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Nomad Builder Interview

On September 28, 2012, in Videos, by Gayle Brantuk
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I still have a few more videos to share with you from G5–last year’s Gathering of Boatbuilders. This one is of our Nomad design which is an 18′ Day Cruiser designed in 1958. This interview is of Luke Hargenrader whose father John actually built the Nomad that he named “Betty Boop”. Luke is also the […]

G6 was G-Great!

On September 21, 2012, in News From Gayle, Videos, by Gayle Brantuk
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I know it’s a hokey title, but what can I say? Once again, the Gathering of Boatbuilders was a wonderful and exciting time! September 7-9 about 100 boat builders, hope-to-soon-be-boatbuilders, thinking-about-building-a-boat people and curious-onlooker-folk came to enjoy some beautiful boats and great conversation. We had about 24 boats that were hand built with love by […]

Name Your Boat

On August 17, 2012, in News From Gayle, by Gayle Brantuk
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Article Courtesy of Newfound Woodworks Inc. :             One way to make your boat unique is to add some graphics.  These aren’t ‘decals’ as such but actually anything you can print on rice paper.  Rice paper is very thin, like tissue paper.  You can get it at an art supply […]

Tahoe 23 Builder Video Tribute

On August 3, 2012, in Cold Molded Construction, Inboard Powered, News From Gayle, Videos, by Gayle Brantuk
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Gerald Hurst sent me the video below and I just had to share it with our readers. The video was made for him for his birthday to celebrate the completion and christening of his Tahoe 23. Some details on his build are below. This is really a beautiful and touching video–enjoy…   Gerald’s build specs: […]

Super Spartan Build By Roberta #10 Finished!

On July 26, 2012, in Builder Blogs, Outboard Powered, Plywood Construction, by Gayle Brantuk
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To read the previous posts in this series, click the links below: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Saturday – June 16, 2012 I finally finished the painting on the Super Spartan and waxed it all up today and set it on the […]