(from left to right) Bill Paxton, Mike Donlin, Phil
Gowans, Terry Crisp and Arlen Schiff.
Weekender, Terry Crisp, Sioux Falls, SD
Mr. Crisp has sent us pictures of his Weekender Nine Lives. Terry is the president of the BackYard Yacht Builders, a builder's organisation for our boat designs. It's a great group, by and for builders, and we urge everyone to check them out!
Terry has a website here: http://sites.netscape.net/terryc138/homepage
Terry also started a MSN site for posting pictures. Its at: http://communities.msn.com/SandbarsandDriftwood
Modified Weekender, Larry Baldwin, Pace, FL
Mr. Baldwin modified the cockpit area of his Weekender Bettsy's Honor to have a bunch of storage hatches. It's an interesting change, and pretty practical. We sort of prefer the curved seatbacks, but personalisation is one of the great things about building one's own boat!
Thanks for the interesting concept Larry!
Weekender, Bill Smith, Chasapeake, VA
Mr. Smith has launched his Weekender Wild Onion! Bill has had a web site for quite some time; one of the first Weekender site. We're glad to see the Wild Onion hit the water. Mr. Smith has enlarged the jib a bit, as is shown in the before-and-after shots above.
Here's the link to Mr. Smith's site. Thanks Bill!
Modified Weekender, Bill Paxton, Apple Valley, MN
Mr. Paxton's Weekender Surprise has been beautifully finished, and he has done a very nice job of modifying the boat to be open-decked. A few builders have built their Weekenders without the cabin. Bill has a very pretty boat, and a handy one for taking lots of people out on day sails! Looks like another Weekender in the background above...
Thanks Bill!
Weekender, Joe Gifford, Denver, CO
Mr. Gifford is almost finished with his Weekender Tumbleweed. It looks nice with the two-color paint job. We look forward to launch shots!
Weekender, Phil Gowans, West Valley, UT
Mr. Gowans has submitted this shot of his launch. A very well-finished Weekender indeed!
Our thanks to Mr. Gowans!
Weekender, Mary Lou Toft, Blue Springs, MO
Ms. Toft sent us these great shots of her well-finished Weekender. She built this boat in about 8 months, which seems to be around the normal length of time for most of our builders. It's great to see more women building our projects; we have had lots of guys for a long time and it's nice to see the balance swinging back a bit!
Thanks Mary Lou!
Weekender, Bob Harvey (?)
Mr. Harvey sent us these shots some time ago. We have to apologise, as we have lost the original e-mail which accompanied them. It's a great looking Weekender. I hope Mr. Harvey will e-mail us with some information we can share!
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