"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
diainc...
Peter, don't let all these naysayers discourage you from the direction
you're heading.
To the naysayers, a good friend of mine, a boat builder himself among a
vast number of other marine skills - you'd recognize his name if you
followed traditional sail - says "There are only three 'only right ways'
to do anything."

Good luck finding a builder in your region,

Tom Dacon

To you others on this thread - how many small boats have you built? Come
on now, 'fess up.

Hello Tom,
Port Towsend, eh? Close enough to be a neighbour.

....Ken www.classictender.com



"Akita" wrote in message
...
Dnia Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:38:47 +0200, Steve Lusardi napisal(a):

I'm afraid you have missed the point. (...) do
not start this project unless you have the resources, dedication and
personal discipline to complete it. (etc., etc.)

Good advice is always appreciated. Thank you.


Peter

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*** no offence meant, no offence taken ***

"Island Teak" wrote in message
news:1qP7k.26311$Jx.7414@pd7urf1no...

Hello Tom,
Port Towsend, eh? Close enough to be a neighbour.

www.classictender.com

Nice, Ken - very nice indeed. Do you ever come down to the Port Townsend
Wooden Boat Festival? You ought to think about bringing a couple of those
little sweeties down here and showing them.

Tom

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:57:40 -0700, "Tom Dacon"
wrote:


"Island Teak" wrote in message
news:1qP7k.26311$Jx.7414@pd7urf1no...

Hello Tom,
Port Towsend, eh? Close enough to be a neighbour.

www.classictender.com

Nice, Ken - very nice indeed. Do you ever come down to the Port Townsend
Wooden Boat Festival? You ought to think about bringing a couple of those
little sweeties down here and showing them.

Tom

Hi Tom,

I have all but closed this business. They simply take too long to build
....especially with all those people who believe that 'plywood' is acceptable
;-)

When is the Port Townsend festival ? Always wanted to go. Might bring
down some large teak timbers.

regards...Ken

"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
diainc...

"Island Teak" wrote in message
news:1qP7k.26311$Jx.7414@pd7urf1no...

Hello Tom,
Port Towsend, eh? Close enough to be a neighbour.

www.classictender.com

Nice, Ken - very nice indeed. Do you ever come down to the Port Townsend
Wooden Boat Festival? You ought to think about bringing a couple of those
little sweeties down here and showing them.

Tom

The wooden boat festival this year is September 5th through the 7th - I
think it's typically the second weekend in September. Here's a link to the
web site of the Wooden Boat Foundation, which puts it on:
http://www.woodenboat.org/

If you brought down some teak to sell and didn't want to take back what
doesn't sell, Jim Farris ("Kiwi") at Edensaw - http://www.edensaw.com -
would probably give you a good price for it. He'd be your competition, but I
don't think that he actually keeps much big teak around, certainly nothing
over 12/4. But he's got some hellacious big bubinga and other exotics like
that.

I can sympathize with you about trying to build like you do and make what
you need to make on such a labor-intensive product. It's too bad. You'll
see, for instance, a new build of a Haven 12 1/2 selling for $25,000. I
guess there must be at least a few people who can pay that for a small open
daysailer but they don't come around and knock on your door very often.


Tom


"Island Teak" wrote in message
news:2A98k.49347$gc5.11983@pd7urf2no...

Hi Tom,

I have all but closed this business. They simply take too long to build
...especially with all those people who believe that 'plywood' is
acceptable ;-)

When is the Port Townsend festival ? Always wanted to go. Might bring
down some large teak timbers.

regards...Ken

"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
diainc...

"Island Teak" wrote in message
news:1qP7k.26311$Jx.7414@pd7urf1no...

Hello Tom,
Port Towsend, eh? Close enough to be a neighbour.

www.classictender.com

Nice, Ken - very nice indeed. Do you ever come down to the Port Townsend
Wooden Boat Festival? You ought to think about bringing a couple of those
little sweeties down here and showing them.

Tom