Boat Builder Central

Great story. Talk about a bad case of BBV, I told my wife the story and she said that I don't have to catch up with him.

While I was on my route today I saw my first ever Bateau designed boat (beside mine) in the flesh, it was a OD16 with a step chine. The boat was parked out on a major Blvd, so I had to call the owner and find out if he was the builder. He said he bought it from a guy in Florida with the name of Prat...

Bwhalen sounds like you got a bad case of BBV. Great job on the OD16 she looks great.

I'm in!!!!! Yea the SWMBO said i couldn't build my next boat yet but she didn't say anything about helping someone else build one.

When you get ready to start your build let me know and I'll come down and help you get started.

Larry I had a problem with porpoising but the dolfin stopped the problem. It also help a lot to trim the boat out when I have extra gear and people. Besides I don't get to run my OD at WOT very often, I'm mostly use it out in the ocean.

I'm glad you finally made the decision on the OD18. I think it will be a great boat for the San Diego area and south to the Sea of Cortez. The OD18 is big enough to run out to the Coronado Islands, the inner banks and kelp paddys for tuna.dodos and yellowtails, but its small enough to fish in the ke...

Larry you really set the bar high for every one else. That is one fine looking dory, I'm sure you will have some good time with her.

Thats funny here in the States the show is a hour long and is shown back to back on BBC America.

Top Gear is one of the best shows out there. Its on BBC every monday night for about 4 hours they do all sorts of weird things like turning a 3 wheeled car into a Top Gear space shuttle with real booster rockets or launching a old mini off a olympic ski jump.