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Shell Boats LLC
561 Polly Hubbard Road
St Albans, Vermont 05478
Phone/Fax: 802-524-9645

Thailand Tsunami Survivor | New Boat: Lucky
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Thank you for your interest in Shell Boat Kits. We hope you will enjoy browsing through our web presentation. If any questions remain please Request Our Complete Sailboat Catalog or feel free to give us a call. Although we don't have e-mail, you may call us any day of the week from 8 am to 8 pm.

Please note that we currently have a substantial backlog of orders, so the turnaround time for kits and finished boats may be 3-6 months or more. We apologize for this inconvenience. Please call for current turnaround time information.

From: Randy
To: Fred
Subject: Thailand tsunami survivor
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006

Hi Fred,

I apologize for not getting this to you months ago. I wish you a Happy New Year and hope this finds you well and getting some sailing time in.

All is well with Dao and I. We missed the tsunami, luckily, as we were on a ship docked in Cape Town. We got to Thailand 6 weeks later to a lot of work which is still going on to this moment.

The catamaran fared well for itself all on its own. The boat traveled with the tidal wave 150 meters from the beach side of our property to a inland canal and docked in some trees. The damage was so minimal to the boat that the word is not really correct. We know it took out the top concrete pipe section of a well and it looks like it tangled with a tree or two by the stress cracks around the top of the house. Luckily I had pulled the rudders earlier as they had water in them.

My son and his girlfriend came down and we did some minor work and sent them off for a 7 day, 6 night Christmas cruise in the Phi Phi Island area. The boat was perfect.

I put a new 8 horsepower Yamaha on it for the light air days. It worked very well. I made a bracket that fit in the port swimstep.
I'm sending the few pictures I took during a test sail.

Take care,

-Randy

New Boat Design: Lucky
The inspiration for Lucky comes from the canoe yawls that were so popular at the beginning of the twentieth century. I have to say, in all due modesty, that this is one very elegant little rowing boat! Lucky is very stable and forgiving due to its modest size rig and generous beam. Under sail or oars, the fine lines of the Lucky allow it to glide through the water with very little effort. Row or sail, Lucky is nimble, easy to maneuver and will surely charm. Learn more...

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Within these pages you will surely find the boat of your dreams, offered to you in affordable options: SAILBOAT KITS, ROW BOAT KITS, FINISHED BOATS, or BOAT PLANS. We are especially proud of our customers, who through the twenty plus years we've been in business, have built over 800 Shell Boat sailboat kits and rowing boat kits. Many of our customers have enjoyed building these boats with younger family members, further helping to pass on from one generation to the next the traditions and legacy of boating. Our boats are sailed the world over and it warms our hearts to know how universal is the love of sailing!

Boat Our intention has always been to provide our customers with safe boat kits for use on the many bays, lakes and rivers available for exploration, relaxation, fishing, and good ol' family fun. Our car-toppable, or easily trailered, boat kits afford boating opportunities for today's situations and certainly make an outing which includes boating easier to accomplish. Our own six children have grown up with our boats, and you can be sure all of our designs have been thoroughly family tested! Improvements made over the years reflect our determination to build our sailboat kits and row boat kits with the utmost attention to safety, durability and excellent sailing qualities.

We welcome your comments and greatly appreciate a photo of you and your finished boat. If you find yourself in beautiful Vermont please stop in for a visit to our shop as there is almost always something interesting being built, and we enjoy meeting our clients.

Fair Winds,

Fred Shell

The Shell Boats Demonstration Video (DVD or VHS) is available for $20.00, post paid. The next best thing to sailing one, you'll view boats under construction and sailing under various conditions, accompanied by amatuer acoustic guitar. Such a deal for this 100 minute low-budget extravaganza!

And our complete catalog of boat designs can be ordered for $5.00.

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