John Fereira wrote: > > At 08:29 AM 3/9/2004 -0500, Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote: > > > That's beautiful work! How long did it take you? Enjoy! > > > >Thank you, and I have three answers for the question. > > > > > >Second, it took about 400 hours, which is at least 100 hours too many. > > Actually, I've heard "400 hours" frequently as an answer to "how long will > it take to build a cedar strip kayak". > > Given that you're not going to build a cedar strip boat in a weekend or two > I don't think one can put a figure on how many hours it should take. It's > a long process and IMHO trying to speed build a kayak would likely cause a > builder to burn out on the building process. If you want to build quickly, choose a material and building system that builds fast. Plywood kayaks build fast. The last one I built took about 40 hours. The point of building a boat is as much the building as the having of the boat when you are done. Unless you *enjoy* the building method and materials then you are far better off buying a boat instead. Warning, boat building can be very addictive! michael *************************************************************************** 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 - 07:30:22 PST
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