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HopCar

HopCar

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My friend Snapper and I have been building a small boat for about three years now. Actually Snapper built the boat. I mixed epoxy, cut plugs, handed him tools and held things.

Today we went for a ride. It was wonderful!

Photos of the build at this link.
https://jmlynn.smugmug.com/Boats/Lobster-Skiff/
 

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Wow. What a work of art. I would be afraid to get her dirty or risk a scratch.
 
That’s a sweet ride Parks.
 
Absolutely Beautiful!
 
What a lovely boat. Reminds me of the timber skiffs here, a few survive, with one or 2 cylinder gas engines started using a leather strap around the flywheel, which we call a "putt putt". A labour of love.
 
Park the boat is beautiful, you guys did a great job. Congrats.
Looks like retirement is agreeing with you, enjoy. Every time I go by HC I have to remember I won’t see you, all those years it had to comprehend.

Cheers
 
Nice job big time, beautiful. The shop and tools pretty top notch too.
 
Parks. I love your choice of tools, Lie-Nielsen planes are the best.
 
Gulf Comanche said:
Nice job big time, beautiful. The shop and tools pretty top notch too.
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That’s Snapper’s Shop. He is an amazing furniture making who wastes most of his time pretending to be a lawyer. The joinery on the boat is beautiful.
 
BIG CAT said:
Wow. What a work of art. I would be afraid to get her dirty or risk a scratch.
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Fantastic looking.
:thumb::thumb:
A lot of skill and love went into building that boat.
Rule #1, you want to ride in that boat, bring a towel to sit on, all clothing is left on the dock.
 
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Bigsfish said:
Parks. I love your choice of tools, Lie-Nielsen planes are the best.
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Those are Snapper’s. He likes quality tools. He really enjoys using hand tools but isn’t a snob about it.
 
GFC said:
That should be in a museum! It is flat beautiful.
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My bro had a beautiful wooden boat, one of the recreation of a Gar Wood boat.
I watched him pull away from the dock and put a big scratch in the boat. Each winter, he returned it to the builder and they would do all the maintenance including removing all the scratches. Alas he sold it when the move from the Plattsburgh. NY area to FL. After a number of strokes, he resides in the 'memory unit' of a retirement home and cant remember anything. I hope I dont go that way. I'd rather just wake up dead one day.
 
Stripper built. Beautiful job! I built a 16' cedar strip canoe some years ago, it makes a nice fairly light boat.
 
Coming up to Ft Pierce in it for the get together to give rides? :D
 
psneeld said:
Coming up to Ft Pierce in it for the get together to give rides? :D
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Snapper doesn’t want to put it into salt water. I don’t know why not. It is Epifanes Varnish on top and Interlux Perfection on the bottom. The hardware is all good stainless.
 
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