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06-17-2014, 07:57 AM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Stumbling up the gangway
begging for permission to come aboard is yet 'nuther crazy boat builder.
Hi folks. My name is Rick and I'm building a boat. Sounds like my intro at the AA meeting last week. Maybe there should be a BB support group. 
I see some familiar names here from the other web forums I post to so that's pretty cool. For those of you that don't know me I'm a retired Cdn. Coast Guard staffer who started building a boat about 3 yrs ago. About 8 yrs ago we decided to build vs buy an old boat and fixerup. We looked at all the available options and decided a Bateau.com TW28 was something I (we) were capable of building. About the same time we started to acquire some of the bits & bobs of hardware/equipment etc. that we'd need down the road.
The wife and I spent some time getting to know some other trawler dwellers and through their good graces allowed us to crawl over their boats with our measuring tapes. We decided that the 28' version of the boat would be just a little too tight for us and we made the decision to stretch the hull about a meter.
So if everything goes according to plan we'll have our boat finished in a couple of years and hopefully it'll look something like this.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 08:23 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,342
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard Mr. Rick. I've been following your build for a couple of years now. Post a link to your website. I'm SURE many will be interested. Just an observation about the title of this thread. Last I checked, a while back, She-Kon was wrong side up so you would be stumbling DOWN the gangway would you not. If you haven't already, when are you planning on flipping her over?
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RTF
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06-17-2014, 08:44 AM
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Guru
City: Tuckerton, NJ
Vessel Name: WIRELESS ONE
Vessel Model: 36 Gulstar MarkII
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 938
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Rick good to see you over here,
Bill
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06-17-2014, 12:36 PM
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Guru
City: Beaverton, Ontario
Vessel Name: Looking Glass
Vessel Model: Carver 370 Voyager
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 1,240
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Welcome aboard Rick, nice looking boat. Hope you get to enjoy it in the water in the near future. If you get up the Trent drop in and see us on Lake Simcoe.
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Allan
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06-17-2014, 12:55 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
Welcome aboard Mr. Rick. I've been following your build for a couple of years now. Post a link to your website. I'm SURE many will be interested. Just an observation about the title of this thread. Last I checked, a while back, She-Kon was wrong side up so you would be stumbling DOWN the gangway would you not. If you haven't already, when are you planning on flipping her over?
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Howdy RTF
I've just started fairing the bottom & keel. Once that's done a few coats of epoxy then primer. I hope to flip it in August I think.
Thanks for the warm welcome.
Here's the blog link: M/V She:Kon
Warning! There are advertisements on the blog. I know this upsets some people and if I'm breaking a cardinal rule on here I'm sorry, just let me know and I'll remove the link.
Cheers!
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 12:56 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Billylll
Rick good to see you over here,
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Thanks Bill. I knew there'd be a few familiar faces around here.
Cheers
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 12:58 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LaBomba
Welcome aboard Rick, nice looking boat. Hope you get to enjoy it in the water in the near future. If you get up the Trent drop in and see us on Lake Simcoe.
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Hi Alan & Ann
Thanks for the welcome. I hope my boat turns out half as nice as the one in the picture! It'll be a few years before we get up your way. It is on our bucket list though. I spent a few years in Midland and Parry Sound on the CCGS Griffon back in the early 80's and really want to retrace some of those voyages.
Thanks again.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 12:58 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,041
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Welcome Rick! Good to see our northern friends. Go Oilers!!!
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06-17-2014, 01:01 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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For RTF, Ayup, still upside down!
I'm about half way down the port side bottom with fairing. 90 degs in the shed this afternoon so had to pull the pin. Will be back at it again tomorrow. Got a buddy coming from Montreal, accomplished boat builder, to help with some sanding.
Standby.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alaskan Sea-Duction
Welcome Rick! Good to see our northern friends. Go Oilers!!!
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Hiya Tom & Kay
Thanks for the welcome. Looks like you got some pretty good fishin' over your way! Another local on our bucket list, the PNW. Gotta figure out how to get our boat shipped out there someday. Had friends ship one from our Marina to Prince Rupert by train. Probably pretty spendy.
Thanks again for the welcome.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 02:41 PM
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,406
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Welcome aboard Rick. While mine's not a trawler, I hang out here quite a bit to pick on the vast amount of knowledge that many on here are willing to share.
How far along with your build are you and do you have any photos to share?
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Mike and Tina
1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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06-17-2014, 02:50 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,971
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Looking good Rick!
My brother is building a Bateau HMD19 and loves it. Except the sanding part. He hates sanding.
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Conrad
Berthed in
Campbell River BC
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06-17-2014, 02:57 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GFC
Welcome aboard Rick. While mine's not a trawler, I hang out here quite a bit to pick on the vast amount of knowledge that many on here are willing to share.
How far along with your build are you and do you have any photos to share?
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Hi Mike & Tina
I'd say not very far along!  I lost most of one building season out of 3 to an injury. The pace has been slow this year too. I'm currently fairing the hull in prep for primer & bottom paint before I can flip it over. Most people with some help get to this point the first year. Our building season is short, 6 months maybe, and then we hibernate for the winter.
There's plenty of photos on our blog. The link is above in post #5.
Thanks for the welcome.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member
City: Iroquois, ON
Vessel Name: She:Kon
Vessel Model: Bateau TW28
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Conrad
Looking good Rick!
My brother is building a Bateau HMD19 and loves it. Except the sanding part. He hates sanding.
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Hi Conrad
I like the looks of the HMD19. Very capable looking boat for sure. I can sympathize about the sanding but when you've done as much as me you kinda get used to it. You don't so much build a boat as you carve one out of wood, epoxy, fiberglass & fairing compound! 
Cheers.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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06-17-2014, 03:27 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GFC
Welcome aboard Rick. While mine's not a trawler, I hang out here quite a bit to pick on the vast amount of knowledge that many on here are willing to share.
How far along with your build are you and do you have any photos to share?
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What Mike ment to say is he is one of the snobby go fast Sea Rays....  
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06-17-2014, 07:41 PM
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Guru
City: Hotel, CA
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 8,323
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Welcome Rick, you seem to be the Canadian version of Hendo78. He's a crazy Aussie that loves carving boats out of ply and epoxy too.
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Craig
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain
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06-17-2014, 07:57 PM
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Guru
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,288
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Welcome aboard and I see you have similar taste in boats (low and efficient with good visibility)as I do.
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