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Wow, once again good looking boats and high quality work!
Rick Newman
Did you make all of your boat's hardware? Your anchor "pod" is beautiful and your anchor setup is great. Appears to simple, strong and functional. Great job.
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Eric, what kind of paint are you using? For those of us that don't spray paint a lot would you tell us more in a blog? That would be really helpful to me and hopefully others.
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Nice work!
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Robb, now all you need is a covered deck and a spray skirt on that one. Great story and great job on the rebuild/restore.
Rick Newman
PS Don't forget to build in a hidden banana compartment too!
Winston and Jeremy, you are more than welcome! I am happy that this resource exists so people can share their knowledge. I was just in Missoula a few weeks ago on my way to Billings for a meeting.
Post more pics and we can all see what is happening…
I remember standing nipple deep in an Avon Pro on the Main Salmon when my kayak buddy signaled a different route down the left side of a unremembered rapid. The bailing was both vigorous and long. When we floated the Middle Fork in Lower Main Salmon…
Thanks! I am looking for an alternative wooden boat for Salmon River and similar whitewater rivers that could stand up to inundation of water and yet not be too heavy for an old guy to move around. I'll Google the Ouzel and see what I can find. I wi…
As I looked over your Fretwater Press web site and looked into the books you publish and so on, especially the Grand Circle Field School it reminded me of the times I have spent in the river canyons of Idaho. I may have joked that you were suffering…
I like your plaque, it adds a touch of subtle class to your build. I have seen the "Fretwater" sign hanging on the wall in your shop and have often wondered exactly how the name came about. My supposition is you are involved in the playing of music…
Fortunately this topic has been well examined so there are many posts to look at and review. You can do a search, see the search bar at top right of page or you can read through the discussions which can be accessed by clicking on the view all butto…
I had to look around a bit to solve your question. I noticed that there was a "View All" prompt under the pictures and blogs and such so I looked and there is similar one under Forum Posts. I clicked on it and 51 pages of forums could be accessed. H…
The Main will be a joy for you. Many fewer rapids, much more time to recover between and even a couple of hot springs. You can carry more weight than you can on the Middle Fork. Go for it! Glad I could be of help.
Happy Waves to You,
Rick Newman
Nice setup, how do you get through town with that sticking up? What a great place to sail, some really great scenery. What is a Tirfor griphoist?
Enjoy your summer!
Rick Newman
Steven, take a gander at this site http://montana-riverboats.com/ .There you will find information on stitch and glue drift boat building. If you do searches back through the 14,000 entries on the accompanying forum there you will find a wealth of k…
Nice job on the that "Brown" , could be a world record!
Also your boat's interior looks swell. What did you use?
Is there a trailer there so i could tow that beauty back to Washington State while you're gone?
I'll bet that catching a "Brown" that…
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- Hometown:
- Ellensburg, WA
- About Me:
- Two wood boat's now. Well at least parts for two boats. One you can see on here with a side needing replacement and a Tatman kit needing assembly. I spent years of guiding and running 2000 lb rafts on Lower Main Salmon, also white water kayaking, solo whitewater canoes, 18.5' Wenonah Odyssey canoe for lakes, certified canoe instructor, then kids, then to Watershed Boats fiberglass boats for fishing, my fishing partner had to sell boat so now it's time for me to start. I really appreciate the craftsmanship displayed by the wooden boats on this site. Thanks for putting this together!
- Boats I own:
- Wenonah 18.5 Odessey Kevlar canoe, Bronco XL Pontoon Boat, Framed style 14' unknown manufacter wood boat, 16' 6" Tatman kit.
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Thanks for taking us along!
Tom, thanks for the photos! I continue to enjoy your photos and the sharing of the story of GEM 1. Your boat looks great and the photo of when you were smiling after an hour on the water said it all! Keep up the good work.
Rick Newman
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Posted on February 1, 2010 at 6:31am —
Comment Wall (49 comments)
- At 5:07pm on April 28, 2010,
Jason Knight said… - Rick,
It was a pleasure meeting you as well. We had a really fun time hanging around and talking with you guys. Learned a lot just looking around and getting ideas. The boat show makes we want to build another boat... we won't even go there right now. ha
I sure hope I get to go fishing again! haha that was funny.
See my angle on fishing is that I will just convince Christine to go with me... some summertime dry fly fishing on the AuSable... cold beverage in hand... haha. Well that's my strategy! sticking with it!
My email is: abstract_72@me.com if you wanted to send anything direct.
Again great meeting you, and hope to see you guys again soon.
Jason
- At 7:17am on April 2, 2010,
Greg Hatten said… - Hey rick... here's my email address - greg.hatten@gmail.com Hope you can make it down here in a couple of weeks!!
- At 9:03pm on November 17, 2009,
Wil Bake said… - No prob on the newb. I owe it everyone else here to help out a fellow wood boater! It looks like there may only be 5 in my group, but I don't know yet. I wont know anything for sure until next week anyway. Odds are we would probably just meet you at Bogans on Friday morning the 27th or maybe Saturday depending on when you would be able to make it. We'll keep in touch.
- At 8:21pm on November 16, 2009,
Will Kimball said… - Hi Rick, Thanks for the words of welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. I really enjoyed taking them. I checked out your photo album. You've got some really nice shots and details of some fine woodworking. The one that really sticks in my mind is that green Keith Steele boat rebuilt by Woodie Hindman. (What a great name for a boat-builder/woodoworker) with the beer bottles in the holders, cushioned seats and cushioned brace at the front. That is just way more style that I have ever achieved. You might say that my boats have always been very "functional" which is shorthand for pretty spartan stuff! I may need to rethink that and add some trappings to my boat like that. The compass point inlay was great too. Looks like you got some of those photos at a boat show on the McKenzie? Is that right? Anyhow, talk at you later.
Will
- At 10:33am on November 16, 2009,
Wil Bake said…
- Well, the first float went great. My buddy and I had a lot of fun, the weather was nice, and we each caught a fish! The boat was great. We went through a few nice rapids in the class II or III range. Maybe it is just because it is mine, but think that this probably the best handling boat I have ever rowed!
- At 9:59pm on November 12, 2009,
Wil Bake said…
- Finally finished the boat! I'm taking it out this weekend to see if I can pick up some steelhead on the salmon. The weather is going to be horrible, but I can't wait. We are going to be headed to the Ronde the day after thanksgiving. Leaving town Friday morning (really early) and probably fish through sunday morning. They is going to be 4-5 people. Some will just be wading, some floating, so you can do either. We will probably end up staying in Lewiston. If you are still interested, let me know and I'll update you on the particulars next week.
- At 10:47pm on October 6, 2009,
Wil Bake said…
- Hi Rick, sorry I haven't got back to you sooner, but I have been super busy. I have to get the boat done... Well here is what is going on at the moment. I was hoping to head up to the Ronde on the 17th but that isn't going to happen. If I am lucky, I will try to head up the weekend of the 24th, but I just don't know yet. I'll keep you posted. Otherwise, I wont make it until Thanksgiving weekend. If you have a chance to go this month I would say go ahead and go because I don't know what I am going to be able to do. The fishing should be great. My buddy is going up on the 16th, I'll let you know the report. I added a couple pictures of the boat. You should check them out.
- At 9:11pm on September 23, 2009,
Wil Bake said…
- Hey Rick! Just wanted to let you know of my upcoming fishing schedule. I should have the boat done by mid october...YEA!!! I may be heading up to the Ronde (WA side) around the end of October. That trip is still tentative. However, I will definately be going the weekend after Thanksgiving. There will be several guys there and we will only have my drift boat so some of us will be floating and some will be wadeing. I am temped to float from bogans to the mouth on an overnight trip. Let me know if you are interested and I'll keep you informed...
- At 1:46pm on September 16, 2009,
Lew Vaughn said… - Rant on Rick ! Believe me , I get it !! I'm sure there is a lot going on out there. I just haven't see a lot of it here. Dunno, maybe i'm looking in the wrong places. I've also had to make myself stop buying books and magazines so I can afford stuff like...wood @!!!! I tend do do more reading than actual building if I'm not carefull !! Later, LV
- At 8:37am on September 15, 2009,
Lew Vaughn said…
- Thanks Rick. I feel like I may be a little out of the "mainstream" as there is not much of a demand for drift boats in North Texas, Come to think of it, although my interests now tend to lean in a more traditional direction, there is not much hand built of anything in this part of the country anymore !! Pity. It just makes me more commited.
P.S. There is some beautiful handiwork represented on this websight LV
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