Mark_VTfisherman
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Re: Fixing up my 14ft MFG Niagara. transom rebuild w/pics
Re: Fixing up my 14ft MFG Niagara. transom rebuild w/pics
Ya- pronounced 'gunnel' but spelled gunwale. Comes from the old seaport and carpenter's term, "waler" as in the thing that gets beat up- waled on. The top rail or "hull decks" of the boat side we now call the gunwale, but historically it was also the raceway area where cannons were rolled out- hence "gun wale."
Funny thing: I read a lot when I was a kid and also was schooled for a number of years in an "individual" learning environment- most of the lessons were read silently and not out load in front of a teacher or classmates. Great education for the motivated student but it had it's flaws!
I was in my late twenties when I learned (and embarrassed to learn it!) that gunwale was pronounced gunnel and not gun-whale
It's amazing what a trip to Maine Maritime Museum can teach you LOL
I rent - would like my own place but a few family crises, and I never got over the savings hump to be able to buy. Yet No equity, but right now living here is well under 1/2 the cost of a modest mortgage and taxes. So I have to rely on the graces of others. My yard is landlocked- can't get the boat out back, and out front is all parking area and a place to plow the snow- nowhere to overwinter my boat here!
However it hasn't gotten above 25 degrees for a few days - I am going to try to get it out this AM and tow it home before mud season fully sets in. If I wait any longer, I won't be able to drive across the grass until at least May- last year it was almost June before it dried out. Right now still a lot of snow up there and the ground is frozen solid.
I do owe my friend some sill repair on his house and some rot repair around the leaking door underneath the roof which caused the damage. Fair trade... He's done me a lot of favors over the years. Have a few cars up there too.
I can't wait to fish either. We don't have anything like the Great Lakes or out west, but there are steelhead runs in Vermont which I have never tried before- I am going to next month, however. Also might have a chance to fish steelhead in upstate NY with some friends- I need a NY fishing license anyway
Re: Fixing up my 14ft MFG Niagara. transom rebuild w/pics
Ya- pronounced 'gunnel' but spelled gunwale. Comes from the old seaport and carpenter's term, "waler" as in the thing that gets beat up- waled on. The top rail or "hull decks" of the boat side we now call the gunwale, but historically it was also the raceway area where cannons were rolled out- hence "gun wale."
Funny thing: I read a lot when I was a kid and also was schooled for a number of years in an "individual" learning environment- most of the lessons were read silently and not out load in front of a teacher or classmates. Great education for the motivated student but it had it's flaws!
I was in my late twenties when I learned (and embarrassed to learn it!) that gunwale was pronounced gunnel and not gun-whale It's amazing what a trip to Maine Maritime Museum can teach you LOL
I rent - would like my own place but a few family crises, and I never got over the savings hump to be able to buy. Yet
No equity, but right now living here is well under 1/2 the cost of a modest mortgage and taxes. So I have to rely on the graces of others. My yard is landlocked- can't get the boat out back, and out front is all parking area and a place to plow the snow- nowhere to overwinter my boat here!However it hasn't gotten above 25 degrees for a few days - I am going to try to get it out this AM and tow it home before mud season fully sets in. If I wait any longer, I won't be able to drive across the grass until at least May- last year it was almost June before it dried out. Right now still a lot of snow up there and the ground is frozen solid.
I do owe my friend some sill repair on his house and some rot repair around the leaking door underneath the roof which caused the damage. Fair trade...
He's done me a lot of favors over the years. Have a few cars up there too.I can't wait to fish either. We don't have anything like the Great Lakes or out west, but there are steelhead runs in Vermont which I have never tried before- I am going to next month, however. Also might have a chance to fish steelhead in upstate NY with some friends- I need a NY fishing license anyway
