
and other debris. Some people run theirs on dry ground. When the
polymer is worn, it's replaced.

I am old and it has been a while but the guys in Everglades City were
running regular aluminum hulls in the 80s-90s with big V-8s and a
prop.
45 is still a fast boat tho. You don't really want to be going that
fast if you are actually in the swamp running around tho. This isn't
about speed, it is about getting anywhere you want to go. Some of the
hard core guys had nitrous systems to get off that hump they were
stuck on.

wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:08:12 -0400, Alex wrote:

Airboats have thick polymer on the hulls to protect them from branches
and other debris. Some people run theirs on dry ground. When the
polymer is worn, it's replaced.
I am old and it has been a while but the guys in Everglades City were
running regular aluminum hulls in the 80s-90s with big V-8s and a
prop.
45 is still a fast boat tho. You don't really want to be going that
fast if you are actually in the swamp running around tho. This isn't
about speed, it is about getting anywhere you want to go. Some of the
hard core guys had nitrous systems to get off that hump they were
stuck on.


The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!