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", but I am not very fond of the interior and the single-chine
("cigar-box") design. But ofcourse this eases the building. "
Wrong it do not ease the building all it do is that you build the boat
as how you build a house, ------ there are a difference in boats
building and house building ,ask a carpenter to build a boat and you
end up with the cigar box aproach.

Well, even though I haven't build it myself, I would still claim that the
Weekender (http://www.stevproj.com/PocketYachts.html) is easier to build
than a boat with e.g. 5 chines. In basics, this is just a bottom with sides
and deck glued on it.

But as I said, I am not very fond of that :-)


No sorry the trouble is that you Romans given up the beauty and the
skills, you don't want splendid craftmanship made better with visionary
high-tech you think that becaurse your grandfather once made a cheap
boxboat from scrap and leftover , that _this_ is boatsbuilding ; it

In difference from a car, which is just something you need for
transportation, I think that it is very important that a boat is beautiful.
The feeling you get when you look at your boat should be "Wow! This boat is
so beutiful, and I am so happy that I own it". Just because it is a hobby
:-)


you asked for it didn't you Romans. Is there just one single honest
craftman around one that would feel love for the beauty and visions in
tradisional crafts made better with high-tech no, it is not lame
enough the bottom are not flat enough .

Do I understand you correctly, or do you now talk in favour of the
"cigar-box" design? When you talk about traditional crafts to you then deny
the use of e.g. plywood, which is probably the best thing that has happened
for amateur boat builders?

Best regards,
Thomas

P.S. From your e-mail address, are you from Denmark? I'm Danish myself but
moved to Sweden a few years ago.