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34. Tony L. Green - 2009-08-19 12:44:08 |
| Hello I was searching for canoe kits and came across your website and was wandering if it is possible to get plans for your canoe kits yet. The reason i would like your plans is when i was growing up my dad built three canoes a 10,12,14 foot and we had a great time using them but as he got older and we did’nt go camping anymore he sold them do to health reasons,now my youngest son found some old pictures and would like to build one. So i’m hoping i can purchase the plans. Thank You for your time,Sincerely Yours TONY L.GREEN |
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33. C.Neil Wray - 2009-08-05 14:58:56 |
| Hello.I remember a friend of mine built one of your canoe kits back in the later 60’s.We used to take it and run limb line on the Smokey south of Salina .There was a place where the river made a big loop and came back to within a city block of itself .A perfect place to canoe .I wonder if you still have any info on your canoes.I would like to get my grandson and build one for him.Do you still have plans for sell?Please e-mail me Neil |
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32. Robert Breault - 2009-07-24 04:03:42 |
Hi Ron; You were my scoutmaster. Leroy Breault was my dad’s brother. My dad’s name was Laurence. Barbara Roche Gaines recently told me about your web site. I have kept in contact with Mike Roche too. I live in Grand Junction, CO about 2 miles from your daughter Susan. I met her once and gave her a book about "Our Lady of Perpetual Help".
On a camp out I put rocks and cactus in your sleeping bag. That was my last day in scouts. I’m retired from the USAF, and still hunt and fish. Your paintings are nice. I still have 2 still lifes that Joan Roche painted for us in 1967. Sincerely, Bob Breault |
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31. Sam Adams - 2009-07-06 13:04:15 |
Hi Ron,
Working on our barn recently, I dug out my kayak and thought I’d check out Trailcraft on google search.
Thanks for the wonderful history and photos of Trailcraft!
Too bad your company didn’t survive longer, but thanks for making the plans
for your canoes available for so long.
I ordered plans for the touring kayak and built it about 12 years ago.
The canvas skin proved not up to the job on it’s first trip on the Shenandoah river and we had to hike back several miles and recover the boat a couple days later!
Since I covered the hull in fiberglass it’s been a fine performer and very nice
looking too! Thanks for many fun journeys! Sam Adams
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" target=_blank> 30. John Hammell - 2009-05-31 04:46:38 |
Hi Ron-
Thanks for all your assistance in defense of the Constitution via the IAHF list. To defend consumer access to dietary supplements we must get a congressional oversight hearing on FDA’s illegal Trilateral Cooperation Charter with Canada and Mexico. I hope some people viewing your Guest Book will see this and help by going to the Take Action section at www.nocodexgenocide.com and by signing on to the IAHF email distribution list at www.iahf.com
You are a gifted artist! I really enjoyed viewing your site, as one Eagle scout to another, I salute you!
Kind Regards,
John Hammell |
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29. Joy Caples - 2009-05-15 01:54:04 |
| Sure enjoyed catching up with you both last weekend. I will treasure that visit and my paintings. Will always cherish my friendship with Nancy and all of you. Find your blog webpage very interesting. Two things missing from my Overstreet memories however, Charcoal and the black VW convertible. |
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28. Gary Benson - 2009-05-04 00:22:59 |
| Thanks for the note Teri! My family drove to Concordia and bought a green 16’ fiberglass kit back in the 60’s. Every time I smell resin to this day it takes me back to the canoe assembly. We used it alot and finally lost it under a logjam while floating a flooded stream. (all persons escaped unharmed). Would sure like another canoe like that! Thanks. |
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27. Art Junger - 2009-04-18 21:27:03 |
Hi Ron Was Great Looking At Your Paintings
Enjoyed - Art |
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26. Michael Koehnlein - 2009-04-17 19:54:34 |
| I have always wondered what kind of company Trailcraft was. Thanks for the background. In 1969 my sister (age 16) and I (age 14) bought your 16 foot canoe with the optional fiberglass cloth/resin kit (in yellow) from an ad in the back of Boy’s Life magazine. Including shipping it cost us $88! And I think you threw in a free paddle too. With help from Dad we managed to assemble the canoe on a couple of sawhorses in the basement. We used it for many years in lakes, rivers and canals, including a couple of times at the Atlantic seashore in Maryland. Funny side note; We were moving to Maryland that year. The movers came by, saw 3 boxes and included them in the estimate. When they came back there were no boxes but a 16 foot canoe. They charged my Dad an extra $50 to move it 80 miles. We beat the crap out of that canoe but the stringers never broke. The design allowed sharp things to slide off the stringers and pierce the fiberglass between them. We always carried duct tape and that allowed us to get home where more permanent repairs could be made. I know this has been a long piece but... Do you know where I can get plans for that style canoe? I now have a son and daughter and they like the outdoors and, well you know how it is... Thanks, Michael K. |
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25. Roy Burmeister - 2009-04-16 01:41:25 |
Thank you, Ron for a wonderful website, and the insight into your bit of Americana. Three years ago, I answered an ad in our local newspaper’s "Absolutly Free" column and became the owner of one of your 14 foot wood and canvas canoes. It had sat upside-down on a rack under a cedar tree for what appeared to be many years. To my delight when we turned it right-side-up there was very little rot, with most of the craft in fine condition. Of course, my wife didn’t share my optomism, but being a woodworker by trade I soon replaced all of the damaged wood, and repaied a few small holes. One short paddle across our lake convinced us both that this was a fine sturdy little craft. We have since enjoyed many hours paddling our little trailcraft canoe on the two local streams we are blessed with here in Southeast Michigan. We’re delighted to own this beautiful canoe, and we get many, many compliments from everyone who sees her.
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