Wooden Boats

[Nomad Willy]

Fish53,
Yup I even had an (ugh) Harley ..50 panhead and a 34 VL parade bike.
The latter was much more fun to ride. 4.00X18” wheels and tires both ends.

[Sailor of Fortune]

Our aussie members are shaking their heads. Sooo many timber boats in use there. No big deal, not Brooklin boatyard museum pieces. Real boats, out there on the coast doing all kinds of fun cruising . Some are converted fish boats, some purpose built yachts

[Fish53]

Originally Posted by Nomad Willy

Fish53,
Yup I even had an (ugh) Harley ..50 panhead and a 34 VL parade bike.
The latter was much more fun to ride. 4.00X18” wheels and tires both ends.

My UL had the sidecar transmission 3 forward and a reverse, no sidecar though. I got pretty good at backing it into parking spots. I owned both of those Harleys after I had sold my BSA A10 and I never really connected with them. I sold them both and bought a Vincent series D, 1954 which like an idiot I sold in 2001. In between I mostly stayed on BSA's, Triumph, and a an odd Norton and AJS stuck in here and there. Rode mile and half mile on a BSA Hornet until I started motocross, and boats.... Ah to be young and foolish again instead of just foolish.

[Victor1961]

Hi I'm a wood boat inthosyse. I am selling a custom built boat built at NYC south street seaport back in 1982. The name of the boat was the Herbert l stone. Built to pull camera platform for the 1982 world cup sail boat race.
The boat is fitted with twin 4 cl diesel motors that works great. My user name is machine12

[N4061]

John, I spent some serious time and effort talking with a few custom builders about a One-Off design I sketched up for a twenty something electric boat built of wood. For me it was to try something different and wood appeals to me but in the end the costs were much higher than the boat would be worth. As for a full-size trawler built of wood, I believe there are few folks out there who can afford and appreciate what a wood boat offers. When I look at all the boat builders in the Northeast I see more than an handful offering all wood boats granted most are Downeast lobster style, but some are of significant length. I personally don't see a large market for an all-wood full-size trawler but the one-offs are out there.

John T. - Nordhavn 4050. 4061, 3522 and Helmsman 38E - Former Owner

[Victor1961]

Hi I'm a wooden boat owner with the only one of it's kind. 25 foot twin 4 cl diesel motors. Let's talk.

[Victor1961]

Instead of building how about buying.im thinking about,selling and getting out of the game. Let's talk.