On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:30:31 -0700, "THOMAS CROMWELL" <tcromwell_at_msn.com> said: > Do you want to spend your time kayaking or hanging out in your basement > /garage? > > I built two SOF boats with a school. The materials and tools, to build > you own boat, can cost you more then the class. I suppose if you had very few tools and wanted a collection that would be the case. It certainly was for me. I built with aluminum and purchased a bandsaw, a floor standing drill press, 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch tube benders, and a collection of hole cutting saws during the project. Definitely the expensive route, but I wanted the tool collection for future projects. I also know of SOF boats built purely with scrounged or scrap materials - for a project cost of only the builders time. Wood from dumpster diving or locally collected (e.g. saplings and water shoots). Fabric from industrial left overs or samples. Left over house paint to coat the boat. Many SOF builders are also very frugal. Getting all of your kayak gear for free, or very little money has a certain appeal. If you have the interest, time, and resourcefulness... Building with a school definitely has some advantages, everything you need will be there, as will be the knowledge of what to do at any given point. You also don't end up wanting/needing a large workshop. For an entertaining tangent http://cowlove.com/allison/ is a pictorial of building and launching a 24' sailboat from a third floor apartment ;-) Kirk -- Kirk Olsen kork4_at_cluemail.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 19 2003 - 10:33:01 PDT
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