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Anybody remember ThistleDewDayDreamin ? Long story short, I've had to give up on the Idea of building the Abaco 23. Health problems had me down for a good time, and I don't have the stamina to sand a hull and crawl in an out of a boat in build mode. So, we have a signed purchase agreement on a littl...

Hey gang. Back snooping around. Still working toward the AB23 build, but have had some health set backs. Nothing really bad, just the kinda life s#!+ that can keep ya in the house instead of in the shop. It'll come. I have a question for anyone who knows about or has dealt with buying "Project&...

This will be interesting, I have no Idea what you need to do, but I'll be keeping a curious eye on the surgery. BTW. CL? Is this YOUR boat? Good Luck.

Thanks guys, I thought as much. Now I know for sure.

Hey guys, I pulled out my old set of FS17 plans last night. yeah I know it ain't an AB23, but it floats. ( or it will ), I just gotta start building something. I was reviewing the BOM and the build notes and got myself confused. So I went to look at Joel's FS17 LS build. Then I got really confused. ...

Hey, at least you have an "economy boat" it floats don't it. My "economy" fishing gear is a pair of cut-offs and a surf rod. It' beats not being near the water at all, but it ain't quite the same as being out on the water in a boat, HUNTING fish. It could be worst though, there a...

The Ram is back together. I am too old to put that much work into an old truck, but, I'm not taking the dually into the woods or to a rough job site. Not just yet. And I still have that $1K in my pocket. I tried to get my buddy to take a serious look at some of the boats and builds here. He just isn...

Well guys, I went to the show with him, listened to all the sales BS and let him Select a few that he thought might just do it for him. Then the fun began. I started showing him problems. Pointing out hard spots, miss-matched components, force fitted or re-fitted junk. Crappy wiring, loose hose fitt...

Nothing to report on the AB23 except I'm wearing the paper thin on the plans. I had a rough fall & winter, three surgeries, long painful recoveries with lots of pain killers. (kidneys and an inflamed nerve bundle removed from my left foot) Those damned pain killers are great for making you not c...

This may not be appropriate for a boat building forum, and maybe it should be listed in the bilge section, I don't know. A friend of mine, who has no interest in building a boat ( but is amused by mine ) asked me yesterday, "If you were going to buy a center console fishing boat, and had only $...