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Re: Material: paint vs. gelcoat on wood kayak
By:Joy
Date: 12/21/2012, 8:45 am
In Response To: Re: Material: paint vs. gelcoat on wood kayak (Jeff Horton)

Thanks, Jeff, I've realized that the person I've been talking to doesn't seem oriented towards wooden boats.

I am in touch with a couple of the local hobby boat builders (who are people I sometimes paddle with). Alas, from what I can see their wives would have a fit if they took on my boat as well as all of their own projects! ;-) It's one of those folks - Sean Dawe - who suggested I post here.

I've emailed the Newfoundland Wooden Boat Museum - I'm hoping people there will be able to refer me to someone who is used to working on wooden boats. You'd think, given the history of this place, that this wouldn't be such a problem to find! We'll see what they say.

If I had any possible space to work on it, and weren't going overseas for two and a half months in mid-January (for work), I might consider taking this on myself. But the only place my boat fits in my house is in the hall, completely filling it so you can't walk past and with only a couple of feet clearance at the end - my house is perhaps four feet longer than my kayak and has no attic, basement, etc. I store it hanging from the hall ceiling. Doing it myself isn't an option.

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Material: paint vs. gelcoat on wood kayak
Joy -- 12/20/2012, 10:27 pm
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Roy Martin -- 12/20/2012, 11:08 pm
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Joy -- 12/20/2012, 11:11 pm
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Roy Martin -- 12/20/2012, 11:15 pm
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Joy -- 12/20/2012, 11:17 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 12/20/2012, 11:39 pm
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Joy -- 12/21/2012, 6:05 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 12/21/2012, 10:18 am
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Joy -- 12/21/2012, 10:25 am
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Joy -- 12/21/2012, 6:12 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 12/21/2012, 6:51 am
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Joy -- 12/21/2012, 7:54 am
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Jeff Horton -- 12/21/2012, 8:32 am
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Joy -- 12/21/2012, 8:45 am
Re: Material: paint vs. gelcoat on wood kayak *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/21/2012, 9:23 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/21/2012, 12:40 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/21/2012, 2:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2012, 2:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2012, 2:25 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/22/2012, 1:01 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/22/2012, 1:02 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 12/21/2012, 12:48 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 12/22/2012, 12:51 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/21/2012, 8:18 am
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Sean Dawe -- 12/21/2012, 12:04 pm
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Joy Hecht -- 12/21/2012, 1:22 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 12/21/2012, 1:24 pm
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Joy Hecht -- 12/21/2012, 1:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2012, 2:37 pm
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Joy Hecht -- 12/21/2012, 2:41 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 12/22/2012, 8:40 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/22/2012, 10:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/23/2012, 3:03 am