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Duncan MacLeod commented on Greg Hatten's photo

Snake River Boat Show

"Yeah, this is a great shot....sell it back to the tent company...."

Jun 2, 2011

Duncan MacLeod commented on Don Hanson's blog post Finished her up..15 May

"I must have driven by your shop the other day, on my way back from chasing Chinook on the Wind. Keep up the good work, and I'll keep an eye out for you on the Klick this year. Cheers! ;)"

May 18, 2011

Duncan MacLeod replied to Rick Wilson's discussion Stem Details

"I've got the same Spira boat I'm working on at the moment. Just fit the keelson the other day, milling up chine material and stuff now. There are few details, but you can look through some of the pics on the Spira website and…"

May 17, 2011

Duncan MacLeod commented on Brad Dimock's blog post Edith in Granite Falls

"Got your serious face on when battling the laterals along the wall. Nice work, fun to watch!"

May 7, 2011

Duncan MacLeod replied to Jess Alexander's discussion Headed out west!

"There's some great water near Denver for some drift runs....a classic Class II is what we used to call the "Milk Run" on the Arkansas up around Johnson's Village, CO (basically a truck stop near Buena Vista). You can run…"

Apr 6, 2011

Bryan Bowers commented on Duncan MacLeod's blog post Starting on frames

"https://picasaweb.google.com/southedisto/DriftBoatBuild?feat=directlink Love the Canadian. Good choice."

Mar 20, 2011

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Hometown:: Edmonds, WA

About Me:: I've run many rivers of the west in a hypalon barge, both commercially and for fun with a fly-rod. Now I'm looking to build a wooden boat and drift the great salmon/trout rivers of the Northwest. It's good to be home...

Website:: http://dmacleodsmusings.blogspot.com

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Starting on frames

Grabbed a couple of hours to work on the frames today. The plans are for a 14' Canadian, from Spira International. As others have observed, the plans come a little light on details, but all of the necessary information is there to calculate everything that's needed. A quick search for an online trig calculator, and I was off to the races!…

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Posted on March 19, 2011 at 4:01pm — 1 Comment

Every journey has a first step....

The strong back is up! It has been a battle to carve out even a little time to get this started, but I finally buckled down and did a quick trip to pick up some lumber. I was happy and surprised to find that Lowe's had some good looking select DF in 1x4, so I sorted through those and brought home about 72ft for the frames. That means I stand a reasonable chance of putting this strong back to its intended use, although not for the rest of this weekend or next week. Hoping to put aside…

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Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:21pm

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