Jim's Boats

[Bruce Day]

Our PGCA member Jim Bielke of Morgan, Minnesota builds and restores wood boats. Here is a 17 ft Rangely square stern that he did for me. The hull is white cedar , seats are old heart redwood, oars are basswood, transom, deck and removable floors are ash and gunnels are mahogany . The base coating is epoxy covered by Epiphanes varnish.

It weighs under 200 lbs and a 10 hp outboard pushes the boat along quickly.

[Bruce Day]

The white cedar strip hull at the water line is willow green, a historically correct color.

[Bruce Day]

Jim carves the oars and does the traditional leather work

[Bruce Day]

The seats are redwood and seat supports are cherry.

[Bruce Day]

The transom is a single slab of locally grown ash.

We have some very gifted members.

[winplumber]

Very Nice ! I would of had him make a gas tank cover to match .

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Beautiful!! The skills of some of our members are just amazing.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Steve Huffman

Very Nice ! I would of had him make a gas tank cover to match .

That is my January project.

[Mills]

Very cool! My friend who did the duck carving in my profile picture also makes boats.

[Dean Romig]

What a beautiful little boat Bruce! and definitely a boat for the calmer days on Rangely Lake. You'll have to tow her to Maine one day and taker out on her name's sake lake.





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