RE: [Paddlewise] Boat Building with group or class?

From: <Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:57:23 -0400
> I becoming more and more interested in skin-on-frame boats and would
like
> to try and build one. I'm not bold enough to get one of the three
books SK
> reviewed last month and go it alone. Rather, I'd enjoy doing the
building
> in a class or with others.

Tom, check out this Bulletin Board...  

 http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi

That's the boat building discussion forum on Nick Shades "Guillemot"
site.

It's a very active site, the people are friendly and the wealth of
information is overwhelming.  Currently, there are probably dozens (if
not more) people building SOFs on that site, and many, many more who
have built one or more SOFs in the past.

I think you'll find that by reading posts and asking questions, you
won't be "going it alone".  Many, many, first time builders have success
without having someone else standing next to them.  I'm maybe 80% done
with s strip built boat, and I don't know that I could have done it
without having the bulletin board available for questions and answers.
It's a great resource.

Give it a try.  At minimum, search the archives for SOF posts and see
what's out there.

Rick
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