The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

country hicks have all sorts of descriptive words to describe different situations :laughing :laughing It is good to hear about the Red Elm. I don't care for the darker color but i have access to all kinds of these trees back home and they don't cost me anything their long clear trunks make it very ...

Thanks a lot for that information now it will make some sense when i draw it out. I knew it had to be a mistake in the numbers that came in my book as it always came out whapperjawed when i tried to apply those numbers. Thanks again

No. I am from west central Illinois just off the river about an hour and half north of St Louis but i live in Alabama now. This is my second build, the first i made 1/2 scale just to figure out what mistakes i would be running into. I donated it to relay for life to sell tickets on, the one i am bui...

I was wondering if anyone had ever used Red Elm to make the gunnels . The reason i ask is that i am originally from the mid west and this wood is relative easy to find out in the timber and it grows very straight and tall. It has good weathering capabilities but it is a dark wood, I do know it is ve...