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Cartoper:
You're welcome to try any of the free tiny solo sail-and-paddle boats on
my website www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Boats.htm . They're all experimental light weight cheap boats. I have a lot of fun with them. Of course short boats are slow. There are lots of links to free designs at www.boat-links.com. Gavin Atkins has quite a few free small boat designs. Go to www.duckworksmagazine.com and search on his name to link to his website. lso search Duckworks for Richard Frye's kayaks for fishing. www.gaboats.com has light skin over frame boats which are more time consuming to build than plywood boats, but much lighter. |
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Cartoper:
William R. Watt wrote:
Watch the weight. It's a challenge to build a boat light enough to lift on and off the roof of a car yet large enough to be of much use. Canoes and kayaks are popular because they are light. Decide before hand if you will be doing the lifting yourself or have a helper. That will govern the size and weight of boat you can practically carry on the roof of a car. Some people make gin pole hoists so they can lift bigger boats solo. I don't disagree, but thought I'd point out that when I build my Bolger Windsprint (16' sailboat), I car-topped. I had a battleship-sized Pontiac station wagon from the 70s at the time -- neither of my current cars would be big enough for it. And I would have a backache for a week if I tried to put the Windsprint on top of a car today. BTW, there are plenty of plywood kayak designs available. http://www.clcboats.com has some nice ones, as well as a couple pulling boats and small sailboats. Patrick |