I apologize to everyone for not being more on top of this blog as of late. So here of some photos of what i have been up to lately.
Doing a little designing, i really want to build a squirt boat.
A awesome sunset from the hill above our house. With the sun setting at 4:30pm we are deep into the dark times here on the peninsula.
Two shots of the Dorgin a 1909 life boat that belongs to the Maritime Center. I was doing some paint and varnish work on her.
Some shots of my new shaping stand. I wrapped it in old bike tires for padding.
Two pics of the Epic, the Community Boat Projects latest sailing dory.
Of course flying with my dad. It really is my favorite part of living out here.
Ive spend more time crammed into squirt boats in my day than anybody ever should. I was a bit of a mysetrry afficianado in the late ninetys early 2000s. I won the jimicup in 2003 and finished top at nationals and jimicup other years. All i can offer is that squirt boats should be round and long. I owned several differant designs and have paddled most evey other that i could fit in. Short or flat boats seem fun at first but they are very limited in what they can do. I had a low cut underdawg for many years, and while i could cartwheel and screw myself dizzy...it didnt go down, and the lack of length make flatwater work look unimpressive. Best boat i ever had and still have is a shred. Goes down better than anything, screws and cartwheels slow motion on autopilot, great river runner.
ReplyDeleteChris thanks for the input. I suspected as much on the length. I had a riot dominatrix back in the day and could get it under but the tool area was never big enough to really go under. I've been playing around a lot with wing shapes that create suction instead of lift. But as of this moment i have so much going on in life that the squirt boat is on the back burner set on simmer. Any other insight would be awesome.
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Well insight...round is good. Liked my bigfoot, but love the shred. Never liked the flat bottom boats, chines always got hammered. If it were me id keep on the lookout for a good deal on a used boat. Theres plenty in the pnw, if you look i bet you could find an old one for cheap. Then cut it apart, float cut it and get it to size, seam it up. Being a builder myself i understand wanting to design your own boat, all that said, jimi's designs are the best. Us mere mortals would be hard pressed to match the zen masters knowledge of squirt boat design. Plus, if you find an old boat, you can rest assured get some sick paul schreiner graphics. Squirt boating is all about metalflake after all, and mystery moves! Those old boats are gems and often come up for sale cheap. There is usually plenty of boatbuilding work to be done, and continuously thereafter. The whole cutting and seaming the boat is a huge enough process you wont feel like you got left out of any boat building. I say keep an eye out for an old bigfoot or shred depending on your inseam. Check craigslist, especially in portland area, also the angst messageboard, and occasionally ebay and boatertalk. Boats can be shipping cheap thru old dominion across the country too. Terminal to terminal
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