: Hey folks.
: Want to show you a "first-time-stripper". My "mail-pal"
: sent me some pics and I asked for permission to put some of them here. He
: told me that he didn't think the result was good enough (sigh), but I told
: him to leave the evaluation to the people at this board.
: So-, here are the facts: It is a Redfish Return built by Knut Nergaard in
: Hønefoss, Norway. The wood is mahogany and aspen. The bungee hooks are
: steam bent ash. The holes in stem and stern are first drilled with a 45mm,
: then a solid piece of mahogany is inserted and epoxied. At last a 30mm
: hole is drilled through that piece again before the final sanding.
: It has two flush hatches with internal bungees, and a flush day hatch on
: right side behind the cockpit with a lock handle operated from the
: cockpit. He used standard glass lay-up with 4 oz. glass. Total weight is
: 59 pound and he used about 250 hours to build it.

: This first try made him hooked at kayak building. He has already found some
: trees he wants to cut down and prepare for his next stripper. And I think
: that stripper will be nice too..

: Best regards from Tom

Hey Knut and Tom,

If this one is not good enough to post the pics, then I can't wait to see the next one! Very Nice!!

Happy Paddling.

Charles.