Go for it Doug! I added a "stripper" to my modest fleet and enjoy paddling it very much, screw-ups and all. You can build it with a heavy lay-up on the hull for rock gardening. Look at Joe Greenley's design offerings at www.redfishkayaks.com . At very least you should get a copy of "The Strip Built Sea Kayak" by Nick Schade. By the way, I enjoyed your recent prose on following behind boats... Bill Chitty Birmingham > My work mate and I got talking about wooden boats, and I got the usual > question about why I hadn't built a wooden boat yet. It's probably because I > can't handle imperfection in my woodworking, and I know my first boat > probably will not come out absolutely perfect. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Aug 07 2004 - 19:54:28 PDT
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