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Don't think that given the same enjine,the performance of your boat and Darrell's should be on par, the hulls are vertually identicle.

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I think they should be pretty close. We paddle about the same so we should get a good ideal of the difference performance if there is any.
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That's really looking nice. Is it going to be a bigger camping boat with tons of storage and capacity?
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bowgarguide wrote:MM
I think they should be pretty close. We paddle about the same so we should get a good ideal of the difference performance if there is any.
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I will follow ya'll to see which one is faster....
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I think what Gerald means is he will be paddling circles around us :lol: :lol:
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Cuz, your boat looks like it's being built by Michael Angelo, but your saw horses looks like they went ten rounds with Mike Tyson. I guess it takes a REAL craftsman to build a good sawhorse. Want me to build you a couple?
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Nothing like smart a$$ kin folks :lol: :lol:
Yea build me a couple of your super duper delux harses.
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Well I have been stomping cussing and throwing a fit because its been to cold for the epoxy to set right and so much pollen in the air that if you had wet epoxy outside it would look like a green wooly worm in about 15 min.
Got off my backside and built a boat tunnel untill I can get my shop built. the plastic catches more heat so the epoxy worked really well today.
I put the Northwind in the tunnel and gave her a coat of epoxy to seal everything and have the color so I can start matching and filling the holes for the stitches.

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Epoxy sure brings out the colors.
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Damn Ron! You're just a boat building dynamo! I like your clean room.
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Wow! nice job, R.E. It looks great.
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Ron, I thought I should let you know, watering it and placing it in a greenhouse isn't going to make it grow any bigger :wink:

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Man, Ron is really going all out on streamlining his boat, even testing it in a wind tunnel! :D

It's looking purty!
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Precoat on
Got holes filled and the hull sanded again , be ready for glass and cloth shortly

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Laid the cloth and letting her relax

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First coat , she will start getting shinny shortly.

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got the decks glued down today ,will start shaping them tomorrow.

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Hold up there Speedy. I've been watching to see how you built your 3 panel decks. I'll be putting a similar deck on my River Ranger soon and wanted to know more about that process.

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Iwannagofishin wrote:Hold up there Speedy. I've been watching to see how you built your 3 panel decks. I'll be putting a similar deck on my River Ranger soon and wanted to know more about that process.

A few more details please?
If you notice, Ron himself is never in any of his build pictures. That is because he moves so fast the camera can't catch him!
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Dang dogpaddling woke up :lol:

Got the decks sanded
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started stripping the cockpit

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bowgarguide wrote:Dang dogpaddling woke up :lol:

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Bye the time you have a couple more it will be a snap. :lol: :lol:
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Lookin good Ron...hope to be able to try this one out when we get the Ladybug.
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You are anyone else is sure welcome to paddle her , I am hoping to bring three boats and the Ladybug to the shindig.
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Messed with the Wind for a few minutes today and got most of the cockpit striped.
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everything I do helps her looks.
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Got the cockpit just about finished

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Cockpit finished out and first coat off epoxy .
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I am sure getting the itch to get this one in the water
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