What have you done for your boat lately?

[Jake Watrous]

I sorta' hate to be nit picky, but those aren't oars. They are beautiful canoe paddles. They deserve to be called paddles. Nice work!

Thanks for the kind words. I grew up with rowboats and drift boats as the only paddle craft, so despite kayaking a lot in adulthood sometimes I slip up. For some reason in my brain, perhaps because this is my first canoe, kayaks use paddles and everything else is an oar. I appreciate the correction—words matter.

 

[PhilR]

Wow, you guys all do beautiful work. For something less beautiful, I rednecked a stripping mat for the front deck of my drifter. Cuts way down on tangles.

 

[RRSmith]

Wow, you guys all do beautiful work. For something less beautiful, I rednecked a stripping mat for the front deck of my drifter. Cuts way down on tangles.

I love this! I may have to try something similar for my fly fishing scow...

 

[Matt B]

Finally got my transom fixed up!

Please help me fix my transom - advice needed!

Item 1: I’ve got an early 90s riveted aluminum smokercraft that a previous owner drilled into the transom, and screwed and glued on some wood blocks. (Maybe for sonar? And also for wheels I think) some of that hardware is corroding, and I don’t have the wheels, so I want to just get rid of all...

pnwflyfishing.com

 

[rotato]

Not my boat but I built this for an Alaskan seiner
Kinda tricky as it had to go through the hatch in two pieces

Hope it’s not a horrible thread drift

 

[Buzzy]

View attachment 68420Not my boat but I built this for an Alaskan seiner
Kinda tricky as it had to go through the hatch in two pieces

Hope it’s not a horrible thread drift

Beautiful!

 

[rotato]

Beautiful!

In a classic fish boat initiation, I came in and saw a dripping can of varnish plopped right on the new counter.
Sheesh
At least leave the harbor before you f it up

 

[Greg Armstrong]

Only the classiest seiners had teak interiors. Beautiful work!

 

[rotato]

Only the classiest seiners had teak interiors. Beautiful work!

But they don’t have a photographed wood printed on plastic cabin sole

 

[Jake Watrous]

Took it for an outing with its little sister (made during the pandemic).

 

[Chucker]

I have been doing lots of outboard maintenance. It’s not photogenic like the woodwork you guys are doing!

 

[Matt B]

Finally got to use the boat I’ve been working on. The kids had a blast and asked if we could do it again next weekend. Warms a tired Dad’s heart.

 

[Jake Watrous]

Started in on the matching accessories.

Edit: Experimentations with epoxy to make a vise board to stay on theme and also see if the boat's net needs epoxy work.

Version 1:

Version 2:

 

[Chucker]

Started in on the matching accessories.View attachment 68829View attachment 68830

Steam bent, or just laminated?

 

[Jake Watrous]

Steam bent, or just laminated?

Milled down some strips leftover from the canoe then heat bent them into shape. Too long for the steam box made for the stems of the canoe, and too long to soak in the bathtub.

The next step is to figure out handle length (I’m thinking 72” overall including the 16x24.75" hoop) and dry fit everything. Then shape the handle, glue/epoxy it all together, add inner and outer net stringing grooves and holes, add fiberglass to the hoop, oil the handle, string the net, and stick a salmon in it.

 

[up2nogood]

New 100 amp Lithium battery for my pontoon boat , sure won’t miss that heavy AGM .

 

[EmergingFisher]

Changing the impeller for some reason.


Took it out the other day and after several hours basically at idle speed it over heated. This is an old used 15hp I’ve just started using and tinkering around with. Been running well overall. Figured I might as well finally change lower gear case oil and grab an impeller just in case it needed it when I got in there. It did. And the oil was gnarly so fresh stuff should be helpful. Now I just have to work out and replace the couple of sheared off bolts for the gear case housing and it will be back on the water eventually. Probably not tomorrow morning like I hoped…

 

[Zak]

All around awesome guy @Phil K came over today and we (well mostly he) took every wood and leather piece out, cleaned and oiled them, scrubbed the inside of the boat, and put it all back together. It was a 20-year tune up for my dory, and that boat was thirsty!

Thanks, @Phil K !

 

[krusty]

Started in on the matching accessories.View attachment 68829View attachment 68830

Edit: Experimentations with epoxy to make a vise board to stay on theme and also see if the boat's net needs epoxy work.

Version 1:
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Version 2:
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Version 2 is simply breathtakingly beautiful. Doubly so to a Norvise enthusiast such as myself. Bravo!

 

[Jake Watrous]

Version 2 is simply breathtakingly beautiful. Doubly so to a Norvise enthusiast such as myself. Bravo!

Thanks!