A casual sail today with the boys and their Granddad. My dad (Granddad) built this 15 ft flat bottom skiff with a spritsail rig (no boom). It's modeled after the boats that used to sail around the shallow waters off Beaufort and Harkers Island, NC. He finished it about 7 years ago and its completely hand made with juniper and treated pine wood. Even the mast, sprit, and paddles were hand made by him. We had a fun sail in easy 5-10 mph and gave the boys the tiller for a while.
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That's an AWESOME looking boat. Compliments to the builder. What a craftsman.
WaterTurtle = a nickname some of my friends gave me when we were learning to waterski over 20 years ago because I loved being in the water so much...and still do.
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That's an AWESOME looking boat. Compliments to the builder. What a craftsman.
Alan White
Thank Alan...you'll have to come over and check out that boat plus some more he has built by hand.
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