Jim's Boats
 

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.

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

Jim carves the oars and does the traditional leather work

The seats are redwood and seat supports are cherry.

The transom is a single slab of locally grown ash.

We have some very gifted members.

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

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

That is my January project.

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

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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