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The 2011 TKFBBR will be at Inks Lake on Saturday, May 14. This is the weekend after Mother's Day so ya'll can bring her too! Heck...we've had mothers who have built fine boats. Hope everybody will show up. Let's spread the word and have a great gathering. The official time for the Roundup at the beach in the day use area is 10:00am until 2:00pm. I will get there many days early and try to get a campsite very near that area. Make your reservations as soon as possible as they do run out some times. I will have room for late arrivals if necessary and you can always come just for the day.

I remind everyone that there is a lightweight boat building competition for this year. It's not cutthroat, just something for us to have fun with. I know somebody who is building a balsa boat. Hopefully that boat is scheduled to be there. I am building a 12 footer, totally conventional wood composite strip built, to enter so I should be easy to beat. I'm doing this so we'll all know how light such a boat can be with completely conventional methods.

This is just a fun gathering so we can all get together, look at boats, see what the other builder's are doing, and hopefully try out a few of the designs.

Hope to see ya'll there!

I'm planning to be there. Never been before and I'm looking at a park map trying to figure out where the beach you are talking about is? Can you look and tell me where in relation to the amphitheater?
I'm either going to tent camp or get a mini cabin - depends on if my wife wants to go. Anybody know if there is launch access behind those cabins?

This would be the day use/picnic area across the cove from the store and boat ramp....near camping site 280. There is easy shore launching from most of the cabins if you're in a kayak. Just up from the cabins, at the store is a boat ramp--and there are others as well. You can view a pdf map at Inks Lake state park website.

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Thanks Gerald, I'm booked! It will be me and my daughter and I'll try to talk the wife into it too. She may just give in since the cabin has A/C

Wish the sites were not first come first served. I really want to be on the water.

Since last year I waited too long, and they were all booked up more than a month prior to the event, I went ahead and made my reservations just now for this year's roundup!

If anyone wants to find out which camp site Gerald is in, just look for the one with the squirrels going in/out of the van door, crawling on Gerald and eating his bread .

I look forward to it, even with the 5+ hour drive!

I too am hoping the the balsa boat (HYBRID, the Next Ultimate Fishing Kayak) will be there. It has been fishing 3 times already and I really like it.

Next project will be a lightweight paddle. Which I hope to bring also.

Project after that will be a simple kayak with the same basic planform as HYBRID but mostly sheet foam and epoxy/glass construction with a minimum of accoutrements. It is possible that it might make it too.

GAR will not be coming.

Just refreshing the notice for the Texas (TKF) Boat Builder Roundup. We're hoping for a big turn out. I've been getting the word out to as many different people and sites as I can. Ya'll do the same! I've also added an official flyer to my website for a little more information. Hope to see ya'll there!

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As most know on here from my postings, I grew up in Lampasas and still have a lot of friends and some family there. I posted this up on my Facebook page, so may get some folks from that area coming to check things out as well.

Just a month away, who is going?
Gerald I may go up a couple days early too.
Ron

I am going wednesday so I can hopefully get the site I want. I will leave on sunday morning.

Already here looking forward to seeing a good crowd. Gerald seeing as I'm just a few minutes from the park, let me know if I can help in any way.

MM

Thanks John. Right now I think we're in good shape. I'll let you know if we need anything before May 14th. I'm also hoping for a good turn out. I will be there with 2 boats.

Sad to say I just cancelled my reservation. We may still make it up for Saturday however. I had planned to take Friday off and get there early for a good cabin but work changed that and now I'm not landing in Houston until late Friday night.

Me and the wife are planning on coming up for the day Saturday....

Nothing to display, but I likely will at least drive over for the day.

We'll be glad to have you. You can paddle one of my boats.

I sure was hoping to make this event. My boat definitely won't be ready. I'm still trying to make it down for the day. We'll see. Life is getting real busy.

I am not going to be able to make it this year

I hope someone will take a LOT of pictures and then post them for the rest of us.

Toby

Well...both of the boats I'm bringing will not be finished. Both lacking at least one fill coat and varnish, but they will look good and float--I hope. I'm rigging them up right now. I'll pack up tomorrow and hit the road on wednesday.

We in the center of the US need one of these, the round trip down their would be about 1600 miles. Lots of $ gas.....

I started these gatherings down here for that very reason.

X3 on the post good pics.

I can't make it either. The wife has something for me to do.

I just hope ya'll can make it rain like ya did a couple years ago. Not that I wish bad on anyone but I fear the whole State will burn down the way it is going.

SYOTR
doug

If we can get Lightkeeperskid to come to the Roundup then we'll get rain. That's almost a guarantee...
I will take a lot of pictures.

Approximate times?

Saturday, May 14. 10:00am till 2:00pm for the actual viewing/gathering. The time and location are in the first post. More details are HERE