Re: [Paddlewise] confessional

On 6/8/2012 12:57 PM, Kirk Olsen wrote:
> There definitely needs to be some periodic purging of boats.....
>
> If you haven't used it in a year it probably deserves a better home.
>
>
> I think the other 14 were all used in the 12 months.  So it's not pure
> hoarding ;-)
>
>
Luckily being married generally means you have a built in sanity 
checker. I was told a few years ago that if I wanted another boat I had 
to get rid of a boat. This rule has been obeyed for the most part.

Out of the list given earlier I still have the Tern 14, single and 
double baidarkas, Matunuck, Melonseed and sailing canoe.  I forgot to 
mention a Mega Bullitt surf kayak and a pair of Island waveskis I keep 
in the shed.  All are used with the double being used once a year in a 
race off Tybee Island. The double would be next on the auction block if  
I were pushed.

One problem with selling wooden boats in the deep South of the USA is 
that no one seems to want them. This forces you to almost give them away 
for a few hundred dollars which is heartbreaking.  I placed my Night 
Heron for sale in a very popular hardcore kayak shop where it sat for 
almost a year. The price was insanely low. A man from NY bought it and 
paddled it for a year. He then sold it in NY for almost three timers 
what he paid for it.  I dont begrudge him that at all.  As Kirk 
mentioned I was glad such a well designed boat ended up back in the 
kayaking mainstream where it would be used and appreciated. I benefited 
from the sale by flipping the money into a new build.

Howard Rice lives in three different countries; USA, Micronesia and 
Japan.  I think we can somehow justify his collection of 36 boats by 
saying he really only has 12/country.  Maybe I need to obtain dual 
citizenship and do the same.

I am sure that until Harvey Golden says he has a problem the rest of us 
are safe from intervention.

Jim et al
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