thanks for that, yes, yahoo is awful. How far are you from Richmond? How do you post pics on here? I guess I will try to get a hold of buzz again and see if there are any scraps. I am kinda of starting from the ground up. If you have a chance, do you think you could post a close up of the traveler a...

still it is sad that a good vessel should end up as target practice. 'There used to be ships of wood and men of iron. Now there are ships of iron and men of wood."

Dave, This is Reno or dullblade, I'm in dc, and I'm trying to find find out if you are taking apart the other venture, the one buzz had the tree fall on. Can you let me know if anything else is available. Could use a rudder and some other things and maybe could run down to where you are, if you and ...

to engineer81, watching with real interest, your enthusiasm is infectious. As I am reworking a VN 1978, a lot more slowly than you, I will be interested to see how you do and hope to compare notes on some things. Seems like you are getting a lot on your plate and I hope the Oday does not distract yo...