Little Bitts Page 2!8/17/08--Well, our members have been keeping me busy! Here we are, grown from 4 members a year ago to about 75 now! A great year it has been, and membership is growing daily. I am going to look into having a forum on the site, too. It has always been my dream, but the site didn't have enough traffic. We are now averaging about 5,000 visitors a month! Congratulations to all of you for making this possible! We are selling plans worldwide, too! We have sold in the UK, Israel, Australia, Greece, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, just to name a few! We still sell a lot in Canada, too. Thank you for all of your efforts! What a great group we are!!!!! And thank you, Mike Twohig, for being the brainchild and starting all of this years ago! We owe you!!!!!! Susie Below is a photo that Dean Fabian sent in of "Little Mac" at the Harborfest, taking on his elders!
The following came in from Art Connor of Mobile, Alabama. He built his tug, a Perfect 10, "Tender to the Gloucester" from Berk's plans. The "Tender to the Gloucester" is powered by a 50 HP 4 cycle Yamaha, three hydraulic helms (yes that's 3 hydraulic helms on a 10 foot boat!), Shepeeli plywood covered on both sides with fiberglass, air compressor & air whistle, fully enclosed cabin, and both a Ham & Marine radio. He says "I never met your dad but I can tell you the little tugboats he designed still put smiles on faces every time I take it out!" Art Below is a photo of Art's boat when it won Best in Show at the Pirate's Cove Wooden Boat Show!
And here is another shot of Art's little but mighty "Tender to the Gloucester" taking on someone bigger than her!
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