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Miss Bettye 1 year 4 months ago #140796
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Miss Bettye is a mystery boat. We don't know who built her or when. The hull is plywood and the topsides looked to be interior pine grooved paneling. That has been changed to mahogany planking. I particularly like how the waterline was taped-off many years ago, painted and left that way, tape and all. The bottom needed to be replaced so we just covered the original with 1/4" marine meranti completely bedded in 3M 5200. The hull is way too far gone to stain so we'll paint her Hatteras white. Here are some progress shots. Stay tuned for her debut.
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 4 months ago #140798
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Wow! Beautiful work!
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Miss Bettye 1 year 4 months ago #140871
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Excellent, how the heck did I miss this one!?!?!?!
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141085
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Making some progress....
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141087
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Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141090
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She'll get this short shaft Mercury as soon as I get it cleaned up and repainted.
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141091
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Wow ! That looks awesome ! I'm going to be in flying into Columbia, SC next Sunday. Any chance you'll be available for me to make a side trip to visit you for a short spell to say hello ?
eventually I have to make my way to Summerville Sunday for work on Monday. |
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141092
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Chuck:
You're more than welcome but I'm 150 miles from Columbia...and that's a serious side trip. But, if you still want to make the trip, just let me know when you're likely to arrive so I'll be sure to be here. |
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141098
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Well 150 mile side trip is better than a drive from Cincinnati. I land in Columbia 1:20-ish. google map says 2 hour 30 min from Columbia.
So I'm looking at 4:00 pm ? If that's not good for you, I still have 2 more trips to Summerville every 21 days till Thanksgiving. And Thank You ! |
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141100
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4:00 is fine. Plan to stay for dinner...probably low country shrimp, fries and SA Oktoberfest. Phone number on my website. Call for address. Jan
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141120
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Thank You Jan ! I have your number I'll call when I land in Columbia on Sunday
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141215
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Miss Bettye is finished. Now all I have to do is make sense of the old Mercury motor and get her looking new.
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141216
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Spectacular!
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141217
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Outstanding as always.
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141220
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I had the the opportunity to meet the great one. Mr. Nautilus himself. His attention to detail and to make something beautiful multi-steps above beautiful is amazing ! The smell of the fresh varnish on Miss Bettye was awesome. Both Jan and his wife went all out to make me feel welcome. And he taught me a lot of tricks to help me work on my project that I'm too afraid to work on.
It was so worth trip to meet him and his wife. Thank you so much !!! |
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Miss Bettye 1 year 3 months ago #141222
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You're quite welcome, Chuck. The invitation to visit is open any time you find yourself within driving distance.
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 1 month ago #141547
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Miss Bettye is finished and I took some photos out in the sunlight:
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Mentor to the unenlightened! "Never allow logic to interfere with a boat purchase." - J. S. Hadley "Vintage quality beats new junk every time." - J. S. Hadley "Anything supposed to do two things does both of them half-assed." - J. S. Hadley "Success makes... |
Miss Bettye 1 year 1 month ago #141549
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Outstanding as usual Jan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love the Merc power.
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