Mike Wagenbach wrote: >gives almost 500 boats per log. Is this close? Is the annual North >American production of strippers even this high? Hard to believe that it >is, since in 5.5 years in Seattle I think I've seen 3 on the water, and I >lived within sight of the lake for much of that time! There were 50 wooden kayaks at the West Coast Wood Kayak Rendezvous in August, and I'd guess that a sizeable number of the Pacific northwest amateur builders were represented there. There seem to be more wood kayak builders in New England, judging by the larger size of the Newfound Rendezvous. Your estimate for the North American production of strippers seems reasonable. Seeing 40 wooden kayaks on the water at one time is an unbelievable sight! John Fereira wrote: >Which, from what I've seen means you pay a bit more to build a Stripper. Not necessarily--I put about $300 in my S&G, but $350 in my stripper. It would have been the same price, or lower than the S&G if I had built it to the same level of quality. Instead, I built a custom veneer coaming and used extra ash for an outer stem for impact resistance. I don't think strippers are by their nature more expensive, but the potential and temptation to get a little more carried away with more expensive materials is very real!! Shawn *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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