Was at the Wooden Boat Festival yesterday.. Beautiful woodwork. My fave was Ben Gunn, the home made steam launch. the guy had machined the steam engine himself from old blueprints.. He built the boat as well..Google Ben Gunn steamboat for the story.
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Show is a yearly one in Madisonville, Louisiana.. just a few miles from the marina where my boat lives.. There is an interesting competition where teams all get the same materials and the challenge is to build a boat to win a race in the 12 hours that they have for construction.. Local businesses field teams, one engineering company had three teams.. They were having fun. They get two sheets of plywood, some 1X12, some 2X4, and some 1X2.. Lots of different designs!
I saw a notice that there was one up in your neck of the woods (Port Townsend) recently too, Ken..
Show is a yearly one in Madisonville, Louisiana.. just a few miles from the marina where my boat lives.. There is an interesting competition where teams all get the same materials and the challenge is to build a boat to win a race in the 12 hours that they have for construction.. Local businesses field teams, one engineering company had three teams.. They were having fun. They get two sheets of plywood, some 1X12, some 2X4, and some 1X2.. Lots of different designs!
I saw a notice that there was one up in your neck of the woods (Port Townsend) recently too, Ken..
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The Admiral and I just returned today from Madisonville after spending Friday and Saturday night on the boat and going to the show. I agree, the steam launch was truly a sight to see. Lots of other eye candy out there (I meant the nautical kind). I can't imagine how people can maintain those boats to such a high level.
We had an interesting time coming back through the Causeway drawbridge. We had arranged for an opening, but when we got up to the draw, the bridge tender called and asked us to try & pass under the closed bridge. I was, well, reluctant, since the charted clearance is 42 feet and the published air draft for a Pearson 32 is 45 feet. But the tender came out of his house, climbed partway down a stairway to get to eye level with the underside of the bridge, and waved us through. I thought for sure our masthead antenna was going to scrape on the bridge, but we made it with a couple of feet to spare. What do you know. (I'll take that beer now.)
Also, as part of the preparation for the trip I replaced the pump on our old Jabsco head with a Raritan pump using the kit sold on this site. What an improvement, and two thumbs up from the Admiral. Needless to say, anything that makes her more comfortable on the boat is a Good Thing. Highly recommended.
The Admiral and I just returned today from Madisonville after spending Friday and Saturday night on the boat and going to the show. I agree, the steam launch was truly a sight to see. Lots of other eye candy out there (I meant the nautical kind). I can't imagine how people can maintain those boats to such a high level.
We had an interesting time coming back through the Causeway drawbridge. We had arranged for an opening, but when we got up to the draw, the bridge tender called and asked us to try & pass under the closed bridge. I was, well, reluctant, since the charted clearance is 42 feet and the published air draft for a Pearson 32 is 45 feet. But the tender came out of his house, climbed partway down a stairway to get to eye level with the underside of the bridge, and waved us through. I thought for sure our masthead antenna was going to scrape on the bridge, but we made it with a couple of feet to spare. What do you know. (I'll take that beer now.)
Also, as part of the preparation for the trip I replaced the pump on our old Jabsco head with a Raritan pump using the kit sold on this site. What an improvement, and two thumbs up from the Admiral. Needless to say, anything that makes her more comfortable on the boat is a Good Thing. Highly recommended.
I'm sure he was trying to keep traffic moving, and rightly so, as it turns out...
We were at Marina Del Ray, on the river a couple of hundred yards south of the Hwy 22 bridge. We had a good view of the proceedings, but were in between two huge powerboats that blocked the breeze - so with the afternoon sun shining into the cockpit and no A/C, it got pretty warm at times. Also, one of the bands played pretty late into the night Friday night. We were part of a pretty large contingent from Tammany Yacht Club in Slidell, so we had some nice get-togethers on each others' boats. Also, our granddaughter spent one night on the boat and we brought her to the festival Saturday. By far her favorite thing was the kids' toy boatbuilding tent.
We were at Marina Del Ray, on the river a couple of hundred yards south of the Hwy 22 bridge. We had a good view of the proceedings, but were in between two huge powerboats that blocked the breeze - so with the afternoon sun shining into the cockpit and no A/C, it got pretty warm at times. Also, one of the bands played pretty late into the night Friday night. We were part of a pretty large contingent from Tammany Yacht Club in Slidell, so we had some nice get-togethers on each others' boats. Also, our granddaughter spent one night on the boat and we brought her to the festival Saturday. By far her favorite thing was the kids' toy boatbuilding tent.
Claude...
We have the same sort of show up here on the Chesapeake. It's been a few years since I went due to a near nervous breakdown upon seeing all that varnished brightwork on classic Chris's, Trumpy's, etc. Can't even begin to imagine what sort of effort it takes to maintain such beauties.
That steam launch is outstanding!
We have the same sort of show up here on the Chesapeake. It's been a few years since I went due to a near nervous breakdown upon seeing all that varnished brightwork on classic Chris's, Trumpy's, etc. Can't even begin to imagine what sort of effort it takes to maintain such beauties.
That steam launch is outstanding!
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Yes, here the sun is so intense that these things have to be under cover and indoors except for those boat shows and the days when they are taken out for exercise.. Beautiful to look at.. a little impractical, but then what toy isn't.. Check out the cypress steering console in the cypress skiff.. Nice wood.
Yes, here the sun is so intense that these things have to be under cover and indoors except for those boat shows and the days when they are taken out for exercise.. Beautiful to look at.. a little impractical, but then what toy isn't.. Check out the cypress steering console in the cypress skiff.. Nice wood.
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