Dnia Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:25:58 -0700, Tom Dacon napisał(a):

Peter, don't let all these naysayers discourage you from the direction
you're heading. Iain Oughtred's designs and the boats built from them
are very highly respected in the professional boat building community.
His and similar boats built from high-quality thin plywood with glued
laps can be damned fine boats.

Tom,

I will write the rule of "three 'only right ways'" over my desk. Well put
indeed. :-)

Being rather new here, and non-native English speaker, I just avoid
confrontations instead of crossing swords with anybody. Somehow against
my temperament, but very helpful. By no means it means I am getting
discouraged just because of couple sentences.

As for the boat, I did a bit of homework and AFAIK Ness Yawl is a good
boat for my needs. One more thing to clarify: I am not going to build her
with my own hands. There are already three professional builders who made
their bids to me. They have built quite interesting boats before, like a
transatlantic kayak (wood + epoxy + kevlar) or a wooden whalers' dory
that will be cruising Patagonia soon. And none of them had any problem
with the plywood - so for me the issue is settled.

As the plan is to sail my boat around Ionian Sea, I hoped that posting
here my question would trigger some answers from the area closer to Corfu
than Poland (my current place). 1500 km boat transfer by car will be
rather expensive, but well, you can't have everything. :-)

The building is scheduled roughly for February and I will certainly let
you gentlemen know how it goes.

Cheers,

Peter

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