any boat owners here

snowstorm · June 01, 2015, 05:06:32 PM

every spring there is always something to do to it. new bottom paint every varnish the bright work every couple years. this year it was a couple of bigger projects. i replaced the head liner below decks. no fun at all to be had in that job. next was paint the hull. a few before and after pics

gspren · June 01, 2015, 05:34:01 PM

I have had at least one boat, often two, for the past 40 years but none as big as yours. An old saying " A boat is a hole in the water surrounded by wood into which you pour money", that's not always true, sometimes it's fiberglass.

snowstorm · June 01, 2015, 05:41:59 PM

b o a t = break out another thousand. i shoot 3 coats of epifanes 2 part expoxy. came out ok it dose have a little shine to it

Sixacresand · June 01, 2015, 06:03:47 PM

I have two boats awaiting huge amounts of money to be spent on them. :'(

sprucebunny · June 01, 2015, 06:15:40 PM

I still have a boat but can't afford to launch it.

Spent too much money making it nice...

Nice looking boat and paint job !
I was sneaking around your area last summer...

Woodhauler · June 01, 2015, 06:17:40 PM

I built my own redneck house boat!! 16ft wide by 24 ft long! All pressure treated deck floated by 34, 55 gallon plastic barrels! Got a 6.5ft by 16 ft house on it! Maybe I can send snowstorm some pictures of it! It will sleep 4 people.

sandhills · June 01, 2015, 06:35:32 PM

You folks would laugh at the "boats" we have around here after seeing those

. The one thing I know, old saying, is "the best 2 days of your life, when you buy your first boat and when you sell your first boat", I've no clue who I was quoting but I believe them ;D.

E fan · June 01, 2015, 06:45:56 PM

I'm boat poor, I'm have five last count, but their all flat bottom john boats

sandsawmill14 · June 01, 2015, 06:49:27 PM

john boat here to ok for catfishing

great for duck season ;D

snowstorm · June 01, 2015, 08:40:43 PM

Quote from: sprucebunny on June 01, 2015, 06:15:40 PM
I still have a boat but can't afford to launch it.

Spent too much money making it nice...

Nice looking boat and paint job !
I was sneaking around your area last summer...

belfast has changed a lot from what it used to be. 40 yrs ago it was tug boats sardine and lobster boats in the harbor now its 10 million dollar yachts

maple flats · June 02, 2015, 05:18:09 PM

I had a boat a few years back. We took it to the 1000 Islands. We launched it, and using the depth finder while going quite slow and a map, we headed to our destination. Watching the depth finder continuously, 192',188',206',194',0.00', ouch. The boat was a 19' Cuddy with a 90HP Evenrude. That cost my $675, new shaft, new prop, new rear bearings and seals + labor. I sold it the next year. Great day!

Stuart Caruk · June 02, 2015, 05:31:16 PM

We own several boats, but given that we used to build Aluminum Jetboats for the paraglider towing industry, all of ours were designed to work. It helps that they are all legitimate tax deductions. A couple years ago we started building parts for the developing Flyboard market, and oddly enough now own a 260HP supercharged Jetski that has more than enough power to launch my gravitationally challenged carcus higher than I currently feel like falling from. It is a great way to get the sawdust out of my ears on a sunny day though... my current goal is to reliably land a decent backflip, and finish up my remote throttle control so I don't need an operator on the ski to go flying.

snowstorm · June 03, 2015, 05:58:03 AM

Quote from: Stuart Caruk on June 02, 2015, 05:31:16 PM
We own several boats, but given that we used to build Aluminum Jetboats for the paraglider towing industry, all of ours were designed to work. It helps that they are all legitimate tax deductions. A couple years ago we started building parts for the developing Flyboard market, and oddly enough now own a 260HP supercharged Jetski that has more than enough power to launch my gravitationally challenged carcus higher than I currently feel like falling from. It is a great way to get the sawdust out of my ears on a sunny day though... my current goal is to reliably land a decent backflip, and finish up my remote throttle control so I don't need an operator on the ski to go flying.

looks like fun. but i dont want to try it. you dont see many welded aluminum boats on the east coast. mostly glass along with a few that build in wood

kensfarm · June 03, 2015, 11:08:35 PM

We had a small fishing boat.. nothing like cruzing down the pataxent river as the sun's coming up.. headed for the bay for a day of fishing. Trolling... hitting those blue's frenzy's.. we worked some crab pots too. Good times..

Piston · June 06, 2015, 03:12:34 PM

Snowstorm, tell me about your boat? I'm interested in that hull.

Spruce bunny, any story to that tug? Is TnT the boT you were talking about or a pic you took when you were in the area?

My "somewhat attainable" dream boat is a Chris Craft Launch (the newer ones without as much character :)

My "dream boat" is a 33' Fortier, built in Somerset, MA.

My completely unrealistic dream boat is a 55' Flemming. (Not that the Fortier is very realistic)

Currently my pleasure boat is a 22' Pontoon boat with a 115hp 4-stroke. Excellent family boat!

I grew up on numerous boats, but the current "family" boat (I.e. My parents boat) is a 37' Egg Harbor.

Currently, as I'm typing this, im on a 760' boat with 60,000 hp diesels.

"Boats" are sort of a part of who I am :)

sprucebunny · June 06, 2015, 06:09:01 PM

Piston, that was just the most dramatic photo from that day. There was a huge sailboat there but just too big to photograph :D
You can find my boat in our for sale section if you go back a page or so.

elk42 · June 06, 2015, 06:11:46 PM

Hurricane Katrina Jefferson skiff 32'x12' rebuild.

After 18 months of work, 4 barrels resin and lots of glass, 6b cummins 210 HP.
alum. skimmer frames,
Now the rest of the story. A man called and he would like to see the boat. So I said ok the next day he came. The man looked the boat over about an hour and said is it for sale. I said no. He said would I take $$$$$. My eyes nearly popped out and I said yes. { he had just got a settlement from the gulf oil spill. ]

beenthere · June 06, 2015, 06:17:10 PM

Turned things upside down a bit.

elk42 · June 06, 2015, 06:26:42 PM

Turned things upside down a bit

It sure did I got out about 12 hr. before it hit.

snowstorm · June 06, 2015, 06:29:48 PM

Quote from: sprucebunny on June 06, 2015, 06:09:01 PM
Piston, that was just the most dramatic photo from that day. There was a huge sailboat there but just too big to photograph :D
You can find my boat in our for sale section if you go back a page or so.

my boy got invited for a tour of a little sail boat last summer. he was on the dock with the dog. the lady that owned the boat thought the dog was so nice and asked he aboard. it was 98ft long built in new Zealand. i looked it up it was for sale close to 7 million

snowstorm · June 06, 2015, 06:32:39 PM

Quote from: Piston on June 06, 2015, 03:12:34 PM
Snowstorm, tell me about your boat? I'm interested in that hull.

Spruce bunny, any story to that tug? Is TnT the boT you were talking about or a pic you took when you were in the area?

My "somewhat attainable" dream boat is a Chris Craft Launch (the newer ones without as much character

My "dream boat" is a 33' Fortier, built in Somerset, MA.

My completely unrealistic dream boat is a 55' Flemming. (Not that the Fortier is very realistic)

Currently my pleasure boat is a 22' Pontoon boat with a 115hp 4-stroke. Excellent family boat!

I grew up on numerous boats, but the current "family" boat (I.e. My parents boat) is a 37' Egg Harbor.

Currently, as I'm typing this, im on a 760' boat with 60,000 hp diesels.

"Boats" are sort of a part of who I am

its a 28 ellis. built in southwest harbor maine in 1984. ellis builds some really nice boats and they are pricy i asked about a 36 a new one is 800k

timberlinetree · June 07, 2015, 07:53:28 AM

Marcia loves this boat and its reliable. I had to fix some boards ,carpet and rewire but it has been fun. We hope to go out to day but the usual spot is down 5' so no boating.

My favorite is my raft( mass calls it a boat and have to reg it). Its quiet, maintenance free besides charging the batt. I like all the storage and the anchor bag. I take it to ponds/lakes but once I took it down the river. The neighbors asked how I got over the falls( which I didn't know about) and couldn't believe I did it. It was really scary and will never do that again!

JohnM · June 07, 2015, 10:55:46 AM

No 'real' boats here, couple of canoes and kayaks is all. Enjoy sailing whenever I've had a chance. It's in the blood someplace, my mom's cousin is boat builder Ralph Stanley in SW Harbor. He's building and playing fiddles now a days, son has taken over the boat building. My boss tried to launch his wooden sailboat in Belfast last week but quickly found a leak. :D

red · June 08, 2015, 09:52:26 AM

Buy me a Boat is a new country song by Chris Janson

Babylon519 · June 08, 2015, 01:36:17 PM

These are my water toys. The dinghy in the back of the truck is a sailboat I got when I was 11 yrs old. I got the 21' Maxum twenty years later, and when we sell the cottage on Lake Huron, I plan to ply the waves with a mid-thirties sailboat. "Mid-thirties" refers to the length and, based on my spending limit, probably the vintage too! :D :D

Alcranb · June 08, 2015, 08:50:38 PM

Slashed her two weeks ago with new electronics. Hopefully Maine bound and then Waterford this fall for the tug rendezvous.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · June 08, 2015, 09:14:21 PM

No wonder that boat has no water under it........you dumped it all out.

beenthere · June 08, 2015, 09:31:35 PM

Only the poster can turn the pics right side up. ;)

tule peak timber · June 08, 2015, 10:15:57 PM

Got out of "boating" at the stroke of midnight 1999.

tule peak timber · June 08, 2015, 10:16:11 PM

Got out of "boating" at the stroke of midnight 1999.

Piston · June 09, 2015, 05:53:45 AM

Quote from: Alcranb on June 08, 2015, 08:50:38 PM

Slashed her two weeks ago with new electronics. Hopefully Maine bound and then Waterford this fall for the tug rendezvous.

Wow! Please do give some details of this beauty! 8)

snowstorm · June 09, 2015, 05:59:06 AM

Quote from: Alcranb on June 08, 2015, 08:50:38 PM

Slashed her two weeks ago with new electronics. Hopefully Maine bound and then Waterford this fall for the tug rendezvous.

is that a lord nelson??

Alcranb · June 09, 2015, 07:34:05 AM

Thank you Piston. Yes, she's a 37' Lord Nelson Victory Tug. She won't set any speed records, 8 knots top, but very stable and roomy. She has a 100hp Cummins engine that sips fuel and is wicked easy to work on.

PC-Urban-Sawyer · June 09, 2015, 10:40:03 AM

Quote from: Alcranb on June 08, 2015, 08:50:38 PM

Slashed her two weeks ago with new electronics. Hopefully Maine bound and then Waterford this fall for the tug rendezvous.

Must be homeported in Austrailia... :D :D :D

Jeff · June 09, 2015, 10:59:48 AM

Quote from: beenthere on June 08, 2015, 09:31:35 PM
Only the poster can turn the pics right side up. ;)

Not quite. ;)

Can't stand to see a vessel in distress.

Piston · June 09, 2015, 11:12:15 AM

Quote from: Alcranb on June 09, 2015, 07:34:05 AM
Thank you Piston. Yes, she's a 37' Lord Nelson Victory Tug. She won't set any speed records, 8 knots top, but very stable and roomy. She has a 100hp Cummins engine that sips fuel and is wicked easy to work on.

Do you keep it in Buzzard's Bay? I used to drive a launch boat in Marion Harbor.

Alcranb · June 09, 2015, 05:07:09 PM

Thanks Boss

Fairhaven Shipyard. Small world :D

snowstorm · June 09, 2015, 05:50:26 PM

Quote from: Alcranb on June 09, 2015, 05:07:09 PM
Thanks Boss
Fairhaven Shipyard. Small world :D

where are you going in maine? there is a lord nelson in the same harbor as mine

Alcranb · June 09, 2015, 08:50:29 PM

Camden? If so there should be a few more the weekend of July 24/26

snowstorm · June 09, 2015, 09:03:36 PM

Quote from: Alcranb on June 09, 2015, 08:50:29 PM
Camden? If so there should be a few more the weekend of July 24/26

i will write that date on the calendar. at 8kts i am 90min north. how many tugs are you expecting? there was a nelson in belfast last summer. in soundings mag they had a write up about them about a yr ago

snowstorm · June 09, 2015, 09:13:33 PM

camden is real busy on weekends ans it pretty tight. once you get past wayfarer marine its well protected. just pay attention to the nav aids coming in. at low tide there is a ledge that is awash where there should be plenty of water. once you can see the town boat ramp you will see the red and green balls thats the way in. there are several boat tours that go out for a couple hrs at a time and with everyone else there is lots of traffic. the windjamers usually leave on sunday

caveman · June 09, 2015, 09:32:59 PM

Snowstorm, that is a good looking hull. It is nice to see the classic lines with no Euro transom.

Forum member JMoore in my boat with a decent Gulf Coast flounder last summer.

The middle Cavegirl and myself with a few Tampa Bay Mangrove Snapper. The boat is in the background (Place to stand while catching fish or a conveyance to the fish). Your boat is a lot more pleasing to look at, Snowstorm.
Caveman