I am considering building a SOF baidarka, as close as possible to the one collected by Margaret Lantis in 1934. I have the plans and articles prepared by David Zimmerly but am hesitant to special order the wood. I am concerned about the finished weight of this boat after calculating the weight of the wood to be ordered. Does anyone on the PaddleWise know the finished weight when the frame is built to match the original? I have a bad lower back and am unable to manage my 44 pound stripper without excruciating pain that lasts for days. I have no trouble with my 27 pound kevlar, no gel coat, boat and think I could deal with the baidarka if I could keep the weight under 30 pounds. Thanks. Richard *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hello Richard, consider to post this question to the baidarka mailing list: baidarka_at_paddlewise.net (you have to subscribe first at baidarka-request_at_paddlewise.net ) or take a close look on the archives: http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka Cheers, Gerald -- Gerald Maroske gum_at_exmail.de Brixstr. 26 gmaroske_at_arcor.de 24943 Flensburg Tel/Fax: 0461 / 493 56 42 http://gum.exhome.de *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 6/8/2003 9:04:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, rlwkayaker_at_worldnet.att.net writes: > I am considering building a SOF baidarka, as close as possible to the one > collected by Margaret Lantis in 1934. I have the plans and articles > prepared > by David Zimmerly but am hesitant to special order the wood. I am concerned > > about the finished weight of this boat after calculating the weight of the > wood to be ordered. Does anyone on the PaddleWise know the finished weight > when the frame is built to match the original? I have a bad lower back and > am unable to manage my 44 pound stripper without excruciating pain that > lasts > for days. I have no trouble with my 27 pound kevlar, no gel coat, boat and > think I could deal with the baidarka if I could keep the weight under 30 > pounds. > Richard, you may wish to join this bunch: QUOTE Submissions: baidarka_at_paddlewise.net Subscriptions: baidarka-request_at_paddlewise.net Searchable archive: http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka UNQUOTE Anything you will ever want to know about baidarkas (and other traditional skin boats), their construction and use. Best regards, Ralph Ralph C. Hoehn Folding Boat Center P.O. Box 700 Enfield NH 03748 info_at_FoldingBoatCenter.com www.FoldingBoatCenter.com phone: +1-802-649-2555 -- Ralph phone: +1-603-632-9500 -- Alv (yup, they rhyme) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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