: Hi Kurt-

: I found your boatbuilding site quite amusing

Thanks. I'm having an awful lot of fun building these boats.

: Anyhow, regarding your appetite for sandpaper, I suppose you'll find that
: people have different thoughts on this, but John Harris at CLC has this to
: say: http://www.clcboats.com/shoptips_sand.html

: I just saw that linked in a message at the CLCboats forum, and I know how you
: love CLC "propaganda". ;-)

You betcha. Can't get enough of it. I read what Uncle John had to say, and in fact, it had a lot to do with why I thought I might be going through a truckload of sandpaper. I'm not the sort to allow runs, etc., remain on my work, and having never built a boat before, I'm sure I'll have plenty to get rid of.

Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
G'ston Bay