Wood drift boat 75 % finished.

[Herb]

If someone wants a wooden drift boat that is 75 percent finished I have a GREAT deal for them....

I really need to hand this off to someone that would like to have a wooden drift boat and has time to do finish it. I would like to sell it soon.

I'm asking less than what is in it in wood which is $500.00 It comes with all the plans and you would need a trailer.

It has been on the local bass pond twice. The boat can be fished on a river (Green) with less than two-four hours of work. I just do not have time!

E-mail me if you are interested.

Herb

[Danny]

Whose plans? Stitch and Glue or framed? How long? Other details?

[Splat]

Herb has given the plans to me to look at. Here is some basic information on the boat. It is:

Don Hill 15' Standard Drift Boat. It is 15' long by 6' wide. All it needs is floor, seats and oarlocks, and trailer of course. It will come with all the plans to complete the boat.

[Louis Cyphair]

Is this thing still for sale? Has anyone had a look at it? Was it a kit or was it built from plans? If it was from plans what type of wood was used, sides, hand rails, chines? Ors included? Who built it?

Louis

[Curtis Fry]

It's been sold. Heck of a deal, someone picked it up within a day or two I think.

[Stoney Clarke]

Heck of a deal? You obviously did not see the boat. Who ever bought it is going to be in for a rude awakening when they hit their first rapid. It will fold in half like a stale taco shell. You guys should be ashamed for pawning that off on someone for $500.

SC

[Curtis Fry]

Sure, if they're stupid enough to float it without finishing the thing. Hell, I only saw the boat a few times so I figure $500 is a pretty good deal seeing as how most of the work was done.

But then again, I'm not a boat building expert.

Water under the bridge either way....

[Herb]

I actually did not build any part of the boat. This boat was built by someone else on this site who was asking 800.00 for it, which was supposed to have been a great deal for the detail work that had been done.

I would never sell anything that I thought was unsafe or try to rip someone else off. Ask most of the guys that know me. Not knowing much about wood working we were trying to sell it for what we paid for it.

As for being ashamed, I'm not. I was selling the boat under the same conditions that I purchased it under.

I think it may be best to just keep it as a bass pond boat, since I know it has worked great on local stillwaters to fish out of and catch fish.

[Stoney Clarke]

Herb,

It was not my intention to disparage your reputation. I've met you in the past and you appear to be a sincere, straight forward, honest person. I realize you did not build the boat yourself. If you sold it as a still water boat only than it should be fine. I hope you will accept my apologie. If though,the person who sold it to you, sold it under the guise that it was built to run rivers than you should have an issue with them.

Again I did not mean to disparage youor "Splat"

SC