Another hole in the sea

47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

This was built by my uncle about 40 years ago. This year I
fiberglassed the bottom and added a spray rail. The third
winter of restoration and I hope to be work free for a couple
years of use.

47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

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47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

Me after sanding all the old bottom paint

Inside

SDE · May 8, 2021

I have the same photo of me somewhere. From when I stripped the old paint and rust from the bottom of my trailer.

jon f mn · May 8, 2021

She's a beauty!

47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

Almost forgot the tractor

rustred · May 8, 2021

nice job. front and rear drive boat! is that blue thing on the tractor to help it float? lol.

SVcummins · May 8, 2021

Thats what I look like after cleaning rims

Philip d · May 8, 2021

That turned out incredible, youll enjoy using that boat for many years to come!

Geo-TH,In · May 8, 2021

Doesn't Gibby have a wood boat in his basement?
Ever wonder how he plans to get it out?
In Florida there must be a wood boat club. There are Some nice looking wood boats.

grandpa Love · May 8, 2021

Crab boat? Chesapeake bay crabs??

old · May 8, 2021

Can't answer your question but I sure did enjoy crab fishing in Va. back when I was stationed at Damneck naval base in Va. which is close to Va. Beach Va.

Steve@Advance · May 8, 2021

Nice!

BTDT on the bottom sanding! Ground off my share of red lead, so if I seem kinda goofy, that's one of the many reasons!
Men of Steel

47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

Yes. Bay crabs on the way!

old · May 8, 2021

Do you use carb pots or do you use chicken necks and a net?? We used chicken necks and a net but we where also doing it from shore

wingnuttx · May 8, 2021

475window......both you and your window are talented when it comes to boat works. Uhmmmm. I can just smell those crabs and clams boiling now! Very good job. Wingnut

MarkB_MI · May 8, 2021

Very nice carvel-planked skiff.

I built a lapstrake canoe about twenty-five years ago.

Russ from MN · May 8, 2021

You mean Leroy Jethro Gibbs? I imagine it's a tuck under garage, but we don't get to see that on set. Recently he's been working on the engine, looks like a straight 6. It was upside down, he was torqueing the rod caps last week. the boat is nearly done, I wonder if he will ever finish it? Lots of time now that he got fired!

Geo-TH,In · May 8, 2021

Tend to think the show will sink without Jethro.
He has a nice classic woodie boat.

Crazy Horse · May 8, 2021

Wingnut ...... I can smell the fibreglass resin ..... ugh! I spent a month up north in '65 laying mat inside tanks, and then in the early 70's glassing a basement shower (which I have since ripped out). The shower project worked good but I dyed the resin robin's egg blue and got very tired of it. Replaced everything with concrete board and tile.

47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

The boat is designed to run a trout line. This is a 500 foot plus long line with baits every 6 feet. The line is brought in over a roller where the crabs are netted. That is why the keel is so pronounced, so it will stay straight along the run. Chicken necks are a common bait.

old · May 8, 2021

Back when we caught them I was stationed at Damneck Va naval base. Right on the edge of Va. Beach was a big pile of rocks in the inlet and we would go out on that pile of rocks and tie chicken necks to a string and wait a while. Then slowly pull them up and another person would stand ready with a long handle net to catch any crabs that didn't let go. Worked pretty good as long as we did it at low tide. If you where on the pile of rocks as high tide hit you where in trouble since the water came up so you had to try to swim off the pile of rocks

47fivewindow · May 8, 2021

Thanks Steve. I was not familiar with that artist. Reminded me of John Prine a favorite of mine.

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