Hi everybody I have been wondering about this seakayak that I saw in Seakayaker magazine issue december 2002 page 48 (a yellow one) The name appears to be "Forager" and it seems to belong to Doug Alderson Havent found anything on the internet about it does any one have a clue about this boat, guys like Matt Broze would be likely to know about it. appreciate any info Best regards Snorri Snorri Gunnarsson snogun_at_internet.is http://www.internet.is/snogun *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug Alderson made the kayak in his North Saanich workshop, here on Vancouver Island. It's made from door-skin plywood, sized to his own dimensional requirements, with an epoxy/cloth covering and marine enamel paints. Doug did some time in his pre-professional vocational days as a boat builder, before he went on to become a shop teacher (woodworking, etc.). It was about his third design. It shares some similarities with Duane's latest plywood design, the Point Bennett (from what I can tell). Doug and I have spent way too many miles on the west coast discussing the minutia of deck rigging design options, which I believe came to full expression in his SK article. Doug is an exceptional paddler/waterman/coach/writer and do-it-yourselfer. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "Snorri Gunnarsson" <snogun_at_isl.is> Subject: [Paddlewise] Forager > Hi everybody > > I have been wondering about this seakayak that I saw in Seakayaker > magazine issue december 2002 page 48 (a yellow one) > The name appears to be "Forager" and it seems to belong to Doug Alderson > Havent found anything on the internet about it > > does any one have a clue about this boat, guys like Matt Broze would be > likely to know about it. > > appreciate any info *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug, I was curious about the Forager too, so I was glad to see your response. Thanks for the info. Speaking about my Point Bennett design, I am in the process of building another one to help keep me busy during the winter (building is much better than watching TV). The design has been performing awesomely. As I like to joke with my friends, the evolution of the sea kayak has reached it's peak with the Point Bennett. As I announced before, the plans and directions for building the Point Bennett are shared online at: http://www.rollordrown.com/kayak/index.html . Is Doug Alderson sharing his design or keeping it close to his chest? Duane Strosaker Southern California --- Doug Lloyd <dalloyd_at_telus.net> wrote: > Doug Alderson made the kayak in his North > Saanich workshop, here on > Vancouver Island. It's made from door-skin > plywood, sized to his own > dimensional requirements, with an epoxy/cloth > covering and marine enamel > paints. Doug did some time in his > pre-professional vocational days as a boat > builder, before he went on to become a shop > teacher (woodworking, etc.). It > was about his third design. It shares some > similarities with Duane's latest > plywood design, the Point Bennett (from what I > can tell). Doug and I have > spent way too many miles on the west coast > discussing the minutia of deck > rigging design options, which I believe came to > full expression in his SK > article. Doug is an exceptional > paddler/waterman/coach/writer and > do-it-yourselfer. > > Doug Lloyd > Victoria BC *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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