Sounds almost like a "war" canoe to me. Byard used to have one similar. His was 24 feet, square stern for a motor. He posted pics of it on the VFB, but later sold it. If you have a pic of yours, please share.
JIMMY D -----Original Message----- >From: Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Nov 28, 2010 2:00 PM >To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [VFB] UPDATE on Jimmy D now Canoe > >Jimmy, >This will be the fifth canoe I built on these forms. I fished some from the >first one and it is real stable. Dot, myself and three kids would canoe with >several people on weekends. I never worried about it tipping. Brought it out >here and a tornado got it the first year. Built one for Jim H. last year and >we have had it out on the White. Very stable, I would have no worry about >tipping. It is still not wading, it is fishing from a boat.. >Tony > >--- On Sun, 11/28/10, ray...@earthlink.net <ray...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >From: ray...@earthlink.net <ray...@earthlink.net> >Subject: RE: [VFB] UPDATE on Jimmy D's broken foot/torn posterior tendon >To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 1:25 PM > >I used a canoe a few times, when I was younger and had better balance. I'd >never get used to a kayak. I did have a cute little pontoon boat that I used >for a while, but it was much like fishing from a boat. Finally sold it to >VFB member Jack Lehman. Jack loves it. > >Have you thought about putting at least one "outrigger" on the canoe you're >building? If so, you could stand up when need be. Just a thought. > >JIMMY D >> >>I have tried my son in law's kayak It is OK for a while but my hack gives out >>in a short time sitting with my legs stretched out in front of me. >>Hope to finish my canoe in the spring, I will give that a try. I have a 20' >>river boat but it is not fly fishing fishing from it. >>Tony >> > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > >To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > > > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > >To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > >VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
