tiagosantos
Paddler
It is an interesting discussion, absolutely!
For me, I guess I figured I am too impatient to have a home build be my first boat.. I still hope to build a boat from scratch sooner or later, but that will definitely be all about the building experience, without the anxiety of wanting a boat on the water. For now, I'm fixing up this old stitch and glue boat (and learning valuable lessons for whenever the opportunity of a scratch build presents itself) and will most likely buy another boat in the next couple of months that is more appropriate for the kind of paddling I want to do..
If I could dedicate all of my "hobby" time to boat building, it would definitely happen soon! But as it is, I have so many projects and different "hobbies" (some of them don't feel much like hobbies anymore) all going on at the same time, that I can't spare the distraction right now. It will happen at some point, but I wanted to get paddling my own boat a lot sooner than next summer, that's all
For me, I guess I figured I am too impatient to have a home build be my first boat.. I still hope to build a boat from scratch sooner or later, but that will definitely be all about the building experience, without the anxiety of wanting a boat on the water. For now, I'm fixing up this old stitch and glue boat (and learning valuable lessons for whenever the opportunity of a scratch build presents itself) and will most likely buy another boat in the next couple of months that is more appropriate for the kind of paddling I want to do..
If I could dedicate all of my "hobby" time to boat building, it would definitely happen soon! But as it is, I have so many projects and different "hobbies" (some of them don't feel much like hobbies anymore) all going on at the same time, that I can't spare the distraction right now. It will happen at some point, but I wanted to get paddling my own boat a lot sooner than next summer, that's all