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Re: Off Topic: SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 4/15/2014, 8:03 am
In Response To: Off Topic: SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING (Etienne Muller)

As I am sure you know, I have been busy restoring a house, so not much kayak building or paddling. However, I am starting shortly to teach some "underprivelidged" youth(although I hate the term, and I prefer to say they are "underestimated") how to build kayaks. The shop is funded by our church and donations from the community, and has been established to teach the art and trade of woodworking. The shop is as good as any cabinet shop you could dream up, with 24" thickness sander, 24" planer, massive jointer, bandsaw, table saws, and even a lathe with an 8-foot bed! I am in heaven.

So often our schools expect people to be math, english, or science experts, but not everyone has that gift. I am hoping to unlock hidden gifts that have been overlooked because perhaps a kid was not good in school. They will build a kayak and get to keep it as something they can be proud of. They are going to have to cost materials and plan it as a business venture building wood boats, which is what I am hoping for the future of the shop. In the sailing mecca of the Virgin Islands there is a great need for skilled boatwrights. After the kayak class, I am hoping we can build a lapstrake sailboat together, which I see as something the shop can market locally to fund itself.

Will keep ya posted.

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Off Topic: SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING
Etienne Muller -- 4/14/2014, 5:27 am
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Lomic -- 4/14/2014, 5:31 am
Hi ET
john vanburen -- 4/14/2014, 7:08 am
Re: Hi ET
pre-bevelled -- 4/14/2014, 7:14 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/14/2014, 8:45 am
Another Race, This Time in the Baidarka
John Messinger -- 4/14/2014, 8:53 am
Re: Another Race, This Time in the Baidarka
Nick R. -- 4/14/2014, 9:12 am
Re: Another Race, This Time in the Baidarka *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 4/14/2014, 10:28 am
Re: Another Race, This Time in the Baidarka
Lomic -- 4/14/2014, 10:47 am
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Reg Lake -- 4/14/2014, 10:22 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/14/2014, 10:42 am
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Reg Lake -- 4/14/2014, 11:02 am
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A. Edie -- 4/14/2014, 11:42 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/14/2014, 5:42 pm
Re: Off Topic: SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING *PIC*
Sean Dawe -- 4/14/2014, 12:24 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 4/14/2014, 12:29 pm
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John Roberts -- 4/14/2014, 2:47 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 4/14/2014, 2:52 pm
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John Roberts -- 4/15/2014, 8:55 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/14/2014, 5:49 pm
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Lomic -- 4/14/2014, 6:00 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 4/15/2014, 10:50 am
Re: Off Topic: SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING *PIC*
Paul Davies -- 4/14/2014, 2:32 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 4/14/2014, 6:09 pm
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scottbaxter -- 4/14/2014, 9:17 pm
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A. Edie -- 4/14/2014, 11:15 pm
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scottbaxter -- 4/14/2014, 11:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/15/2014, 4:29 am
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John Messinger -- 4/15/2014, 6:44 pm
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scottbaxter -- 4/15/2014, 7:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2014, 12:18 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/15/2014, 8:03 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/15/2014, 3:30 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 4/15/2014, 4:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/16/2014, 12:54 am
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Shawn Jones -- 4/16/2014, 2:59 am
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Dennis -- 4/16/2014, 12:43 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 4/17/2014, 3:29 am
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Dennis -- 4/17/2014, 11:45 am
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scottbaxter -- 4/15/2014, 7:23 pm
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John Messinger -- 4/15/2014, 8:44 pm
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John Faas -- 4/17/2014, 2:51 pm