Dinghy rows

[Lootas1]

Yesterday took granddaughter Sarah for a ride in the repaired dinghy. It actually floated and rowed! How great is that?

[Helmar]

Looks like it going pretty straight too :GoTeam1:

[Tim McCrain]

Jerry, that looks like a fine way to spend a day!

:GoodJob:

[Lootas1]

It was a fine day. After floating it, I decided against painting the bottom burgundy like Rosario. Also, after doing my best job of copying the gray trim from Rosario, I decided to carry the stripe all the way to the bow. Also will do the floor(?) in steel gray as the white seems to show the mud off my boots. (Isn't that surprising?) Next step is to glass in some foam from a dock float that washed up on my beach a few years ago in the bow to add to the air space under the stern seat. Final step, I hope, is to see if I can get from dinghy into and out of Rosario with a 70 lb. dog in my arms without capsizing. Semper paratus!

[Tim McCrain]

"Final step, I hope, is to see if I can get from dinghy into and out of Rosario with a 70 lb. dog in my arms without capsizing. Semper paratus!"


Sooo ... semper paratus is latin for "I'm just kidding, no way am I going to try that"? :surprised1:

[Lootas1]

Glad to see there is someone else in the club who understands my latin!!!

[Skagitguy]

Jerry, Looking good ! I would let fido jump into the boat by herself. Chuck

[Helmar]

It was a fine day. After floating it, I decided against painting the bottom burgundy like Rosario. Also, after doing my best job of copying the gray trim from Rosario, I decided to carry the stripe all the way to the bow. Also will do the floor(?) in steel gray as the white seems to show the mud off my boots. (Isn't that surprising?) Next step is to glass in some foam from a dock float that washed up on my beach a few years ago in the bow to add to the air space under the stern seat. Final step, I hope, is to see if I can get from dinghy into and out of Rosario with a 70 lb. dog in my arms without capsizing. Semper paratus!

Nice thing about this is, its Yours and you can paint it any way you like.
Go for it.

[Lootas1]

Chuck, since you are a comparative newcomer to the Skagit 17 Express Cruiser, you probably don't know how hard they are to get into unless you have a ladder or a dock nearby!

[Skagitguy]

Jerry, Without getting into the details about how you can "hurt" yourself getting in and out of a Skagit Express working on one while on a trailer. That tells it all...Right ? Like that swish on the dinghy. Chuck