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25.5 knots in a 11 foot boat must feel like you are flying
Thanks for posting the update.

This was taken when it was well below zero
They look fat but they just have their feathers all puffed up for better insulation.
No Eagle shooting around here Larry
Sorry about the hijack Glossieblack

DayTrip you sure bit off a hunk when you started this but it is coming along nicely. This is going to be something to be really proud of when you are done. Keep up the work.

I am sure lead shot has something to do with it but I think population density displacing the eagles range is their biggest problem. We do lots of shooting around here but there are not too many people in this area. http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o544/dnthornton1/Eagles-2012-Feb022.jpg Does not...

Very nice looking work

[quote="Cracker Larry"]You should be good with the Hydrotec. It's BS1088 and I've used a lot of it. What are you going to build next anyway :?: Thanks Larry. As for what’s next :doh: That is the question. I am just gathering up supplies until I figure out something. I do have one hull to r...

Fuzz, I just don't know how to estmate Alaska shipping (from home) but I will get you a quote tomorrow morning. To my surprise, I quoted a gentleman in Northern California on 12 sheet of 6 MM Meranti with shipping from Vero Beach and he said we were $150 cheaper than his local bids!!! Crazy!!! I wi...

Glossieblack says I am a cloof. That means I am too old to load pictures from a phone Maybe one of the teck-no types will be able to help you

The way I do it is to use PhotoBucket. It is free. After setting up an account upload your pictures. Go you your photo album, not where you uploaded and right click on the photo. Select copy image location. Go to your reply to the forum and hit the img button, your cursor will be blinking between tw...

The Meranti is called marine grade Hydrotek. I have asked them about the okoume but have not heard back yet. When I built my OD-18 I bought meranti and 2 sheets of okoume also. Both of them looked really good. At that time the okoume was close to double the meranti in cost. $110 vs $65. Now they cos...