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Thank you guys for the encouragement and positive comments. Jim – you are right, most pressure is self imposed. The first boat will not be for sale. We need something to show people. Joe – we get lots of questions about price. Two years ago our goal was to price the boat in the upper thirty...

Tom & Susan – congratulations on the new boat. I can’t wait to see it up close and for real in Bellingham. Put some pictures of it in your album. Dave www.tolandmarine.com

Just when I was starting to remember everyone’s name. Now I have to start over. Dave www.tolandmarine.com

As most of you know we are running behind schedule with the launch of our boat. I did update our web site the 26th with the latest photos and info. Get to the photos from this page. I am really sorry I missed the Friday Harbor Get Together and have been under a lot of pressure to have the boat...

Robbi, Mark & Dave – thank you for the words of encouragement. I feel better already. It is starting to get dark so I think I will find my beautiful wife and take her up on our hill behind the house and lay in the middle of the field and watch the stars come up. I planted it last year after the...

I am embarrassed to make this post. I pushed as hard as I could but was not able to have the Marinaut ready for this gathering. It is close but will not be completed this week. We are still waiting for some minor parts that have not come in. I will not ever make another prediction on when the...

I know it. Only problem is, I upgraded the wheel from what the C-Dory has and I am afraid they will not fit. I may just have to go back to the C-Dory type of wheel just so I can have one of your hubs. I know it will be an option on the Marinaut. Those that like the C-Dory wheel can order it with...

Matt – don’t assume your statement is accurate. C-Dory/Sea Sport is not the only manufacturer advertising/monitoring this site. I know we do not build all the models you people want, but we have to start somewhere. The Marinaut evolved from comments and ideas from the members of this site with...

Bob – I have been monitoring the hits and visits to my site and Russia is the number two country visiting my site. Don’t really know what to make of it. The top five countries are: No. 1 = US No. 2 = Russia No. 3 = Poland No. 4 = Canada No. 5 = Ukraine Most visitors are Direct Request Then...

There is more chance for error if I don’t know the exact opening dimensions, but don’t pull your window just yet. Let me see if I can find the opening dimensions someplace or someone may know and post that info here. If you want to know the price before you go to all that trouble, give me your...

Jim – the windows will be custom built to your specifications. I need to know the dimensions of the hole for the window, the door thickness and the corner radiuses. Once I have that, I will get a quote for the window and let you know what it is plus any shipping cost. I may be able to get some...

I don’t know if this discussion went very far or if the windows were ordered. I just got my window package for the Marinaut from Motion Windows in Vancouver Washington and I believe they make a better window than Diamond Sea-Glaze. Our door window is a slider of about 15"x20". My price was about...

Greg – no promises but I will try. If I do, it most likely will only be for a couple of days between the 21st and the 23rd Things are so hectic at this point, my only focus is to have the boat finished enough to make the Friday Harbor CBGT. If for some reason I don’t make it, you are welcome to...

Greg – you are never too late. To answer your questions; 1. The hull is very similar to the venture 23. A little more outward curve at the bow to direct more spray away from the boat and a little less forward slope to the point of the bow. (a longer waterline proportionately for the boat) 2...

I think someone said something like this before on this site and it is so true. “People have to take responsibility for their own actions and not expect the government or someone else to protect them from living.” ______ Dave www.tolandmarine.com

I added some additional photos and comments on our web site. They show the latest steps in our build process. The new photos are HERE. We are still scheduled for a launch date at the end of April but that is provided we get our windows by the 12th of April. _______ Dave www.tolandmarine.com

Next week I will see three of the people that know more than I do about the Venture boats. If I can get actual drawings or plans of the boats, I will post them somewhere you can see them, If I can’t I will make something that shows the location of all joints in the floor and any stringers under...

Gentlemen – I am going to venture into this thread. I am not an expert on the Venture series of boats but do have some firsthand knowledge of the boats from several people that were involved with the building of them. I have been told the early models had a balsa core in the floor of the boat...

I signed up and will be coming to this event in the Marinaut 215 for all three days. Haven’t decided how I will get there. So many possibilities including boating up from Olympia. It will be our first CBGT to show off the new boat and anyone desiring to take the boat for a test run is welcome to...