Re: [Paddlewise] Building a wooden boat

> Seriously considering building a wooden boat.
>
> I'd like to know your
> reasoning, and are you considering strip or stitch n'glue? What is your 
> use
> expected yp be, beach launchings, surf, rock gardening?

To get what I want built to the specifications I want. I love to modify and 
goof around with aspects of recreational "vehicles" be it bike, kayak, or 
whatever. Just finished fixing up my winter bike. Late, but she's done. So 
too I've spent countless hours on my fiberglass kayak, fixing it up, 
modifying, making things better (sometimes getting too complicated for 
complicated sake). Wood just might be the ideal medium for me.

I'd never go for an SOF for a kayak I want to beat on. Yeah, they will take 
substantial abuse in torqued surf but I'm not convinced about wearability, 
let alone functionality for longer excursions. Yes, I know what Brian has 
done. Environmentally, SOF are winners hands down.

Doug Lloyd

> As my kayaking skills
> have increased, especially having had a little experience in surf zone, 
> I've
> backed away from composites and stitch n'glue and am considering SOF,
> particularly a shortened one that I sampled from Wolfgang Brinc during a
> recent intro to SOF the SaFran group put on. I could really use the light
> weight, 14' would fit on my mothership. The SOF would seem a good choice,
> better than the wood a glass for durability on the coarse beaches we have
> here. Probably wouldn't be the only boat, but I've been disappointed with 
> my
> Solstice GT and tend to use the ancient Sea Lion, especially when rough
> landings are expected.
>
> Mike
> San Rafael, CA
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