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Reginald P. Smithers III[_9_]

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:48:33 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

HK wrote:
wrote:

And quite frankly, his post about building dinghys and such in his
dad's shops does not square with the impressions he has given in the
past. I tend to doubt he has ever built a boat.... But that is just my
opinion based on things he has said that would somewhat exclude him
for a group of folks who I think understand construction and
implementation of the tool... beyond what he has read. I also suspect
he was typical dock rat, hanging around his dad's marina hoping to
pick up some of the leftovers from the boarders... Anyone remember
those little assh**es?

We built dinghies that looked very much like yours, and rowboats that
were somewhat more stout. Sold them for a couple of hundred dollars to
boaters who wanted something cheap to use to row from the marina dock
out to their mooring. We had a very small assembly line out in a metal
storage shed. The frames were cut out, and then the hullsides, bottoms,
et cetera, were cut using patterns out of sheets of marine ply. It
wasn't rocket science then, and it certainly isn't now.

Those who wanted a tow-behind dink usually ended up buying one of Dyer's
offerings, not a plywood tippydoodle. If the buyer wanted a more robust
rowboat, Dad had factory-made dories and rowboats that were suitable.

There isn't a boat you built on your website I would have taken out of a
small cove on Long Island Sound, unless, of course, I had a death wish.

My father didn't allow liveaboarders at his marina. Couple of nights, a
long weekend, fine. No longer. In those days, everyone seemed to
appreciate that. There weren't many rules at the marina, but the ones
there were were posted and enforced.

As I said, he did it bigger and better.

Yeah, but he does have a loyal following here, you know

Just because someone does not confront someone, does not mean they agree
or believe what they say. Some people prefer to ignore negative behavior.

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