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What To Do With a Wood Boat In Jackson?

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AJ DeRosa replied to Dave Z's discussion 'Drift Pram?'

Dave, You will love your river pram. Here's one that rolled out of Jimmy Farmers shop here in Jackson Hole several years ago. Ray and Cyrus kitted out the hull for us and we fitted the interior. This was designed as a Snake River Fishing Pram a…

August 29

AJ DeRosa replied to Brant Jaouen's discussion 'What To Do With a Wood Boat In Jackson?'

Brant, Sorry to hear about your accident. Several driftboats suffer the same fate every year here in Jackson Hole. The story is always the same, "my friend, wife, brother,etc. was at the oars". Most of these accidents are avoidable with a little mo…

August 3

AJ DeRosa replied to Dan Burr's discussion 'Spruce Oars'

Dan, The very best spruce oars I have used are made by the guys at www.barkleysoundoars.com . I get mine from Ray Heater. You can order direct from Barkley Sound. Even with shipping they are a very good price.

June 17

AJ DeRosa replied to Steven Miller's discussion 'Question: Epoxy, Bondo, Paint; can I do that?'

When building with epoxy, as most of us do, it is very easy to mix your own "putty" by adding various fillers to what ever epoxy you are using. Wood flour. micro balloons, silica, etc are all thickening agents that work for various different applica…

June 1

Rick Newman replied to AJ DeRosa's discussion 'Oil Finish 101 ( for stitch and glue guys)'

do a search here on the searcfunction. It is mentioned several times, also look for oil finish or go to Dave Z's site The Happy Trout Chronicles. Good luck. Rick Newman

May 14

Steven Miller replied to AJ DeRosa's discussion 'Oil Finish 101 ( for stitch and glue guys)'

Ok, "boat soup"?

May 14

Dave Borba commented on AJ DeRosa's event '10th Annual Snake River Wooden Boat Show'

Me & Lil' AJ are hopin' to make it! We're pullin' off of Deso on the 28th.... We're aimin' for J-Hole the very next day, if the Jeep and the wallet are able :) We've been missin' y'all up there, & once again another winter has come & gone without us…

May 11

Dave Borba might attend AJ DeRosa's event

10th Annual Snake River Wooden Boat Show at Wilson Bridge Boat Ramp

May 29, 2010 from 10am to 3pm

10th Annual Snake River wooden Boat Show

May 11

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Owner/ Operator Wooden Boat River Tours Since 1978

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http://www.woodboattours.com

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Ray Heater 17x54, Ray Heater 20x69, 1995 Ray Heater Rapid Robert, 1963 John Ostrem 14x46, 1953 Woodir Hindman 16x48

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In place plywood scarf. For Rick

Rick,

I think this will help you on the repair you are working on. When ply wood that is in place needs to be scarfed it can be done with a lap scarf. Not as neat and clean as a tapered scarf but it works. Basically you need to cut the mating surfaces in half to fit into each other. This can be done with a hand held router and a chisel. Set your router at 1/8" when working on a 1/4"panel and cut a checker board pattern. Use a chisel to clean it up.

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Posted on March 22, 2009 at 7:39am — 2 Comments

Ed's boat is back on the water.

Those folks who attended last year's McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival might remember an old green boat that was missing a transom that sat atop an old open wheeled trailer. LeRoy Pruitt recognized the boat as having belonged to his friend Edsel Chase. The boat was built in 1953.
On Thursday March 19th 2009 Ed's boat splashed into the Snake River. Floating the river in a wooden boat doesn't usually happen at this time of year in Jackson Hole but the day was right and Ed's boat was willing. Nev… Continue

Posted on March 20, 2009 at 9:01pm — 12 Comments

9th Annual Snake River Wooden Boat Show

On Saturday May 23rd Wooden Boat River Tours will present the 9th Annual Snake River Wooden Boat Show. The Show will take place from 10am until 3pm at the Wilson Bridge boat access on Hwy 22 one mile east of the town of Wilson, WY. The show is open to anyone who would like to show their wooden driftboat.

Events. On the day of the show a boat parade will commence at 3pm. We will float a 7 1/2 mile stretch from the Wilson Bridge to Wooden Boat River Tours' riverside Tipi Camp for a light dinner a… Continue

Posted on January 24, 2009 at 7:41am — 3 Comments

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At 2:57pm on May 2, 2010, Jesse Ronnow said…: Aj,

You are a true gem. I do not feel picked on, so do not worry about that. I just want to learn. You've have certainly helped me do that and again I thank you. Here is another question for you. When a boat builder uses glass on the bottom, do you not come up over the chine cap? I was under the impression that you came up and over. That's why I was a little confused as to why the bed liner was a bad idea. If you do come up over the cap with glass it would seem as though that would make removing the chine cap just as hard with glass at it would be with a bed liner.

If you did not come up and over the chine cap, just covering the bottom of the boat, then it would seem to me that the bed liner would be as good from a protection stand point as the glass. The one big advantage to glass being it's slickness.

I did not have any major leaks in my boat at the time I put the bed liner on, however, I will freely admit that I did put it on to prevent any from occurring in the future. I viewed it as a much longer lasting, tougher, alternative to glass. However, based on your answer to the question above, I may have missed the point all together.

Thanks again for the information, you truly are a great resource. I am planning on coming to the show. I took some of your advice last year on the issues I was struggling with on trim and would love to have your input. Also, I am planning on building a new boat and am excited to look over some of the construction methods.

Thanks again,

Jesse

At 9:27pm on May 1, 2010, Jesse Ronnow said…: AJ,

I am "the guy" who left the post on using the truck bed liner for the old leaky framed boat. In that same post I mentioned several reasons I thought that the truck bed liner was a bad idea. In an effort to learn, was I on point with the reasons not to use the truck bed liner? If not what else am I missing? Other than not being able to access the chines, or the bottom for repair what are the other downfalls in using a truck bed liner on a framed boat.

I am going to venture a guess that you don't remember me from your show last year. You gave me some very helpful tips on the restore I was doing at the time. I don't know if I ever thanked you, so thank you. The insight was very helpful. I look forward at another opportunity to learn.

Thanks,
Jesse Ronnow

At 2:36pm on March 4, 2010, Jason Knight said…: AJ,
My girl Christine is going to be staying at the Spring Creek ranch this weekend. Is that near where you are? Anyways she is in town for Hockey Game fundraiser. Just thought I would give you a shout to see if you were near there.

Thanks,
jason

At 4:57pm on October 5, 2009, Jim Rubino said…: I will do that, and thanks so much. Good luck fishing.

At 7:46am on October 5, 2009, Jim Rubino said…: Hello There, my family and I were planning on bringing our wooden drift boat to Jackson the weekend of Oct. 16th, was wondering if you could recommend a scenic float around the Wilson area, my oldest son will probably fly-fish as well.

thanks for any information you can give.

Jim

At 9:08am on April 29, 2009, Rick Newman said…: AJ, it was great to meet you and your crew! Glad you guys could make it to the show. Thanks for all your assistance here on Wooden Boat People. I'm hoping to make your get together but it will be unlikely. Thanks again.

Rick Newman

At 5:58pm on January 25, 2009, Greg Hatten said…: Thanks for the info AJ... sounds great. I'll try to "craft" a plan to come over...
Greg

At 4:52pm on January 24, 2009, Greg Hatten said…: AJ - Your Boat Show looks very cool. How's the fishing over there in May?? I'm thinking about "fishing" my way over and back...
How many boats do you expect to have??
Thanks,
Greg