On Jan 5, 12:05*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:50:24 -0500, HK wrote:
We built dinghies that looked very much like yours, and rowboats that
were somewhat more stout.

How many did you actually build by yourself ?

I'm guessing zero.

No one in the 50s or 60s could afford to build a wooden boat bigger
than 7 ft for $200, even using the cheapest materials. *Nowadays a
sheet of good Okume sells for $200, and fyi, Okume is about as good as
it gets for marine plywood. *It is light, strong and highly rot
resistant. *Many racing hydroplanes have been built from it, and other
lightweight high performance boats.

In a word Harry, you know just about zip with regards to boat
building, and you have incredible gall denigrating the skills of
others. *Get a life.

Well, probably a little off. In the 50's you could get a locally built
boat like a Brockway, say 16 to 20 feet for a few hundred dollars,
Dynamite Payson sold prams up in Maine for probably 50-75 dollars...

Of course, I was only born in 58 so I am taking it from the old salts
that I have run into over the years..