mick_allen
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Who wants a kayak with a funky looking foot bulge?
Yah, agreed . . . what idiot would want that?? huh?
well, it was my first attempt.
Who wants a kayak with a funky looking foot bulge?
If the boat you pictured were relatively unstable, you could call it "Humpty Dumpty".Yah, agreed . . . what idiot would want that?? huh?
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well, it was my first attempt.
The cost of materials is way under half, possibly a quarter of buying commercially designed and built kayaks and gear. As for time doing it, some people pay to be entertained and it is far better than watching TV so obviously a plus there.I've built a bunch of boats and it is lots of fun, but it doesn't make any sort of economic sense.
For me, designing my own boat is in the same category as doing surgery on myself, or acting as my own lawyer.
That was my point. It doesn't make sense for an artisan craftsman to take time 'off' from his work to build a kayak.The cost of materials is way under half, possibly a quarter of buying commercially designed and built kayaks and gear. As for time doing it, some people pay to be entertained and it is far better than watching TV so obviously a plus there.
You wouldn't get very far building kayaks today with $2000, using epoxy-glass wood core composite construction.Actual outlay? Maybe $2000 over 4 decades.
SZihn- That all seems pretty sensible to me.
Also, if and when you do decide to build a boat for fun, you'll know a lot more about how a kayak should be set up and rigged.
SOF can be more affordable.You wouldn't get very far building kayaks today with $2000, using epoxy-glass wood core composite construction.
Are you gold plating it?You wouldn't get very far building kayaks today with $2000, using epoxy-glass wood core composite construction.
You wouldn't get very far building kayaks today with $2000
6 yards of a woven then coated polyester fabric, from a local fabric store.Impressive! $30 CAD including shipping for enough dacron or nylon to skin a kayak?
Thanks for that info which will be useful to budding SOF builders.6 yards of a woven then coated polyester fabric, from a local fabric store.
Here's a story:For me it was just time lost if it didn't work out John,