Re: [Paddlewise] if not AL, how about wood?

One of the great things about the wood boats is that you can customize them
for your use.  You can add glass where the base boat doesn't have it, you
can add wear strips, the cockpit size can be modified, rudders or skegs can
be added, etc, etc.  Most of us don't need all the extra glass and don't
want the weight, but if you do, adding it isn't a big deal.   CLC offers an
option of more glass in many of their kits, I forget what they call it.

How do you  punch a hole in the deck.  Your wife dropping an aluminum ladder
on it is one way ; (

----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Reese" <melissa_at_bonnyweeboaty.net>
To: "Paddlewise" <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] if not AL, how about wood?


> On Saturday, March 01, 2003, at 9:13:00 PM PST, Dave Kruger wrote:
>
> > Both CLC and Pygmy avoid glass on the underside of their decks. I
> > think that is a weak point.
>
> The Superior Kayaks/CLC Arctic Hawk kit I'm building is a bit
> different. Construction method is the same used by Mark Rogers
> (designer of the AH) when he builds them (he wrote the 400 page
> building manual, with pictures of him building a boat from beginning
> to end).
>

> I've paddled the glass and Kevlar Wilderness Systems versions of the
> Arctic Hawk, and I feel that this wood/glass version is the strongest
> of them all.
>
> This boat is built to last!  :-)
>
> --
> Melissa
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