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Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
By:dick kirschbaum
Date: 6/6/2001, 1:16 pm
In Response To: Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ?? (Jim Distler)

: Dick,

: Beautiful boat! Was this your first boat, or one of many? I built my first
: boat last year. (An 18'merganser) and I love it. How was it building the
: hybrid? I'm trying to decide which boat to do next, and was thinking about
: the Baidarka hybrid. I saw it for the first time at the small boat shop C
: & K Expo in Norwalk. A real beauty

I own two fibreglas boats, but this is the first boat (or much of anything else) I have ever built, a friend of mine built a CLC and he convinced me to build a boat..Eric Schade of Shearwater convinced me NOT to build a strip for my first boat. The hybrid is a great compromise. The boat has some cosmetic errors, but nothing that should effect its handling.

I was hoping to have it ready for the 23rd, but it looks like it will be a few weeks late.

Even thou I am usually just a read only, I felt that my experience might help someone jump into boat building.

-d

Messages In This Thread

I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
David Elles -- 6/5/2001, 12:24 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Fibre Glast -- 6/7/2001, 11:55 am
It is unfortunate . . .
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/8/2001, 5:06 am
Commercial Post
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/7/2001, 1:23 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Bob Deutsch -- 6/6/2001, 10:05 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
David Elles -- 6/6/2001, 10:33 am
Build the Boat You really want
!RUSS -- 6/6/2001, 10:25 am
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Jim Pace -- 6/6/2001, 8:48 am
first hit the books and libraries.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/6/2001, 3:09 am
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byron -- 6/5/2001, 5:14 pm
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Alex Warren -- 6/5/2001, 9:30 pm
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LeeG -- 6/5/2001, 4:20 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Chip Sandresky -- 6/5/2001, 12:44 pm
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Scott -- 6/5/2001, 2:20 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ?? *Pic*
dick kirschbaum -- 6/5/2001, 3:15 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Jim Distler -- 6/5/2001, 10:29 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
dick kirschbaum -- 6/6/2001, 1:16 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Don Beale -- 6/5/2001, 1:07 pm
Re: I Want to Build First Kayak !!!! ADVICE ??
Mark Widrick -- 6/5/2001, 12:42 pm