It’s new years day 2010 and I am up without a hangover. I must be getting old. Still can’t get the wooden boat building bug out of my head. I guess that is why I started a business years ago.
The possiblity of hiring back one of my principal boatbuilders is growing now and I really hope that she can help me gain some momentum on building a Flyer 135. The plans have already been purchased and I have all the wood for the frames and the planking stock for the bottom. Topsides will be mahogany but, the bottom will be 4/4 cut old growth red cedar that I purchased for special boat building project years ago. I also have some nice teak that will go into the build.
Every wood boat built that is a gentleman’s runabout or a step hydro-plane on the net a few months back were sold so, I think it’ll be a good investment in time and money to have one to show and play with and ultimately sell.
With the boatbuilding economy in the wooden boat world at a slower pace than normal, this might be the chance for a wooden boat builder to experiment with such a streamlined craft. I found a site that wanted information about the streamliner look of their step-hydro plane, made in the 50’s. The site was under Shepherd Boats of St. Catharines. I live about an hour and a half west of them. The boat looks like it has the same lines and a stepped hull.
http://www.shepherdboats.com/features.asp?id=3 This is the site that had the pics of the Flyer 135 class hydro when it was sitting in the channel and racing. Quite a boat!
Well, time to go. Happy New year.
I’ll try to keep up with this. It is helping me to stay motivated.
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