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Motorin’

Posted on May 15, 2013 by timsboats

The rowing was a success on the first two outings. So I mounted up my 30 pound thrust trolling motor to give it a try.  I’ve had two outings with the motor. It works pretty good. She glides along nice and … Continue reading →

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Trunk installed

Posted on June 2, 2012 by timsboats

After a couple of weekends off from serious boat building I got back to some final assembly today. The centerboard trunk is now in for good. I glassed and epoxy/graphite powder coated the insides of the trunk and coated the … Continue reading →

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Centerboard lead

Posted on May 12, 2012 by timsboats

Set out this morning to find a small, inexpensive second hand cast iron vessel to melt some lead for my centerboard. No luck really finding anything cheap.  As a last resort we stopped in a consignment shop and they had a nice little … Continue reading →

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