Salty

[jbowers417]

The builder's name is Hogdon. I've looked for offset planks for reasons you suggested. Everything seems to be lined up the way they should be.

[alan white]

Hodgdon is still in business. You might contact them and get some advice. They would probably be able to tell you a lot about your boat's construction too.

[jbowers417]

to Alan White:
Good suggestion. I'll see if I can find them on the internet again. Sometimes this can be a bit of a crap shoot. ha

[jbowers417]

To Alan White

You are also correct on the spelling. I copied the name off of the title from the previous owner. I just came back from the barn where I checked the bronze name plate on the console. And it in fact is spelled H o d g d o n.
I truly appreciate yours as well as the others ( Marshmat, Longliner45, Bergalia, Charmc ) comments and suggestions as they all gave me things to watch for. Just cause I'm 63 doesn't mean I know it all. Far from it. My first boat, back in the early 1970's, was a 16ft. wooden Lyman. I was in my late 20's. Since then all my boat have been aluminum ( 1 ) or fiberglass ( 5 ). Now at this late stage of my life I'm back to wood. With my health, I'm more into comfort which is why the wood as well as the trawler semidisplacement type hull. Much softer on the legs and back. ha Not because I'm a lobster fisherman. Although if I were to die tonight and be reborn tomorrow, that's what I would want to be. On the water and making my living from it. I've told my wife more than once I was born 200 years too late.

[alan white]

Aw shoot--- you oughta take your boat east for a season and fulfill a dream. Lobstering is a going thing out here. Some tend only a few traps, some hundreds.
Even if you just putter around and shoot out to Monhegan Island or Matinicus Rock, it would be a great way to spend time. You oughta see Bernard (Bass Harbor, Me) with all the lobster boats. Or see Spruce Head, or Bailey Island.
Booth Bay is now overrun by rich summer people and tourists. But there are still some places that have seals sunning themselves on rocks in rocky little coves amidst wooden lobsterboats as old as yours that still fish.

Alan

[jbowers417]

Hi Alan;

Not real comfortable on how to use this forum thing just yet. Just found your latest comment. Yup, around these parts, seems like wooden boat owners have a tendency to help each other out. I wish I knew how to get a picture of my boat on this forum so you could see it. Right now the hull is white. I've taken the notion to paint it black next Spring with the exception of the top plank. Thought I'd paint that a medium shade of red. Keep the outside of the pilot house white. The gunwhale or rubrail area, as well as the top of the bow are currently a medium tannish grayish color. Same as top of pilot house and roof area over the "cuddy cabin" area. Got lots of plans for the interior. However, just found out my "ticker" isn't so good. It's operating at 35% capacity. Gotta date with a hospital for a heart cathorization on the 17th. to find out where the blockage is. It's
been three years to this month since my last open heart surgery. So guess I won't be doing any boat work for awhile. Any thoughts on how to get pictures on this forum would be muchly appreciated.
Salty

[alan white]

Click on "go advanced".

Click "manage attachments"

You'll see a series of "browse" buttons. Click on one. This will show you your own file locations. You will, of course, have already filed your pictures in one of those file locations, such as "desktop" or "my documents".
Choosing your file by double clicking puts your chosen file name in the box to the left of the browse button you just clicked. You can now go to the next browse button below the first and add another file if you like. Etc..

Click "upload"

If you have a slow connection like me, put your cursor over the X on the corner of the attachment box and you'll see an hourglass---- the upload can take a while. When the hourglass disappears, the upload is finished.
Click the X and you'll see the written part of your message (which you have already typed, like, "this is my boat").
Click "preview post" and you'll see what the final post including the picture will look like. Always do this to avoid accidentally posting naked pictures of yourself smeared with chocolate wearing a lampshade.
Finally, if the right picture emerged in the preview, click "Submit Reply".

Alan

[jbowers417]

Alan,

Where do I go to find this "go advance" thing? I have DSL, so the computer reacts fairly quickly. Is this "go advance" under internet, or e-mail. or somewhere hiding in boatdesign.net? I have my pictures under favorites. Just got them there. Boat name " Salty Lady ".
Salty

[jbowers417]

Alan,

Where do I go to find this "go advance" thing? I have DSL, so the computer reacts fairly quickly. Is this "go advance" under internet, or e-mail. or somewhere hiding in boatdesign.net? I have my pictures under favorites. Just got them there. Boat name " Salty Lady ".
Salty

[lewisboats]

Look below the box where you are typing in to reply to this, the right button is the Go Advanced button. You will now have a bunch of additional options. Lower down is a button for adding attachments. In the box that pops up, click on the browse button, navigate to where you have your pictures and click on a picture that you want to use. Click on upload. After it uploads, it should show up in the lower part of the box...add any other pictures you want and then close the box. The pictures should show up in the lower part of this "advanced" page. Type what you want in the message box then hit Submit.
Steve