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Party Boat
I have always loved being on the water. Ever since I was a kid, I have been drawn to it. We used to live on a small Lake in Wisconsin, and boating was one of our biggest pastimes. Sometimes, I would get to go on serene morning rows with my father. Other times, a few of us would go fishing in the evening. My favorite adventure, however, was taking out the big party boat with all of my friends and family. The party boat is what we called the pontoon boat. It was a typical floating porch, about 30 feet long and almost as wide. Although it was a big boat by any standards, when I was a kid it Click to Read More
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Cedar Strip Canoe
Since I was little, it was my dream to build a cedar strip canoe. I know that there are more efficient designs than cedar strip canoes: they are heavier and less durable than kevlar, and even aluminum has advantages over a cedar strip canoe, but still, the beauty of the lines, the richness of the wood, make the whole thing so incredibly appealing in a way that a boat made of more modern materials simply can’t be. My dad purchased cedar strip canoe plans to build one with me when I was a child. In his younger days, he had been quite the avid outdoorsman, travelling up and down the Click to Read More
