A "Thank You Porch" GAW: Boats !! WINNER

[Pinemoon]

Greetings Porch Dwellers,
I've been meaning to offer up a GAW for a while now.
Since joining The Porch about a year and a half ago I've been the lucky recipient of two GAWs. This place has impressed me a lot. You are a great group of folks and I want to keep the "Porch Magic" going.

The offered knife is a Case Sodbuster Jr. in whiskey bone with a CV blade.
She's been carried only a handful of times.

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It's winter up here in Maine right now and I really miss my boat.
I bet I'm not alone.
To enter, say "I'm in" then post a pic of your boat, a boat you used to own, or a boat you'd like to own
And maybe there's a story related to it you'd like to share.

Here's mine:

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Fine-tuning the rafters by Pine Moon, on Flickr

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I launched Moonrise in '09 after working on it for about 4 years. It's my home away from home in the summer. I bought a used pontoon boat and started building. People's reactions were mixed. They were either fascinated, or thought I'd lost my mind. There was very little middle ground! In fact, my wife said it would probably sink

Anyway, she's proven seaworthy

This coming summer will mark her 11th season cruising the waters of Southern Maine on Sebago Lake.

Let's see (and hear) what other knife nuts have, have had, or want for watercrafts.

~Don

 

[Old Hunter]

Don, cool idea for a giveaway. I'm curious, does your wife go with you - is she convinced its seaworthy now? I'll post my boat but not entering for the knife (as beautiful as it is) - I've won several GAW's in the past and would like to see another Knife Knut have that thrill. Very nice gesture. OH

Me about 3-1/2 years ago with my boat and old truck the day I bought the boat (used from one of my best hunting buddy's estate) - getting ready to pull out from his home.

My youngest daughter checking the boat out right after I pulled up at home the day I picked it up.

In the slip around the corner from my house - Deer Creek just off the ICW.

 

[JTB_5]

An excellent giveaway, Don. Thank you for your generosity. I have never owned a boat, don't currently plan on owning one, but I have enjoyed the pleasure of boating/fishing with others who have boats. Growing up, my grandfather and one of my uncles both owned boats and loved fishing. I had the privilege of going fishing with them several times. I'm very impressed that you built your own boat, and especially given how much time and effort you put into it.

I am blessed to live very close to the Gulf of Mexico, and I take my family to the beach often. If I were to ever get a boat, I think it would need to be something seaworthy enough to go on the ocean, and also large enough to carry my whole family of seven (and perhaps with room for friends). It would be fun to have something that we could use to look for dolphins and sharks out in the gulf. I probably will never have the capital for such a thing, but I'd love to hear what you would suggest as I know next to nothing about boats .

Thanks again for your generosity!

 

[abcdef]

I'll play.

Thanks for the generous GAW!

 

[JohnDF]

Thanks for the chance, Don.

A bone handled Case Sodbuster Jr has been on my "want" list for quite a while. Don't know why I haven't pulled the trigger on one yet. Something about those slim beautiful handles on a Sodbuster make it seem so perfect. So ya, I have to enter and appreciate the opportunity.

I've done a lot of fishing in boats but have never owned my own. Drift boats are my favorite because I live and breathe fly fishing. There's something wonderful about drifting down a river, no motor, silent and beautiful, casting to rising fish. Some of the best days I've ever spent.

The only boats I do own are pontoon boats and float tubes. I don't have any pictures of mine, it's hard to take photos of your own pontoon boat as your fishing. But I did manage to find a picture of my float tube on the Googles. I use the pontoon boats to float the rivers and the float tubes on lakes.

This is the boat I own...


This is the boat I want to own...

 

[Captvideo]

Thanks for the GAW! I don't have a Case Sodbuster in bone.....whiskey bone is really nice!

Cal-Jensen sailboat that I do sail often. Boating is year round here in Southern CA. even if its "California cold" in winter.

 

[315]

I’d love to join in. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the entire boat and it’s covered up right now. All my photos have been taken from the inside while fishing, but here’s a few shots of some of the scenery.

Here’s the end result of a lot of those days on the water...

And this is what usually happens. My fishing partner starts to snore and the bite is on!!

 

[Prester John]

Never had a boat, and probably never will, but my wife has a kayak. Does that count?

We keep it at my son's house on Padre Island--he lives on a canal.

Nice GAW. If I win, please send the prize to JohnDF .

Good luck, everyone!

 

[Jack Black]

Been great having you here Don That's a great knife to put into a giveaway, and a nice post my friend

I was going to post that I'd never owned a boat, but in 1982, I was a founder member of a Sheffield canoe club (Broomhall Canoe Club), and we did collectively own a bunch of canoes and kayaks I was thinking about buying a narrow boat about 10 years ago, changed my mind, but I do have an open invitation to look after my friend's narrow boat anytime

I've also been on a few cruises, and lots of ferries!

Not an entry from me, but good luck everyone, and thanks for the generous giveaway Don

 

[Headwinds]

Not an entry - I just wanted to compliment you on the great sea-going cottage you’ve built. I love it! I don’t blame you for spending as much time as you can on it. Nice GAW, too.

Might as well put in a shot of our “narrow boat”, as Jack put it. Sunset at the ramp:

(Our boating is very low-key.)

 

[JohnDF]

If I win, please send the prize to JohnDF .

Thank you very much, Vince. It's much appreciated.

 

[CelloDan]

Great knife for a GAW Pinemoon ,
I am in

I built this row boat for two rowers in 2008 for my Dad. He and my Mon navigated the Rideau Canal for a few years with it.

My Dad, my nephew and I entering one of the locks at the Rideau canal in 2008.

Last year I repainted it and repaired it ( it was getting very hard to keep the varnish in the interior in good shape )
Unlike Dad I am not much of a rower so I put a very small 2hp outboard

Here is my wife and I last July

 

[Frailer]

My boat is stowed away for the winter, but here’s what a 10 foot jon boat looks like:



As a kid every farm pond had a jon boat upside down on the bank, and I spent many happy hours in such boats. It’s the most humble of watercraft, but it’s also a time machine. Every time I step into this boat I’m a kid again.

 

[Pinemoon]

Cool stuff so far gents
Just popping in to clarify something; I'll reply more personally to your posts a bit later
Yes, canoes and kayaks are boats. They count.
And so do posts of outrageous dream yachts, like in post #4.
I want all to play regardless if you have a boat or not. Boats is just a theme.
For those with no boat, past or present, post a pic of what you'd like to own. Ya know, for the mega millions, power ball type day.
Dream away!
Good luck all

 

[Will Power]

Really interesting and admirable GAW thank you.

I don't own a boat, never will but I love the water (even though I can't swim) rivers, lakes, fjords and especially the open sea fascinate me. But I've been in a number of storms that were lessons of respect for the power of the sea. But still not as terrifying as air travel something I won't do means I've used ships a fair bit in the past. Was on a ship in the Baltic when the Captain invited me to the bridge, he then showed me the wreck of the ill fated 'Estonia' on the sonar as we sailed near her, an eerie moment, the more so as I had sailed on her when she was a Finnish ship. Once on the North Sea was very privileged to see at close hand part of The Tall Ships Race near the coast of Norway, magnificent vessels in full sail. About 10 years ago the race came to Turku in Finland from St Petersburg, another wonderful sight

So would I like a Tall Ship? Not bad But for some reason the word Steam Yacht sends me into a very pleasant reverie: immensely wealthy and enviably debauched figures from the c19th-c 20th come to mind So. I'm going for a Steam Yacht please and here's a clip of Kaiser Wilhem II's SMY Hohenzollern, she might do Some 'yacht'

OK after all that long windedness, enough to fill my sails NOT an entry thanks as I've got a few knives and I have a Chestnut Bone version so a great prize awaits a worthy winner

Thanks, Will

 

[Henry Beige]

Not my boat, but rather a stock photo of a Reelfoot Lake Boat, the only boat I would care to own. Designed for fishing on Tennessee’s stump-ridden Reelfoot Lake, may be powered either by oars or an optional 8hp Briggs.

Please count me in.

 

[afishhunter]

A very generous GAW! I'm out. The last "boat" (note quotes) I had was an old (dry rotted) wood scull boat. It never saw the water when I had her. It would have sunk at the shore.
I had it years before cellphones and cellphones with a camera were invented, so no picture of it.

My boat is stowed away for the winter, but here’s what a 10 foot jon boat looks like:

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As a kid every farm pond had a jon boat upside down on the bank, and I spent many happy hours in such boats. It’s the most humble of watercraft, but it’s also a time machine. Every time I step into this boat I’m a kid again.

Hmmmm ... looks a lot like the 24 foot jonboat my late step pop had, but with a shorter deck.

Good boats. Very versatile, and shallow draft.
(unless like a weird uncle I had (he put a 454 BB Chevy in the middle with a shaft drive to motivate the thing up and down the river to check and retrieve his trot lines and fish traps.) His was not very much shallow draft after that, considering the prop and rudder.

 

[chuck4570]

Please add me, this isn’t my boat but my brother in laws, spent 10 days on and off the Yukon River hunting moose e few years ago, such a great time. My boat is a canoe used for fishing on small lakes around me.

 

[Pinemoon]

Don, cool idea for a giveaway. I'm curious, does your wife go with you - is she convinced its seaworthy now?

Hey, yeah, she comes out with me now, lol!
The fact that it floats is one of my few triumphs in our relationship. I mean one of the few times I was right. It's a small victory, but victory just the same!
Nice fishing boat and nice berth setup. A great connection to your old friend

An excellent giveaway, Don. Thank you for your generosity. I have never owned a boat, don't currently plan on owning one, but I have enjoyed the pleasure of boating/fishing with others who have boats. Growing up, my grandfather and one of my uncles both owned boats and loved fishing. I had the privilege of going fishing with them several times. I'm very impressed that you built your own boat, and especially given how much time and effort you put into it.

I am blessed to live very close to the Gulf of Mexico, and I take my family to the beach often. If I were to ever get a boat, I think it would need to be something seaworthy enough to go on the ocean, and also large enough to carry my whole family of seven (and perhaps with room for friends). It would be fun to have something that we could use to look for dolphins and sharks out in the gulf. I probably will never have the capital for such a thing, but I'd love to hear what you would suggest as I know next to nothing about boats .

Thanks again for your generosity!

Hey there, thanks for your comments. Can you confirm if you're "in" on this? If so, post a pic of a boat you'd like to own.

Thanks for the chance, Don.

A bone handled Case Sodbuster Jr has been on my "want" list for quite a while. Don't know why I haven't pulled the trigger on one yet. Something about those slim beautiful handles on a Sodbuster make it seem so perfect. So ya, I have to enter and appreciate the opportunity.

I've done a lot of fishing in boats but have never owned my own. Drift boats are my favorite because I live and breathe fly fishing. There's something wonderful about drifting down a river, no motor, silent and beautiful, casting to rising fish. Some of the best days I've ever spent.

The only boats I do own are pontoon boats and float tubes. I don't have any pictures of mine, it's hard to take photos of your own pontoon boat as your fishing. But I did manage to find a picture of my float tube on the Googles. I use the pontoon boats to float the rivers and the float tubes on lakes.

This is the boat I own...


This is the boat I want to own...

Cool little fishing boat, John. Like a fancy rowboat
I hope you get it someday. I've got you officially entered.

Thanks for the GAW! I don't have a Case Sodbuster in bone.....whiskey bone is really nice!

Cal-Jensen sailboat that I do sail often. Boating is year round here in Southern CA. even if its "California cold" in winter.

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You're entered, Sir
That's a nice sloop. I envy your year-round status!

I’d love to join in. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the entire boat and it’s covered up right now. All my photos have been taken from the inside while fishing, but here’s a few shots of some of the scenery.

Here’s the end result of a lot of those days on the water...

And this is what usually happens. My fishing partner starts to snore and the bite is on!!

Close enough.
There's enough boat visible in your pics. Gotcha entered, my friend

Never had a boat, and probably never will, but my wife has a kayak. Does that count?

We keep it at my son's house on Padre Island--he lives on a canal.

Nice GAW. If I win, please send the prize to JohnDF .

Good luck, everyone!

Yup, the kayak counts, Vince
And I got that you want JohnDF to accept should you win. Nice gesture, very "Porch-like."

Been great having you here Don That's a great knife to put into a giveaway, and a nice post my friend

Thanks Jack
Neat about your canoe associations. I love to paddle.

Great knife for a GAW Pinemoon ,
I am in

Gotcha entered, Sir. That's a unique craft you built
I am hoping to see a few more "boat builders" turn up here

Not an entry - I just wanted to compliment you on the great sea-going cottage you’ve built. I love it!

Thank you very much

My boat is stowed away for the winter, but here’s what a 10 foot jon boat looks like:

Yes, a classic boat design.
Are you in on the GAW? I wasn't sure.

 

[Pinemoon]

Was on a ship in the Baltic when the Captain invited me to the bridge, he then showed me the wreck of the ill fated 'Estonia' on the sonar as we sailed near her, an eerie moment, the more so as I had sailed on her when she was a Finnish ship

Yes, I can imagine that was an experience to remember.
Nice video from the grand old days of seafaring.

Not my boat, but rather a stock photo of a Reelfoot Lake Boat, the only boat I would care to own. Designed for fishing on Tennessee’s stump-ridden Reelfoot Lake, may be powered either by oars or an optional 8hp Briggs.

Please count me in.

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Interesting rig there. Kinda like a batteau... a rugged canoe. May you get one one day.
You're entered, Sir

(unless like a weird uncle I had (he put a 454 BB Chevy in the middle with a shaft drive to motivate the thing up and down the river to check and retrieve his trot lines and fish traps.) His was not very much shallow draft after that, considering the prop and rudder

Interesting uncle!
Like a hot rod boat

Please add me, this isn’t my boat but my brother in laws, spent 10 days on and off the Yukon River hunting moose e few years ago, such a great time. My boat is a canoe used for fishing on small lakes around me.
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Ok, gotcha entered


I'm enjoying getting a look at your toys guys
A little bit of everything