In a message dated 3/12/99 10:49:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, aburton1_at_maine.rr.com writes: << For those of you who have built boats, did you have prior woodworking or building or engineering experience, or were you a novice? >> Anne, I had a little bit of boat building experience (mostly helping my dad when I was 10) but since my boat turned out better than his I think that shows I didnt learn anything from him :) The experience only helped me with epoxy and fiberglass application, which is basically the equivalent of painting a thick paper towel onto your boat. The boat I built had to be lofted from offsets (drawn on a piece of plywood from a series of x-y intercepts to reveal a panel or piece) which makes building a little more risky. Pre cut panels supplied with most kits would really lighten the workload. I say go for it! Good luck, Robin Lovelock extreme amateur builder by the way, if anyone is interested in a pic of my boat (seems like someone asked a while back) send me a private email and ill return it, unless ya'll wouldnt mind me listing it. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 15:44:19 PST
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