Nomad Willy
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Finally I no longer need to envy Mark and Marty w their Trinka's.
I just bought a 12' Gig Harbor Point Defiance sail/row/power boat.
One owner boat that's been a skiff/dinghy on comercial craft in Bristol Bay Alaska. Due to poor health the original owner dosn't think he'll need it again so I bought it.
Re the pics the stuff on the bow is made of rope/line as a serious fender. I ran it to the boat launch w my newly purchased 4hp Johnson light twin. The engine ran beautifully w some carb jet adjusting. 32-34lbs but no reverse gear or nutral.
The boat is rather tender innitially but stiffens up nicely like most good boats meant for sail. She's a very nice riding boat. Readily steerable by listing/leaning the boat so I was able to move fwd underway to achive good trim. She went much faster that way w greater stability in both pitch and roll.
Can you tell I really like this boat? She's way too big and heavy to use as a dinghy so she's destined to be a trailer boat. Could tow her but that would put her at risk and I doubt if I could do that. These boats are very well made by Gig Harbor Boatworks as a row boat for about $4000.
The pics are from my i-pad so are not so good and I can't figure out how to crop them. Sorry. But I'm very pleased w the boat.
I just bought a 12' Gig Harbor Point Defiance sail/row/power boat.
One owner boat that's been a skiff/dinghy on comercial craft in Bristol Bay Alaska. Due to poor health the original owner dosn't think he'll need it again so I bought it.
Re the pics the stuff on the bow is made of rope/line as a serious fender. I ran it to the boat launch w my newly purchased 4hp Johnson light twin. The engine ran beautifully w some carb jet adjusting. 32-34lbs but no reverse gear or nutral.
The boat is rather tender innitially but stiffens up nicely like most good boats meant for sail. She's a very nice riding boat. Readily steerable by listing/leaning the boat so I was able to move fwd underway to achive good trim. She went much faster that way w greater stability in both pitch and roll.
Can you tell I really like this boat? She's way too big and heavy to use as a dinghy so she's destined to be a trailer boat. Could tow her but that would put her at risk and I doubt if I could do that. These boats are very well made by Gig Harbor Boatworks as a row boat for about $4000.
The pics are from my i-pad so are not so good and I can't figure out how to crop them. Sorry. But I'm very pleased w the boat.
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