> That's beautiful work! How long did it take you? Enjoy! Thank you, and I have three answers for the question. First, it took 17 calendar months, of which 5 saw no activity, and several others saw minimum activity. I had too many interruptions, like hurricane repairs, work, kids activities, etc. Half to 3/4 of the work was done in 3 months - Nov & Dec of 2002, and January of 2003, then I had time issues. Second, it took about 400 hours, which is at least 100 hours too many. I made mistakes that I had to re-do, and sometimes, I'd think about how I was going to do something for 9-1/2 hours, then it would take 30 minutes to actually do it. I KNOW that I can cut 25% of my time out on the next one (a Spring Run that I'll start in June with my oldest daughter) Third, it took 20 years. While in my early twenties, I started talking about how I'd like to one day build a cedar strip boat. At that time, I was strictly talking canoes, but what the heck. Thanks for asking! Rick *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 09 2004 - 05:29:51 PST
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