I love boats.
This is "Grebe", a Drake 13 Sharpie designed by Selway-Fisher. I built this boat in 2019 and sail it on Cascade Reservoir.
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My first build, a Phil Bolger Cartopper.
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Trying to figure out how to switch the design from centerboard. to daggerboard.
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Plywood "tack'-and-tape" boats go together fast!
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It's the details that take time.
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My second boat, a Pete Culler designed "Butternut". This one is cedar-strip construction.
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My little fleet.
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Sunset cruise on Cascade Reservoir.
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A "pattino" stand-up rowboat I designed but have not yet built.
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Loaded for an overnight cruise.
Grebe at Spring Valley, Idaho. Video by Buddy Levy.