Wooden boat show

May 11, 2005
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Seidelman S37 Slidell, La.
The wooden boat show is this weekend in Madisonville. One of the events is the quick and dirty boat building contest. Entrants have 4 hours to build their boats, they then have a boat race. Hopefully I will post up some video tomorrow night, of some sinking boats. :)
 
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Apr 22, 2011
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Hunter 27 Pecan Grove, Oriental, NC
Georgetown, SC also has a wooden boat show this weekend. Here is a pic from last years boat building contest. As I recall, 1/3 of the points goes to speed of building, 1/3 to quality of the build, and 1/3 to speed on the water. Great fun to watch.
No sinkings last year though.

 
Sep 15, 2009
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S2 9.2a Fairhope Al
Georgetown, SC also has a wooden boat show this weekend. Here is a pic from last years boat building contest. As I recall, 1/3 of the points goes to speed of building, 1/3 to quality of the build, and 1/3 to speed on the water. Great fun to watch.
No sinkings last year though.

that little boat has a lot of cypress in it
 
Nov 9, 2012
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Oday 192 Lake Nockamixon
Hey, no pictures, didn't happen! I can't believe you guys, all posting teasers like "Wooden boat festival" and then not posting a bunch of pics of gorgeous boats. Some people just have no courtesy for fellow sailors, I guess! :D:D:D:D
 
Aug 12, 2014
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Universal Marine Montego 25 San Pedro, CA
Hey Sailaway78, please explain that awesome classic steam cruise ship ... is it the Titanic or one of the QE vessels? I am trying to understand what I'm seeing in that picture ... tough to fully grasp the scale and where you pilot it from?

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!
 
Apr 22, 2011
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Hunter 27 Pecan Grove, Oriental, NC
I helped a friend load his rowing skiff on the back of his pickup yesterday. He is headed for the Georgetown boat show. Took him about 6 months to build the boat and another month to construct the dolly and ramp system to load it on the truck.

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May 11, 2005
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Seidelman S37 Slidell, La.
Beautiful. I no longer have the drive to even think about attempting to do something like that.