Hi, I have never built a boat but I have done a lot of wood working. I was
just wondering if this boat would be to much for me to start with since I do
have wood working experiance?

Just make sure you can stick with it long enough, it takes a while to
build a boat. Get used to working with epoxy and glass, maybe with a
scale model of 4 or 5 feet. This will also give you a chance to find
any questions about what may not be in the plans, and find them BEFORE
the epoxy is drying on you.

Have fun, you'll love it; the woodworking, will be easy for you, just
spend time smoothing (fairing) out the curves in the hull panels.


On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:12:29 -0400, "rick myers"
wrote:

Hi, I have never built a boat but I have done a lot of wood working. I was
just wondering if this boat would be to much for me to start with since I do
have wood working experiance?

thanks
"not-it.org" wrote in message
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Just make sure you can stick with it long enough, it takes a while to
build a boat. Get used to working with epoxy and glass, maybe with a
scale model of 4 or 5 feet. This will also give you a chance to find
any questions about what may not be in the plans, and find them BEFORE
the epoxy is drying on you.

Have fun, you'll love it; the woodworking, will be easy for you, just
spend time smoothing (fairing) out the curves in the hull panels.


On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:12:29 -0400, "rick myers"
wrote:

Hi, I have never built a boat but I have done a lot of wood working. I
was
just wondering if this boat would be to much for me to start with since I
do
have wood working experiance?

Oh,one more thing, the biggest pain in the a$$ is having (for
example) 5 hours to work on it; fastening and epoxying for 75 minutes,
and then having to wait 8 hours for the epoxy to cure (or even
overnight). rrrrrrrr.
This really cuts down on the speed of the build in 'real time', even
though the hours "spent working" on the boat may be touted as being
low.

If in doubt, plan 6 months to a year on it. If you fly through it in 4
months, consider it a bounus. If not, just go slow, but keep GOING.

Again, the model you built first (remember when you photocopied the
plans to be 4 feet long? -hint- ) can give you encouragement that
"yes, eventually, it WILL look like a real BOAT", and not just a
sawdust factory.

read, read, read.

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 08:19:45 -0400, "rick myers"
wrote:

thanks
"not-it.org" wrote in message
.. .
Just make sure you can stick with it long enough, it takes a while to
build a boat. Get used to working with epoxy and glass, maybe with a
scale model of 4 or 5 feet. This will also give you a chance to find
any questions about what may not be in the plans, and find them BEFORE
the epoxy is drying on you.

Have fun, you'll love it; the woodworking, will be easy for you, just
spend time smoothing (fairing) out the curves in the hull panels.


On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:12:29 -0400, "rick myers"
wrote:

Hi, I have never built a boat but I have done a lot of wood working. I
was
just wondering if this boat would be to much for me to start with since I
do
have wood working experiance?