Re: [Paddlewise] WARD EVENS ATLANTIC ROWING CHALLENGE

From: Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:03:09 -0400
At 10:59 AM +1200 10/3/01, Alex Ferguson wrote:
>>>At 2:35 PM +1200 10/2/01, Alex Ferguson wrote:
>>>The US entry - don't know how it would be possible to put together 
>>>one of those boats in such a way that it couldn't be used - maybe 
>>>they should have found a wooden kayak builder to do it for them.
>>[Nick Schade]
>>They hired a well respected wooden boat builder in the area (this 
>>area of the States has lots). Even though the kit is fairly 
>>brainless to put together, he somehow assembled it with a severe 
>>twist.
>
>Severe twist!!! Presumably now a LESS well respected builder? As any 
>kayak builder knows, getting it straight is the name of the game and 
>S&T usually "falls" into place.
>

Yea, the builder must have assumed it would just fall into place and 
didn't bother to check before gluing everything together. No matter 
how easy the project appears, you do at least want to double check. 
He didn't until it was too late.
-- 
Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847
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