Paul H. Townsend

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The cement boat in a Colorado pond

At dock

Close up of stern

The boat is l8 lbs and the bow thruster moves it just fine.

Early view

In place

Ready to go into the hull

Click here for plans to build
your own bow thruster

E. M. Ford

Note detail of hull showing individual rivets

Close up

USCG Mesquite

The model is 1/4"=1 ft, about 4' long.  Working thruster, lights, rudder and proportional fwd/reverse.  Took about seven years to build.

Buoy deck and cabin

Close up of a buoy

Mast has an estimated 400 parts. A friend of mine was dying of leukemia at the time I built the mast (He inspired me to do the boat in the first place)  I did a ladder rung for each day he lived following diagnosis.  He died on the day I did the last rung.