: I´m living in a small town named Falun in Sweden. Situated 230 km NW from
: Stockholm. Wife, two children and two cats in an old big house.
: Are you a professional boat maker?
: No, this kayakbuilding became an obsession during my first kayak. This is
: what I really want to do but I have to take my part in the household
: economy too, so I must go to work as well. Since -96 I´m working as
: technician for the Inst. of nature-sciences, mathematics and technic
: (teachers education)at Dala university.
: Do you teach boat building?
: After I had built the first six kayaks the interest for these wooden kayaks
: had grown so much among my fellow paddlers and other so I took on a
: studycircle last winter. I guided eight other builders at the circle and
: helped/mentored three other who built thier kayaks at home. During the
: circle we were covered by the press and television several times. At the
: mass launching TV made a five minutes item. So now I have about thirty
: more interested in joining a studycircle.
: Three of my kayaks has been sold, my two children has got one each and at the
: moment I´m building one for my wife. I have my workshop downstairs, so I
: can go down and do some hours when the rest of the family has gone to bed.
: Yes, thats right. But only under "Studycircle 1". The names under
: the kayaks on the first subsite is the constructor or the present owner.
: I´ll make that more clear.
: "western" red cedar...(although it might be called something more
: European....like Siberian White Cedar....or Finnish Pine....).
: The most common tree here in Scandinavia is the Nordic spruce "Picaes
: albae". It delivers a very fine wood for boatbuilding. Even the
: vikings used spruce in their longships. It´s very longfibered, lightweight
: and elastic, semihard and nontoxic. The strips I use are 4,5x19 mm b´n´c.
: any ethnic sensitivities...sort of like calling a Scottsman, English...or
: a Finlander, Swedish...or a Puerto Rican, Mexican...and no offense to
: anyone else who might be of any of the above mentioned ethnicities. Just
: Grooving on the international interaction is all....y'all.
: Bill
: I take no offense and I like to listen and talk to all nationalities. There
: is so much to learn about everything.
: Am just now watching the moon going into the earths shadow. It´s a real
: show!! The moon will be totally gone for about half an hour. Galilei
: Galileo was right, the earth is moving, it´s confirmed once again. Strange
: it took the pope several houndred years to understand that.
: Richard
Richard-Greetings from Baltimore. I was in Falun in the summer of '84, touring with a band. We played there, in Grana, Vesteros, (apologies if the spelling is off) and Stockholm, and another town whose name I've forgotten. I fell in love with your country, simple as that. We were treated exceptionally well wherever we went. The country was gorgeous, the people friendly and generous, and the sun went down at midnight! I felt as at home there as anywhere I've ever been, and would love to go back. Saw my first and only moose about an hour south of Stockholm. By way of "small world, isn't it?", I'm building a North Star. How'd you do the bow detail on the Shooting Star? Sweet.-Greg