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"One interesting question not yet asked is:  "What would that boat have looked like if it had been a stitch and glue boat?"   ....particularly so if the gunwales had been a solid glue-up lamination wrapped in glass.  My guess…"

"Ha ha!  Yeah I know.  I'm dumb founded myself.  I ended up loosing this deal to a local.  Too bad I didn't live closer.  Oh well, it's probably for the better.  Now I'm going to put one together from…"

"I want to hear the story of how that happened to the boat, my guess is that the rower was text messaging, ha ha"

"The owner is interested in trading a 12 pack for everything.  So yeah, it's a great deal.  I'll probably end up paying a buddy $50 to pick it up but that's super worth it.  It'll give me a chance to really study a…"

"If $20.00 is not a typo and You have room in Your work area then I,d say You made a great deal;too bad it was crashed so badly,put there is 20$ worth of hardware in two feet of boat. good luck building new boat or salvaging that one."

"Thanks for the info!  Dutch's post was great.  The salvaged boat and all the gear will be had for $20.  I think that's well worth it considering the savings in materials.  It will also give me a rough…"

"Very nice post!  It's inspired me to take on a project very similar to yours.  I was going to buy a functional dory from a guy in CO recently barring he made it down the mighty Colorado in it's current high water state.  He…"

"Is this salvageable? I do have a few more pics of the boat.  He has reduced the price considerably.  I know I could use the anchor, oars, seat, trailer, ect on a new boat build, but is it possible to recover a boat from such a crash?"

"Here is one last photo.."

"Chapter 11 is designed to help the reader understand how the traditional drift boats hang together and I use the McKenzie double-ender with transom for illustrative purposes. The lines and construction detail of ten of the 13 boats I have…"

"Jake - I sure will let you know as things progress.  I'm in no hurry to build.  I want to understand everything prior to getting started.  Also, I'm saving my money and piecing it together as I get the money.  Right now…"

"Joe,   I too mostly fish the rivers out east of the divided and guide on the Smith River when I'm not working for the fire dept.  Rogers book is awesome and he's a great resource as well, I read the book cover to coever and still…"

"Hi Jake, Thanks for the reply.  I have been having a tough time deciding.  I did purchase Roger's book.  Although I have not gotten it yet.  I will be taking a good look at the boats in there for sure.  I've also…"

"Joe, I'm on the same search as you. I just sold my Clackacraft and think I have finally settled on building 2 boats to fit my needs. I live in Missoula and as I found the rivers out here compared to Oregon are freestone with not allot of…"

"If you build without a strong back make sure you check for twists.  The last boat I built stitch and glue I used a beam to attach the temporary frames.  All the temporary frames were lined up before the side and bottom were glued on.…"

"The Rapid Robert is designed to be built free form -- no strongback or jig. The frames serve to give the boat its shape. The building technique for this boat therefore reduces time and costs. Stitch and glue construction is different and…"