Melissa Reese wrote: >From reading the discussions at Qajaq USA, it seems that most people build their SOF boats for under $200 in materials (some have claimed material costs of well under that!). Using entirely scrounged wood for the frame (free), including discarded cedar trim for gunwales and deckbeams and white oak pallet stickers for ribs, I built my recent 18" x 17.5' for about $70. $8 for lashing twine, $42 for canvas, and $20 for elastomeric acrylic roof coating. Shawn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.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 Sun Sep 21 2003 - 21:16:56 PDT
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