Hello from Carstairs, Ab

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I also am a newbie here. I just moved to Airdrie a few months ago. I joined here 2 days ago. I have an airplane I built, 2 motorcycles and more junk. My plan is to build a Ford I am looking at a 1950 Prefect or a 1949 Ford Coupe. I will get started soon.

Welcome. Perhaps start your own Introduction Thread. You're kind of buried here.

 

[Ken47]

Now that I’ve had a coffee I’m thinking that all the boats of that time period were most likely made of wood so maybe the term didn’t apply.. I once built a wooden boat in my basement. It was called a sea flea style . Was a small speed boat. Took me about 5 months . Finally got it done and put in in the back pond where it sat proud in the water...for about 2 minutes then sank to the bottom of the pond. My neighbour at the time looked out his back window and seen me standing there looking at the pond which was actually on his property. He came out and asked me what I was doing. Told him I built a boat but it sunk to the bottom of the pond. He said..you built a boat? I said yes.. he said you put it in my pond?..I said yes..he said its at the bottom of my pond? I said yes.. He said. I wasn’t a boat ..then went back into his house. Those wooden boats of that time period were a work of art and craftsmanship....

I have a similar sea flea story. I was probably 15 or so when I bought mine finished though. I got an old 5 hp outboard motor. On my first run with it the motor seized and the boat sank, I swam to shore and that was it. Never did retrieve it. Two minutes of fun. Well worth the effort