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Venchka
08-24-2005, 04:59 PM
Launched.

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/projects/walkabout/106-0678_IMG.jpg http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/projects/walkabout/106-0672_IMG.jpg

DUCKWORKS ARTICLE (http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/projects/walkabout/free.cfm)

Thanks also to the Forum's Steve Paskey for commissioning the design.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D
gert
08-24-2005, 06:09 PM
Can hardly wait to see her under sails, looks fast.
I always liked Welsford's designs.
JimD
08-24-2005, 07:08 PM
A beauty. Lightly canvassed. Big tent. Looks like a great camp boat for agreeable weather.
Venchka
08-24-2005, 10:53 PM
Originally posted by JimD:
...Looks like a great camp boat for agreeable weather.Anything works in agreeable weather. If John's right, this boat will work in ANY weather. My reservation is the bias toward rowing. Like you gotta row the rascal. :eek: A younger man's boat.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D
Steve Paskey
08-25-2005, 04:07 AM
Oh lord have mercy! That's a mighty fine looking boat, if I may say so. Makes me proud to have commissioned the design, but embarrassed that I haven't yet started building my own.
JimD
08-25-2005, 09:08 AM
Originally posted by Venchka:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JimD:
...Looks like a great camp boat for agreeable weather.Anything works in agreeable weather. If John's right, this boat will work in ANY weather. My reservation is the bias toward rowing. Like you gotta row the rascal. :eek: A younger man's boat.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D </font>[/QUOTE]I meant open boats with tents in general. Not the seaworthyness of the design.
JimD
08-25-2005, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by Steve Paskey:
Oh lord have mercy! That's a mighty fine looking boat, if I may say so. Makes me proud to have commissioned the design, but embarrassed that I haven't yet started building my own.:D Better clear off yer calendar for the next few weekends.
Steve Paskey
08-25-2005, 09:50 AM
I've been preoccupied. Her name's Hilary, and I met her at the WB School, in my Elements of Seamanship class . . .
Venchka
08-25-2005, 10:06 AM
Does Hilary like to mix epoxy, sand and varnish? If so, she might be a keeper! :D

If John ever gets around to Barefoot...

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D
Steve Paskey
08-25-2005, 12:56 PM
Hilary used to work as a carpenter's assistant and still works part-time for a cabinet maker. smile.gif
Venchka
08-25-2005, 01:01 PM
She's a keeper! John has ideas for a couple spartan cruisers for two on the horizon.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D
Chris Stewart
09-05-2005, 09:19 AM
Originally posted by Venchka:
My reservation is the bias toward rowing. Like you gotta row the rascal. :eek: A younger man's boat.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D The rowing will keep you young. ;)