Re: [Paddlewise] Nadgee, Max, boat copying

From: <Rcgibbert_at_aol.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:33:57 EDT
In a message dated 8/24/2004 6:37:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dalloyd_at_telus.net writes:


> Making some European-bench style boat sawhorses this week out of 3X3
> laminated pine, two full crossmembers, two uprights, all bolted together
> with 30" 3/8' threaded rod through the two vertical members on each stand.
> Feet are 2X6X30 pine with Honduras mahogany feet with adjustable levellers.
> Should be stable enough. Can't wait to see what boats get built on these
> stands!
> 

You're faster than I am. I did, however, hire the naval architect firm of 
Baker, Baker and Brewer, to help me splash a design of a few hundred years age. I 
would have taken the lines off a Max, but I think the designer would get mad, 
and anyway, I live far too close to get away with it. 

Rob G
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