birdnest,
very cool site, those are exactly the kind of boats i have in mind, but not as big. i had that site as one of my favorites but, lost it awhile back and couldn't remeber the name, thank you.

the grand banks style would be a lot of fun for rowing around and crabbing. Keep me posted as to what you decide to build, or shoot me an email.
i think i'm going to order teh plans at the end of this month and hopefully start building a boat in december.

chum.
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