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Friends had a 90' wood boat in Vancouver. I was the 30's so not very wide beam. Annual buget on the boat was 200K. I like the look but not the work or expense.
I had devised a method for the manufacture of a wood boat with FG type resistance to the environment and construction times, using a new resin system we had developed. The resin company sold it to another so who knows.
I enjoy sailing more than motoring. The logging camp had an ex PT boat as a crew transport. Personally I can not see moving through some of the most beautiful areas in the works crouching somewhere trying to endure the noise.
I just sold my small jetboat. I am too far from the water at present it never got used.
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That is interesting Eric. There are quite a few wooden boat builders out there now, some up in NE still building traditional down easters but with improved treatment processes that prevent rot. I believe Garwood is being manufactured again and uses mahogany treated with resin in some fashion to preserve it, too rich for my pocket.
A friend of mine has a 40's era Chris-craft in the 40' range. I was on it two weeks ago and even the smell of it warms my heart. He retired years ago and works at a marina for pen money, dock ect...He has the time to go after the peeling paint and rot every spring himself, keeps his made of iron hands in shape.
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I have worked on some newer resin teak ply boats that were really not much more work than a glass boat. A couple had retired to one in the bay when I was a teen. I sailed it with him a couple of times and helped him bottom paint it a few times.
Worked on some older yellow cedar boats. It is remarkable how long the wood will last in the water. There are not to many even know how to do major repairs the larger boats today. How many people have steamed planking?
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A friend of mine bought a basket case Lyman two years ago and finished it this year. He had to steam new ribs into place, a friend in the antique boat club has the machine to do it.
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In my part of the country we have many lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. We use welded aluminum jet boats in order to power up the big rivers and also to navigate the shallow areas. Common boat dimensions: 20'to28' in length,6'to 8'bottom width, 7'to 10'beam,single or twin engines(gas or diesel),300 to 500 H.P.(per engine),60 to 200 gallon fuel capacity,jet drive. Please check out the link...enjoy! Be sure to check out the Photo Albums link on the website.
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I have seen that on speedvision and would love to try it!
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I don't know how I missed this thread, especially since I was one of the culprits that took it so far off track in the first place.
I'm definitely one of those in the 'stink boat' category, and while we're at we'll throw in obscenely noisy too,  . I can't find any pics of the big boat, most of the time I'm inside taking pictures of the scenery going by, . I do however, have a selection of 'water toys' for the smaller inland waters up here (picture # 5), I like to be sure I have something for whatever I encounter, so I regularly travel with a pair of sea-doos, one 3 person cruiser, the wife's 'cadillac' and my 'death trap', and a sea-doo jet boat for the more genteel approach to shredding water.
The big one is another story, 42' of Reggie Fountains finest work, a Lightning, powered by a pair of big block Fords that started out life as truck engines and became 504 c.i. fire breathing (gas gulping) dragons pushing nearly 700 hp each. With a top speed 112 mph, and it will happily cruise between 55 & 80 mph depending on sea conditions.
The wife loves almost everything about it, the two things she doesn't like, 1) WOT and 2) the name, it's called "Bikini Bait" .... I gave her two choices, it was either name it that or "New Wife", she didn't like the inference so gave in..
There is a 24 bottle wine cooler on board, usually full of white.
Best of luck.
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Yeah Murf I was wondering what happened to you. I thought maybe you got lost on the lake. I nearly bought a 31' Fountain CC with twin 250's a few years back. Fountain boats are incredible. I think I was going to call it "skirt Chaser". It was a fishing boat after all ! Nothing like a little trolling down the beach  I test drove it on a incredibly rough day. The ride was nothing short of awesome for a 8' beam.
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I would love a Fountain! I remember when he produced his first mass marketed units, red or white I believe. Powerboat Magazine was testing them against the better known offshore rigs each year and they were always in first place in the running/rigging/handling categories. The were quite spartan back then, built for the "average" guy that wanted to race on weekends, all you had to do was shell out about 50k for a 12 meter.
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I lived in Florida for most of the 80's and the DEA used some pretty slick fountain boats.
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