Darlington Boat Builder's Guild

We are four friends who live near the town of Darlington, Maryland. We have a passion for taking on new projects and thought building a boat would be lots of fun This blog captures our attempt to build our first wooden boat, which we will ride in the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. We purchased our plans from the Lumber Yard Sciff and are doing our best to follow these plans. Unfortunately, we all have some form of ADD so following a plan is not our strong suit.

Monday, July 25, 2016

In the water at last

First fish caught on the skiff and it is a big one

David's fish, a little better than Tony's

Friday, July 15, 2016

July 13th 2016

Tony, AKA Captain Chesapeake is Aligning the Front of the trailer with the boat

Admiring the Skiff mounted on it's new wheels

The sleek look of the skiff

David has just completed the task of brushing on the finish to the bottom of the Skiff

Also, tonight the eye bolt in the front was mounted

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

July 6th

July 6th

The trailer was painted on Wednesday.

Captain Chesapeake took it to the Amish weld shop on Thursday to get the necessary modifications made.

Trailer is Painted and ready to go!

Another view

Close up of the elevated rails

July 5th

5 July

Tony determines the required angle

Making the cut, that was easy ... not

Last Day In June

Jim Grinds off the bolts

David Paints the Console

1st Coat is coat is complete

Tony mounts the stainless steel transom plate

while Jim looks on

Painted stripe at the water line

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