Barry...consider a 1955 Thompson Thomcat, built in Peshtigo, Wis. It's a lapstake vee hull made of mahogoney plywood with a brass nut & bolt every 2 inches to hold the strakes together. It's got a solid mahogoney transom. Even though it's a little small for some trips, it's great on Lake Fausse Point, (very shallow), and Vermilion Bay, (very choppy at times). Thompson boats were consider some of the strongest hulls made. The company started in the early part of the last century building conoes, lauches and skiffs.
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